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By adamg on Mon, 04/18/2016 - 8:35am
Tracey Staedter inspected the barricades along the Marathon route this morning.
Meanwhile, the city alerts us:
Meters are free and time limits are not in effect, but all other parking rules remain in effect.
Neighborhoods:
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It's become a 3 ring circus
Reeking of narcissism. And the big runners are not amateurs, they're professionals.
Who cares about the big runners?
The fun is way back in the pack, screaming your head off cheering on the people who are running just because they can, not to win a prize.
Which is why it should be ONE race for ALL runners
as it was years ago. This business of 'elite' runners, not to mention the concept oh having separate races for the classes of runners (elite, the normal rabble, and unqualified charity runners) is totally idiotic and has completely destroyed the character of the race.
Thousands of runners raise
Thousands of runners raise money for charity. How is that narcissistic? Do you have a problem with competitive sports? Athleticism in general? Why don't you clarify yourself.
Who needs barricades?
Who needs barricades?
Those aren't barricades.
If there's one thing I learned when Boston hosted the Democratic convention (aside from the fact that delegates will stay in their hotels and eat and drink for free rather than venture outside and try local restaurants) is that any area that's fenced off and apart from the action is actually a "free speech zone."
design
Those are the nicest looking barricades I've ever seen! They're not even just "not ugly", they actually look kind of cool, and look just as light, easy to use, easy to transport, easy to set up, and easy to mass-produce as the regular ugly gray ones.
More of the ugly/mundane things in our lives could do with a similar design upgrade. Those huge gray telecom boxes (painting them only helps a little), public mailboxes (c.f. Britain's red ones), scaffolding, I'm sure you can think of others. It doesn't have to be spectacular; these barricades aren't, those black public trash bins (with the vertical steel ribbons) aren't, but they do look nice.
Enjoy your cage
When I used to watch the Marathon, there was just a like of tape like police tape, to tell the crowd where the edge should be, and that seemed to work.
Now, because of two piece of crap psychos, everyone is caged and expected to accept that as normal.
And the kids who you bring to see the Marathon today will grow up never knowing anything other than being caged, all their communications and reading monitored and recorded, etc.
Just say no to the cages next year, and maybe we can reverse or slow the decline.
Don't forget the snipers on
Don't forget the snipers on rooftops around the marathon, and the armored vehicles!
See this why a couple towns over they were celebrating how free we are yesterday.
Newton
Out by West Newton, except for where the course turns onto Comm Ave, spectators were kept back just by ropes (sometimes loosely) hanging loosely from stanchions. Plenty of spectators, but none of the "security checkpoint" charades like closer to the finish line.
Why are the checkpoints charades? Sure, they minimize the chance that someone will set off a bomb right along the course the last two miles of the race (unless, of course, a potential attacker just books a room at the Hotel Commonwealth and checks in before the marathon, and therefore can access the course without being searched). But if someone were intent on causing mayhem, there area thousand and one ways to do so, and all the police and military presence and weapons in the world would not deter them.
Speaking of security, I volunteered at the post-race party at Fenway Park last night, taking tickets from runners and guests. Everyone had to then go through metal detectors (per MLB/DHS mandate) and open their bags for Fenway security, but after around 30 minutes, they just turned off the metal detectors (with guests still going through them), since they were slowing down entry, and even runners' medals had to go in the plastic bins lest they set them off. And as the evening progressed, the bag checks became more and more cursory.
Comments like these are one
Comments like these are one of the reasons I read Uhub less and less. Such a mean-spirited group tends to comment most frequently.