Playgrounds or parks? That would seem to make a big difference.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
brenda m - Jun 07, 2011 8:18:19 am PDT #11748 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Vortex - Jun 07, 2011 8:18:26 am PDT #11749 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Also, that law is crazy, right?
A little, but it does help the police and parents spot who isn't supposed to be there.
aurelia - Jun 07, 2011 8:18:45 am PDT #11750 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I could see restricting fenced-in playground areas, but not entire parks.
JZ - Jun 07, 2011 8:20:29 am PDT #11751 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Those laws definitely exist in SF.
Although as far as I know, they're restricted to gated playgrounds and to a couple of small parks that don't have gates but are literally nothing but playground -- playstructure, sandbox, tiny seating area and that's it. Not picturesque, not restful or nature-filled, not someplace any grown-up would have any reason to want to sit down in unless they wanted to be around kids.
If this was just a citation for being in a park, period, that's a little bizarre.
brenda m - Jun 07, 2011 8:21:45 am PDT #11752 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I like to think there's a pretty big divide between "people w/o kids who want to sit in a park" and people who "aren't supposed to be there".
Theodosia - Jun 07, 2011 8:26:20 am PDT #11753 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
NPR ran a story recently about an 80yo woman who was ticketed for 'obstructing traffic' -- she was going as fast as she could with her walker, but the red light didn't hold long enough.
Jesse - Jun 07, 2011 8:28:40 am PDT #11754 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
My non-scientific sampling of bumperstickers here in NE supports the thesis that there are more "Yankees Suck" stickers than one actually reading "Red Sox" or showing their logo. That is how deep the rivalry plays around here.
And yet, my Yankee fanatic (FANATIC) aunt gets nothing worse than friendly ribbing, as far as I've ever heard.
megan walker - Jun 07, 2011 8:35:51 am PDT #11755 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Although as far as I know, they're restricted to gated playgrounds and to a couple of small parks that don't have gates but are literally nothing but playground -- playstructure, sandbox, tiny seating area and that's it. Not picturesque, not restful or nature-filled, not someplace any grown-up would have any reason to want to sit down in unless they wanted to be around kids.
I don't know, Alta Plaza park's best view is from the children's playground, which is fairly large and occupies half the top south tier (tennis courts take up the rest). When I got to the top of the park I almost went to sit down there, until I saw the signs. I don't have a problem with the law, but it definitely took me by surprise.
tommyrot - Jun 07, 2011 8:36:43 am PDT #11756 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
ION, are camera tripods standardized as to the part that connects to the camera? IOW, can any (basic) tripod connect to any camera that has a tripod mounting thing on it?
Tom Scola - Jun 07, 2011 8:37:51 am PDT #11757 of 30001
They pay me in WOIMS
You mean a threaded screw hole, tommyrot? Yes, almost all cameras have them.