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Copley Square: The graveyard of umbrellas
By adamg on Fri, 12/21/2018 - 4:01pm
Roberto shows us the umbrella resting ground for people who try to get across Copley Square on a day like today.
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And the ad...
And the ad that pops up on this page is:
"Find Out Why These Umbrellas Will Last Forever"
Like I always say...
Umbrellas are a manifestly useless item.
All of the folks with rain gear ...
Point and laugh at pouring rain
They never use umbrellas
Because the wind will bend their frames!
Of course, rain gear is tricky when it is so darn WARM out there!
I haven't used an umbrella in probably twenty years
Hassle to carry - especially on a crowded sidewalk, and I find a good hat and jacket works just fine for me.
Sit on Dartmouth St Steps in front of BPL observe passing scene
Sitting on the Steps at Dartmouth Street in front of Boston Public Library observing the passing scene like in Firenze https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence
What have participants here noted while sitting on the BPL Steps?
Copley Square
is the only place I have ever experienced the wind nearly blowing my bike and me clear off the road. (Cycling westbound on St. James Avenue opposite what used to be called the John Hancock Tower, the wind pushed me into the right-side curb.)
Wind roses!
Wind roses! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_rose
On a very windy, rainy day, one need
only look to a clever Dutch engineer for a solution. My stealth-bomber-looking Senz umbrella is weird, but it is impervious to gales: http://nymag.com/strategist/2016/10/the-best-umbrella-is-a-lopsided-dutc...
Local shops for the Senz Umbrella?
Thank you!
Looking around local shops for the Senz Umbrella...
I ordered mine online
directly from the manufacturer, but it’s now available from Amazon.
Bonus points for the Senz
It is narrow side to side so you don't get that Asshole Douchebro with Golf Umbrella hogging the whole sidewalk effect, and your backside still stays dry.
Back when I rode the buses
Back when I rode the buses and trains on rainy days I'd carry around an extra Dollar Tree umbrella and hand it to people without one and say "Merry Christmas" and it would make them so happy.