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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I thought they looked a bit shit anyway, but I'm an unromantic sod 
More shit was the trend springing up for putting them on other random bridges (like the high level bridge in Newcastle). If you're going to follow a trend because someone has told you it's romantic, at least use the original. |
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I ran over the bridge by chance very early morning when we were in Paris earlier this year it was deserted and it looked shit. Walked over it the following afternoon and it still looked shit but was full of people selling padlocks to idiots who wouldn't know an original spontaneous romantic gesture if their lives depended on it |
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Come on! Look past the superficial aspects of the actual locks - the symbolic and heart warming romanticism of it is surely what it is all about ???
Most disappointed with majority of responses so far ! 
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"Come on! Look past the superficial aspects of the actual locks - the symbolic and heart warming romanticism of it is surely what it is all about ???
Most disappointed with majority of responses so far !
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For me, if someone thought of that themselves and we did it together, yes that would feel romantic. But people are doing it because it's just a thing you do, and that's not really romantic to me. I'd rather create our own idea and memory that's important to us. |
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"Come on! Look past the superficial aspects of the actual locks - the symbolic and heart warming romanticism of it is surely what it is all about ???
Most disappointed with majority of responses so far !
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I'm a romantic and a sentimentalist , but ...queuing with Americans tourist to buy and lock a cadenas ... Non , c'mon , there so much romantic things to do in Paris without falling into "consumerism "
I'm with the authority on that 
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That's the problem .... everyone is being blinded by the commercialism of it - the queues, the stalls selling meaningless cheap locks!!!
What I'm talking about are the true romantics! The ones who have already bought one, had their initials engraved on the lock, mounted in a silk lined box with scented petals and poems of love... To be opened while taking a meandering boat trip down the Seine sipping champagne
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"What!!! Come on folks!!
I'm hearing "they look shit", "logical", "rust" .....
Where's the romance people !!
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The romance is in coming up with something that means something to the pair of you, not just doing something that others have done in the name of romance
If as a couple you want to do something romantic to symbolise their love, why not plant something like a tree? That actually has benefits?
Symbolic romance means nothing compared to actual romance, which is personal and between a couple
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"That's the problem .... everyone is being blinded by the commercialism of it - the queues, the stalls selling meaningless cheap locks!!!
What I'm talking about are the true romantics! The ones who have already bought one, had their initials engraved on the lock, mounted in a silk lined box with scented petals and poems of love... To be opened while taking a meandering boat trip down the Seine sipping champagne
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Do you actually think anyone did that? They popped into the French equivalent of b&q, bought a cheapo padlock and stick it on a gate. |
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"That's the problem .... everyone is being blinded by the commercialism of it - the queues, the stalls selling meaningless cheap locks!!!
What I'm talking about are the true romantics! The ones who have already bought one, had their initials engraved on the lock, mounted in a silk lined box with scented petals and poems of love... To be opened while taking a meandering boat trip down the Seine sipping champagne
Do you actually think anyone did that? They popped into the French equivalent of b&q, bought a cheapo padlock and stick it on a gate. "
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They can arrange an alternative location for locks to be deposited, such as for shorter term positioning.
There's no point in damaging a significant piece of architecture, preventing its use for the purpose it was designed for. |
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"They can arrange an alternative location for locks to be deposited, such as for shorter term positioning.
There's no point in damaging a significant piece of architecture, preventing its use for the purpose it was designed for. "
Significant piece of architecture now being fitted with nondescript plexi glass  |
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"That's the problem .... everyone is being blinded by the commercialism of it - the queues, the stalls selling meaningless cheap locks!!!
What I'm talking about are the true romantics! The ones who have already bought one, had their initials engraved on the lock, mounted in a silk lined box with scented petals and poems of love... To be opened while taking a meandering boat trip down the Seine sipping champagne
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Ok ok. I'm with u on this |
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"They can arrange an alternative location for locks to be deposited, such as for shorter term positioning.
There's no point in damaging a significant piece of architecture, preventing its use for the purpose it was designed for.
Significant piece of architecture now being fitted with nondescript plexi glass "
Despite my cynicism about the locks.. I agree, the plastic solution looked horrendous when I saw the few they'd replaced |
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What I'm talking about are the true romantics! The ones who have already bought one, had their initials engraved on the lock, mounted in a silk lined box with scented petals and poems of love... To be opened while taking a meandering boat trip down the Seine sipping champagne
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***vomits***
***spew****
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What I'm talking about are the true romantics! The ones who have already bought one, had their initials engraved on the lock, mounted in a silk lined box with scented petals and poems of love... To be opened while taking a meandering boat trip down the Seine sipping champagne
***vomits***
***spew****
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Jealous |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Being removed from the Pont des Arts bridge by the authorities.
Miserable fuc**rs "
They're actually making the (very old and beautiful) bridge collapse.
I'd rather see the gorgeous bridge's engineering last for another hundred years than see it covered with gaudy bright padlocks that you can buy (with a marker pen) for a few pounds from the stalls at either end. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"That's the problem .... everyone is being blinded by the commercialism of it - the queues, the stalls selling meaningless cheap locks!!!
What I'm talking about are the true romantics! The ones who have already bought one, had their initials engraved on the lock, mounted in a silk lined box with scented petals and poems of love... To be opened while taking a meandering boat trip down the Seine sipping champagne
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That ain't true romance to me. Whether it's an engraved solid gold padlock or a cheapo one someone has written on with marker pen, and whether you're drinking champagne or a can of Tizer while you do it is not the point. The point is, you've only even thought of it because thousands of people have already done it, not because it actually means anything to you or your partner. |
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"That's the problem .... everyone is being blinded by the commercialism of it - the queues, the stalls selling meaningless cheap locks!!!
What I'm talking about are the true romantics! The ones who have already bought one, had their initials engraved on the lock, mounted in a silk lined box with scented petals and poems of love... To be opened while taking a meandering boat trip down the Seine sipping champagne
That ain't true romance to me. Whether it's an engraved solid gold padlock or a cheapo one someone has written on with marker pen, and whether you're drinking champagne or a can of Tizer while you do it is not the point. The point is, you've only even thought of it because thousands of people have already done it, not because it actually means anything to you or your partner."
But like Valentines Day  |
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"That's the problem .... everyone is being blinded by the commercialism of it - the queues, the stalls selling meaningless cheap locks!!!
What I'm talking about are the true romantics! The ones who have already bought one, had their initials engraved on the lock, mounted in a silk lined box with scented petals and poems of love... To be opened while taking a meandering boat trip down the Seine sipping champagne
That ain't true romance to me. Whether it's an engraved solid gold padlock or a cheapo one someone has written on with marker pen, and whether you're drinking champagne or a can of Tizer while you do it is not the point. The point is, you've only even thought of it because thousands of people have already done it, not because it actually means anything to you or your partner.
But like Valentines Day "
Yeah that's a load of shit as well |
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"Being removed from the Pont des Arts bridge by the authorities.
Miserable fuc**rs
They're actually making the (very old and beautiful) bridge collapse.
I'd rather see the gorgeous bridge's engineering last for another hundred years than see it covered with gaudy bright padlocks that you can buy (with a marker pen) for a few pounds from the stalls at either end."
Previously mentioned - they really care about that bridge a lot - now caked with plexi glass |
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"Being removed from the Pont des Arts bridge by the authorities.
Miserable fuc**rs
They're actually making the (very old and beautiful) bridge collapse.
I'd rather see the gorgeous bridge's engineering last for another hundred years than see it covered with gaudy bright padlocks that you can buy (with a marker pen) for a few pounds from the stalls at either end."
Simply this, a beautiful bridge being ruined by cheap tat. |
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"Being removed from the Pont des Arts bridge by the authorities.
Miserable fuc**rs
They're actually making the (very old and beautiful) bridge collapse.
I'd rather see the gorgeous bridge's engineering last for another hundred years than see it covered with gaudy bright padlocks that you can buy (with a marker pen) for a few pounds from the stalls at either end.
Simply this, a beautiful bridge being ruined by cheap tat."
If you mean the plexi glass replacement panels - yes - it is cheap tat ruining the bridge!
Think of all those couples who have had their lasting memory of a wonderfully romantic time in Paris - their little piece of love locked on a Paris bridge - now hacked off and lost forever
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Being removed from the Pont des Arts bridge by the authorities.
Miserable fuc**rs
They're actually making the (very old and beautiful) bridge collapse.
I'd rather see the gorgeous bridge's engineering last for another hundred years than see it covered with gaudy bright padlocks that you can buy (with a marker pen) for a few pounds from the stalls at either end.
Simply this, a beautiful bridge being ruined by cheap tat."
It was depressing to see when we were there, the bridge is being destroyed |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Being removed from the Pont des Arts bridge by the authorities.
Miserable fuc**rs
They're actually making the (very old and beautiful) bridge collapse.
I'd rather see the gorgeous bridge's engineering last for another hundred years than see it covered with gaudy bright padlocks that you can buy (with a marker pen) for a few pounds from the stalls at either end.
Simply this, a beautiful bridge being ruined by cheap tat.
If you mean the plexi glass replacement panels - yes - it is cheap tat ruining the bridge!
Think of all those couples who have had their lasting memory of a wonderfully romantic time in Paris - their little piece of love locked on a Paris bridge - now hacked off and lost forever
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Memories & love is within you not the lock..... |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
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"You're a soppy warped romantic, OP.
When has a padlock ever screamed love? If you love someone set them free.
and to think we could have had our own inscribed lock on the bridge
But no!
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I'll lock you up if you want. It's not my kink but I'll try it - just for you. What will we inscribe on our love lock?
p.s. I avoided this thread as I thought it was another pubic hair thread. |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
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"I love the symbolism and the thought of of the locked padlock on the Paris bridge, put there as a lasting statement of the couples love for each other ....
And you lot are ruining it!!!
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I'll admit the first dozen probably did mean that. Then the in-lust group will have joined in.
Do what I do with my precious, romantic notions and keep them safe in your heart. Love that initial symbolism and the romance of the first person to say "here I am for you forever".
I agree about the plexi-glass though: hideous! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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What I'm talking about are the true romantics! The ones who have already bought one, had their initials engraved on the lock, mounted in a silk lined box with scented petals and poems of love... To be opened while taking a meandering boat trip down the Seine sipping champagne
***vomits***
***spew****
Jealous "
No really.. If I did this for my ex, it would have been the LAST thing on the planet she'd have found romantic.
It's probably the least imaginative and cheesy thing you could do.
I'm not even kidding. . She'd say "fuck off". |
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"Being removed from the Pont des Arts bridge by the authorities.
Miserable fuc**rs
They're actually making the (very old and beautiful) bridge collapse.
I'd rather see the gorgeous bridge's engineering last for another hundred years than see it covered with gaudy bright padlocks that you can buy (with a marker pen) for a few pounds from the stalls at either end.
Previously mentioned - they really care about that bridge a lot - now caked with plexi glass "
Personally I'd ban people from being on it and preserve the bridge. But you know, not sure that my opinion is to everyones taste. Make it a monument like the Pantheon or similar.
Every time I saw someone in Paris putting a lock on I thought 'you know what? I hope this is the one that makes it collapse and I hope you find yourself in the water'. |
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"Being removed from the Pont des Arts bridge by the authorities.
Miserable fuc**rs
They're actually making the (very old and beautiful) bridge collapse.
I'd rather see the gorgeous bridge's engineering last for another hundred years than see it covered with gaudy bright padlocks that you can buy (with a marker pen) for a few pounds from the stalls at either end.
Previously mentioned - they really care about that bridge a lot - now caked with plexi glass
Personally I'd ban people from being on it and preserve the bridge. But you know, not sure that my opinion is to everyones taste. Make it a monument like the Pantheon or similar.
Every time I saw someone in Paris putting a lock on I thought 'you know what? I hope this is the one that makes it collapse and I hope you find yourself in the water'."
Part of its history are the padlocks - so they should be preserved |
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"Being removed from the Pont des Arts bridge by the authorities.
Miserable fuc**rs
They're actually making the (very old and beautiful) bridge collapse.
I'd rather see the gorgeous bridge's engineering last for another hundred years than see it covered with gaudy bright padlocks that you can buy (with a marker pen) for a few pounds from the stalls at either end.
Previously mentioned - they really care about that bridge a lot - now caked with plexi glass
Personally I'd ban people from being on it and preserve the bridge. But you know, not sure that my opinion is to everyones taste. Make it a monument like the Pantheon or similar.
Every time I saw someone in Paris putting a lock on I thought 'you know what? I hope this is the one that makes it collapse and I hope you find yourself in the water'.
Part of its history are the padlocks - so they should be preserved "
And when the bridge falls down there will be no bridge, no padlocks, an impassable river and a fuck load of injuries.
Is that better? |
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"Being removed from the Pont des Arts bridge by the authorities.
Miserable fuc**rs
They're actually making the (very old and beautiful) bridge collapse.
I'd rather see the gorgeous bridge's engineering last for another hundred years than see it covered with gaudy bright padlocks that you can buy (with a marker pen) for a few pounds from the stalls at either end.
Previously mentioned - they really care about that bridge a lot - now caked with plexi glass
Personally I'd ban people from being on it and preserve the bridge. But you know, not sure that my opinion is to everyones taste. Make it a monument like the Pantheon or similar.
Every time I saw someone in Paris putting a lock on I thought 'you know what? I hope this is the one that makes it collapse and I hope you find yourself in the water'.
Part of its history are the padlocks - so they should be preserved "
Incidentally, how do you feel about the people below the bridge being injured by falling padlocks and bits of bridge - which is what has happened in the past? |
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I wonder if anyone has gone back with bolt croppers after their divorce. I saw some on Westminster bridge last year. I prefer the letters to Juliet idea in Italy. |
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"Being removed from the Pont des Arts bridge by the authorities.
Miserable fuc**rs
They're actually making the (very old and beautiful) bridge collapse.
I'd rather see the gorgeous bridge's engineering last for another hundred years than see it covered with gaudy bright padlocks that you can buy (with a marker pen) for a few pounds from the stalls at either end.
Previously mentioned - they really care about that bridge a lot - now caked with plexi glass
Personally I'd ban people from being on it and preserve the bridge. But you know, not sure that my opinion is to everyones taste. Make it a monument like the Pantheon or similar.
Every time I saw someone in Paris putting a lock on I thought 'you know what? I hope this is the one that makes it collapse and I hope you find yourself in the water'.
Part of its history are the padlocks - so they should be preserved
And when the bridge falls down there will be no bridge, no padlocks, an impassable river and a fuck load of injuries.
Is that better?"
A bit overly dramatic, but If the bridge falls down I suspect it would likely be due to the authorities not preserving and maintaining very well the beautiful bridge.
In the same way if there are bits falling off it and injuring people below - it should be repaired.
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We did this many Years ago when just kids we were child hood sweethearts yes there is such things our lock was still on the local Church railings were we brought up many years ago. Went back for a funeral a couple of years ago ans saw it. Made us both smile and have a quick kiss |
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"We did this many Years ago when just kids we were child hood sweethearts yes there is such things our lock was still on the local Church railings were we brought up many years ago. Went back for a funeral a couple of years ago ans saw it. Made us both smile and have a quick kiss"
Lovely 
That's what it's all about
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"Being removed from the Pont des Arts bridge by the authorities.
Miserable fuc**rs
They're actually making the (very old and beautiful) bridge collapse.
I'd rather see the gorgeous bridge's engineering last for another hundred years than see it covered with gaudy bright padlocks that you can buy (with a marker pen) for a few pounds from the stalls at either end.
Previously mentioned - they really care about that bridge a lot - now caked with plexi glass
Personally I'd ban people from being on it and preserve the bridge. But you know, not sure that my opinion is to everyones taste. Make it a monument like the Pantheon or similar.
Every time I saw someone in Paris putting a lock on I thought 'you know what? I hope this is the one that makes it collapse and I hope you find yourself in the water'.
Part of its history are the padlocks - so they should be preserved
And when the bridge falls down there will be no bridge, no padlocks, an impassable river and a fuck load of injuries.
Is that better?
A bit overly dramatic, but If the bridge falls down I suspect it would likely be due to the authorities not preserving and maintaining very well the beautiful bridge.
In the same way if there are bits falling off it and injuring people below - it should be repaired.
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Theres a big difference between routine maintain acne and 45 tons worth of metal constantly straining the structure. That's like 9 elephants. It was nice while it lasted and a new thing will probably pop up nearby. |
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"We did this many Years ago when just kids we were child hood sweethearts yes there is such things our lock was still on the local Church railings were we brought up many years ago. Went back for a funeral a couple of years ago ans saw it. Made us both smile and have a quick kiss
Lovely
That's what it's all about
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Yes, that IS what it's all about. A lock on the church railings where they were brought up, a place which means something TO THEM, where I assume there aren't tens of thousands of others. |
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"We did this many Years ago when just kids we were child hood sweethearts yes there is such things our lock was still on the local Church railings were we brought up many years ago. Went back for a funeral a couple of years ago ans saw it. Made us both smile and have a quick kiss
Lovely
That's what it's all about
Yes, that IS what it's all about. A lock on the church railings where they were brought up, a place which means something TO THEM, where I assume there aren't tens of thousands of others. "
Same sentiment |
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"We did this many Years ago when just kids we were child hood sweethearts yes there is such things our lock was still on the local Church railings were we brought up many years ago. Went back for a funeral a couple of years ago ans saw it. Made us both smile and have a quick kiss
Lovely
That's what it's all about
Yes, that IS what it's all about. A lock on the church railings where they were brought up, a place which means something TO THEM, where I assume there aren't tens of thousands of others.
Same sentiment "
It's totally different. Unless every single person who has done that on the bridge in Paris has a deep and meaningful connection to that bridge, rather than it being the next stop on the tourist trail.
Sorry to piss on your chips, I just think it's a load of bullshit and certainly not what love is about. |
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"We did this many Years ago when just kids we were child hood sweethearts yes there is such things our lock was still on the local Church railings were we brought up many years ago. Went back for a funeral a couple of years ago ans saw it. Made us both smile and have a quick kiss
Lovely
That's what it's all about
Yes, that IS what it's all about. A lock on the church railings where they were brought up, a place which means something TO THEM, where I assume there aren't tens of thousands of others.
Same sentiment
It's totally different. Unless every single person who has done that on the bridge in Paris has a deep and meaningful connection to that bridge, rather than it being the next stop on the tourist trail.
Sorry to piss on your chips, I just think it's a load of bullshit and certainly not what love is about. "
In your opinion - but maybe not to those that it does mean something to - regardless of how many other locks there are. |
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"We did this many Years ago when just kids we were child hood sweethearts yes there is such things our lock was still on the local Church railings were we brought up many years ago. Went back for a funeral a couple of years ago ans saw it. Made us both smile and have a quick kiss"
Now that's romantic. bought back the memories you have inside. |
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Saw this in Ronda the bridge has been there since 1751 and is a beautiful place. These locks simply ruin the aesthetics of the iron work and spoil the view both to look at and look through. Luckily they get chopped off on a daily basis. Anyone who thinks its romantic to throw a key into the El Tajo gorge needs a head wobble because of the people and river below.
Fantastic place to visit by the way. |
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"A bit overly dramatic, but If the bridge falls down I suspect it would likely be due to the authorities not preserving and maintaining very well the beautiful bridge.
In the same way if there are bits falling off it and injuring people below - it should be repaired.
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So the authorities (and the Parisian people) should pay to maintain (and would have to fundamentally change) the Pont des Arts because tourists feel the need to buy some flouro pink padlocks from the stall at the end of it and attach them to the bridge - having never been there before and never intending on going back?
Why can't people just... not add metalwork to the beautiful bridge and allow more generations to enjoy it without having to add more structure and scaffolding to it?
I also watched contractors removing the padlocks while I was there. They have to abseil down over the side - not the safest job in the world. They shouldn't be put in that position for this. |
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"A bit overly dramatic, but If the bridge falls down I suspect it would likely be due to the authorities not preserving and maintaining very well the beautiful bridge.
In the same way if there are bits falling off it and injuring people below - it should be repaired.
So the authorities (and the Parisian people) should pay to maintain (and would have to fundamentally change) the Pont des Arts because tourists feel the need to buy some flouro pink padlocks from the stall at the end of it and attach them to the bridge - having never been there before and never intending on going back?
Why can't people just... not add metalwork to the beautiful bridge and allow more generations to enjoy it without having to add more structure and scaffolding to it?
I also watched contractors removing the padlocks while I was there. They have to abseil down over the side - not the safest job in the world. They shouldn't be put in that position for this."
I'm sure the abseiling contractors are trained |
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