Hardly a killjoy. Not to sound like a cranky pants, but the hoop was illegal. FDNY probably took it down. Fire escapes are there as a method of egress from a fire. I'd be pretty ticked off if I was trying to escape my building's fire and got tripped up and hurt because of some basketball net of all things. There are plenty of parks or gyms to play ball at where you aren't unwittingly contributing to the risk of someone DYING.
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Great. Now the Extra Place kids will be back to sex, drugs, and drag racing.
ReplyDeleteProbably the building owner. even the most clueless idiot landlord could see from a mile a way that the hoop was just trouble waiting to happen.
ReplyDelete"So who was the killjoy?
ReplyDeleteNearly everyone that comments on this blog from what I've seen.
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ReplyDeleteHardly a killjoy. Not to sound like a cranky pants, but the hoop was illegal. FDNY probably took it down. Fire escapes are there as a method of egress from a fire. I'd be pretty ticked off if I was trying to escape my building's fire and got tripped up and hurt because of some basketball net of all things. There are plenty of parks or gyms to play ball at where you aren't unwittingly contributing to the risk of someone DYING.
ReplyDeleteAnd my point is proven.
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