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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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Markbnj said:
Now with more banana.

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:biggrin:

That is awesome!
 
GagHalfrunt said:
A banana is not an internationally recognized unit of measurement. It needs an alternator for reference.
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If I had an alternator lying around I would have to go get it and put it in there and take a pic.

Fortunately, I don't.
 
BikeJunkie said:
Oh yeah?

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I did it at 11PM last night... with a shovel.
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Wait. I'm confused. Are you saying you ARE a douchebag? 11pm is pretty late to be outside making noise.

BikeJunkie said:
It's 12" of snow that consisted of a 1" top layer of solid ice and dense wet snow underneath. Snowblower not required. Then again, I'm not broken. And that's just what I have on-hand right now to demonstrate the capabilities of a shovel. I'm 36 years old and and have shoveling snow since I was 10. I've never needed a snowblower.
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I'm on the outer edge of the snowbelt near Buffalo, NY. I've seen plenty of 12" snowfalls. You're full of shit if you are claiming that's 12" of snow.
 
This is no different than when in the south it floods and Joe Redneck with his 4x4 on a 20"+ lift decides to fly through 2' of water at 40 mph and drowns out everyone in passenger cars "because he can!"
 
I'd say no, because everybody else is getting up or has to get up for work anyway. Those who don't, are probably going to be sleeping hard. I work shifts, when it's 7am in the morning and I don't actually have to get up, you could throw a brick through my window and I wont wake up. A little snow blower or lawnmower or other motorized device is not going to do much.

The snow removal crews typically work very late at night, like 5am, as it's easier to do when there's no traffic.
 
alkemyst said:
This is no different than when in the south it floods and Joe Redneck with his 4x4 on a 20"+ lift decides to fly through 2' of water at 40 mph and drowns out everyone in passenger cars "because he can!"
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Look! Alky's STILL posting in a thread about snow.
 
Where are all you real manly, shovel-wielding heros at today?

I got 20" of snow in the last 24 hours. I was out with my snowblower at 4:30am, but I didn't see any of you terribly polite shovelers out anywhere.

What happened to all of you?
 
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skimple said:
Where are you you real manly, shovel-wielding heros at today?

I got 20" of snow in the last 24 hours. I was out with my snowblower at 4:30am, but I didn't see any of you terribly polite shovelers out anywhere.

What happened to all of you?
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buried in the snow of course :awe:

we got a foot of accumulation yesterday.
 
where the snow across the street is from me

have a good 5 feet

can see melt holes around the tree trunks so i better get out there today and actually make a snow fort or something
 
skimple said:
Where are you you real manly, shovel-wielding heros at today?

I got 20" of snow in the last 24 hours. I was out with my snowblower at 4:30am, but I didn't see any of you terribly polite shovelers out anywhere.

What happened to all of you?
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I need my beauty sleep.
 
BikeJunkie said:
Riiiight... some mighty tall mailboxes you have thar :biggrin:
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Uh it was easily eight feet when that photo was taken. Perspective for the win dude, and the highest part is just to the left.

Nice try, though.
 
Markbnj said:
Uh it was easily eight feet when that photo was taken. Perspective for the win dude, and the highest part is just to the left.

Nice try, though.
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I'm several feet taller than my mailbox, so things that are a foot or so taller than it don't feel like 8 feet to me. :shrug:
 
If I need to get snow out but am not allowed to use loud equipment to do so. I shovel it. Your buddy (you) should have just shoveled it.
 
skimple said:
Where are you you real manly, shovel-wielding heros at today?

I got 20" of snow in the last 24 hours. I was out with my snowblower at 4:30am, but I didn't see any of you terribly polite shovelers out anywhere.

What happened to all of you?
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I shoveled during the Chicago snowfall of 2010. Shoveled out 4 spots in the apartment I was living at. Got 2 beers in the process.
 
BikeJunkie said:
I'm several feet taller than my mailbox, so things that are a foot or so taller than it don't feel like 8 feet to me. :shrug:
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I wasn't really trying to get the whole bank into perspective in that shot. The mailbox is on the curb, and was about four or five feet from where I took the shot. The snowbank was pushed up onto the sidewalk and past because we live at the top of a cul de sac and they have nowhere else to put it. The peak was probably 15-20 feet back from where the shot was taken. It's been melting for over a week now and it's still a foot or two higher than the mailbox.
 
jaedaliu said:
Wait, who says they aren't allowed? it's perfectly legal.
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Depending on local ordinance is what I meant.

But if you have close spaced housing, "not allowed" could also just mean polite.

Depends on your neighbors windows and house construction. If you have lived there long enough you should know how well their house dampens outside sound. That usually comes up in regular neighborly conversation.
 
Markbnj said:
I wasn't really trying to get the whole bank into perspective in that shot. The mailbox is on the curb, and was about four or five feet from where I took the shot. The snowbank was pushed up onto the sidewalk and past because we live at the top of a cul de sac and they have nowhere else to put it. The peak was probably 15-20 feet back from where the shot was taken. It's been melting for over a week now and it's still a foot or two higher than the mailbox.
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Oh gotchya. So "perspective FTW" really means "imagine a bunch of stuff not in the photo FTW" :thumbsup:
 
BikeJunkie said:
Oh gotchya. So "perspective FTW" really means "imagine a bunch of stuff not in the photo FTW" :thumbsup:
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Well the context of that photo was to show the banana in the hole in the snow... not the whole bank, so I am not sure why you chose to make your comment about it, now, a couple of weeks after the thread was relevant, other than that you might be, based on other evidence, a douche.
 
momeNt said:
Depending on local ordinance is what I meant.

But if you have close spaced housing, "not allowed" could also just mean polite.

Depends on your neighbors windows and house construction. If you have lived there long enough you should know how well their house dampens outside sound. That usually comes up in regular neighborly conversation.
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Polite? Bullcrap.

If your job requires being at work at 6am, you do whatever you need to be able to get there, whether snow blower, plow, etc. Anyone who would complain about a neighbor needing to clear snow to get to work should STFU and go out to clear the neighbors himself.

No one is out clearing snow at 4am just for the fun of it.
 
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