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What's the deal with those red barriers at the Spanish Arch?

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  • 09-11-2010 12:27pm
    #1
    einshteen
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    They're an eyesore IMO, don't see what useful function they serve, if it's to keep people from sitting near the edge of the arch it's not particularly effective.


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    dapto1
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    I think it's to keep people from going near the edge because of the storm warning, which makes it quite dangerous if one were to fall in.


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    [Deleted User]
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    They have been there for weeks/months? now.

    For the storm warning the council added posts to keep them in place.

    I thought they might have been to keep people off the grass but it doesn't seem to have been for that.


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    dapto1
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    They have been there for weeks/months? now.

    Have they? Shows how much attention I paid when I was last up.


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    biko
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    Yeah, I'm fairly sure they put them up last year too, to show it's unsafe to go near the edge.


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    ScumLord
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    There to maintain the exclusivity of the fish club and keep humans out.


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    snubbleste
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    They don't have them in Venice.
    People have managed for decades in that area without falling into the river, health & safety gone too far.

    Those pesky swans have been eyeing up the Arch with views of colonisation


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    Robbo
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    Canute said they'd hold back the tide when he sold them to us. He'd sold them to Ogdenville and North Haverbrook...


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    PopeBuckfastXVI
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    Robbo wrote: »
    Canute said they'd hold back the tide when he sold them to us. He'd sold them to Ogdenville and North Haverbrook...

    You're fairly milking that episode these days...


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    Robbo
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    PopeBuckfastXVI wrote: »
    You're fairly milking that episode these days...
    To my mind, they stopped making new ones about 10 years ago


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    PopeBuckfastXVI
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    Robbo wrote: »
    To my mind, they stopped making new ones about 10 years ago

    much in agreement


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    Diabhal Beag
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    They put them there the day after a big fight down Spanish Arch. They've been there for 2 months I'd say.


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    Mrs OBumble
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    snubbleste wrote: »
    They don't have them in Venice.
    People have managed for decades in that area without falling into the river, health & safety gone too far.

    They don't have (many) drunken Irish people in Venice.

    I suspect that when the river's very high, it could be easier for someone to misjudge what was river and what was solid ground.


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    Raging_Ninja
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    Most people are stupid and need to be protected from themselves.


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    BrokenArrows
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    Raging_Ninja wrote: »
    Most people are stupid and need to be protected from themselves.

    We need to let natural selection take a bigger role in day to day life :D


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    biko
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    I do not advocate capital punishment for stupidity, but I think we need to take the warning labels off of everything and let the problem sort itself out...


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    rivalius13
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    biko wrote: »
    I do not advocate capital punishment for stupidity, but I think we need to take the warning labels off of everything and let the problem sort itself out...

    Hey, look, Smoking doesn't cause cancer anymore! WOOHOO! -chain smokes until death-


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    magentas
    Registered Users Posts: 1,194 ✭✭✭magentas


    Raging_Ninja wrote: »
    Most people are stupid and need to be protected from themselves.
    haha! they have a sign up in meat shop in terryland only over the mince saying "mince must be cooked thoroughly before eating"
    don't ya know some eejit probably didn't cook it fully, got sick and complained to shop about their product!:D


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