Nostalgia for the old neighborhood

by philg

Discovered in the entryway of our old condo building in Cambridge:

I.e., one of the local righteous had taken the trouble to write “Please do not lock bike on tree — damages the bark” and then the additional trouble to place the note in a Ziploc bag (or maybe the recipient decided to preserve the note via Ziploc?).

I do not expect anyone in Florida to go to these lengths!

9 thoughts on “Nostalgia for the old neighborhood”

  1. Look at the bright side, at least the note was NOT stapled to the tree!

    Coming soon, fences will be built around tress to prevent anyone from getting close to them or children playing with tree by climbing on them or, God forbid, someone placing a swing on a tree branch!!

    But of course if you want to carve LGBTQ+ on a tree, that’s just fine because it sends the “inclusiveness” message we all need.

  2. Ziploc continues to be at the forefront of fighting terrorism. First in airports, now in forests!

  3. Do they have another sign: “If homeless or walking dog, please do not pee on tree. Makes bark smell. If homeless ring Bell Apt 2C. If dog-walking, move to forest.”

    One would think that in Cambridge, a clever and environmentally-conscious entrepreneur/Amazon reseller would build design a durable, lightweight *padded* bike lock with a cladding that won’t damage tree bark and have it manufactured in China. Problem solved and another millionaire minted. They can send me a royalty check for my copyright on this idea.

    • If it is a condo. especially, they could make a list of approved bike locks that don’t damage tree bark and require everyone in the Association to use them, so our entrepreneur would have an instant market, also – that then could spread to other condos in the area and pretty soon all the condo owners in Cambridge with a little word of mouth campaign. Call it the “Cambridge Bike Park n’ Bark”)

    • Last thought (sorry, I’m in asynchronous mode again): If the CBPB is successful, our entrepreneur/activist could then take the next logical step, work their network and get the State to order the MA Environmental Police to compile an approve list of tree-bark-safe bike locks, promulgate and enforce it. Anyone who locks their bike up with an unapproved lock gets it horked off and impounded. This is a true tip-to-tail MA public/private partnership solution and it funds itself.

  4. Along with the next stimulus check, Pres. Biden should issue a high-quality tree bark-safe bike lock to every US resident having the ability to ride a bike.

    • Careful, I think it may have become illegal to discriminate among people based on their ability.

  5. If bike locks actually damage the tree, I suspect this is not a joke to the entity that owns the tree.

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