Today I learned about the street lamps in the rite aid parking lot. I've driven by a million times, parked in the lot, and wondered "why?" Today on my way home I decided to finally take a picture (I'm in love with instagram right now) and look it up online.
It's an art installation. No surprise there. I like reading the plaques to find out where they were pulled from.
Today I also decided to look up something that has bothered me. People always say "lineal feet" (of hallway, millwork, wall base, etc) and it always strikes me as wrong. I say "linear feet." Turns out linear feet is correct and lineal feet is incorrect. Linear - measurement. Lineal - heritage.
Hmm... thank you for clearing the linear feet term up. I'll never for get that. It's like the time I heard a plumbing engineer get angry over "hot water heater" You don't heat hot water. I have, ever since, been amazed at how often I hear it and who says it.
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