My girlfriend and I went out yesterday to steal love locks, then went to get some warm food and drinks afterwards (it was friggin' cold).
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@thedoctor
@alice has a history of stealing hearts and locks.
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@thedoctor @alice
well, time for you to start stealing love locks then. have fun o/but seriously, this is just about putting your skills to the test and keeping a trophy. Nobody is going to miss any of these. If you leave a lock attached to a public fence, don't expect it to stay there
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@thedoctor @alice I was kinda wondering the same. I'm guessing these are from an informal location where they've aggregated. I understand they aren't keeping anything secured. It's not like they're from County maintenance yards or something like that, but I feel like lovers are probably gonna be missing the newer ones, at least.
@pronounshe @thedoctor eventually the county cuts them away, because, with a few exceptions, they are a nuisance to maintaining the bridges. At some places in my town they affect the proper working of drawbridges. @alice is not stealing them, they're rescuing them
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My girlfriend and I went out yesterday to steal love locks, then went to get some warm food and drinks afterwards (it was friggin' cold).
We ended up with 28 new love locksยน, a cinnamon roll the size of a large hedgehog, and chai I had to strain through my teeth.
All and all, it was a beautiful day and a lovely experience...though next time I hope they pour the chai through a strainer
ยนI went for easier prey because, from the time I pulled my hands out of my pockets, I had about 30 seconds of poking icy metal before my fingers went numb.
@alice
love locks are really prime picking targets, now that i think about it from an outsider's perspective -
My girlfriend and I went out yesterday to steal love locks, then went to get some warm food and drinks afterwards (it was friggin' cold).
We ended up with 28 new love locksยน, a cinnamon roll the size of a large hedgehog, and chai I had to strain through my teeth.
All and all, it was a beautiful day and a lovely experience...though next time I hope they pour the chai through a strainer
ยนI went for easier prey because, from the time I pulled my hands out of my pockets, I had about 30 seconds of poking icy metal before my fingers went numb.
@alice ride those waves in life / seek them out and ride them all the way
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@thedoctor
They damage the things they're attached to in various ways (scratches, and when there's too many, good old gravity.) Janek Rubeลก (YT: Honest Guide) had some videos on this being a problem in Prague, don't know if they're still up. But yeah, city maintenance and volunteers sometimes go in and just straight up cut the locks off.
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@alice
I wonder if you have local followers leaving locks in the hope of seeing them in your posts
๐คญ@koalou that would be amazing!
I thought about getting a PO box in case anyone on Fedi wanted to send me cool locks to pick. I've had a few people do it so far.
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My girlfriend and I went out yesterday to steal love locks, then went to get some warm food and drinks afterwards (it was friggin' cold).
We ended up with 28 new love locksยน, a cinnamon roll the size of a large hedgehog, and chai I had to strain through my teeth.
All and all, it was a beautiful day and a lovely experience...though next time I hope they pour the chai through a strainer
ยนI went for easier prey because, from the time I pulled my hands out of my pockets, I had about 30 seconds of poking icy metal before my fingers went numb.
@alice what do you do with the locks? Just curious.
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@thedoctor plenty of places look the other way, but in most places it's technically a misdemeanor (either considered graffiti, abandoned property on public grounds, attaching a fixture to public infrastructure, etc).
I was sad that I was too late to save a bunch this timeโthe city destroyed them and repainted the structure, but some survived.
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@alice what do you do with the locks? Just curious.
@goncalor I post every couple months about it, but I'm building an interactive art installation that's an ode to lovers. I'm about ยผ done.
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@thedoctor @webhat @pronounshe @alice They can be hazardous if left unchecked. See e.g. https://time.com/2847633/pont-de-arts-bridge-paris/
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@koalou that would be amazing!
I thought about getting a PO box in case anyone on Fedi wanted to send me cool locks to pick. I've had a few people do it so far.
@alice I was half expecting you to say that they shouldnโt because there are already too many locks rusting out there ๐คญ
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@jimgar @alice Are you the kind of people to raze your lawn to a grand total of 1mm and secretly cut down their neighbour's bushes when they grow in size?
God forbid couples leave a heartfelt memorandum of their relationship on public infrastructure and come back 10 years later to relive the memories. The poor road maintenance companies must be protected from young couples!
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@jimgar @alice Are you the kind of people to raze your lawn to a grand total of 1mm and secretly cut down their neighbour's bushes when they grow in size?
God forbid couples leave a heartfelt memorandum of their relationship on public infrastructure and come back 10 years later to relive the memories. The poor road maintenance companies must be protected from young couples!
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My girlfriend and I went out yesterday to steal love locks, then went to get some warm food and drinks afterwards (it was friggin' cold).
We ended up with 28 new love locksยน, a cinnamon roll the size of a large hedgehog, and chai I had to strain through my teeth.
All and all, it was a beautiful day and a lovely experience...though next time I hope they pour the chai through a strainer
ยนI went for easier prey because, from the time I pulled my hands out of my pockets, I had about 30 seconds of poking icy metal before my fingers went numb.
Hrmkay ... i don't like it .. stealing love locks just because they're easy to grab? Sorry no ... don't like it...
But why the heck do you take the newest ones straight from this year?
Why not at least take older ones first?
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@lianna @alice I bet you would. From your profile you sound like a really nice person
Iโm a huge fan of native meadows and try to convince everyone I know with a garden to do their bit.On love locks, I donโt really like them in my city centre because of the wider context. So first of all, theyโre being put on some pretty old fencing and railing, and itโs fencing for pedestrians (only) that protects us next to a very steep set of stairs. Itโs a quaint place to put them if youโre a visitor, but as a resident who uses that staircase I want to know the fencing isnโt under strain. Secondly, tourism in Edinburgh fucking sucks. The city centre is super congested all year round now, and while I donโt have anything against any individual visitors, as a whole they are loud, slow, and just generally incredibly annoying when Iโm trying to live my normal life. Those will be the people leaving the love locks. Itโs sweet, sure, but if youโre putting a padlock on public infrastructure in a place youโre visiting, I donโt think you should be naive enough to believe itโs going to be there if you ever choose to come back. And letโs be real, many of those people never will be back!
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My girlfriend and I went out yesterday to steal love locks, then went to get some warm food and drinks afterwards (it was friggin' cold).
We ended up with 28 new love locksยน, a cinnamon roll the size of a large hedgehog, and chai I had to strain through my teeth.
All and all, it was a beautiful day and a lovely experience...though next time I hope they pour the chai through a strainer
ยนI went for easier prey because, from the time I pulled my hands out of my pockets, I had about 30 seconds of poking icy metal before my fingers went numb.
@alice Seems a bit nasty. Sorry.
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@lianna @alice I bet you would. From your profile you sound like a really nice person
Iโm a huge fan of native meadows and try to convince everyone I know with a garden to do their bit.On love locks, I donโt really like them in my city centre because of the wider context. So first of all, theyโre being put on some pretty old fencing and railing, and itโs fencing for pedestrians (only) that protects us next to a very steep set of stairs. Itโs a quaint place to put them if youโre a visitor, but as a resident who uses that staircase I want to know the fencing isnโt under strain. Secondly, tourism in Edinburgh fucking sucks. The city centre is super congested all year round now, and while I donโt have anything against any individual visitors, as a whole they are loud, slow, and just generally incredibly annoying when Iโm trying to live my normal life. Those will be the people leaving the love locks. Itโs sweet, sure, but if youโre putting a padlock on public infrastructure in a place youโre visiting, I donโt think you should be naive enough to believe itโs going to be there if you ever choose to come back. And letโs be real, many of those people never will be back!
@jimgar
@lianna I'll add that the life of *almost* all of these locks (where I live) is measured in months at most before they rust into a little ball of tetanus risk. No one uses marine-grade locks, but they place them right over the salt waterโin a city that rains like โ of the year. So the bridge quickly becomes an ode to decay and less safe for the kids to cross, because there are rusty chunks of metal sticking out everywhere.The city also comes by and destroys them.
I save what I can and preserve/restore themโeventually they'll all go in the local museum in a big installation to celebrate love and love locks.
(Sorry for being a dick)
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@jimgar
@lianna I'll add that the life of *almost* all of these locks (where I live) is measured in months at most before they rust into a little ball of tetanus risk. No one uses marine-grade locks, but they place them right over the salt waterโin a city that rains like โ of the year. So the bridge quickly becomes an ode to decay and less safe for the kids to cross, because there are rusty chunks of metal sticking out everywhere.The city also comes by and destroys them.
I save what I can and preserve/restore themโeventually they'll all go in the local museum in a big installation to celebrate love and love locks.
(Sorry for being a dick)
