I would like to know how somebody lost a boot in a snow pile
Seems pretty obvious. Somebody stepped in snow, and their boot got stuck. What's the problem here?
So, Spring has officially sprung in the Greater Jeremy Area, and you know what that means!
Hayfever!
Well...that too. It means that the giant piles of snow that have collected in plow areas and at the end of my driveway are in their final throes, leaving behind strange little piles of whatever debris that came along with the snow to its pile.
Unrelated to anything, I recently learned that according to maritime law, there are four different and legally distinct types of debris. Flotsam, Jetsam, Lagan, and Derelict. Comparing and contrasting those four is left as an exercise for the reader.
Anyway, one of these giant piles of snow is at the entrance to the parking lot at work. The pile was probably around 12 feet tall in its prime, owing largely to the late-winter blizzard that happened around here not all that long ago. It's no longer enough to build a decent snowman, but the pile of crap that surrounds it is quite impressive. Lots of little pebbles and more substantial pieces of parking lot that got scooped up with the snow by the giant plows that maintain the lot, some plastic bags, a few aluminum cans, and a single boot.
Yes...a boot.
It's a pretty decent boot, too. One of those tan pretty tough-looking leather work boots.
Presumably left by somebody who, unlike Jeremy, works for a living.
I have no idea who left their boot out in the parking lot, or why. I would think that people who wear work boots would notice rather quickly if one were missing, especially if it were to be lost in the dead of winter. That person should notice either the immediate cold, or the fact that they're now walking on wet pavement instead of the rugged comfort of a decent work boot.
Either way, if you're out there and lost a work boot somewhere in the Greater Jeremy Area at some point over the winter, I know where it is. Let me know.
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