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> In front of that Draper building, there was a strange pillar, which I liked to imagine housed a geo-positioning reference point -- perhaps even the origin of
by gumby 3y ago
> In front of that Draper building, there was a strange pillar, which I liked to imagine housed a geo-positioning reference point -- perhaps even the origin of a coordinate system. Then, if ever there were an ICBM guidance failure, on that fateful day, Draper might be ground (0,0,0).
Did you ever examine it closely? Nobody would try to stop you. It had a metal cap with a hole in it and some scratches. A few times over the years I remember seeing a tent around it. On those cases I didn't try to see if anyone would try to stop me!
I know I and my friends thought the same as you.
- neilv 3y agoI'm glad I'm not the only one with an overactive imagination. :) Yep, I took a look at it and photographed it a few times over the years. I never saw a tent, nor any attention given to it by anyone other than me. If it didn't have that cap on it, I might've leaned a bit more towards suspecting it being vestigial from a lamp or flagpole. IIRC, the pillar was still there after the snazzy remodeling of the building entrance that happened in fairly recent years.