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Never park in front of 350 Boylston St. in the Back Bay on a rainy day
By adamg on Tue, 05/03/2016 - 1:15pm
Because there's a steam-belching manhole there and inevitably somebody will take a look at your car, become convinced it's about to burst into flames and call 911, which will bring the Fire Department, which will check, see that it is, in fact, just the manhole, and then depart - until somebody else calls 911.
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Comments
Wait, a police car in a
Wait, a police car in a legitimate spot?!
Nope
Not a police car... just a run of the mill Crown Vic.
Its hard to see in this photo
Its hard to see in this photo, but there may be a tiny antenna on the rear of the roof, like many unmarked police cruisers have around here...
You're right
Here's a closeup:
Run of the mill Crown Vic
Meaning: cop car.
I have seen very few of these that aren't cop cars.
Guess you've never seen a
Guess you've never seen a taxi in Boston.
Not recently, anyway
Unlike certain neighboring communities (well, hello there, Brookline), Boston made the local cab companies swap out their Crown Vics for newer cars - mostly Camrys, from the look of things.
Actually it was. I dropped
Actually it was. I dropped someone off right behind it.
Actually
That's not a legal parking spot.
Once had a townhouse neighbor
Once had a townhouse neighbor call FD bc steam was coming out our dryer vent. We were home, and utterly confused when FD started knocking on our back window.