Posts Tagged ‘legal’
Friday, April 26th, 2013
Here you go, here’s an expensive crib set what includes a crib with a drop side (which means it slides up and down) which you can’t sell in the United States anymore.
But can you sell it used on Craigslist? No. Hell no.
Check it, straight from the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Loophole alert: Are you allowed to sell this crib not as a crib but as a convertible child’s bed?
Possibly.
Loophole alert: Are you allowed to throw away the drop side and sell the crib as a daybed, thusly?
“Beautiful, high quality solid wood Morigeau-Lepine crib converted to toddler day bed. Originally purchased for 850.00. Attached picture is of original drop-side crib which is now banned in the U.S. Drop side piece is not included in this sale to avoid possible danger.”
I don’t know. Maybe.
But what I do know is that you can’t sell drop side cribs no mo, even on Craigslist.
And yet people try to do that on Craigslist each and every day.
Just saying, ma’am.
What should you buy instead? How about a Sniglar* from IKEA? It costs just $69 (and it certainly looks like it costs just $69.)
And it will not impress any rich ladies in Russian Hill or anywhere else.
But, the Sniglar, she is legal, and that’s the thing.
Sorry for the hassle. Thank you, drive through.
“Morigeau Lepine (Canadian) WOODEN CRIB SET: $3250 VALUE — selling for $1000
Gorgeous Morigeau Lepine furniture in excellent condition. 2800 series collection. Used by one child only in smoke-free house. Can purchase individual pieces or all. Morigeau Lepine furniture is quality, Canadian crafted. Smooth to the touch, durable hardwood construction. It will stand the test of time and you will likely be able to pass down to others. All pieces match and are white with espresso (dark wood) detailing — SEE PHOTOS.
Crib – $550. Converts to a full-sized bed when child grows older! (Crib mattress can be added for additional $50)
Dresser – $300
Bookshelf – $200
$1,000 for all three”
*Wasn’t that Gollum’s name back when he was a Hobbit? Something like that.
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Tags: 2011, America, babies, baby, banned, cheap, child, children, Consumer Product Safety Commission, CPSC, craigslist, crib, cribs, damger, double, drop side, dropside, federal, hobbit, IKEA, illegal, kids, legal, Morigeau Lepine, safety, Second-Hand, secondhand, sell, smeagol, Sniglar, United States, used, wood, wooden
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Friday, April 19th, 2013
Golden Gate Park be getting all crowded these days on annual 420 Day, so why not head on down to Noe Valley and light up at 4:20 PM at 420 Day Street instead?
The neighbors will welcome you interloping potheads with open arms. I’m sure!
Actually, Noe Valley is the locus of NIMBY – it’s filled with asshole millionaire homeowners and concomitant neighbor feuding.
Here it is, 420 Day, or close enough. Check out the comically large Planning Commission NOTICE OF HEARING notice on the front gate and the comically small recycling bin out front. (No black garbage can? A point of pride, I’m sure)
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Oh, here we go, here’s real 420 Day, not too far from the Haight Street McDonalds on Stanyan.
That’s not fog, that’s a cloud of exhaled Mary Jane:
An excellent capture from world-famous Broke-Ass Stuart.
All right, Happy 420 Day 2013!
Tags: 2013, 4-20, 420, 420 day, annual, ashbury, bay area, Broke-ass Stuart, buy, california, cars, cloud, cops, department, dept., drugs, golden gate park, gridlock, haight, hill, hippie hill, hippies, hippy, hippy hill, ima, image, legal, legalize, maruijuana, McDonalds, mj, nimby, noe, panhandle, park, parking, photo, police, pot, San Francisco, Saturday, sell, SF, SFPD, smoke, smoking, stanyan, street, sutro tower, teens, undercover, upper, Valley, Vapor Cloud, weed
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Friday, April 12th, 2013
Rickshaws were first used in Japan, so it’s appropriate that they’re still in use.
I guess.
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Anyway, these contraptions are illegal in some places, but not Japan, not yet…
Tags: 2013, bay area, california, illegal, japan, Japanese, jinrikisha, Learning From Japan, legal, Rickshaw, rickshaws, San Francisco, transit
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Wednesday, March 27th, 2013
A little hard to see but, yes, this dude is conversating on a cell phone.
Is this an illegal thing to do when you’re skating down the street?
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As seen in the Western Addition
Tags: 2013, bay area, california, cellulat, crime, hang upp and skate, illegal, legal, middle, phone, San Francisco, SFPD, skate boarding, skateboard, skateboarding, talk, western addition
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Monday, March 4th, 2013
Via Dallis Willard, who’s Everywhere You Want To Be.
Upon seeing a giant Cadillac on the sidewalk, some peds will call the DPT ticketing service at 553-1200, but others will whip out the blue paint:
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Either way, this looks like a case for the San Francisco Department of Sidewalk Parking.
Car Parked Illegally, Parking Enforcement (415) 553-1200.
On It Goes.
Tags: (415), 2013, 553-1200, bay area, Blue, california, car, Dallis willard, DPT, illegal, legal, paint, parked, parking, San Francisco, SCISSORFIGHT, SFMTA, sidewalk
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Thursday, January 3rd, 2013
Is this illegal? (You know, aside from jumping the red light / intruding into the crosswalk.)
At first I thought so, but now I don’t know.
They can’t go on the sidewalk, at least not in the 415.
Remember when Steve Jobs said that the Segway revolution would be “bigger than the PC?”
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He didn’t but I do….
Tags: 2012, bay area, california, district, financial, illegal, jam, legal, Montgomery, Montgomery Street, San Francisco, seway, strret, traffic
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Friday, December 28th, 2012
Uh, to make more money?
From Ellen Huet comes the news of SideCar doubling its “voluntary” fares for New Years Eve 2013.
So that means you’ll need to pay double to avoid getting blackballed by SideCar’s drivers.
Of course, if a trained and licensed San Francisco taxi driver charges you double a during busy time, that’s a misdemeanor.
But if a SideCar driver jacks up rates on NYE, that’s called bidness.
Oh well.
Hey, Gentle Reader! Why not check in on SideCar’s “amazing year,” below? You’ll be able to see if any mention is made of CPUC case #PSG-3360, you know, that whole “cease and desist” thing.
If only this woman on Market had a SideCar sign instead of a TAXI sign:
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“Hello San Francisco SideCar Community!
2012 has been an amazing year:
- The Mayans were wrong
- SideCar was born
- You showed the world that with instant ridesharing we really can help each other get around in a way that’s more fun, efficient and safe.
Woohoo!
To ring in 2013, plenty of drivers in our community have told us that they plan to get behind the wheel on New Year’s Eve so that you can hit the town safely without having to worry about driving. <3 To thank them, we decided to do them a huge favor:
For New Year’s Eve only – and in The San Francisco Bay Area Only - from 5pm-5am, as a way of saying thanks to those driving on NYE, we are going to suggest double the community average donation for each ride within the app. This means that a ride with a typical community average of $10 will say $20 on Monday night.
Here’s why we’re doing this:
- SideCar community drivers are not employed by SideCar or put on shifts of any kind. Going online on NYE (or any night) is completely up to them. Extra donations will help mobilize an army of designated drivers to help you get safely where you want to go on one of the busiest nights of the year for transportation.
- There are plenty of things to do on NYE besides drive… why not sweeten the pot a little for drivers to keep them stoked on getting people around.
- Extra donations = extra appreciation for awesome drivers lending a hand on a crazy night like NYE.
Of course, with SideCar what you donate is always up to you, and the community average is just there to help you decide. We just feel that on a night like New Year’s a little extra for drivers wouldn’t hurt. We hope you’ll feel the same way.”
Tags: (CASE), 2012, 2013, bay area, bicycle, bike, cab, cabbies, california, cease and desist, CPUC, double, gouge, gouging, illegal, laminated, legal, light, lyft, mta, Muni, new year's, new years eve, nye, price, prices, PSG-3360, San Francisco, SF, SFMTA, shiroi, side car, sidecar, sign, stop, takushii, taxi, town car, white, wOMAN, yellow
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Thursday, December 20th, 2012
Like this – dude was going black after block:
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Tags: 2012, bay area, bicycke, bike, california, crime, cyclists, hit, illegal, legal, pedestrian, ride, riding, San Francisco, sidewalk, sidewalks, Victimless, Victimless Crime
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Thursday, November 1st, 2012
This woman standing at a bus stop in the Financh on Market Street outbound had a few choices, I suppose.
She could have tried hailing an illegal Lyft or Side Car jitney taxi (called shiroi takushii* in Japan) but this was a busy, rainy night so that wouldn’t have worked.
And the illegal Town Car Limos, well, they would have quoted her $50 for a ten-minute ride.
And MUNI – come on MUNI would have worked, eventually, but it would have taken a long, long time.
And a bike, well that was how I did it, but, you know, it was raining ‘n stuff.
So, she she whipped out her home-made visual aid, the poor dear.
Hey lady, look! That taxi’s “TAXI” light is on!** That means that this cab is empty** so the driver will totally pick you up** for sure!
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Did that taxi stop for her?
No not all.
But, nevertheless, carrying around a sign like this seems like a good idea. It probably gives her an edge.
Thank you, drive through.
*”White taxi.” Believe it or not, most private vehicles in Japan have white paint (it’s like 50-something percent, or maybe that percentage is a bit lower these days but anyway), so if some unlicensed dude will drive you around in his car for money, then you call his car a white taxi. You know, as opposed to a yellow taxi*** what has permits and a color scheme and a flag drop and a meter and all the other stuff that Lyft and Side Car don’t have…
**That light is meaningless in the 415. Sorry. Yes, I know, I know, where you’re from, the light means that the driver is looking for fares but that system is not in effect here.
***Which, of course, need not be yellow IRL.
Tags: 2012, bay area, bicycle, bike, cab, cabbies, california, illegal, laminated, legal, light, lyft, mta, Muni, San Francisco, SF, SFMTA, shiroi, side car, sidecar, sign, stop, takushii, taxi, town car, white, wOMAN, yellow
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Wednesday, September 19th, 2012
I don’t know, if I wanted to create gridlock in SoMA / Financial / Union Square, I think I’d hire some jackasses to drive “mobile billboards” around the block and around the block all day long.
“Blocking the box” yesterday with a mobile billboard truck in the middle of the intersection of 3rd Street and Market:
“Hey everybody! Stop everything and look at me!”
Reverse angle – now the driver is only blocking one lane of 3rd Street:
Note the Washington state license plates.
And here’s the result of the advertising trucks. Gridlock:
Oh well.
“Blocking the box” is illegal these days, but the SFPD doesn’t really hand out tickets for that, so have at it.
Now I’ll tell you, Lyft taxi, a service that you just might like, isn’t legal, but mobile billboards, a “service” that you don’t like, are legal, more or less.
Isn’t it ironic?
Don’t cha think?
I’m just sayin’
Tags: ads, advertising, billboard, billboards, block the box, blocking the box, bus, citation, DPT, drivers, egnyte, gridlock, illegal, legal, license, lyft, Mobile Billboard, mobile billboards, Muni, plate, plates, rolling, service, SFMTA, SFPD, state, taxi, ticket, traffic, truck, trucks, Washington
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