{"id":2487,"date":"2009-10-13T18:19:48","date_gmt":"2009-10-13T23:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=2487"},"modified":"2022-05-20T06:31:01","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T11:31:01","slug":"how-often-does-this-get-stolen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/how-often-does-this-get-stolen\/","title":{"rendered":"How Often Does This Get Stolen?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Roadway warnings in the United States are almost always feature yellowish diamond-shaped signs. They might convey information such as upcoming curves, steep grades, dangerous intersections, rock slide areas, deer crossing areas or various other things to watch out for as one drives along. I saw a rather unusual one as I researched <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=2458\">my recent article on Beverly Hills<\/a>. There I poked along the canyons in Google Street View and came across&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!4v1624275926613!6m8!1m7!1sMoQ-__H68ddWncFxqrfT6Q!2m2!1d34.12982688493849!2d-118.3215976349499!3f12.265746301144649!4f4.501044043481073!5f3.325193203789971\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;NO ACCESS TO THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN,&#8221; it reads. I can imagine the poor residents of this area having to put up with visitors driving up their narrow roadway. Then they back all the way down again. I&#8217;ll bet it happened dozens of times a day. It must have gotten so bad that authorities felt a road sign would provide the only relief. The visitors get so tantalizingly close, only to be thwarted in the quest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gnaphron\/8485145044\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8232\/8485145044_22dd52eaaf_b.jpg\" alt=\"Hollywood Sign. Photo by Gnaphron; (CC BY-SA 2.0)\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If a visitor got that close though, only to be turned away at the last moment, what are the chances they might want to walk away with some small memento to mollify their frustration? I hope it&#8217;s bolted it on tightly!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roadway warnings in the United States are almost always feature yellowish diamond-shaped signs. They might convey information such as upcoming curves, steep grades, dangerous intersections, rock slide areas, deer crossing areas or various other things to watch out for as one drives along. 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