Fri Jan 17, 2020 7:02 pm by nikkinutshop
Under normal conditions the traffic here on the West Coast is a terror a minute. I lost 10 of the guys I used to ride with to fatal motorcycle crashes, in the last 9 years. We were 23 guys who rode out for lunch a couple of times a month. Now there are 13 and now none of us ride.
When snow and ice are added to the mix, the situation goes beyond CRAZY.
The streets in this neighbourhood are very steep. Some of the drivers must think they can get their cars to move, up the street, if they go full throttle and hope for movement. My son went out to assist and got the dumb A$$ to back down the street onto the clear road where the city has removed the snow so the recycling truck can pass.
The snow load has either melted or settled to lass than half of what there was, yesterday. The sidewalks are clear and about a foot (32cm) remain on the lawn. The city cleared the front street, twice. The snow gets pushed onto the far side of the street and what is in front of the blade gets pushed over the curb and into the park at the bottom of the hill.
One of the neighbours always clears the snow, in the lane, behind his property. He never drives out in the snow with his 2wd vehicles. He has always been rude about three our family driving 4X4 vehicles, so when he showed up and asked for a ride to the shopping centre, I said no. My son offered to drive him for $50 each way, he said, no.
My newest neighbour has a renter from Alberta. This guy got up early and cleared all of the sidewalk for the 6 houses on this block. After the second snow dump, my son returned the favour.
I would rather have tools I do not need than to need tools I do not have
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