your ride is never safe

Chrysiptera · 2007-10-02 17:22:34

this guy cut 126 parking meters off the poles (http://www.boston.com/news/globe/city_region/breaking_news/2007/10/police_140_park.html?luke) discuss

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10-02-07 | 11:22 AM

Chrysiptera

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your ride is never safe

this guy cut 126 parking meters off the poles

discuss

10-02-07 | 11:24 AM

deathhare

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discuss what?

10-02-07 | 11:27 AM

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I hear that Luke and Dragline are both suspects...

10-02-07 | 11:29 AM

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moral of the story:

don't lock your bikes to parking meters
unless you plan to ride around your town on beaters
or buck the hot trend, start carrying heaters
and if i go blind you know i'll just wear cheaters

10-02-07 | 11:30 AM

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The article doesn't even mention suspicions that he cut the parking meters in an effort to steal bikes. Obviously there is potential for that. But for all we know, some guy stole a bunch of parking meters because he wanted quarters for his laundry. Or he's obsessed with the number 123.

I'm with deathhare. What's to discuss?

10-02-07 | 11:30 AM

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I bet he cut them down to get all of those invisible bikes we were talking about a couple of weeks ago.

10-02-07 | 11:31 AM

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Who locks to parking meters anyways?

10-02-07 | 11:31 AM

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He must have been one of the meatheads at the San Diego velodrome and was getting his revenge on the hipster skidderz.
eye for an eye.

10-02-07 | 11:32 AM

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Who locks to parking meters anyways?

I do...there is nothing else. Atleast around here.

10-02-07 | 11:33 AM

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Who locks to parking meters anyways?

Nobody in Cambridge. They've all been stolen.

10-02-07 | 11:36 AM

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discuss what?

There really isn't anything to discuss, but I thought it was impressive. Cutting a 3 inch steel tube must be difficult, and he was able to steal over a hundred without the police noticing. This implies that someone could easily steal just as many bikes if they were so inclined.

10-02-07 | 11:36 AM

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Who locks to parking meters anyways?

I do, all the time. What's wrong with parking meters?

10-02-07 | 11:44 AM

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What's wrong with parking meters?

I don't know, but I think the guy cutting them to **** does.

10-02-07 | 11:47 AM

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What we have here is a failure to communicate.

10-02-07 | 11:50 AM

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I do, all the time. What's wrong with parking meters?

I guess it makes sense if you have a U-lock... I use a chain and you could probably easily lift it off of most single-head parking meters.

10-02-07 | 11:52 AM

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Quote:

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I guess it makes sense if you have a U-lock... I use a chain and you could probably easily lift it off of most single-head parking meters.

Oh yeah, well I use a mini U-lock, and it fits comfortably around my rear wheel and a parking meter.

10-02-07 | 11:59 AM

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Cool Hand Luke must be his favorite movie.

10-02-07 | 12:31 PM

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Lame. Drive-by post. At least quote the source and offer your opinion--- then we can discuss.

10-02-07 | 01:02 PM

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I can eat 50 eggs

10-02-07 | 01:06 PM

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I can eat 50 eggs

hard or soft boiled? now heres a topic!

10-02-07 | 02:01 PM

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6 boiled eggs is my limit....., wicked gas the next day, especially when the eggs are followed by large amoutnts of beer.

10-02-07 | 04:06 PM

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did the honolulu century ride on sunday. Koichi nakano was there riding a purple kalavinka. i felt super energized just knowing he was on the same route as me riding.

10-02-07 | 04:11 PM

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did the honolulu century ride on sunday. Koichi nakano was there riding a purple kalavinka. i felt super energized just knowing he was on the same route as me riding.

yeah, but um, uh, how many eggs did you eat while stealing parking meters?