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16/07/2018 12:10 am
16/07/2018 3:45 am
I like it
16/07/2018 5:50 am
I was thinking more of "Cool Hand Luke".
16/07/2018 8:50 am
Parking meters
From this early start to how Chicago with the sale of parking meters to a private firm that installed boxes...and " killed" shopping areas all over the city. " Progress" at times is ABSURD !!
16/07/2018 9:23 am
I personally take exception to the statement that drivers had to accept parking meters as necessary-
I make a point of boycotting any area that appears to not want my business by charging me to park/shop in their area. As a result, I don't shop in nearby downtown shopping areas such as downtown Sacramento (which has made a mess of their downtown parking by failing to develop a parking plan before they built a new arena for the Kings basketball team, anyway) - or downtown Truckee (which charges an exorbitant amount for shopping in what amounts to nothing more than a tourist trap), and so forth. I have plenty of other options for shopping for what I need without having to pay for the 'privilege' and while those areas may not notice the lack of one shopper overall, they also aren't benefiting from it either. And that suits me just fine - if you want my business, either ask me for it or show me you really want it. But don't charge me for it. Just my little protest against the 'man', I guess. lol
16/07/2018 9:43 am
When we moved to our small town some fifty years ago, the local scandal was that every now and then a parking meter was removed, always in the dark of the night and neatly done. To saw the metal post must have been noisy, but the culprit/ public hero was never apprehended. A few years later the city council did away with the parking meters and our streets are heavily used to this day.
16/07/2018 10:10 am
Unlike Cool Hand Luke who was caught and paid dearly.
16/07/2018 1:02 pm
Poor old Luke suffered from "a failure to communicate".
16/07/2018 1:57 pm
And a failure to 'leave the scene of a crime'...lol
16/07/2018 8:48 pm
Cool Hand Luke put me off eating hard boild eggs:)
16/07/2018 10:07 pm
What TV series was it where the 'hero' parked and put a bag over the meter in the intro?
20/07/2018 10:08 am
Ok John...no takers, so we draw a blank...answer??
20/07/2018 10:09 am
My nearly-blind guess is "Columbo" ???