Dear Pedestrians...

[larsks.livejournal.com]

I have tried to keep my sidewalk clear for your comfort and safety -- and my own! But despite my best efforts, the City of Somerville has repeatedly, in the space of an hour, refilled my sidewalk with the snowplow. I tried to complain, but the city doesn't seem terribly interested. My arms are tired, my back is tired, and I give up fighting the City. They apparently don't consider pedestrian safety to be a terribly high priority.

If you have also run into this problem, I encourage you to contact the Mayor's office at mayor@ci.somerville.ma.us as well as your local alderperson. You may also want to contact the Comissioner of the Department of Public Works, Stanley Koty, but my previous experience with DPW suggests this won't help.

Comments

[eeyorecol.livejournal.com]

Random - isn't being pregnant and trying to walk in the snow and ice just a new and exciting adventure every day? The ever-changing center of gravity makes everything more interesting. This is sarcasm from someone who is 8 months pregnant now - man, yesterday was fun. My husband bought a snowblower last weekend so that I wouldn't shovel and he wouldn't throw out his back again, therefore avoiding both of us being stuck on the couch at the same time.

[bombardiette.livejournal.com]

LOL! It was fun. The most I could do when I slipped and slid around and eventually fell down was to play where I fell and laugh.

It really makes things interesting when she's kicking the crap out of me from the inside while I'm trying to navigate my way around too. Yeesh!

Mine didn't want me to shovel but I did a little anyway...and he loves to do it. Weirdo. : )

[eeyorecol.livejournal.com]

I totally agree about getting the crap kicked out of me while trying not to fall as well.

I shoveled our stairs, then I gave up, since I knew that he would get the rest with the snowblower. It's his new toy, so I didn't bother to ask to use it. :-)

Also, if I managed to hurt myself, he would tell everyone at my shower on Sunday (when I will also have to navigate in the snow, but while wearing nice clothes! w00t!) and they would all make fun of me/chastise me (my mom is very good at telling me to sit down).

[bombardiette.livejournal.com]

I think the almost 5 hour drive home from work in Lexington/Bedford was made even more fun by her gymnastics as well. She always picks the best times to be the most active!

Ooh, yes. Don't interfere with boys and their new toys. I talked about the possibility of a snow blower, but he really, really enjoys shoveling. For now. He's from CA and hasn't really lived anywhere that it actually snows. He'll learn...

Yeah, he yelled at me too. It seems that the menfolk in my life are more protective of me than anyone. I work part-time down at the VFW on Summer St and one of my regulars yelled at me a few weeks ago...for picking up an EMPTY case. [rolleyes]

It's going to be snowing again Sunday. Good luck getting to the shower - and enjoy! Hope you get lots of wonderful and USEFUL things. : D