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>The worst problem I see right
>now is Waterford and New
>London; I haven’t had time
>to do much cleaning there.
>We could work together on
>this to save each other
>some "cruising around" time; if
>you drop down that way,
>let me know what areas
>you’ve cleaned by posting in
>this forum and I’ll head
>right for the other parts
>of town next time I
>go there, instead of cruising
>around to look for signs.
>I’ll do the same for
>you.
Yea, that whole area is kinda large, and I can also see some misinformed guy's/gal's in the Navy posting some signs hoping for bit's of extra cash. I'll do that and maybe I can convince some friends of mine to go out crusing for signs to rip down. That way it's faster 
>Also, if you are in any
>of the towns in my
>"home territory" noted above, and
>you see some signs but
>don’t have time to get
>them, post the locations here
>and I’ll take care of
>it. Again, I’ll do the
>same if I’m traveling along
>your routes.
Yup, I get into Guilford and Old Saybrook on occassion. Middletown is usualy as far south on 9 as I get.
>Some observations about the sign spammers
>and their methods: Their patttern
>around here (it’s probably the
>same everywhere) is to cruise
>I-95 and Route 9, jump
>off exits, and put up
>signs on the poles at
>the ends of the exit
>ramps (and stick some in
>the ground with wire legs
>as well). If the exit
>ramps leads to a populated
>road like Route 1, they’ll
>typically fan out for a
>mile or so and plaster
>signs all along, especially around
>shopping centers intersections, etc.
Hmm, I'll have to check out the Old Lyme area a bit along 156. Maybe take a trip out to the Book Barn one of these days
><...> However,
>some of these losers think
>they’re clever, so they put
>large plastic washers under the
>nail heads, or use these
>God-aful nails with 1-inch square
>heads.
Hmm, I'll try and think up a tool for that. maybe a small crowbar or some modification of.
>I slice the sign vertically on
>both sides of the nails,
>leaving as narrow a strip
>as possible (my personal preference
>is to get as much
>off the ople as I
>can). Some in this group
>prefer this method for all
>signs, as the remaining strip
>of sign does seem to
>inform future sign (the less-dumb
>ones, anyway) that someone is
>removing signs in the area.
>
>
>There’s someone in Niantic who spray-paints
>the phone numbers as a
>warning. That does seem to
>keep new signs away, but
>it doesn’t get rid of
>the ubly one that’s already
>there, so I don’t recommend
>it. I’m in this to
>keep Connecticut as clean as
>I can.
Yea, I kinda like the spray paint idea for it's "severe warning" effect, but it does make the sign all the much uglier that's for sure. The slicing method does seem like a good idea to me, I'll use it.
>Besides the "work at home" and
>"lose weight" signs, you’ll see
>a bunch of black and
>white ones touting "affordable health
>insurance."
Yea, I remember a while back in Norwich there was a close to plaugue like density of thos insurance signs. Most of them were the 2 wire stick in the ground type and have been taken down
>Hope all this helps, and I
>hope you’ll keep in touch
>so we can work together
>on Watertown / New London,
>which is about halfway between
>us and a little too
>much for me to handle
>on my own.
>
>Again, thanks for joining the fight
>against this ugly litter. With
>some effort, we CAN keep
>our state clean; soemtimes we
>go over a month on
>the shoreline with no new
>signs at all.
>
>Redstone
yes, this state is quite pretty and the signs are an absolute shame. I'll have to admit though that i'm almost more irritated by the "money for free" attitude these hucksters promote. I remember reading the VanDruff artical, oh, probably close to 2 years ago now and being insensed at the whole thing. Funny I should never think about ripping signs down until now :/
Cheers,
~Jason
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