Yeah, but if I'm gonna let the store save on labor, I at least want a discount. At Market Basket you get lower prices and don't have to worry about being a cashier.

Seriously? You’ve never seen a “no skateboarding” sign in a public park?

I said that in response to his asking what happens if you break your leg at Yellowstone or Lincoln woods. I responded that places like that generally ban such activities to avoid the liability issue. There are exceptions, but Lincoln Woods being one doesn’t change the general trend.

I stand by my assertion that these exceptions will carry insurance protecting them from liability arising from these activities.

I didn’t. The person I responded to did.

Because I know how liability insurance works. What is or isn't allowed at one specific venue is irrelevant to the topic of discussion.

I don’t skateboard, so I don’t know which venues allow it and which don’t. It is banned in many such venues though, and if it is expressly allowed at Lincoln Woods I promise the state has liability coverage.

Getting back to the topic of the thread, why don’t these roving gangs take their bikes to Lincoln Woods?

Skatepark insurance is a thing, often wrapped into a municipality’s general liability policy. Places like Yellowstone and Lincoln Woods generally ban skateboarding in large part to avoid liability issues.

You think these kids have their bikes insured?

If someone gets hurt, whoever owns the land would likely be liable.

Killed, no. Held accountable for the multitude of laws they are breaking, absolutely.

>Upon further reading, it sounds like she was 'treated' to the extent of their legal obligation and discharged against her will.

Given that she died of a second stroke shortly after discharge, perhaps that legal obligation needs to be reevaluated. She apparently knew better than the medical professionals what she was talking about.

I semi-seriously wonder how long it will be before we start seeing some of these self-storage complexes getting converted into bargain-basement housing.

That depends. If it's based on odometer readings, then you're right. If it's based on making more/most roads into toll roads, then you've got a 4th Amendment case. There's no precedent for allowing the government to monitor where and when everyone is driving.

Generally if they're trying to track someone, they try to get the news out as much as possible. They want everyone in the area on the lookout for the person.

Keeping it off the news just makes it easier for the suspect to hide.

Cianci proposed doing exactly that back in the 90s, at least for the downtown stretch. I don’t know how much traction the idea got at the time, but maybe it could be revisited.

Yes, and it was burnt down by a Boogaloo Boi, aka a fascist, to make the protesters look bad.

What have they ruined?

It's not really out of place though. It's four blocks from the current tallest building in the state. The renderings don't do it any favors though by having the rest of the skyline look tiny and washed out in the background. They make the Fane tower look like it'sa towering behemoth halfway to Cranston. In reality, it's only going to be 20% taller than the Superman Building, and only twice as far from it as the Hospital Trust tower.

Agreed, but this tower does nothing to harm the historical BS. It's being built on a vacant lot that historically was a highway underpass.

The lot it's on has always been zoned for development. It is adjacent to the park but not legally part of it. If Fane doesn't get built there, something else will.

As for the views, they could've said the same about the Superman building when it was built, and the Turk's Head before that. It's a valid reason to make sure the design is as aesthetically sound as possible, but not to kill the project outright.

It's not. It's coming toward you, very high overhead.

Ez-pass is technically free. You have to deposit (I think) $25 when you sign up, but that goes to pay your future tolls, which are usually less than the non-ez-pass toll.

Even if you only use the Newport Bridge, Mass Pike, or any of the other various toll roads around the Northeast very rarely, the convenience and discounted tolls are worth it, IMO.

I hear you, but we're in good company. This has always struck me as iconic of Providence in the same way the Battersea power plant is of London. It would be cool to see our power plant repurposed someday like London's is now, but I'd miss it if it were gone.

That's absurd. Why would anyone go through the permitting process to drill on land without oil reserves?

Regardless, that doesn't answer the question of how the GOP would get the oil companies to drill more and flood the market, reducing their own profit margins in the process? Seems pretty hard to do without some of that nasty government regulation.

How exactly do the Republicans plan to get the oil producers to "pump more," when they're currently making record profits by not pumping more and driving up the price?

Oil companies are currently sitting on dozens of unused drilling permits that they could act on tomorrow with no change in government. They have no desire to "pump more."

I'm amazed that Biden and McKee have the ability to cause worldwide inflation that is far worse in much of the world than it is here.

Liz Truss just became the shortest-serving prime minister in UK history by implementing economic policies akin to those the Republican want, causing the pound to plummet and inflation to skyrocket.