The road ends at an intersection and then becomes my driveway so they pile it all in front of the drive. Got tired of it after 30 years and took a little delivery this November.
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People all over the northeast paying someone to push snow from in front of their place ,to in front of their neighbors place.
Bought it to rebuild the driveway. The second day I had it I drove it down to the road getting a feel for it. A neighbor walking by said "What do you need that for?". I said this and reached in the mailbox and tossed the mail in the loader bucket and headed back up the hill. 
At least this year you have that nice secret weapon.The Virginia Department of Transportation has a website that displays a map overlaid with the GPS location of each plow truck in the state. I can see that they are down there piling the stuff across the end of my 1,300 foot downhill driveway for me to have to go down and dig out of the way tomorrow.
Again.
Knots
Minister of Fire
I can't wait to see what comes out of the snow banks this spring. So far it looks like pieces of bumpers, broken snow plow parts, and enough returnable cans to make a mortgage payment!
I was just kidding. Here is a good read: http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2014/03/climate-change-cause-ice-age-europe.html
Wow, this does sound like long Island that I remember. Almost like an "Everybody Loves Raymond" episode.
I had a town plow driver stop yesterday while I was plowing my driveway with my garden tractor. He said "if you leave snow in the street that causes an accident, the people can sue you" . Like I didn't realize this. Man, I can't wait to get out of NJ.
jatoxico
Minister of Fire
The woman who wanted me to stop explained to me that they are German (not sure how that factors in) and anyway they had plenty of food. Meanwhile the husband is at best wheel chair bound, I think he may be bedridden at this point. All of our house are higher than the road so uphill to the houses. If they needed emergency assistance or the boiler went out they would have been out of luck. Now that their daughter moved back in I'm sure she'd love me to clear the driveway but knowing how Mom feels what can you do?
I do actually understand since I'm not great at accepting help from people either. Didn't argue, I figured I was causing her stress which is exactly the opposite of what I was trying to do.
Found the other neighbor guy down on the ground in the snow next to his car last year. He tried to drive the car down the un-plowed driveway to get the paper, fell half out of the car and could not pick himself up. Not sure how long he was out there but he was cold,wet and exhausted. I hauled him up and got him back in his car. Then used my Jeep to make his driveway passable. His son still doesn't come by.
I once bought a backhoe after i got tired of my neighbor hiring heavy equipment to modify our shared driveway to his liking making it almost impossible for me to use.
I used the machine for 5 years and sold it for more than i paid originally. Finally sold the place just to get away from the neighbor,and didnt he sell his soon after.
kennyp2339
Minister of Fire
DOING THE DIXIE EYED HUSTLE - Just screaming it out loudly makes me smile
Spring will be here before we all know it, and then we will soon be complaining of the summer heat
Spring will be here before we all know it, and then we will soon be complaining of the summer heat
DOING THE DIXIE EYED HUSTLE - Just screaming it out loudly makes me smile
Ha ha
yep, it's great, until 1100 pounds of red headed mare at the end of your lead line decides to say "not today" 
kennyp2339
Minister of Fire
I've got a 8 pound chicken in the smoker outside, cutting up vegetables to put in the smoker on a few hours.. Made a nice steak on the grill for lunch
jatoxico
Minister of Fire
Long ways off from mowing! Spent most of today chipping ice trying to clear the way for water to flow away from the house. Also removed a section of down spout and poured 2 gallons of hot water into it to get the 4' long block of ice out of it. Water is pouring off the roof but it was backing up against the house because of the blockage.
Had a minor leak in the screen porch due to ice damming. Noticed a lot of heaving too. Anywhere water penetrated through my asphalt driveway or concrete patio is lifted. Never seen it happen to this extent before. Tough winter.
Had a minor leak in the screen porch due to ice damming. Noticed a lot of heaving too. Anywhere water penetrated through my asphalt driveway or concrete patio is lifted. Never seen it happen to this extent before. Tough winter.
brad wilton
Feeling the Heat
in canada it's a national pastime groan about the weather more popular then hockey didn't write groan but you get the idea
more popular then hockey didn't write groan but you get the idea
First time in more than a month that all the horses were turned out for the day, we were rotating 11 of them into 2 paddocks (some do not play well with others 
). Some of the driveway is clear of ice, it's going to take a while for the rest of it.
Roof is almost clear. I have the same down spout issues as J going on. I'm pondering removing the gutters permanently .
). Some of the driveway is clear of ice, it's going to take a while for the rest of it.Roof is almost clear. I have the same down spout issues as J going on. I'm pondering removing the gutters permanently .
Warm_in_NH
Minister of Fire
33 with spotty sun, dug my toe of my boot into some mud in the driveway, did 2 miles out back in snow shoes but my top layer consisted of shorts and a T-chit. (Over the under armor)
You can feel the sun, snow conditions are changing for the first time, we're definitely rounding the corner!
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Edit: 30 minutes later and it's snowing again. Ha.
You can feel the sun, snow conditions are changing for the first time, we're definitely rounding the corner!
Link RemovedEdit: 30 minutes later and it's snowing again. Ha.
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