Comments on: The Italian war on banisters https://thenewneo.com/2018/08/28/the-italian-war-on-banisters/ A blog about political change, among other things Sat, 01 Sep 2018 02:54:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Ira https://thenewneo.com/2018/08/28/the-italian-war-on-banisters/#comment-2396954 Sat, 01 Sep 2018 02:54:40 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=80132#comment-2396954 This is what Hillary Clinton encountered in India:

https://nypost.com/2018/03/13/hillary-clintons-india-trip-begins-with-double-slip-on-palace-stairs/

]]> By: Gordon Scott https://thenewneo.com/2018/08/28/the-italian-war-on-banisters/#comment-2396944 Fri, 31 Aug 2018 23:10:07 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=80132#comment-2396944 Visit Iceland. When you go to the big waterfall, and you will, everyone does–you will find you can walk a narrow dirt path up to and onto a big rock in the middle. There are no warning signs. There are no handrails, anywhere. And be careful on that path. If you slip and fall in the wrong place, well, you won’t survive.

It’s amazing what prevails when the ADA doesn’t apply.

]]> By: Steve https://thenewneo.com/2018/08/28/the-italian-war-on-banisters/#comment-2396777 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 21:29:06 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=80132#comment-2396777 The lack of bannisters, or of life preservers on kids hanging on the sides of boats in canals of Venice, or of endless warnings such as we have in the US is refreshing. If it’s left more or less as in the past, then as you walk along you maybe get a better sense of past lives, which surely is an aim of tourism.

]]> By: n.n https://thenewneo.com/2018/08/28/the-italian-war-on-banisters/#comment-2396755 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 18:42:14 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=80132#comment-2396755 I could have sworn I read “barristers”.

]]> By: If All You See… » Pirate's Cove https://thenewneo.com/2018/08/28/the-italian-war-on-banisters/#comment-2396742 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 17:01:29 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=80132#comment-2396742 […] blog of the day is neo-neocon, with a post on Italy’s war […]

]]> By: OlderandWheezier https://thenewneo.com/2018/08/28/the-italian-war-on-banisters/#comment-2396718 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 14:59:23 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=80132#comment-2396718 According to the New York Times this morning, you’re part of the problem, neo –

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/29/technology/technology-overtourism-europe.html

😉

]]> By: Phillipa Crawford https://thenewneo.com/2018/08/28/the-italian-war-on-banisters/#comment-2396712 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 11:13:52 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=80132#comment-2396712 Ben David voiced what I’d been thinking. It’s a feature, not a bug.

Only the dexterous survive.

]]> By: ben david https://thenewneo.com/2018/08/28/the-italian-war-on-banisters/#comment-2396709 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 08:09:07 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=80132#comment-2396709 Removed by socialists in an attempt to reduce “cradle to grave” health care costs.

]]> By: JC https://thenewneo.com/2018/08/28/the-italian-war-on-banisters/#comment-2396699 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 01:48:51 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=80132#comment-2396699 Hey, Oldflyer! I like greek food. It’s more.I dunno. flamboyant, then the eye-ties. This is just me, of course (wanders off after working as chef de cuisine at a place given 5 stars by Osservatore Romano).

]]> By: Oldflyer https://thenewneo.com/2018/08/28/the-italian-war-on-banisters/#comment-2396697 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 01:12:16 +0000 https://www.thenewneo.com/?p=80132#comment-2396697 I really never appreciated banisters until about the age of 70 or so. I was shocked when we sold our house in Virginia and had to install one on the stairs to the basement. Having been said, I endorse the concept of banisters.

On the other hand, Italians are understandably torn between the idea of preserving antiquities and modernizing.

Personal–my squadron CO and his wife were unimpressed with Italian antiquities; and commented that if you really wanted to visit such, you should go to Greece. Antiquities competition is rife. On the other hand, in Italy, you can enjoy Italian food,which can really be exqusite; and Italian red wine. Greek food had no character, and their wine, with high resin content does not compare.

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