Having been through two blizzards so far this winter, second one worse than the first what happens is you shovel all day, clear your space out so you can just glide on out early the next morning for work and just as you're done for the day all proud of your achievement and go in for a hot toddy HE comes. But he already came once or twice already but NOW you have an embankment of snow to deal with, the third or fourth embankment so far this day as you already cleared away the first two and you'd better get to it now 'cause in a day or two that baby's gonna be rock hard. We need a meeting of the minds here and folks generally fall into one of two camps:
I clearly belong to the second camp. Once the plows have been through the side roads twice that's enough, any rational citizenry would say we'll deal with the rest and we will. Get that snow out into the road which apparently you're not supposed to do anymore and the traffic will take care of the rest. This can't be though because of the first group, larger and more influential and these yahoos will raise holy hell, write letters to the editor and call their representatives if the plows don't come through their street in a timely fashion. Yes they have a point, your tax dollars at work should help your streets get clear but how much plowing is too much? Are they overcompensating for fear of the yentas?
I have no easy answers. All I knows is my body is sore and all for naught.
If you aren't going to invest in your own computer for heavens sake, invest in a snow blower! Your back will thank you.
ReplyDeleteYeah they look cool, saw some guys using them down the block. Back in the day when you cleared your space out you'd put a couple of garbage cans there to claim your area, now everything's controversial.
ReplyDeleteWhen life gives you lemons, make lemonade, right? Here is a local story of a family who decided to make something remarkable with all the snow we have had:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/family-builds-massive-cylinder-snowman-
Then you have your doom peddlers. No sooner do you make it through one storm and emotionally recover then someone goes "there's another storm coming on Wednesday" even though Wednesday's at least five days away and alot can happen between now and then. Weatherpeople are like this, they like to ratchet up the anxiety levels and then everyone hits the food stores thinking they're gonna starve to death. It's not so much the snow as how people deal with it.
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