On Sun, 04 Jan 2009 09:27:15 -0800, Dan Abel > wrote:

>It's not months, Michael, it's years. I've been camping at the same
>place every summer for four years now. When I go out walking on the
>road, I see the little collections of crosses and plastic flowers.
>Sometimes the plow pushes them over the side. I can see the ones down
>the hill, and the new ones by the side of the road.
>
>I see them in other places around where I live, out in the country.
>White crosses and plastic flowers. Sometimes I stop. The names are
>often Spanish, and sometimes there is a date. Sometimes the white paint
>is fresh.

It's probably a cultural thing. IMO, at the very least they are good
warnings to other drivers that we are all mortal and please drive
safely.


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