Pacific Wonderblog
Lost Lake Indeed
| September 17, 2010 | ||
OREGON PACIFIC WONDERLAND. You gotta love ALL CAPS. Plates are ubiquitous at thrift stores - not that I've been to all of them or anything - and really just old fashioned in not a good way. But this one seemed especially pure. I would have bought it anyway of course. I enjoy simple nuance of nomenclature. "Hey that's Lost Lake!". Yea Lost Lake, one of the most famous destinations in Oregon. So why don't they say it's Lost Lake on the plate? To me this is an example of a win/win. Either one get's to feel smart for "figuring it out", or the makers thought the awesomeness of Lost Lake need not be written. This principle can hilariously work just the opposite. As in my forlorn Blitz beer neon sign. I bought it from a guy in Vancouver USA who once owned a liquor store. It was in perfect condition, 50 bucks. It had never hung in the store, only in his den because he liked it. I broke a tube on the way home. The sign's toast. It's been collecting dust in my basement for a decade now. But that's neither here nor there. The reason this sign is cool is that it says "BEER"! Could a neon sign that says "BLITZ" be anything else?? The maker had to put the "BEER". Lest there be any confusion. It's so funny I can't stop laughing. Am I the only one that is amused by this? I think I can hear my words echoing thorough space. Proxima Centari is the nearest star and is 4.3 light years from the sun which is 93 million miles from Earth. It is actually 270,000 times further away than the sun. I see stars every night, so I think they might be a little closer. And I'm pretty sure that these words may be moving a whole lot faster than the speed of light. I think P.C. in within my grasp. I wish I could attach my webcam to the little darlings like that guy who got his Canon point-and-shoot it to the stratosphere with his beer money (he had to use his Styrofoam cooler too - he may have been sorry about that later). |
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