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Old 02-01-2005, 07:32 PM   #7
Griff
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Originally Posted by glatt

I remember hearing of a tradition in downtown Boston where people shovel out public parking spots on the street in front of their houses, and then "reserve" them by placing a cone or lawn chair or something in the space.
The present mayor tried to end the practice this year by sending the sanitation crews around to trash all the furniture found in parking places. Folks immediately started putting out all the nasty stuff sanitation normally won't touch like old fridges. They picked them up.
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