linux_mclinuxface, 9 months ago

@rasterweb I wonder if it’s by design: just a stamp that has removal/changeable bits for an entire decade or something.

rasterweb, 9 months ago

@linux_mclinuxface I highly doubt it is by design. Pretty sure it's just a company being cheap/resourceful.

linux_mclinuxface, 9 months ago

@rasterweb 🤷‍♂️ I guess an angle grinder isn’t too hard to use, but if I had to create a new (likely brass) stamp every year, you bet I’d make it customizable for multiple years.

rasterweb, 9 months ago

@linux_mclinuxface I'm guessing there isn't much innovative thinking happening in the concrete slab pouring industry.

andypiper, 9 months ago

@rasterweb what are these stamps? does every slab of sidewalk get one? I've not seen this before.

rasterweb, 9 months ago

@andypiper Where I live a new sidewalk square gets poured when an old one needs to be replaced, and then gets stamped with the year. Not every square gets a stamp though, so if a company does a bunch in a row they only stamp the first and last.

I've been cataloging them... A bit more about it here:

➡️ https://rasterweb.net/raster/2023/08/20/the-sidewalk-project/