Capenews.net – The US Coast Guard announced yesterday that will they will be closing the Cape Cod Canal to boat traffic during the day, for two weeks at the end of this month, in order to do maintenance work on the canal’s vertical-lift railroad bridge.

The Coast Guard said that the canal will be closed between the hours of 7 AM and 5 PM Monday, January 20, through Friday, January 31.

My grandmother used to say “You don’t know shit about nothin'” and after reading this I realize she was right. Does this happen? Has anyone ever heard of them shutting down The Canal for two weeks? I would think this is a bigger deal than closing the Mass Pike.

If they can do something this dramatic maybe they could close the bridges for a few weeks this summer and give us a little break from the tourists. We could set up bleachers so we could all see the looks on their faces when they are told Cape Cod is closed for two weeks.

Facebook: The Real Cape
Twitter: Hippie - Insane Tony

 

I would just like to say that we here at The Real Cape headquarters are shocked that one of our readers would do something like this. Whoever uploaded this photograph should be absolutely ashamed of themselves. It is just completely reprehensible that this person would send something like this to us… without leaving any contact information whatsoever.

C’mon drop a name, a facebook link, an email addy, smoke signals, a ham radio frequency, snapchat user id… SOMETHING!

If you have a photo that represents the Real Cape Cod please submit it below or use the link at the top of the page. From beautiful sunsets to drunken comedy and everything in between, we want to see what you see. (Author is optional)

Submit a new post

Title

Post content or file description

Your Media Files

Facebook: The Real Cape
Twitter: Hippie - Insane Tony

MV Patch.com – Park in front of a bike rack? Straddle the lines at Stop & Shop or Cronig’s? Block driveways, intersections and other cars?

Sure, you can do it here on freewheeling Martha’s Vineyard. Just be prepared to have your vehicle photographed and posted on the “Bad Parking on MV” Facebook page, along with some tart comments from eyewitnesses and others who belong to the 543-member open group.

Now this is a fantastic idea! There is nothing worse than someone who parks like an asshole, it can ruin your entire day. The driver of that pick up truck on the right in the photo above is just an absolute sociopath with an utter disregard for human life. That guy NEEDS to be shamed. So if you are on The Vineyard you should join this Facebook page immediately, and if you are in a town that doesn’t have a bad parking page you should start one up.

Assholes everywhere have been flouting the rules of society with no consequences for long enough. It is time we stand up to these savages and show them they will no longer get away with these atrocities. We may not be able to sentence them to stoning in public anymore but we can do something much worse, we can sentence them to be publicly ridiculed on Facebook.

Facebook: The Real Cape
Twitter: Hippie - Insane Tony

This is not a special occasion, it is just a normal day at The Casino in Falmouth back in the day. What would happen if you took a few of the fun police back in time and dropped them on the Heights beach in the 70’s? I am pretty sure their heads would explode. They would just immediately pack up their shit and move to a gated community in Boca.

Thanks to Irwin Fletcher for the photo

Facebook: The Real Cape
Twitter: Hippie - Insane Tony

From The Army Corps Of Engineers Facebook Page – Update on Sagamore Bridge Lane Restrictions: Schedule Calls for Work Monday thru Saturday

– Our painting contractor working on the Sagamore Bridge may also perform work on Saturdays with lane restrictions. Work on Saturdays will be done as needed to make up for weather delays that may occur during each work week.

– The revised work schedule is Monday through Saturday, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., depending on weather.

Tear it down! Build a new one. Maybe if it had more than two 4 foot wide lanes it wouldn’t be such a big deal when they shut one down every five seconds. It might also keep us from crapping our pants every time a tractor trailer blows past us six inches from our face.

The bridges over The Canal were built in 1933 for fucks sake. Like 327 people lived on Cape Cod back then and 9 of them had cars. Oh and the cars were 3 feet wide and had a top speed of 17 miles per hour. Those aren’t exaggerations either, those numbers came straight off the top of my head.

Bottom line is that it’s time to rebuild. We aren’t talking about The Golden Gate Bridge here. These aren’t historic landmarks they are highways. Maybe it’s time for us to enter the 21st century. Wouldn’t it be nice to not sit in three hours of traffic with a bunch of New York assholes every time we need to go off Cape?

Facebook: The Real Cape
Twitter: Hippie - Insane Tony

Blogs.Capecodonline.com – Jen McCaffrey – Baseball America recently released its Top 100 College Draft Prospects.

By my count, 70 of their top 100 college prospects played in the Cape League at some point over the past two summers.

Here are the 14 former Cape Leaguers among their top 25 college prospects:

No. 2 East Carolina RHP Jeff Hoffman (Hyannis, ’12-13) — 2013 CCBL Outstanding Pro Prospect

No. 5 LSU RHP Aaron Nola (Harwich, ’12) — Only made two starts on Cape.

No. 6 Florida State RHP Luke Weaver (Brewster, ’12) Click Here to see the rest of list.

Cape Cod’s dominance of amateur baseball is just laughable at this point. 70 percent is such a ridiculous number. How long do we have until every single Major League player is from The Cape League? At this point The Cape should start charging players to play here. You want a ticket to the bigs? Pay up. Can’t afford it? We’ll take 2% of future contracts. We would have that new bridge paid for in one season.

P.S. What is the baseball version of a puck slut in hockey or a lacrosstitute? Whatever it is I’d imagine we’ve got plenty of them migrating to The Cape for the summer season as we speak. They probably just graduated from a seminar hosted by Jenny Dell and are circling names on Baseball America’s prospect list as we speak. If any of you ladies are reading this, get in touch with us when you get here we’d love to get some National Geographic style footage of you hunting in your natural habitat.

Facebook: The Real Cape
Twitter: Hippie - Insane Tony