Slog - Comments on Drunk (Second in a Series) http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/drunk_second_in_a_series Water Fountain off Galer at the entrance to the path by the Volunteer Park Tennis Courts. As a rule, outdoor water fountains suck. Imagine my surprise. Temperature: Not chilly-cold, and not even really cold, but colder than the first rush of water from your faucet. Colder than room temperature. Who knew? Score: 4 Stream: Every outdoor water fountain I've ever come across, if it even works, has zero pressure and zero height. Wow. This worked up to a high, not insubstantial, arc. It wasn't strong or thick, but it was defined. Score: 5 Hum: No electric buzz here, but... Copyright 2008 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:43:14 -0800 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:55:20 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Mokawi Then why such a low score?

]]> Mokawi http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/drunk_second_in_a_series#c771184 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/drunk_second_in_a_series#c771184 City Fri, 27 Jul 2007 01:16:16 -0800 Comment by lostboy I'm impressed. The first photograph with the arrangement of fore and background is downright artful.

]]> lostboy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/drunk_second_in_a_series#c771198 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/drunk_second_in_a_series#c771198 City Fri, 27 Jul 2007 05:05:11 -0800 Comment by Jude Fawley What prey tell would a 10/10 drinking fountain look like? That one sounded about perfect, but it only got 5/10? I expect orgasms from a 10-pointer.

There is a drinking fountain in Robert Wagner park in Manhattan that recently surprised me when I needed it most. I have this idea in my head that other people think public drinking fountains are gross. It may have to do with the bottled water craze. Is this true?

]]> Jude Fawley http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/drunk_second_in_a_series#c771201 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/drunk_second_in_a_series#c771201 City Fri, 27 Jul 2007 05:25:09 -0800 Comment by Fnarf God, you are a harsh grader! That stream is at least an 8, probably a 9. What do you want, a firehose? And with the the pipe hiss? Wow. It must take a powerful stream indeed to satisfy you.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/drunk_second_in_a_series#c771225 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/drunk_second_in_a_series#c771225 City Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:07:12 -0800 Comment by Slim Can you please let Charles take over this series? I really need to know if the column holding the fountain's bowl was Doric or Corinthian and I need that somehow related to why butterflies and paper money are cousins by way of Rimbaud.

]]> Slim http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/drunk_second_in_a_series#c771240 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/drunk_second_in_a_series#c771240 City Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:29:42 -0800 Comment by Phenics I like how the "whole show is decayed with hints of moss", as if to say, the aesthetic leans towards rubbling, but wait that's not all, it's also garnished with patches of The Great Pacific Northwest Moss. Hooray or Boo, add or detract, it can't be said with that middle of the road catagory score.


Here's to hoping Josh goes inside SCCC to review one of their porcelain inset fountains. Too many more outside fountains and folks will start to talk.

]]> Phenics http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/drunk_second_in_a_series#c771252 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/drunk_second_in_a_series#c771252 City Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:56:33 -0800 Comment by Matthew You gotta include "taste" as one of your grading components. The water coming out of these things varies wildly in quality.

]]> Matthew http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/drunk_second_in_a_series#c771416 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/drunk_second_in_a_series#c771416 City Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:55:20 -0800