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• 1 Anonymous // Apr 4, 2006 at 11:30 pm

  I’m gonna hafta say that the San Mateo County one isn’t really mangled. It’s a city hall or something, so they’re trying to be formal and have Latin-esque text. In Latin, the letter U was written like “V”. So for example, you would have “E PLURIBVS VNVM”

• 2 jon // Apr 5, 2006 at 12:22 am

  You’re right - it’s not mangled, it’s pompous.

• 3 Anonymous // Apr 6, 2006 at 11:46 pm

  The sign “No adults unless accompanied by children” is designed to keep pervs out of places where children play. I see that sign all over the place.

• 4 eastpaw // Jun 23, 2006 at 8:07 pm

  The parking one actually makes sense.

  Consider the following:

  You park for…You pay
  ———————-
  30 min……….$1
  1 h………….$2
  1.5 h………..$3
  2 h………….$4
  2.5 h………..$5
  3 h………….$6

  3.5 h………..$8
  4 h………….$8
  4.5 h………..$10

  And so on and so forth.

  Bah. Can’t get it to format right.

• 5 Anonymous // Sep 16, 2006 at 5:09 pm

  The “Classics” one… well, they are actually classic gay porn flicks from the late 70s and early 80s…

• 6 Anonymous // Apr 9, 2007 at 12:05 pm

  Nice ones! Comment about the Jesus/Fred Flintstone pic.

  Its quite funny, but I do suspect the guy owning the van is named Jesus (as is common in Latin America)

  Keep up the great fun and stuff on this site!

• 7 Anonymous // Apr 12, 2007 at 6:21 pm

  Reply to eastpaw:

  Your calculation is WRONG!!

  At “3.5 h………..$10″ because it says “$2 per hour thereafter”.

  SO, it is still $2/hour up to a maximum of $16/day. Get it??

  SO, if you gonna be parking greater than or equal to 8 hours, then you should consider buying a day pass for $16.

• 8 Anonymous // Apr 12, 2007 at 7:25 pm

  Park Code Sec. 3.02
  http://www.sfgov.org/site/recpark_page.asp?id=2188

• 9 eastpaw // Feb 24, 2008 at 3:23 pm

  And I return after 2 years of soul-searching to refute Anon’s statement! (Actually, I’ve just stumbled on this again.)

  It’s $8 at 3.5 hours because it is assumable that the fee ticks over at the beginning of each period. So if you park for 30 minutes, you pay $1. You still pay $1 if you park for 20, 10 or 5 minutes.

  Hence, your fee increases to $8 at 3 hours and 1 second and increases to $10 at 4 hours and 1 second.

  Hang on. I’ve reread Anon’s post, and he/she says that it should be $10 at 3.5 hours. That really doesn’t look right.

  Let’s see if I can make it clearer. Parking fees are $2 per hour regardless of how long you park (up to a max of $16 a day). However, if you park less than 3 hours, you are charged in 30 minute increments instead of 1 hour increments.

  Here’s an example:

  Fred parks for 2 hours and 10 minutes. He pays (2×2x1 + 1 =) $5. Barney parks for 1 hour longer than Fred. Since it’s $2/h, Barney should have to pay (5 + 2 =) $7, right? Actually, no: He pays $6 for the first 3 hours and another $2 for the next 10 minutes for a total of $8.

  Does that help?

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