You know, I didn’t need that dental work anyway.
Has anyone else noticed the potholes around here? Is it just me, or were they fruitful and multiplied over spring break? Or perhaps we’re all suffering short-term memory loss from the concussive effect of going over each pothole in the first place ….
The roads around RPI and Troy in general are abominable. I had surgery last week, and just being driven around is an amazingly painful experience—but only in Troy. Normally it’s for more esoteric reasons, such as fleeing my research, that I rejoice at the sight of the Hudson passing eastward beneath me. Now, it’s the freedom of (relatively) bumpless roads.
Actually, after tripping in a deceptively deep one on Bouton Road—or what’s left of it—the other day, I didn’t even mind the fact that the streetlights were out again. I could see my way home by the stars flashing behind my eyes from the bump on my head.
OK, perhaps I exaggerate a tad. But I swear it’s just a tad! RPI needs to do something about the roads. Troy needs to do something about the roads. Somebody needs to do something about these darn roads! They can’t even get them patched up before the snow starts again, it seems.
RPI has environmental and civil engineering, right? Can’t we come up with some dramatic, groundbreaking (or, in this case, ground repairing) project to be conducted by RPI and implemented in Troy to come up with an alternative to asphalt that is more environmentally friendly, and also more flexible to temperature changes (i.e. does not crack)? Think of how much money both the city and the school could save on road maintenance if this was the case.
Not to mention easing wear and tear on my shocks, struts, and molars.
