Mis-bagged yard waste fine?

[nowalmart.livejournal.com]

So our landlord called us this week. It seems he received a $25 citation from the city of Somerville for something involving incorrect trash on our curb (Apologies for not getting the exact description, the landlord spoke with one of my roommates).

The only strange thing on our curb this last week was some bags of leaves in (incorrect) plastic trash bags that the landscaping crew had left from some work done in the backyard. The bags of leaves were left by the trash crew (they were not picked up, and are now back in the backyard).

This raised some questions in my head:
1) No where on the Somerville Environmental Service Guide does it say that you will be fined for putting out improper trash.

2) How can the city fine you if they did not take the trash? It makes sense if they take the trash and then fine you for that, but the garbagemen just skipped over the bags of leaves. It seems this is a "no harm, no foul" sort of situation.

As an aside, the landlord has agreed to pay the fine, since he was the one that hired the landscapers. I did not want to tell him what to do, but I want to tell him to not pay the fine.

Any comments?

LOST BLACK SONY CAMERA

[pekulier.livejournal.com]

So yesterday was Tuft's Spring Fling and we lost our new camera on the campus lawn somewhere once we got inside. It's a black sony that was in a grey/green zip case. Anyone seen it? Anyone think they saw someone with it? Please help us find it!!!! We'll give you a reward! Thanks!

Bertucci's?

[rainbowbride617.livejournal.com]

Hi all! I know that long ago there was a Bertucci's in the locale that is now Dominoes and Wing Works. I'm sad that I was not in the Davis area during those days! :) I am wondering in the present if anyone knows of a Bertucci's that would deliver to the Somerville Hospital area of Highland Ave? Any thoughts or hopeful bits of info welcome!

I hope everyone is having a great spring!

where to fix a bracelet?

[manjety.livejournal.com]

Hi neighbors!

I bought watch and the bracelet is too big. Can you direct where it can be fixed - need to take out a couple of sections/links?

thanks in advance!
Kate

P.s. it's not a rocket science and I can try tp do it myself, but the screws are so small - can hardly see them... and I don't want to scratch the watch.

a little survey for you all to fill out...

[bridgesyoucross.livejournal.com]

Hi everyone!

I'm a student at Tufts, and I'm writing an anthropology paper about the possible ways we interact with Davis Square as tourist destination, not just a local place for practical everyday tasks.

You may think to yourself, "I live here, so I'm not a tourist." But that's ties into an overarching point that I'm trying to make in this paper - that you don't need to be a visitor to a place to be a tourist. We can all be tourists in our backyard, I say.

I'd really appreciate it if as many of you as possible could just answer a few questions about what you do when you go to Davis, and what you think of it. Many of these questions are closely connected, so if you'd rather answer in a paragraph or something, that works too. Just try to answer them completely. Maybe you'll surprise yourself. If you want to add anything extra that you think would be helpful or relevant, great. If you don't actually live around Davis Square, that's cool too.

Try to define "tourist/tourism" as loosely as possible when answering these questions. It's pretty subjective anyway. Things to consider: picture-taking, places/things you show visitors, anything Davis is "known" for, whatever else you want to add.

1. Do you ever do "tourist-y" things in Davis Square? Have you ever? What are they? Ever surprised at how much of a "visitor" or "tourist" you are, even if you live here?

2. What would you consider the most "tourist-y" places (or aspects) of Davis Square? Why, in your opinion, would a tourist come to Davis, and what would they do?

3. What sort of things do you usually do when you go to Davis? (This question can obviously be answered much longer for some than others.) Is there any difference between what you do in Davis now and what you did when you first moved to the area? Ever go exploring? Learn new things?

4. Do you know anything about the history of Davis Square? If so, how? (Was it from being a "tourist"?) Do you *want* to know more than you do, or could you not care less?


I really appreciate any and all input. Thanks!


edit to add: thanks for your input... i definitely could use more though. i'd appreciate anything anyone has to say... thanks!