Rant; Winter 2013/14

[Jocephus]

One of my neighbors owns a Bobcat and plowed my driveway while I was asleep. I don't even know his name.

But you do know his new nickname.

let it ring

[heyzeus]

Senor Plow no es macho, es solamente un borracho.

[IMADreamer]

Apparently there is some big super huge emergency at my old office and some project needs done right away. Now there's about a foot of snow on the ground and the ground is frozen several feet deep. Nothing is getting done in the cemetery for a while. However being the great sometime employee that I am I said ok, I'll go in and work on it. Well I get to the office and the driveway hasn't been plowed. Great. Then I find a place to park and of course no path has been plowed to the door. Some drifts were waist high, no big deal. So I go to unlock the door and it's frozen shut. Not a problem I'm a fat guy. Then I get inside and the heat isn't on. At which point I just turned around and left.

The amazing thing is the owner doesn't understand why his business is not doing the numbers that I did. Could have something to do with him not giving a [expletive].

I'm having serious thoughts about getting back into the business once my no compete is up, but damn I hate working with people.

Oh yeah, winter sucks. I hate this crap.

[JL21]

Senor Plow no es macho, es solamente un borracho.

It has been a long time since a post on GRB made me this happy.

[Freed Roger]

A dystopian byproduct of snow in big box store land - People walking down the middle of Hanley in the dark carrying their bags. I'm guessing many of the folks work in these places and associated fast food joints - and have to walk to and from bus stops and the metrolink. Even in good times, it is tough to be a pedestrian around here, then add 4feet of black snow on the sidewalks to make them impassable.

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

nsfw but I'm glad the internets came through with an answer of what happens when you pee

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[Secret Weapon]

Hey Chicago people, does your city plow streets that has cars parked on them? Because apparently St Louis doesnt know how to deal with that and uses it as an excuse not to plow the streets.

It snowed on Sunday and my street is still nearly impassable. I have not received any mail or packages since last week. I'm guessing the UPS guy says [expletive] it when he sees the street and just keeps going.

It's frustrating because I've been waiting on something I need.

[ghostrunner]

nsfw but I'm glad the internets came through with an answer of what happens when you pee

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I couldn't tell if the camera guy was American, Austrian or a slow-witted villain's henchman.

[stlouie_lipp]

Hey Chicago people, does your city plow streets that has cars parked on them? Because apparently St Louis doesnt know how to deal with that and uses it as an excuse not to plow the streets.

It snowed on Sunday and my street is still nearly impassable. I have not received any mail or packages since last week. I'm guessing the UPS guy says [expletive] it when he sees the street and just keeps going.

It's frustrating because I've been waiting on something I need.

I've never lived in Chicago proper, but from what I understand from watching the news they get to the side streets when they get to side streets. People have to dig out their cars and people who do call "dibs" on their parking spot by putting out odd things to keep people from pulling into their spot.

[cardinalkarp]

SOB, people in St. Louis have absolutely zero clue how to get around in the snow. It's absolute panic on the roads