In my day...
Jun. 22nd, 2004 10:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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davis_squarethere were some things that simply WERE NOT DONE. Fucking with a man's ride was one of them. Apparently this is not the case today, at least not in Davis Square.
I left work late, around 1815h, tired and hungry from missing lunch two days in a row due to broken things at work. Rode over to the Diesel to hang out, parking in the normal spot right in front, in plain sight. Had a coffee and some little conversation, then went down the street to get some dinner.
Returning to my bike after dinner, maybe an hour later, I immediately notice two things:
As the bike was parked right in front of the Diesel's great big glass door, I went inside to ask if anyone had seen this happen, or noticed anyone hanging around my bike out front. Of course, no one had.
I am posting here to serve a few purposes:
EDIT: I did manage to get the marker cleaned off, so I am all set with that now.
I left work late, around 1815h, tired and hungry from missing lunch two days in a row due to broken things at work. Rode over to the Diesel to hang out, parking in the normal spot right in front, in plain sight. Had a coffee and some little conversation, then went down the street to get some dinner.
Returning to my bike after dinner, maybe an hour later, I immediately notice two things:
- there is some bird shit or something on the pillion pad of my nice vinyl touring saddle, and
- some fuckwit has chosen to decorate my bike with marker, creating a design around the bird shit and connecting the dots
As the bike was parked right in front of the Diesel's great big glass door, I went inside to ask if anyone had seen this happen, or noticed anyone hanging around my bike out front. Of course, no one had.
I am posting here to serve a few purposes:
- to inform others that your ride is not safe in Davis Square on a public street in broad daylight,
- to request that anyone who may have seen this happen let me know, and
to solicit suggestions for removing black magic marker from black vinyl.
EDIT: I did manage to get the marker cleaned off, so I am all set with that now.
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Date: 2004-06-22 08:09 pm (UTC)it depends what type of pen/marker it was; i don't know of any way of removing indelible marker. other options to try after plain old detergent are alcohol (rubbing or denatured?), nail polish remover, and dry cleaning fluid. None of these should harm vinyl. I generally have more luck with nail polish remover than alcohol for removing things.
hope it comes out.
(btw, you've got a great angry icon!)
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Date: 2004-06-22 08:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-06-24 03:01 pm (UTC)