no foolin'

[mannikin]

last monday a worker was crushed to death by a crane as he labored to build . . . well, something, anyway . . . in the until-recently vacant lot up the street from my house. the lot was home to an abandoned fast-food restaurant, weeds, and a structure that on paper was a storm drain but in reality was a mosquito nursery the locals sometimes called

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[coil222]

I'm @ work and on a call so I haven't read the text, but those pics are fricken' awesome Dan.

[mannikin]

heh, thanks. i'm glad you enjoyed them.

[mannikin]

heh, all right.

if you wanted to try it once . . . you'd probably be best off finding an organization that does it regularly and contacting them about it. bmezine probably wouldn't be a bad place to start.

my friend jason hung me. he's a co-founder of a suspension group called ihung, but i'm not sure what their status is lately. more or less the reason i got to do it is because i'm good friends with people who are very, very into it and not because i necessarily know where to go. but that should give you something to go on, anyway.

[msredsneakers]

No comment on all of the creepy, SUV crammed condo developments?

[mannikin]

heh, i mentioned nantucket, which qualifies, i think.

i suppose i could have given SUVs in particular a more thorough treatment, but it was approaching the upper limit of readable length as it was, i think. :)

[g33kgrrl]

good job on your suspension. we'll have to talk more about it when I see you next weekend.

[mannikin]

hey, thanks. :)

yes, we'll definitely talk about it . . . i have more photos as well; the ones i posted were just the most representative of the whole.

[mavra_chang]

Reminds me of Athens a little bit...

Plus, around where I live now, there's all kinds of strip mall thingies being built, including something right across the way. It's pretty depressing. Especially since it used to be where my grandparents lived.

[mannikin]

yeah. athens makes me very sad nowadays.

that sucks that your area is being developed . . . i'd thought i could count on that being the boonies for at least a few more years. :)