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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Peachoid
From: benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney)
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 12:56:06 +1030
References: <CA+yJO1BQFZ8zWFu=oMpxdSffoVkO7VU0qdjP3RKVT+0yOHFUaw@mail.gmail.com>

Wow.  I was about to say it was weird but near where I grew up is a
giant pineapple:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Pineapple
The peaches on my trees are starting to ripen just now, and should be
ready for harvest in a few weeks.  I guess they're all bare or leaves
in Gaffney.

Marty

On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:
> PESO:
>
> One of the landmarks around here, in Gaffney, SC, on I85 is the Peachoid,
> also known as the Big Butt, The Moon over Gaffney and several other
> censored names:
>
> http://www.pbase.com/image/141230370
>
> It is actually a 1,000,000 gallon water tank for the town of Gaffney. ?The
> county that Gaffney is in raises more peaches than the entire state of
> Georgia and they wanted to point that out in an ostentatious way. ?I think
> they succeeded.
>
> Tina
>
>
> Tina Manley, ASMP
> www.tinamanley.com
>
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