Remember The Maine Helmet!

If you have time on your hands and are looking for something to do with most of it, why not think about joining the Wide World of Blogging? I enjoy finding interesting stories to share and it gives me something to do between the early morning news and the noon news. My blog  - the one you're holding in your hands right now, so to speak - is what you might call a "general' blog, meaning that it's generally a chaotic mess. 

But let's say you are a person of specific interests. In that case, why not consider a blog that focuses on one narrow area or realm? I might suggest one...you could delve into the worldwide problem of things floating all the way across the ocean and winding up on distant shores!

For instance: Sigbjørn Eide, a Norwegian, came across a Maine Department of Transportation hard hat more than 3,300 miles away from its home.

There was Mr. Eide, out there picking up trash along Norway’s coast, and what does he come across, all buried in seaweed, but a white helmet. The American flag and a MaineDOT logo gave him all the clues he needed as to its provenance.

Mr. Eide took the hard hat home, Googled the Maine DOT, and reached out to them.

He told them via social media that he “was astonished and impressed about the long voyage the small helmet had taken,” the Boston GLOBE reported.

The MaineDOT Facebook page told the tale of the long voyage the helmet took, so many miles away from Maine.

“Sigbjørn was on a walk and found a MaineDOT hard hat in a fjord, about 3,300 miles from MaineDOT headquarters,” the department said. “We’re not quite sure how this happened, but we’re glad we have a new pen pal!”

Always big-hearted, MaineDOT says they didn't ask Eide to return the hat, and is planning to send him some more items from the state. Hmmm, maybe some local maple syrup to put on some Norwegian pannekaken (pancakes) and skanke (ham)!

Mr Eide