"Bandit" (2bandit)
12/15/2014 at 19:33 • Filed to: None
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"Bandit" (2bandit)
12/15/2014 at 19:33 • Filed to: None | 1
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The town where I grew up as a kid removed an entire hill in a park so people couldn't go sledding. Apparently work on the project just got done. So much bullshit here.
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Round headlight enthusiast
> Bandit
12/15/2014 at 19:36 |
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boo! Where I am, there's a country club gold course we all sled on. Everyone knows it happens, but nobody cares b/c there's a "no sledding sign" which releases them from liability
E. Julius
> Bandit
12/15/2014 at 19:37 |
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This is ridiculous. If there's not some way the sledding could have been classified as a "do at your own risk" thing so the park didn't have to pay for the insurance for it, something is broken. Do they have to close the park/pay the insurance because someone could go there and juggle chainsaws?
davedave1111
> Bandit
12/15/2014 at 19:38 |
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Wait, what? I had to re-read that multiple times to be sure, but it does actually say they're removing a hill, right?
Either you guys go sledging on pathetically small hills, or that's a serious bit of digging and trucking they have going on there. I can't begin to imagine how removing a hill can be cheaper than buying insurance, even if the insurance is expensive. Is the contractor who got the gig someone's brother/friend/campaign contributor?
TheOnelectronic
> davedave1111
12/15/2014 at 19:43 |
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In some parts of the country, you sled on any slope you can find.
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TheOnelectronic
> E. Julius
12/15/2014 at 19:44 |
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Just because the park wouldn't be liable doesn't mean they wouldn't get sued for it. Court costs can really add up. That's my completely uneducated guess as to what's going on.
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E. Julius
> TheOnelectronic
12/15/2014 at 19:46 |
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That makes sense. That's just… ugh.
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davedave1111
> TheOnelectronic
12/15/2014 at 19:46 |
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I pity you poor people. Doesn't living somewhere with snow but no hills count as child abuse, if you have kids?
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Bandit
> davedave1111
12/15/2014 at 19:47 |
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I haven't been back to that town in a couple years so I can't tell you much more than the article but this is the midwest, there are no hills anywhere!
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TheOnelectronic
> davedave1111
12/15/2014 at 19:51 |
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It should. I live within 30 minutes of a snow-capped mountain now.
tromoly
> Bandit
12/15/2014 at 20:02 |
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You grew up in Paxton?
Can you give me directions to Tom Meents' house?
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davedave1111
> TheOnelectronic
12/15/2014 at 20:03 |
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And now I'm jealous instead of pitying you.
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Bandit
> tromoly
12/15/2014 at 20:05 |
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Haha, I can't but I know they put a sign up somewhere.
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tromoly
> Bandit
12/15/2014 at 20:07 |
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A while ago he told a group of us we could ask anyone from Paxton where he lives and they would know, just had to ask.
Birddog
> Bandit
12/15/2014 at 20:07 |
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Proving, yet again, that there are too many people out there that need a "cause".
That sucks.
jariten1781
> Bandit
12/15/2014 at 20:10 |
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Haha, and now the kids will do what we did growing up in a hill-less town...sled down overpasses....you know, where there's cars and stuff driving in the snow. Glad to see they're seeing the big picture and thinking of the children or whatever.
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Bandit
> tromoly
12/15/2014 at 20:25 |
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Keep in mind I was too young to know a lot of stuff. My family would know that though!