CADplans
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On our local news,,, today!!
the schools are gonna open on snow days,,, so they can still feed the kids,, :confused2:
Next, they will need to run buses to get them there,,,
Hmmmmmmm,,,,,,,
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On our local news,,, today!!
the schools are gonna open on snow days,,, so they can still feed the kids,, :confused2:
Next, they will need to run buses to get them there,,,
Hmmmmmmm,,,,,,,
MinnesotaEric
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The original bread and milk video from 2013.
Real storm wise, northerners assume you'll all die.
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Up here in the Northeast, we even had a weather man with his own weather scale, "The Ghiorse Factor". For over 35 years people have watched the morning weather report just to find out what his magic number of the day was going to be. My mother in law was one of those "dedicated watchers". I don't like the naming of storms, why can't they wait to see if it really becomes a "Major" event, then name it?
I think that guy retired a few years ago, 2012 I think. I wonder what the number is going to be today?:laughing:
I think that guy retired a few years ago, 2012 I think. I wonder what the number is going to be today?:laughing:
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Back in the 70's, I went on a business trip to Atlanta in January. The temp dropped to the mid 20's, and it snowed an inch or so.
I watched the news on the hotel TV and the city was in a panic with the car crashes all over the place. Everyone warned to stay home. They announced that all city workers had the day off as their contract said that anything under 30F made it too cold to work.
I watched the news on the hotel TV and the city was in a panic with the car crashes all over the place. Everyone warned to stay home. They announced that all city workers had the day off as their contract said that anything under 30F made it too cold to work.
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The best part of that story was that apparently Atlanta had a total of four salt trucks: and two of them crashed leaving the parking lot. Apparently they've increased their fleet of plows from 10 to 58.
Mass is a relatively small state, and the DOT owns 4,000 pieces of snow removal equipment and contracts with that many or more. They have 380,000 tons of salt in inventory. In 2015 cities and towns spent $325 million on snow removal.
Last Saturday we got 6" of snow from about 8am to 6pm in Boston. Nobody blinked, the grocery stores were full of bread and milk, really quite amazing. And my son made $45 shoveling.
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Nice to know kids are still doing this. :thumbsup: I mowed lawns in the summer, raked leaves in the fall, and shoveled snow in the winter. My parents rarely had to finance my shenanigans as a kid.
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It is good to know kids get out and earn some money, more importantly work ethic.
I raked hay, got up hay, picked up rocks out of fields, worked in tobacco, shoveled corn off trailer onto conveyor into crib and got wood up every chance we had and I didn't get paid anything BUT mom and dad did let me live with them and they fed me
PJSprog
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It is good to know kids get out and earn some money, more importantly work ethic.
I raked hay, got up hay, picked up rocks out of fields, worked in tobacco, shoveled corn off trailer onto conveyor into crib and got wood up every chance we had and I didn't get paid anything BUT mom and dad did let me live with them and they fed me
The work ethic part is really more important than the pay, at that age, anyway. I grew up in the city, so I did those "city things" to get paid. On weekends, I did plenty of free square bail flinging and corn shoveling at both my Grandpa's and Uncle's farms. They would always offer to pay us, and we would always politely refuse. They definitely fed us well, too, while we were there.
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To me, the bread and milk buying spree makes sense. We have kids and they go through a gallon of milk in a day or two. Heck, when I was a kid I would drink a gallon of milk by myself every day or two. Many kids eat sandwiches at home when not in school so they need more bread than usual.
The wife just had bought what seemed like a bushel of rolls from Costco just before the storm. We grazed on ham sandwiches for lunch and dinner and egg and bacon sandwiches for breakfast while stuck at home from the storm. We still have some rolls left. :laughing::laughing::laughing:
The kids did well with this storm and did not drink all of the milk because they conserved what we had in the house. If there had not been a storm we would have bought at least one or two gallons of milk during the last four days. A friend of ours drove their kid to NEAR our house yesterday. The kid was going stir crazy so they dropped him off at 1/2 mile from the house and one of our kids went down to walk him back to our house. Just was not safe to drive up the snow/ice covered road on a hill. When the friend came back to pick up her kid, again 1/2 mile from the house, she dropped off some frozen pizza and a gallon of milk that our kid back packed back to the house. :laughing::laughing::laughing:
Milk and bread are one of our big consumables and milk does not store well so it has to be bought frequently when one has children that drink as much moo juice as a calf.
Later,
Dan
The wife just had bought what seemed like a bushel of rolls from Costco just before the storm. We grazed on ham sandwiches for lunch and dinner and egg and bacon sandwiches for breakfast while stuck at home from the storm. We still have some rolls left. :laughing::laughing::laughing:
The kids did well with this storm and did not drink all of the milk because they conserved what we had in the house. If there had not been a storm we would have bought at least one or two gallons of milk during the last four days. A friend of ours drove their kid to NEAR our house yesterday. The kid was going stir crazy so they dropped him off at 1/2 mile from the house and one of our kids went down to walk him back to our house. Just was not safe to drive up the snow/ice covered road on a hill. When the friend came back to pick up her kid, again 1/2 mile from the house, she dropped off some frozen pizza and a gallon of milk that our kid back packed back to the house. :laughing::laughing::laughing:
Milk and bread are one of our big consumables and milk does not store well so it has to be bought frequently when one has children that drink as much moo juice as a calf.
Later,
Dan
Land Of The Free? Michigan Man Issued Parking Ticket In His Own Driveway
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by Tyler Durden
Jan 11, 2017 4:25 PM
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Submitted by Simon Black via SovereignMan.com,
The state of Michigan is not exactly known for its balmy weather this time of year.
And residents reasonably do what they have to do to cope with often extreme winter temperatures.
Last Thursday a man named Taylor Trupiano of Roseville, Michigan did what a lot of people do in cold climates.
He walked out of his house, started his car, turned on the heat, and went back inside for a few minutes while his engine and vehicle interior warmed up.
According to Mr. Trupiano, he was only inside for about 7 or 8 minutes.
But by the time he came back to his car, there was already a parking ticket on his windshield– with a fine totaling $128.
Some local police officer had apparently driven by, noticed the vehicle was unattended, written up this heinous infraction, and left.
There are so many things wrong with this picture it’s hard to know where to begin.
First off, the citation that Mr. Trupiano received was a parking ticket. Yet his car was parked on his own private property.
Let that sink in: this man received a parking ticket while his car was parked on his own property.
You can’t even park your car on your own property anymore without being in violation of some series of laws, rules, or local ordinances.
The city government’s reasoning is that, if you leave a vehicle unattended, it may encourage car thieves to steal it.
This is pretty flimsy logic.
Sure, maybe if a car thief is standing right there he/she may take the opportunity.
But it’s not like some lowlife felon is going to turn the other cheek and stop stealing cars just because there are no unattended vehicles with the keys in the ignition.
Criminals bent on theft are going to steal no matter what, just like some murderous thug in Chicago is going to find a gun and kill people regardless of local firearm regulations.
When the story broke on local news, Roseville’s Police Chief told reporters that his department is unapologetic about issuing the citation to Mr. Trupiano.
Sounding like a man who cares more about statistics than actually catching criminals, the Chief claimed that 5-10 unattended vehicles are stolen every winter, which “drives our crime rates up.”
I looked at Roseville’s crime rates. They’re high. This is not a safe place.
With a population of less than 50,000, there are nearly 2,000 property crime incidents per year.
That includes at least a few hundred car thefts– which means that 5-10 vehicles is statistically trivial.
Clearly this issue of unattended vehicles is NOT the root of the problem.
And even if all the citizens of Roseville never again left their vehicles unattended, even on a cold winter day for just a few minutes to let the car warm up, it still wouldn’t make a dent in the larger crime rate.
But that doesn’t matter.
Roseville’s city government deals with its crime problem by establishing obscure regulations to restrict what law-abiding people are allowed to do in their own homes with their private property.
It doesn’t matter whether you are aware that these ridiculous rules even exist: ignorance of the law is not an excuse.
You’re probably in violation of half a dozen rules and regulations right now without even knowing about them.
Naturally, they’re all for your own good… to protect you against all the terrible choices that you might make as a grown adult.
Thank goodness these people are here to save us from ourselves! Of course, there’s always more work to do.
Speaking of statistically trivial risks, I read recently that falling vending machines kill a handful of people each year. Let’s get rid of them.
Roller coaster malfunctions claim 4 lives each year. Maybe they should ban those too.
Sugary drinks are clearly bad for you. Perhaps they should outlaw those, at least above a certain size.
Oh wait, they’re already trying to do that.
This is what freedom means today in the United Nanny States of America.
Do you have a Plan B?
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by Tyler Durden
Jan 11, 2017 4:25 PM
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Submitted by Simon Black via SovereignMan.com,
The state of Michigan is not exactly known for its balmy weather this time of year.
And residents reasonably do what they have to do to cope with often extreme winter temperatures.
Last Thursday a man named Taylor Trupiano of Roseville, Michigan did what a lot of people do in cold climates.
He walked out of his house, started his car, turned on the heat, and went back inside for a few minutes while his engine and vehicle interior warmed up.
According to Mr. Trupiano, he was only inside for about 7 or 8 minutes.
But by the time he came back to his car, there was already a parking ticket on his windshield– with a fine totaling $128.
Some local police officer had apparently driven by, noticed the vehicle was unattended, written up this heinous infraction, and left.
There are so many things wrong with this picture it’s hard to know where to begin.
First off, the citation that Mr. Trupiano received was a parking ticket. Yet his car was parked on his own private property.
Let that sink in: this man received a parking ticket while his car was parked on his own property.
You can’t even park your car on your own property anymore without being in violation of some series of laws, rules, or local ordinances.
The city government’s reasoning is that, if you leave a vehicle unattended, it may encourage car thieves to steal it.
This is pretty flimsy logic.
Sure, maybe if a car thief is standing right there he/she may take the opportunity.
But it’s not like some lowlife felon is going to turn the other cheek and stop stealing cars just because there are no unattended vehicles with the keys in the ignition.
Criminals bent on theft are going to steal no matter what, just like some murderous thug in Chicago is going to find a gun and kill people regardless of local firearm regulations.
When the story broke on local news, Roseville’s Police Chief told reporters that his department is unapologetic about issuing the citation to Mr. Trupiano.
Sounding like a man who cares more about statistics than actually catching criminals, the Chief claimed that 5-10 unattended vehicles are stolen every winter, which “drives our crime rates up.”
I looked at Roseville’s crime rates. They’re high. This is not a safe place.
With a population of less than 50,000, there are nearly 2,000 property crime incidents per year.
That includes at least a few hundred car thefts– which means that 5-10 vehicles is statistically trivial.
Clearly this issue of unattended vehicles is NOT the root of the problem.
And even if all the citizens of Roseville never again left their vehicles unattended, even on a cold winter day for just a few minutes to let the car warm up, it still wouldn’t make a dent in the larger crime rate.
But that doesn’t matter.
Roseville’s city government deals with its crime problem by establishing obscure regulations to restrict what law-abiding people are allowed to do in their own homes with their private property.
It doesn’t matter whether you are aware that these ridiculous rules even exist: ignorance of the law is not an excuse.
You’re probably in violation of half a dozen rules and regulations right now without even knowing about them.
Naturally, they’re all for your own good… to protect you against all the terrible choices that you might make as a grown adult.
Thank goodness these people are here to save us from ourselves! Of course, there’s always more work to do.
Speaking of statistically trivial risks, I read recently that falling vending machines kill a handful of people each year. Let’s get rid of them.
Roller coaster malfunctions claim 4 lives each year. Maybe they should ban those too.
Sugary drinks are clearly bad for you. Perhaps they should outlaw those, at least above a certain size.
Oh wait, they’re already trying to do that.
This is what freedom means today in the United Nanny States of America.
Do you have a Plan B?