The lousy weather in this area is one of my common themes. This you-tube video was filmed about 20 miles from my house, right on the main road into the city. It's pretty funny. Tom
I do believe your winter has been worse than mine. Maybe not in outright bitter cold temps, but the winds and snow - oy
You guys always have us in the cold department. The big lake moderates our temperature, except in the very rare case where it freezes out in the open water. Wind and snow we are good at. Tom
If I ever start talking about moving back to North Dakota, somebody please hit me on the side of the head with a rolled-up newspaper. Or send me that video.
How about we put you in one of those videos. I know a guy who worked for the city of Fargo who was in a pickup, waiting for the plow to go by when it rear ended him. He said his neck hurt for a couple days before he went to the doctor. His neck was broke and the city let him go. Need I say he was close to retirement too.
Well, in a similar vein, I once went between the plow and the front bumper of a big snow plow. My wife and I were driving our Jeep C-J5 down a narrow road, with snow banked up on the sides. A big plow truck came roaring down the other way, taking up a bit more than half of the road, with the grader blade sticking out menacingly. I tried to ease over to make room, but my right front tire sunk into a soft spot and the Jeep spun around just like that. It was timed perfectly so that we went backward between the plow blade and the front bumper of the truck, bouncing back and forth like a pinball. Fortunately we weren't hurt, although I did put a tiny dent on the bumper of the truck. The Jeep needed a bit more body work than the plow truck. Tom
ah, without watching it, i am gonna guess its a newslady in Traverse City warning kids against the dangers of playing while the snowplows are out running? first time i saw it was on AFV. (america's funniest home videos) **edit** yepper, reminds me of one time at my cousins house (just outside Cheboygan) he had just finished shoveling the driveway, he was about 16 or 17 i was around 5 i think. he had a hot date with this girl and he had to shovel the drive or he could not borrow the car. while he was inside changing his clothes... yea, well ya know
There's that loyalty thing. And the next year the guy (supervisor) became the mayor. I saw this a lot when I went to school in 04 /06. Guys close to retirement (1-3 yrs) would get injured by some one and get turned over to work force safety, which means re-education and they (the company) cut you loose. Can you imagine guys in the work force for 30-40 yrs and no school since they where in high school going back and basically starting in 1st or 2nd yr college courses.
No, I don't know. Can someone please fill me in on what happened? I know sometimes I say I don't know stuff when I do, but this time I am lost. A PM would be good if not for general publication. Daniel, smacking you on the head with a rolled up (wet and frozen) newspaper sounds like a lot more fun to me. I'll cue behind Jayman.
Having seen snow for the first time in your life only last month, Pat, and even then only a little, I suppose you can be excused for not getting the joke. I think the assumption was the poor kid had just finished shovelling the driveway when the snowplow came by and buried it again. No date for him - all dressed up and nowhere to go, so to speak.
It's like plow drivers have some sixth sense. They know the exact moment you finish clearing out the drive, and then "WHOOSH", a big pile of snow fills it up again. One of our local plow drivers had a little too much to drink (probably trying to ward off the cold) and managed to mow down all of the mailboxes for about 15 miles. Fortunately this area isn't heavily populated, but it still cost him a bit in restitution. Tom
They keep hoping you'll rush out, attempt to shovel it out again, and finally drop of a heart attack. At least, I'm pretty sure that's the plan around here "Vrooom ... thump ..... thump ... thump ... thump ..." "Hic ... what's that thumping noise? Glug glug glug" Although I would have been pretty pissed - pardon the pun - off if that had been my mailbox, it would have been cool to watch
If I was staring down the chance of scoring, I would have been running out with the shovel when I heard the plow coming down the road ready to re-shovel. Smack, woosh, smack, woosh, smack, woosh, smack, no bills today.
Here's the problem, Pat: The first snowfall may be soft or it may be heavy. But when the snowplow hits it at speed it compacts it, and that berm of snow it puts into your newly-shoveled driveway is nearly as hard as rock. And depending on local conditions, that berm may be a meter high. Arnold Schwarzenegger in his prime would need half a day to shovel through it.
