Category: Manhole Covers

“Pothole mosaics: Street art that fills a need” on CBS Sunday Morning

Archie Workman, drainspotter and road sign restorer in Cumbria — ‘I kinda like this new routine’

How are you getting along with lockdown? Life has changed into a new routine of just working...

by lcarlson | Jan 18, 2019 | Manhole Covers | 0

Here is a drain cover with the Soviet icon on it. Located in Chisinau, capital of Moldova . James...

by lcarlson | Jan 24, 2019 | Manhole Covers | 0

Manhole Covers by Mimi Melnick Why Are Manhole Covers Round? by Charlie Mulraine...

by lcarlson | Jan 29, 2019 | Manhole Covers | 0

Dear DMC, This time from Kuerle (also spelled Korla, Koerla, and Kuerla) which is four hours west...

Thanks Howard Libauer for this

“I live on the coast of Maine, am a lifelong birder, travel in my work, and take amateur...

“You can actually learn a lot about how a city was built or grew if you collate these...

by lcarlson | Feb 13, 2019 | Manhole Covers | 0

Dear DMC, Another pleasing manhole cover from this remote location. Vintage 1999. The text says:...

by lcarlson | Jan 23, 2019 | Manhole Covers | 0

Hello DMC, Greetings from Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu Province in West China. It is...

Albert Einstein
“A calm and modest life brings more happiness than the pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness”

~ Albert Einstein
Edward R. Murrow
“The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer”

~ Edward R. Murrow
Hoagy Carmichael
"Slow motion gets you there faster"

~ Hoagy Carmichael
Marilyn Thomsen
"While it takes courage to achieve greatness, it takes more courage to find fulfilment in being ordinary"

~ Marilyn Thomsen
testi 1
“We’re giving a good name to a four-letter word — dull”
testi 2
“Glitz and glam — not worth the bother”
testi 3
“We don’t try to keep up with the Joneses — who are the Joneses anyway?”
testi 4
“Time is a great invention — it’s what keeps everything from happening all at once”
Will Rogers
“Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there”

~ Will Rogers