More on snow removal

[srakkt.livejournal.com]

We're all probably sick of shovelling already, but if you haven't yet taken a few minutes to dig out any fire hydrants and storm drains near your place of residence or business, please consider doing so. Thanks.

Edit: ron_newman also points out that clearing a pedestrian path at the crosswalk if you live on a corner is just darn nice.

Comments

FYI

[x-bluerose-x.livejournal.com]

I have NO idea on the laws on MA as I've only been here past six years or so, but in NYS you HAVE to shovel the sidewalk in front of your house or you get fined.

So in some places, it's not just nice...it's the law.

Re: FYI

[jspazzer.livejournal.com]

We're not talking about the sidewalk, we're talking about the street where the snowplow dumped mounds at the corner.

Re: FYI

[x-bluerose-x.livejournal.com]

But he did indeed say sidewalk....

Re: FYI

[jspazzer.livejournal.com]

Yes, the word "sidewalk" was in the sentence, gold star. But "dig a path through from the sidewalk to the street corner" STARTS at the sidewalk, which I already shoveled, and ends in the street, which the city plows.

Re: FYI

[x-bluerose-x.livejournal.com]

Ah, I missed that part. Sorry.

Still in all, I wound up doing that this morning anyway because it's impossible to tell where the sidewalk ends right now and the street begins.

Re: FYI

[jspazzer.livejournal.com]

Good for you, another gold star. Now you and Mr. Sanctimonious up there can come over and do all the corners on my street.

Re: FYI

[x-bluerose-x.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, but what crawled up your ass and died this morning?

Re: FYI

[jspazzer.livejournal.com]

Um, how about 2 hours of shoveling and then having people who have probably never picked up a shovel in their lives complaining that people like me didn't shovel enough to enable them to walk around in their high heels without getting a little snow on them.

Re: FYI

[x-bluerose-x.livejournal.com]

Oh, you're cute. *pats you on the head and gives you a cookie* I shoveled FOUR times with a long driveway, steps, car, end of driveway to street cause I was plowed in AND the sidewalk. And bonus--I live alone in a house on a corner so no help from neighbors nor roommates.

So quit yer bitchin'.

Re: FYI

[jspazzer.livejournal.com]

Wow, and you still had energy to type. You are a superhero.

Re: FYI

[x-bluerose-x.livejournal.com]

My secret involves hot showers and wine. My back is feeling like epic fail, however.

Re: FYI

[derekp.livejournal.com]

Dude. Chillax. Deep breaths.

I'm not saying I agree or disagree with you, but you sound like you're about to rupture a blood vessel somewhere.

Re: FYI

[on-reserve.livejournal.com]

I am so with you on being frustrated with the sanctimoniousness and self-righteousness.

Re: FYI

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

This is true in both Somerville and Cambridge.

However, residents are not legally responsible for clearing the curb cuts onto the street.

Re: FYI

[x-bluerose-x.livejournal.com]

Gotcha. I'm not sure what constitutes as part of the sidewalk or what. I was forced to clean that part cause I couldn't tell with all of the snow where the street and sidewalk borders were, plus I live on a small street on a corner.

Re: FYI

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

You are awesome for going that extra mile on behalf of strangers.

Re: FYI

[x-bluerose-x.livejournal.com]

Thanks. It's a small, quiet area and I live on a corner--and given that there's tennis courts and playgrounds and such, a LOT of people jog, walk their dogs, et cetera... and no one's going to do anything about it.

The storm coming this weekend will make what's already on the ground worse, so I may be forced to shovel my entire driveway and not just the damned path I made all the way down it from the steps. This is going to suck but it's better than having no driveway until the spring.