Street Signs
Back when i was living in lower austria, it was UBERCOOL to steal street signs. I never scored any sign, cause you know, they are mostly rammed into the earth quite deep, and they are quite heavy as well. I remember one of my friends hat 5 signs. He was the leader of the cool people, cause nothing is cooler than having some reeeeeeeeeeaaaaal street signs in your little room, right next to your mother’s bedroom.
Yesterday i saw something that made me giggle instantly.
Picture link: OH NO!
Someone is ZE MAN and stole a shitload of street signs! omgwtf.
I bet my long lost and forgotten friend in lower austria is going to bite his ass if he sees that someone has a truck full of street signs. HA!
Flashbacks to your childhood prevent you from becoming old and grumpy.
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back in my youth, I also wanted to be part of the streetsignmanics - I never made it. All I got was a lousy OEBB Sign stating “Wien West Bhf - Salzburg Hbf” stolen during winter 96
If you have a car, a good opportunity to steal a town sign is at the road works near Baumax, Schwechat.
They had to dig out a town sign and it now waits for a transporter :)
that’s a good idea arved: only steal signs that are dug out or otherwise off duty; that way you don’t prevent drivers/riders/pedestrians from reading important information.
Nex, people tend to stupid stuff when they are younger. but i agree with you, stealing street signs might cause traffic jams and accidents. which is - of course - bad.
Arved, unfortunately i dont have a car, and i stealing signs is so… 1989. :) but thanks for telling me!
Teemu, it was no real bad ass crime, dont feel guilty. all of us did silly things. just see it as something “crazy” you once did, and call it a memory. :)
I got a “U6 Heiligenstadt” sign when they changed the course of the U6, which doesn’t stop there anymore.
I saw that some workers had taken it down and asked one of the underground staff, if I can take it. He quoted wrongly: “Wo kein Richter, da kein Kl