MEMORIES OF THE TITANIC.
Columbus already has the Santa Maria, or at least a reproductionof Christopher Columbus' sailing ship, and now the city is gettingthe Titanic, or at least an artifact exhibit recalling the ill-fatedoceanliner. The exhibit will make its debut at COSI on Sept. 5. Itfeatures all sorts of artifacts recovered from the Titanic wreckage,including precious jewels, playing cards, bank notes, parts of a fire-resistant safe, letters, postcards and eyeglasses. According to COSIresearch, there was a strong Central Ohio connection to the Titanic,because there were first-class and third-class passengers who were ontheir way to Ohio via the doomed ship. For more info about the 15,000-square-foot exhibit, check out www.cosi.org.
-- Bob Batz
MUSKIE MENACE.
My friend Frank Corsoe, Dayton Daily News sports editor, spottedthis message on a license plate in the area that might not make theowner of the car popular hereabouts. It read 'XU OVR UD.'
-- Bob Batz
EVEN MORE PLATES!
These sightings from esteemed former DDNster Joe Fenley: GreenPontiac Grand Am in a shopping center on North Main Street: BABY LUV.White Mercury Sable in a parking lot on Needmore Road: THA JUICE.Gray SUV in a fitness center parking lot on Miller Lane: TN VOLS 1.Wishful thinking, that. Last and best one is a hand-lettered sign inthe rear window on a sporty black convertible: 'Horn broke. Watchfinger.'
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