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   Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Phi to Alan Baker   
   Re: Myth: The motor car is the ultimate    
   06 Jan 15 17:18:26   
   
   From: thetibetanmonkey@gmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, January 6, 2015 7:12:43 PM UTC-5, Alan Baker wrote:   
   > On 2015-01-07 00:07:27 +0000, Free Spirit, Chief of Quixotic Enterprises   
   said:   
   >   
   > > On Tuesday, January 6, 2015 3:40:23 PM UTC-5, Alan Baker wrote:   
   > >> On 2015-01-06 20:35:15 +0000, Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher   
   said:   
   > >   
   > >>> Not only it's imperfect, it's unnecessary. "Whatever is not necessary,   
   > >>> it's unnecessary." ;)   
   > >>   
   > >> Sorry, but you're not qualified to say that.   
   > >>   
   > >> From your latest pictures, its clear the purpose of those islands is to   
   > >> prevent cars from parking too close to the corner.   
   > >   
   > > I'll give you 24 hours to come up with a better excuse.   
   > >   
   > > You can prevent cars from parking near corners by issuing tickets or   
   > > towing. That's a great way to generate revenues as well.   
   >   
   > That's far less efficient. Issuing tickets and towing only deal with   
   > the problem after the fact. They don't prevent the unwanted activity   
   > from happening in the first place.   
      
   Prevention? You blow your tire or brake you axle when you hit that.   
      
   That's more money than a ticket.   
   >   
   > >   
   > > Tell your city not to do that crappy design. It's contagious, now   
   > > moving into the very poor ghettos.   
   > >   
   > > http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac18/thetibetanmonkey/COR   
   UPTION/052314161725_zps250de33a.jpg   
   > >   
   >   
   > How does a picture of what is clearly sidewalk construction or repair   
   > show corruption?   
      
   When they set up to work on a corner, you know what it means. Be prepared for   
   a safety hazard.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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