Mundane Monday: Pavement
So, the blogging “experts” say to put photos at the top of your post. Brings in the readers, they say. Mind you, I am beginning to think the “experts” just make stuff up and watch to see if the rest of us mindlessly follow along. So, we’ll do things like post the picture first and pat ourselves on our backs for taking the first step toward blog profitability, while the blog “experts” meet somewhere for lunch and laugh at us as we perform for them like trained monkeys.
But, I have digressed from the Mundane Monday theme. Today, we have a photo of pavement also known as “road surface.” You see, future readers, in the late 20th and early 21st century, we still drove around in cars with wheels. I’m sure you’re familiar with wheels; they’re one of the oldest inventions known to man, right after fire, and you probably have seen them in a museum someplace. At any rate, to make things easier to roll, we paved everything. Horse paths were paved over for horseless carriages, and things just spread out from there. Pictured is asphalt pavement. Asphalt is basically gravel, clay (or peat) and Portland cement or lime. See, we don’t even know what the stuff’s made of, but we put it everywhere. And, where there isn’t asphalt, we’ll use concrete or Bituminous Surface Treatment (BST).
At this point in time, we haven’t developed anti-gravity technology, at least not that we know of. By your future time, Area 51 may have been declassified around the time you first encountered the sentient purple octopodes of Alpha Centauri or when you couldn’t help but notice that military planes no longer had recognizable engines, or both. At any rate, anti-gravity technology is currently not available for mass transit. Sure, hovercraft are available, but they’re hardly ever used anymore. And, tanks are nice, but they lack a convenient trunk for hauling groceries.
Thus the need for pavement. Oh, yes, we have SUVs, but no one takes them off-road. Geesh.
Dan, Welcome back. Did you enjoy your break?
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Also known as ‘blacktop’—
In Orlando they use crushed seashells which makes for great follie when it rains.
Well, it gives the road that extra calcium that builds bones and increases structural integrity.
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I understand that our pavement in the good old U.S. of A. is inferior to the pavement in Germany. Their pavement holds up better, and lasts longer. Maybe we should get their recipe?
Isn’t it amazing what I learn watching T.V.! LOL
But the pavement in Germany invades the countryside and paves over anything that stands in its way.
Kind of cool - I wasn’t sure if it was glitter, or sandpaper, or some kind of home decor swatch thing…but it did draw be in and get me to read the post.