Rob Schremp Hockey, the road sign...
One of my other interests is roadgeeking, a hobby devoted to roads, bridges, road signs, and things like that. Over the long Thanksgiving weekend, I had visited my brother in the Syracuse area. Since we are both New York Islanders fans, he mentioned to me that there is now a road sign honoring Rob Schremp in Schremp's hometown of Fulton, New York. I wanted to head up to Oswego anyway (I went to college there), I made sure I stopped and took a picture of the Rob Schremp sign in Fulton. While the sign isn't in Islanders colors (Erik Cole's sign in Oswego has Carolina Hurricanes colors), I'll take what I can get.
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Perfect. Thanks for sharing it. Fun little bit for a Sunday.
Is it against the rules of roadgeeking to alter the signs you find? Because it’s really tempting to put a HOCKEY bumper sticker after Schremp there…
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Oh man, if I still lived in Albany…
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by David Hanssen on Nov 28, 2010 1:19 PM EST up reply actions
Signs
It isn’t against the rules, but no one really alters the signs, at least the actual sign itself.
But if anyone wants to have a little fun with Photoshop, feel free to alter the photo to your own liking. The original can be found at… http://www.flickr.com/photos/dougtone/5213875029/
Love it! :)
I too wish it wasnt Wild / old Devils colors, but its still cool! :)
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by TheMetalChick on Nov 28, 2010 3:19 PM EST up reply actions
I'll take what I can get
Ideally, the sign would be blue, white and orange, but otherwise, I can’t complain. I don’t come across many signs honoring a pro athlete in their hometowns, so this is a nice touch.
This is great
Flutonian almost sounds like a space alien though.
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Fulton
I too went to Oswego in 90-94’. There used to be a sign on rt. 481that said,“Fulton: City of the future.” We used to joke if Fulton is the city of the future then why is it in Fulton? At least they had the chocolate factory…..
That’s like how there is a peace treaty that specifically says Fort Stanwix in Rome is the edge of civilization, west of Stanwix is still technically “wilderness” as defined by the treaty.
It was worth posting my drivel to get that link… That was the Shizzle my HansunFrizzle! - JPinVA
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by David Hanssen on Nov 28, 2010 10:47 PM EST up reply actions
Every day i learn something new and awesome here.
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The chocolate factory has since been closed, and the Fulton, City of the Future sign is no longer up. It wasn’t up when I was a student there between 98-02.
Really? Its been so long since I have been up there. I used to love the smell driving through there. Sorry for the weird tangent guys……
Rob Schremp Hockey and the Chocolate Factory
Nestle pulled out of their factory in Fulton around 2000 or 2001. A South African company was supposed to take over, but that never came to fruition. For all the hard times that Fulton has to face, at least they have Rob Schremp Hockey to be proud of.
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cool too bad it isnt Blue and Orange that would look awesome
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