While inconspicuously avoiding my mounds of work today, I came across an article on my most favorite of search engines/portals, Yahoo!, about rubber sidewalks.Apparently, these pavement pieces are being installed around the country as a surprisingly cost-effective way to beautify city scenery; they are more expensive than concrete but last longer and don't crack or giveway to bullying tree roots. There is an added health benefit as well both in the way of scooping up environmentally unfriendly tire rubber and providing a knee-happy surface on which to walk.
How novel! I love the ingenuity of the civic-minded, tree-huggers. Really though, I just want a little bounce in my step.
