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Poll: Rude to snowblow early in the AM?

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Snowblowing in the early morning. Rude?

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Its not like you really have a choice of when to snowblow on a weekday. Its a little annoying, but have some compassion. Is this neighbor retired or something?
 
Eh...scraping of a shovel for an hour is just as annoying as a snowblower for 10 minutes. I guess I understand needing to actually get out of the drive to go to work so it wouldn't bother me.
 
GagHalfrunt said:
I am from the north and deal with snow regularly. Like a major storm yesterday and another coming tomorrow. And rather than needing to grow up, people in my neighborhood grow brains and use a little bit of consideration and common sense. We don't run snowblowers at 5 or 6 am. I'll repeat, if the snow is so bad that you can't get out of your driveway without a snowblower call in sick. And if you can get out of your driveway without a snowblower, then do so. It's not rocket science.
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I live in an area that averages 200"+ annually. I would never go to work by your theory. Snow plows typically come through between the hours of 3am-5am. No effen way I'm going to shovel a two or three foot tall snowbank by hand. I also live next to a city owned parking lot. Backup alarms are constantly going off between 2-3am after days of heavy snowfall. I'm not here to bitch about life, I live in snow covered solitude. But when snow needs to be moved, it gets done, regardless.
 
raasco said:
I live in an area that averages 200"+ annually. I would never go to work by your theory. Snow plows typically come through between the hours of 3am-5am. No effen way I'm going to shovel a two or three foot tall snowbank by hand. I also live next to a city owned parking lot. Backup alarms are constantly going off between 2-3am after days of heavy snowfall. I'm not here to bitch about life, I live in snow covered solitude. But when snow needs to be moved, it gets done, regardless.
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You should jump in a lake. Is there one close to you?

😛
 
Originally Posted by GagHalfrunt
I am from the north and deal with snow regularly. Like a major storm yesterday and another coming tomorrow. And rather than needing to grow up, people in my neighborhood grow brains and use a little bit of consideration and common sense. We don't run snowblowers at 5 or 6 am. I'll repeat, if the snow is so bad that you can't get out of your driveway without a snowblower call in sick. And if you can get out of your driveway without a snowblower, then do so. It's not rocket science.
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So wait, your solution to not annoying people is to call in sick and annoy the people you work with who (depending on your job) have to cover for you? Sounds perfect. Especially if all those people also called in sick because they didn't want to snowblow at 5am. Snowblowing vs shoveling 4 foot of snow for 50+ ft generally is a no brainer as well. Or you could get up at 3am and shovel it for 2 hours. Snowblow your neighbors drives, they don't mind at all then.
 
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4am and you have to ask? Dick move. Shoveling snow is not that big a deal. Shovel what needs to be done to get your car out and let people who wake up later do the snowblowing.

Nobody likes a douche neighbor.
 
sdifox said:
what about the ice wall the snow plow leaves behind? That stuff is pure ice and if it has been sitting there all night it is almost solid ice. I ain't shovelling that shit.
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You live in a city that walls up your driveway with ice? A snowblower will handle that?
 
AViking said:
4am and you have to ask? Dick move. Shoveling snow is not that big a deal. Shovel what needs to be done to get your car out and let people who wake up later do the snowblowing.

Nobody likes a douche neighbor.
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Some with moderator titles disagree with you Thor.

Society is fucked.
 
AViking said:
4am and you have to ask? Dick move. Shoveling snow is not that big a deal. Shovel what needs to be done to get your car out and let people who wake up later do the snowblowing.

Nobody likes a douche neighbor.
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Seriously? Stockholm gets like - what - 6" of snow a year? I got that last night and it was only a light snowfall. An average winter around here is about 120" inches of snow. Plus, driveways in Europe are tiny.

A douche neighbor is someone who's laying in bed bitching about someone who is outside working.

I would love to only have to shovel a little and then leave for work. But guess what? Then I would have to get up at 3am and then you'd be bitching about me outside making shoveling noises.
 
raasco said:
Yes, that's my hometown. 80 miles away now.
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we are getting rocked again

My drive in took an hour instead of 15 minutes. Not because of wrecks or people being dumb, you just literally couldn't go fast than 10 the whole way.

Well..until I got to the side street and had some fun. Spedo said I was doing 85 but I highly doubt that 😛
 
skimple said:
Seriously? Stockholm gets like - what - 6" of snow a year? I got that last night and it was only a light snowfall. An average winter around here is about 120" inches of snow. Plus, driveways in Europe are tiny.

A douche neighbor is someone who's laying in bed bitching about someone who is outside working.

I would love to only have to shovel a little and then leave for work. But guess what? Then I would have to get up at 3am and then you'd be bitching about me outside making shoveling noises.
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You are confusing work with your chores, bro
 
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