Feb25

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is it really, though?

what would stop anyone from just walking around the sign,

unsure of where the private part begins and ends?

or to test the boundaries?

 

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“there is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life.”

*George Eliot, Felix Holt: The Radical 1866

 

*Mary Ann Evans, known by her pen name George Eliot, (who changed her name because she wanted her writing to be taken seriously), was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and widely recognized as one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She wrote seven novels: Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Romola, Felix Holt, the Radical, Middlemarch and Daniel Deronda.

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  8. There are many similar (apparently pointless) signs arond here. I have been told they are required for public liability insurance. If someone ignores the sign and is injured on your property, you are not liable because you posted a warning/private sign.

    Best wishes, Pete.

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  23. I always enjoy your posts, Beth, thank you!

    Crazy what some women did to get ahead, and I thank them for opening doors.

    Many still need to be opened.

    I’m sick about Ukraine. What can we do?

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