Re: Permits for tripods (Was: Santa Barbara Soap)

[Simon Nathan <simonwide@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

dear bob-
whatever year the brooklyn bridge was birthdaying its 75th i borrowed coast
guard boat and crew for time coverage from the water.  east river
is where i plunked down. this way i could relocate at will. rent-a-cop
came and said commander had ordered all press out of the area. coast guard
man replied "we're not press we are coast guard." nearby tv crew, asked
to leave, said "ok, then we're not press, we are documentarians." 
cop-temp scratched  his head going back to see the commander."  
simon nathan

Robert J. Lang or Hope Conley Lang wrote:

I had my #8 Cirkut on some New York City property near the Brooklyn Bridge,
and was given a bit of a hard time over a permit by some city
semi-policeman.  Fortuneately he kept mentioning that it was near lunchtime
and how hungry he was.  So I took the hint and paid for lunch.  End of
problem.  In New York the palm always faces the sky and it's cheaper to
cross it with green than to get a permit.  Besides I'd rather give the
bucks to the city worker than to the thieving politicians.

Bob