> - People here are silly. When it snows and everyone's car > gets covered in 10 feet of snow from the plows - they'll dig > their car out and then put chairs and other junk in their > spot to save it for when they get home. If you take their > spot, expect to have slashed tires and broken windows when > you get back to your car. Needless to say, there is nowhere > to park in the winter here.
While I agree with almost everything else this I have argue. If I spend three or four hours chopping through snow-plow-packed snow to get the car out - dammit that's my spot. I've got squatters right man! Of course in the winter here (Boston) people tend to work it out pretty well - the spots in front of your house are generally yours. In our neightbodrhood in Somerville most homes are triple-deckers - the landlord or highest renter-payer(s) gets the driveways and the lowest on the totem pole gets the street. In my case (with my landlord and his son in the other two apartments) I get the street. Also since the car isn't mine (it's my wife's) and the only reason we got it was for the kids (both in car seats) I work my ass of shoveling that thing out clean (none of this chop of the top hen rock it out crap). So yes - I claim that spot as mine and get pissed if somebody disregards the unwritten law. I don't slash their tires, but I have waiting around to explain the custom to them. ;^) Although if we're talking about silly then let's first lynch those people that insist on parking in the middle of a two-spot area between driveways (in the residential areas there's a driveway, then room for two cars, then a driveway). Now those people deserve a slap in the face... Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
