nahh
dat was eass joisey
but dis here is wess joisey
& wasnt you de one who aksed
http://www.answers.com/topic/east-jersey
but anyway
the attached 20th century commemorative plaque was all
i could find along the old 1687 demarcation line you
inspired me to check for original rocks
so far without result
--- "Flynn, Kevin" <
flynnk@rockymountainnews.com>
wrote:
> A truck hand brake? Only in Jersey. Perhaps it marks
> Jimmy Hoffa's final
> resting place.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: aletheia kallos [mailto:aletheiak@yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 4:16 PM
> > To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [BoundaryPoint] several truly great
> sussex red herrings
> >
> >
> > before reluctantly concluding that at least
> several if
> > not all 8 vertices of the sussex octagon were
> probably
> > & are now certainly unmonumented in any
> demonstrative
> > or leading way
> > if indeed not entirely unmarked in any way ever
> > i was sufficiently gulled & excited by the
> appearance
> > of at least 2 candidate objects to proceed to
> > photograph each of them in turn
> >
> >
> > the first attachment shows an object i initially
> > thought was a large wine cork puller that might
> have
> > been adapted to the task of demarcation by a
> > resourceful surveyor
> > but which now seems to resemble more a truck hand
> > brake
> >
> > but in any case it is stuck quite firmly in the
> ground
> > for some reason
> > in what i took to be approximately the right place
> > without any obvious rival candidate in sight
> >
> > & i actually carried this hope off with me to a
> second
> > vertex
> > which however was found not to be similarly marked
> > oops
> >
> >
> > & the second pic shows a decorative planter
> sculpted
> > from an old tire
> > positioned directly beneath a welcome sign
> > at what i took to be another approximately right
> place
> >
> > & for which i also initially entertained a similar
> > hope that was however simultaneously dashed when
> no
> > trace of a matchmate could be found for it either
> > at any of the other vertices
> >
> >
> >
> > & later
> > in downtown sussex
> > just before jc discovered the most probable center
> > point
> > or what might be called the center apparent for
> the
> > time being
> > namely that of the octagonal gazebo
> > i was also sufficiently gulled & excited by the
> > appearance of a whole cluster of other candidate
> > objects just across the street from the gazebo to
> > photograph them first
> > thus creating the third attachment
> > which includes the following several probably
> losing
> > candidates for center point
> >
> > 1
> > the ball mounted on top of the polished marble
> column
> > coincidentally erected & inscribed 1902
> > the correct year of the incorporation & border
> > creation
> >
> > 2
> > the point of issue of the now defunct gift
> fountain it
> > commemorates
> >
> > 3
> > the kettle or birdbath in front of the column &
> fount
> >
> > 4
> > the flagpole rising in the foreground
> >
> > & 5
> > the center of a rosette of octagonal paving stones
> on
> > the curb
> > not very distinctly visible in the foreground
> > & which i only just noticed in this photo appears
> to
> > be a matchmate for the 10 other rosettes that are
> > ranged about the gazebo across the street
> > & which i have previously described
> >
> >
> > of course
> > unlike the cork puller & the tire planter
> > these latter 5 candidate objects cant yet be
> entirely
> > ruled out
> > any more than the gazebo apex can be proclaimed
> the
> > certain center
> > without further research
> >
> > indeed
> > since we know there is about a 6 percent fudge
> factor
> > in the several thousand feet of geometric
> projections
> > in all directions
> > it is quite possible that no clear mathematical
> winner
> > might stand out from among the gazebo apex & all 5
> of
> > its near rivals
> > on the basis of measurements alone
> > & that only further historical evidence will
> suffice
> > to nail the center point with certainty
> >
> >
> >
> >
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