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Boardwalk is a health hazard!!

eth0_ · 2006-10-19 08:23:21

Thanks to the LUAS being f*cked up yet AGAIN I had to walk in the rain up to Tara st station. I walked down the boardwalk along Eden quay - ironically because there's so many broken paving stones I didn't want to trip in the rain - slipped twice and then fell onto my right knee and now it's pretty badly cut and i'm in a…

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#32 28-10-2006 6:41pm
senordingdong

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monkey tennis wrote:

You appear to have missed the point completely. There should be no need for any signs in the first place, as a boardwalk in a city prone to rain should not have a surface that tends to become slippery in the rain.

Well since so many others walk on it without slipping, then perhaps the problem is down to the footwear that some wear.

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#33 31-10-2006 11:32am
lightening

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monkey tennis wrote:

Otherwise, people expecting the surface not to be slippery (as it shouldn't be), are going to slip.

This is getting silly. Wood is slippy, the wooden bridge to dollymount is, the boardwalk is, decking is, marinas are.... Just take care.

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