Interesting you should post this today. Yesterday while out biking @ a local metro park I noticed some similar benches that use to have bronze placques memorializing some deceased users. I noticed several of these placques were missing. Seems there is a run on scrap metal in the Detroit area (& others most likely).
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f ----- Original Message ----- From: "drew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: PESO: Bench memorial >I don't know if this common practice around the world, but here it is > quite common for the relatives of a decreased person to buy a bench in > their favorite place and have a small memorial to their loved one carved > in to bench.... Normally they read something like... "Hilda Ogden > 1910-2008, She loved this place". I spotted this one today, I just loved > his style... > > http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/rileyelf/05052008PentaxIst/photo#5196963365833718322 > > http://tinyurl.com/5czvc2 > > Drew, > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

