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1 lawhawk  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 11:51:26am

Thanks for the HT Charles.

That video sums up many NYers’ views on the Sanitation Department’s handling of snow removal throughout the City.

I personally hold the Mayor accountable for the failure to declare a state of emergency that would have reduced street traffic because it would have closed nonessential businesses and kept people off the roads. Snow removal has been delayed because Sanitation crews have to first remove stuck cars before they can plow, but this video is just ridiculous.

It’s a tragicomedy of errors - the front end loader is driven by an incompetent. Ditto the tow truck driver. Whoever sent the loader out without tire chains is incompetent, and the owner of the SUV will be left with the bill.

Mind you, if that SUV owner had failed to clear out his sidewalk, he’d be hit with a fine. When the City fails to clear entire blocks - what happens exactly? Lots of complaints, a few investigations, but in the end, it’s business as usual.

2 Walter L. Newton  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 11:56:00am

re: #1 lawhawk

Thanks for the HT Charles.

That video sums up many NYers’ views on the Sanitation Department’s handling of snow removal throughout the City.

I personally hold the Mayor accountable for the failure to declare a state of emergency that would have reduced street traffic because it would have closed nonessential businesses and kept people off the roads. Snow removal has been delayed because Sanitation crews have to first remove stuck cars before they can plow, but this video is just ridiculous.

It’s a tragicomedy of errors - the front end loader is driven by an incompetent. Ditto the tow truck driver. Whoever sent the loader out without tire chains is incompetent, and the owner of the SUV will be left with the bill.

Mind you, if that SUV owner had failed to clear out his sidewalk, he’d be hit with a fine. When the City fails to clear entire blocks - what happens exactly? Lots of complaints, a few investigations, but in the end, it’s business as usual.

I don’t understand this? As someone who was born and raised in Brooklyn NY in the 50-60’s, I’ve seen this much snow in the city numerous times, and I don’t remember this sort of incompetency.

What I do remember is the streets getting plowed, people shoveling out, businesses opening a little late, and the city went on it’s merry way.

This is a joke.

3 Varek Raith  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 11:57:28am

Good grief.
Use the front bucket to lift the front of the loader and “walk” it out of there.
And where the hell are its chains?

4 sattv4u2  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 11:58:14am

“Honey,,, were we supposed to park on the “odd” or the “even” side of the street last night”

Sadly, this isn;t an isolated incident nor confined to NYC. I have seen similar in Boston, Chicago, Detroit,,,

5 sattv4u2  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 11:59:29am

re: #2 Walter L. Newton

and I don’t remember this sort of incompetency.

Growing up in Boston in that same timeframe, I do

6 lawhawk  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:01:12pm

re: #4 sattv4u2

No, it isn’t isolated, but Sanitation usually does a halfway decent job.

Not this time though. I expect to hear all kinds of excuses - that there was holiday staffing, budget cuts, etc., except that the Sanitation Director said that 1600 plows were out, hundreds of salt spreaders, and they had brought in additional contractors to assist clearing crosswalks, etc.

While most of Manhattan’s major streets are passable, the same can’t be said of elsewhere in the City.

7 Walter L. Newton  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:04:25pm

re: #5 sattv4u2

and I don’t remember this sort of incompetency.

Growing up in Boston in that same timeframe, I do

Self-referencing answer.

8 sattv4u2  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:04:54pm

re: #6 lawhawk

No, it isn’t isolated, but Sanitation usually does a halfway decent job

Oh, I agree

With the number of times the plows have to be out and the number of streets they have to plow, they actually do an admirable job,, ESPECIALLY when the streets are barely passable in the summer! (parking on both sides on streets that were designed for horse and carriage)

9 sattv4u2  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:05:32pm

re: #7 Walter L. Newton

Self-referencing answer.

As stated, though. I’ve seen the same in many major cities where I’ve spent considerable time

10 Walter L. Newton  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:06:09pm

re: #9 sattv4u2

As stated, though. I’ve seen the same in many major cities where I’ve spent considerable time

You ever think that YOU may be part of the problem :)

11 Gus  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:06:21pm

Mayor Bloomberg’s response:

Honestly, as someone who bought a $2,000 car because I knew we would be street parking it in Brooklyn, the snow plow destruction didn’t surprise me too much. Clearly, Mayor Bloomberg felt the same way as he brushed off a reporter’s question in today’s press briefing about who was responsible for the damage. The Mayor, in his typical chill manner was all, “Duh, if the sanitation worker hit the car, then of course we’re responsible. Next!”

Gubernment workers.

12 wrenchwench  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:06:59pm

re: #8 sattv4u2

No, it isn’t isolated, but Sanitation usually does a halfway decent job

Oh, I agree

With the number of times the plows have to be out and the number of streets they have to plow, they actually do an admirable job,, ESPECIALLY when the streets are barely passable in the summer! (parking on both sides on streets that were designed for horse and carriage)

Wait, they have to plow the streets in the summer?

13 sattv4u2  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:08:23pm

re: #10 Walter L. Newton

You ever think that YOU may be part of the problem :)

Thats a given!

14 sattv4u2  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:09:34pm

re: #12 wrenchwench

Wait, they have to plow the streets in the summer?

Try walking the North End of Boston in the summer

No snow, but no room to manuever either
A car can just about squezze through if there are cars on both sides

15 Gus  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:10:50pm

They were just hoping that one of the neighbors would come out and spit them in the face. That way they could take two months off (payed) to recover.

//

16 Walter L. Newton  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:13:35pm

On another weather related note… we may actually finally get some decent accumulation of snow east of the continental divide on Thursday/Friday… and we are also expected to have lows at minus 10 degrees (f) by Friday night… brrrr… looks like the pellet stove will be working full time.

Meanwhile… on the Paris front… it appears that the Seine has risen to recent record levels due to the heavier than normal snows over the last month… the tourist boats have stopped running because navigation is problematic under the ponts (bridges)…

[Link: www.france24.com…]

And for a history of Seine flooding in Paris…

[Link: lefildutemps.free.fr…]

Interesting stuff.

17 researchok  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:13:50pm

I’ll bet the ambulance chasers weren’t slowed down by the snow.
/

18 Vicious Babushka  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:14:40pm

re: #17 researchok

I’ll bet the ambulance chasers weren’t slowed down by the snow.
/

But there were no ambulances for them to chase.

19 Walter L. Newton  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:14:51pm

re: #15 Gus 802

They were just hoping that one of the neighbors would come out and spit them in the face. That way they could take two months off (payed) to recover.

//

Actually… the running narrative by the guy talking the video was classic New York… brought tears to my eyes.

20 researchok  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:16:24pm

re: #18 Alouette

But there were no ambulances for them to chase.

I don’t know… we didn’t see what happened afterwards- and New Yorkers are a tough bunch.

21 Gus  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:17:09pm

From the Youtube link:

City workers destroy a Ford Explorer trying to free a snowbound front-loader in Brooklyn Heights, New York after the storm of 2010. The crazy thing here….the vehicle WAS….wait for it….A NYC Dept of Buildings city owned vehicle. I went down, I know the owner, they are aware of the video and no police ever came. Hope that answers a lot of questions. Obviously some comments here in response are from the driver himself.

So now they’re destroying their own city vehicles due to incompetence. Bet that two man crew was costing the city $120/hour.

22 researchok  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:17:59pm

re: #19 Walter L. Newton

Actually… the running narrative by the guy talking the video was classic New York… brought tears to my eyes.

Coulda been Tony Manero at the window.

23 reloadingisnotahobby  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:18:16pm

…No worries…this video is more than likely already in the Insurance Agents “in box”!!

24 researchok  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:21:03pm

re: #21 Gus 802

From the Youtube link:

So now they’re destroying their own city vehicles due to incompetence. Bet that two man crew was costing the city $120/hour.

Oh yeah…now the lawyers are gonna sue the city for emotional distress, everybody will get rubber roomed for a decade and the paychecks will keep on coming…

And when it’s all over, the city will settle for ‘an undisclosed amount’.

25 Killgore Trout  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:21:43pm

Hilarious Fox news spin…
Furious New Yorkers Expect Gov’t to Rescue Them From Snow
Socialism!

26 Gus  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:22:13pm

re: #24 researchok

Oh yeah…now the lawyers are gonna sue the city for emotional distress, everybody will get rubber roomed for a decade and the paychecks will keep on coming…

And when it’s all over, the city will settle for ‘an undisclosed amount’.

That Youtube video destroyed my career with the NYC Sanitation department!

[snif]

//

27 engineer cat  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:23:41pm

re: #25 Killgore Trout

Hilarious Fox news spin…
Furious New Yorkers Expect Gov’t to Rescue Them From Snow
Socialism!

if we lower taxes, market forces will make it profitable for the snow to clear itself

28 Killgore Trout  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:23:48pm

Also from Fox: New Black Panthers Plot With Ahmadinejad to Overthrow America

29 researchok  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:24:03pm

re: #26 Gus 802

That Youtube video destroyed my career with the NYC Sanitation department!

[snif]

//

Maybe not.

There are sanitation dept jobs that don’t require you to drive.
//

30 Killgore Trout  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:24:24pm

re: #27 engineer dog

if we lower taxes, market forces will make it profitable for the snow to clear itself

John Galt with a snow shovel!

31 Obdicut  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:24:38pm

re: #28 Killgore Trout

They’re gonna put the Onion out of business.

32 Gus  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:24:47pm

re: #29 researchok

Maybe not.

There are sanitation dept jobs that don’t require you to drive.
//

Heck yeah. No doubt these guys will get a promotion. Or maybe they’ll make them instructors.

33 researchok  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:25:34pm

re: #32 Gus 802

Heck yeah. No doubt these guys will get a promotion. Or maybe they’ll make them instructors.

And they’ll get overtime.

NYC overtime…

34 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:25:56pm

re: #28 Killgore Trout

Also from Fox: New Black Panthers Plot With Ahmadinejad to Overthrow America

I’ve never felt safer.

35 sattv4u2  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:25:57pm

re: #29 researchok

Maybe not.

There are sanitation dept jobs that don’t require you to drive.
//

There are

But they give you a city vehicle to GET to work!!
//

36 Killgore Trout  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:27:06pm

re: #28 Killgore Trout

Also from Fox: New Black Panthers Plot With Ahmadinejad to Overthrow America

Fox News readers are itching for a race war….

I know I do…I’m actually looking forward to getting this issue resolved..One way or another. My suggesting to them would be to stop planning and shooting their mouths off and actually do something..


….

ARM YOURSELF!


….

3 words. buy more ammo
37 engineer cat  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:27:15pm

re: #28 Killgore Trout

Also from Fox: New Black Panthers Plot With Ahmadinejad to Overthrow America

…with elvis’ alien love child!

38 Gus  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:27:45pm

re: #35 sattv4u2

There are

But they give you a city vehicle to GET to work!!
//

That’s in case you need to drive two blocks to the environmental summit.

//

39 reloadingisnotahobby  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:28:21pm

NYC Sanitation worker earns 3.75 X my hourly rate for the state of utah!!
I have a Boxer that looks like R. Gates compared to these clusterfucks!!

40 Varek Raith  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:28:22pm

re: #28 Killgore Trout

Also from Fox: New Black Panthers Plot With Ahmadinejad to Overthrow America

Good grief.
Right wing militias are more of a threat to me than the Black Panthers.
And I’m white!

41 Killgore Trout  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:29:56pm

Another gem from a Fox News reader….

Just another example of how a nation goes into decline when it isn’t strict in maintaining it’s culture, along with borders and language. America began as a white Christian nation of European immigrants. Now it is a hodge podge of mixed races and religions with no attempt at assimilating into the original culture and no patriotism.
Blacks always hated whites because our laws were made to benefit the MAJORITY, thus enhancing America’s strength. Now that Obama is turning America over to minorities, he is in effect destroying America through anarchy and chaos.
42 Varek Raith  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:30:08pm

re: #25 Killgore Trout

Hilarious Fox news spin…
Furious New Yorkers Expect Gov’t to Rescue Them From Snow
Socialism!

What lovely comments…

would it be concidered a “hate crime” to toss a bl@ck,, chineese or puerto rican a snow shovel and tell them to get to work?


Chinese and Puerto Ricans work hard, No comment on the blcks.
43 makeitstop  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:30:41pm

re: #28 Killgore Trout

Also from Fox: New Black Panthers Plot With Ahmadinejad to Overthrow America

All they need to do is work ACORN in there somewhere and they’ll have a winner. /

44 reloadingisnotahobby  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:30:46pm

re: #40 Varek Raith

Please tell me you missed a sarc tag…..
We have TONS of steak and beer….///

45 sattv4u2  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:30:59pm

re: #38 Gus 802

That’s in case you need to drive two blocks to the environmental summit.

//

Is that the one where they served shark fin soup and dolphin sushi and seal burgers!?!?
//

46 Kragar  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:31:00pm

re: #41 Killgore Trout

Another gem from a Fox News reader…

I fear their grasp of history is tenuous at best.

47 Killgore Trout  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:31:26pm

re: #40 Varek Raith

Good grief.
Right wing militias are more of a threat to me than the Black Panthers.
And I’m white!

At the height of their power the Black Panthers were a serious problem. They went away in the early 70’s. The militias are still with us.

48 Killgore Trout  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:31:54pm

re: #42 Varek Raith

What lovely comments…

Good grief.

49 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:32:46pm

re: #41 Killgore Trout

Another gem from a Fox News reader…

“Blacks always hated whites because our laws were made to benefit the MAJORITY, thus enhancing America’s strength.”

Yes, I’m sure that was the source of all hostility…

//Giggling helplessly here…

50 Kragar  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:33:40pm

re: #45 sattv4u2

Is that the one where they served shark fin soup and dolphin sushi and seal burgers!?!?
//

The Panda nuggets in snow owl sauce were the best.

51 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:33:52pm

re: #46 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I fear their grasp of history is tenuous at best.

No, no, I think he’s on to something. Americans have, in fact, traditionally passed laws to benefit the majority.

The white majority.

//Hell of a way to run a country though.

52 Shiplord Kirel  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:34:00pm

I’m just glad it doesn’t snow more here in Lubbock: We’d be up the proverbial creek without a shovel if we had to depend on the city administration for anything as demanding as snow removal. They can’t even remove water from the streets, even though it has the great advantage of running downhill all by itself.
This place averages only 20 or so inches of rainfall a year but flood insurance is required in a large swath of the city. The reason is non-functional or non-existent storm drains. One intersection is notorious for flooding to a depth of 2 feet if it rains for 10 minutes, even though it is less than 1000 feet from a drainage pond that is 50 feet lower in elevation. It has been like that since it was paved in 1940. The city bills me 9.95 a month for storm sewer service even though my house is on a low ridge (the only one for miles) and half a mile from the nearest storm drain.
Then there are the famous Lubbock forever lights (sometimes rendered with an additional “F”), traffic signals with 2 and 3 minute cycle times that seem for all the world to have been designed purely to make large areas almost inaccessible. By an odd coincidence, these are the same areas where the local real estate fatcats do not have extensive investments. A certain stretch of Quaker Avenue, an alleged main boulevard with five lanes, is known as the “red light district.” This is not because it hosts a concentration of bawdy houses (at least not as far as I know) but because it has six red lights in a distance of just 3000 feet.

53 Varek Raith  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:34:19pm

re: #49 SanFranciscoZionist

“Blacks always hated whites because our laws were made to benefit the MAJORITY, thus enhancing America’s strength.”

Yes, I’m sure that was the source of all hostility…

//Giggling helplessly here…

I would troll FoxNation, but the sarcasm would be completely lost on them.

54 Killgore Trout  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:34:57pm

Crazy Pam on the black panthers story….

It is important to remember Obama’s close ties to these haters and subversives. Louis Farrakhan and Obama have a long history, and it was Obama’s Department of Justice that refused to prosecute the Black Panthers who were threatening white voters in Philly.

This is a terrible thing, but it was expected. What makes it deadly is that Obama is in the White House.

55 reloadingisnotahobby  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:35:58pm

re: #52 Shiplord Kirel

Lubbock Texas??
Water issues??
Have you looked at aTopo… Map of your area??
LOL

56 Killgore Trout  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:38:28pm

The Best Cat Videos of 2010 in 90 Seconds

57 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:38:33pm

re: #54 Killgore Trout

Crazy Pam on the black panthers story…

They really want this to be exciting, don’t they?

58 Charles Johnson  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:39:02pm

re: #54 Killgore Trout

The Harpy shrieks:

SHOCK AUDIO: NEW BLACK PANTHER LEADER REVEALS COLLUSION AT NYC MEETING WITH AHMADINEJAD TO BUILD ALLIANCE, SECURE RAW MATERIALS AND OVERTHROW AMERICA!!!1!

59 sattv4u2  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:39:50pm

re: #56 Killgore Trout

The Best Cat Videos of 2010 in 90 Seconds

I love cats!

They taste just like chicken!

60 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:41:00pm

re: #58 Charles

The Harpy shrieks:

SHOCK AUDIO: NEW BLACK PANTHER LEADER REVEALS COLLUSION AT NYC MEETING WITH AHMADINEJAD TO BUILD ALLIANCE, SECURE RAW MATERIALS AND OVERTHROW AMERICA!!!1!

She’s got more faith in the Panthers than I do.

I suspect she also has more faith in the Panthers than Dinnerjacket does.

61 Obdicut  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:41:51pm

re: #58 Charles

Oh no! Not the raw materials!

62 Charles Johnson  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:41:54pm

re: #28 Killgore Trout

Also from Fox: New Black Panthers Plot With Ahmadinejad to Overthrow America

All three of them.

63 Varek Raith  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:42:17pm

re: #58 Charles

The Harpy shrieks:

SHOCK AUDIO: NEW BLACK PANTHER LEADER REVEALS COLLUSION AT NYC MEETING WITH AHMADINEJAD TO BUILD ALLIANCE, SECURE RAW MATERIALS AND OVERTHROW AMERICA!!!1!

Raw materials?
Like what?
RPGs
Tanks
Missiles
Fleets of navy ships?
Lol…

64 Obdicut  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:42:58pm

re: #63 Varek Raith

Bulk cotton, cement, and jute.

65 lostlakehiker  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:43:01pm

re: #9 sattv4u2

As stated, though. I’ve seen the same in many major cities where I’ve spent considerable time

In Minneapolis in the 70’s, the citizenry cooperated with snow removal, obeying the laws limiting parking to one side of the street. The city had its act together and the snow was removed promptly.

The garbage was picked up. Homes that became derelict because of fire damage were torn down within the week and razed to the ground. Crime is a feature of any city; it’s built in to human nature, but it wasn’t rampant and brazen.

66 wrenchwench  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:43:18pm

re: #58 Charles

The Harpy shrieks:

SHOCK AUDIO: NEW BLACK PANTHER LEADER REVEALS COLLUSION AT NYC MEETING WITH AHMADINEJAD TO BUILD ALLIANCE, SECURE RAW MATERIALS AND OVERTHROW AMERICA!!!1!

The lolcatranslator couldn’t even improve on that.

SHOCK AUDIO: NEW BLACK PANTHR LEADR REVEALS COLLUSHUN AT NYC MEETIN WIF AHMADINEJAD 2 BUILD ALLIANCE, SECURE RAW MATERIALS AN OVERTHROW AMERICA!!!1!
67 Varek Raith  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:44:06pm

re: #66 wrenchwench

The lolcatranslator couldn’t even improve on that.

Yeah, I noticed that with a lot of her posts…
XD

68 reloadingisnotahobby  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:44:10pm

re: #63 Varek Raith

STOPPPPP!!
I have 37…36…Minutes before I have to bid again…………../

69 Varek Raith  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:44:48pm

re: #68 reloadingisnotahobby

STOPPP!!
I have 37…36…Minutes before I have to bid again…/

You want that tank, no?
Just hit the “Buy Now” button!
;)

70 reloadingisnotahobby  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:46:32pm

re: #69 Varek Raith

Was bidding on a package deal…..A Destroyer is a little beyond my skill set…but…
What the hell!

71 lawhawk  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:47:08pm

MTA needs to be held accountable for why they were sending out buses in the storm. Hundreds were stuck (and many remain stuck).

72 Kragar  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:47:54pm

re: #61 Obdicut

Oh no! Not the raw materials!

Coal…sulfur…diamonds…wood

73 sattv4u2  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:48:27pm

re: #65 lostlakehiker

In Minneapolis in the 70’s

Self explanatory!!

74 Shiplord Kirel  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:49:02pm

re: #55 reloadingisnotahobby

Lubbock Texas??
Water issues??
Have you looked at aTopo… Map of your area??
LOL

I look at topo maps every day and drew some some of them. It’s part of my business. The elevation varies by less than 100 feet within the city limits but that is plenty to flood a sizable area if there is no real management of the flow.

75 sattv4u2  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:50:00pm

re: #71 lawhawk

MTA needs to be held accountable for why they were sending out buses in the storm. Hundreds were stuck (and many remain stuck).

Lose/ Lose

If they DIDN’T send them out the hue and cry would be how the MTA left thousands stranded with no way to get to work/home/food shopping

76 reloadingisnotahobby  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:50:15pm

re: #71 lawhawk

MTA needs to be held accountable for why they were sending out buses in the storm. Hundreds were stuck (and many remain stuck).

Having been up on the West Mountain this am in 3+ feet of snow…that right there is FUNNY!

77 reloadingisnotahobby  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:51:31pm

re: #75 sattv4u2

But the local BAR would make BANK!!!
It’s the Economy !!!!

78 Gus  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:52:22pm

Image: 1028478795.jpg

Snowstorm in winter of 1978 brought traffic to a halt and required shovels to uncover vehicles. Photo Credit: Newsday File, 1978

79 lawhawk  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:52:56pm

re: #76 reloadingisnotahobby

I have bad memories of West Mt. Had my skis stolen from the lodge. Whoever took ‘em clipped the lock too.

80 Obdicut  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:53:12pm

re: #72 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Coal…sulfur…diamonds…wood

I’ll trade you two wool for two wheat. Come on, look how much wheat you have. Don’t be a jerk.

81 Gus  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:53:13pm

Image: 574269344.jpg

Neighbors shovel together at Plum Street near Route 111. No plow had been through their area by noon of the day after the blizzard. Photo Credit: Newsday, 1978

82 b_sharp  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:53:16pm

It’s only snow, people, water in crystal form. It’s harmless. In fact living organisms need water to survive. People even swim in it.

The more the merrier, right? So lots of snow is a good thing, not a bad thing as the apocalyptic fear mongers are telling you.

83 reloadingisnotahobby  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:53:58pm

Never under estimate COMMON SENSE …and Low Range Wheel Drive!!

84 lawhawk  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:54:06pm

re: #75 sattv4u2

Ah, but if there was a state of emergency (which was never declared), the buses would not be on the roads - blocking them from being plowed properly.

Despite the mayor saying that they were prepared, this time around it looks like the keystone cops were running things.

85 sattv4u2  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:54:34pm

re: #77 reloadingisnotahobby

But the local BAR would make BANK!!!
It’s the Economy !!!

heh,, some of the best money I made 20 years ago was going around to neighborhood bars/pubs/taverns in and around Boston clearing snow off of their satellite dishes so they could see the games

30 minutes
$100 bucks PLUS drinks AND food

86 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:54:35pm

re: #82 b_sharp

It’s only snow, people, water in crystal form. It’s harmless. In fact living organisms need water to survive. People even swim in it.

The more the merrier, right? So lots of snow is a good thing, not a bad thing as the apocalyptic fear mongers are telling you.

Dihydrogen oxide is a very dangerous substance. Lots of people die from it each year.

87 Kragar  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:55:22pm

re: #80 Obdicut

I’ll trade you two wool for two wheat. Come on, look how much wheat you have. Don’t be a jerk.

But I was going to build a missile launcher, but nice Cataan.

88 reloadingisnotahobby  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:55:34pm

re: #79 lawhawk

I have bad memories of West Mt. Had my skis stolen from the lodge. Whoever took ‘em clipped the lock too.


MY WEST MOUNTAIN????…IN UTAH???
I’ll get back to you!!
A Description would help!!;-)

89 sattv4u2  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:55:59pm

And on that note ,,, goin’ to dinner with Mrs and Junior Satty!

bbl

90 reloadingisnotahobby  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:56:29pm

re: #83 reloadingisnotahobby

Never under estimate COMMON SENSE …and Low Range 4 Wheel Drive!!

Ooops

91 b_sharp  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:56:57pm

re: #86 EmmmieG

Dihydrogen oxide is a very dangerous substance. Lots of people die from it each year.

It can’t be harmful, it’s a natural substance. If God didn’t want us to have Dihydrogen Oxide, he wouldn’t have invented Speedos.

92 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:57:55pm

re: #91 b_sharp

It can’t be harmful, it’s a natural substance. If God didn’t want us to have Dihydrogen Oxide, he wouldn’t have invented Speedos.

I’m pretty sure there was direct demonic power involved in the invention of speedos.

Or Cthulu playing with his dinner.

93 Walter L. Newton  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:58:04pm

re: #82 b_sharp

It’s only snow, people, water in crystal form. It’s harmless. In fact living organisms need water to survive. People even swim in it.

The more the merrier, right? So lots of snow is a good thing, not a bad thing as the apocalyptic fear mongers are telling you.

NO kidding… can you send some to the Colorado Front Range. You know… east of the continental divide… the ski areas have had enough… we need some here.

94 Jack Burton  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:59:16pm

re: #82 b_sharp

It’s only snow, people, water in crystal form. It’s harmless. In fact living organisms need water to survive. People even swim in it.

The more the merrier, right? So lots of snow is a good thing, not a bad thing as the apocalyptic fear mongers are telling you.

CO2 is PLANT FOOD!!1!!1

/

95 reloadingisnotahobby  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 12:59:57pm

re: #93 Walter L. Newton
Are sure Walter?
It may be there before you can get on the Flight to France…!!
LOL

96 b_sharp  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:00:53pm

re: #94 ArchangelMichael

CO2 is PLANT FOOD!!1!!1

/

The lichen growing in my nostrils agree.

97 Gus  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:00:58pm

The Chicago Blizzard of 1967 Revisited

You youngsters think you’ve seen snow in Chicago. Let me tell you about a real snowstorm. I’m talking about the Blizzard of ‘67.

If you don’t like the weather in Chicago, wait awhile—it will change. January 24 was a Tuesday and the temperature got up to 65. On Wednesday, it was more like normal. On Thursday, at about 5 AM, it started snowing. Morning travel was a little slow, but you expect that in January.

And it kept snowing all day. By 2:00 it was getting so bad, some businesses started letting people out early. At 4:00, when the evening rush hour started, things got really impossible.

On the streets, the snow just kept piling up. The plows couldn’t keep up with it—we didn’t have snow routes then. The busses got stuck. The ‘L’ backed up, because part of the system ran on the ground. Some of the commuter trains were running, but with big delays.

Traffic stopped moving. Totally. After a few hours, many people just left their cars where they were and started walking. The city later counted 20,000 abandoned vehicles. Some people who were downtown just checked into a hotel for the night—or camped out in the lobby when the hotel filled up.

It snowed all night. On Friday, January 27, the snow stopped. It was 10 AM, and we’d had 29 straight hours of snow. There were 23 inches on the ground. That was a record for so much so fast.

That Friday was like a holiday. Most of the city was shut down, and neighbors traded stories about how long it had taken them to get home. Of course, Friday wasn’t a holiday for the crews that had to work to get things moving again.

By Tuesday, we were getting back to normal. But on Wednesday, there was some more snow, 4 inches to start off February. The Sunday after that, a third storm dumped 10 more inches. Then the weather turned cold. All that snow stayed where it was for over a month.

Now you have over three feet worth of snow piled up. You didn’t have many snow blowers, so people had to shovel by hand. When they finally dug out their car, they’d save the space by putting out old chairs or tables. That’s when this famous Chicago custom started—after the Blizzard of ‘67.

So the next time we get some snow, don’t complain about how bad it is. And don’t try to take my parking space.

Go to the link to see the image gallery.

98 lawhawk  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:01:48pm

re: #88 reloadingisnotahobby

I thought you were talking about West Mt. in upstate NY. My bad for not being specific enough (or thinking you were in NY).

99 reloadingisnotahobby  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:02:44pm

re: #91 b_sharp

God invented Speedos???
Oh dear…I’ll have to consider this a moment……..
…Sure it wasn’t a joke like…the…Platipus or Emu’s??

100 engineer cat  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:03:14pm

re: #86 EmmmieG

Dihydrogen oxide is a very dangerous substance. Lots of people die from it each year.

fox future news:

Radical Environmentalists Seek To Destroy America’s Profitable Dihydrogen Monoxide Manufacturing Industry!

“all reputable scientists now agree that reports of people getting hurt or dying because of accidental DHMO ingestion or exposure to DHMO in gaseous form have been fabricated by alarmists whose real agenda is to destroy america…”

101 makeitstop  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:04:37pm

re: #81 Gus 802

Image: 574269344.jpg

That’s from Long Island - quite near my house, actually!

102 reloadingisnotahobby  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:05:41pm

re: #98 lawhawk

Our West Mt. is 2.5 miles from our drive way and you’re in the Deer or Elk in about 3 -5 miles!
Deep snow …unbroken!

103 Gus  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:07:09pm

re: #101 makeitstop

That’s from Long Island - quite near my house, actually!

Is it? I remember the blizzard of 1969 when I was a kid in Brooklyn which was about 24 inches. Also had another one up towards Kingston which put down about 3 feet of snow and below zero temperatures. Of course I had to be outside playing with my GI Joe. Front end loader would dump the snow at the corner of our lot which meant snow caves!

104 Yukon Digger  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:09:46pm

Amazing video. Occasionally I run a loader like that for friends. I’m no expert but the operator is an idiot. Same with the tow truck driver. They didn’t even stop to assess the situation which is what you should always do. Bad equipment operators like that can kill people.

105 reloadingisnotahobby  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:11:20pm

re: #104 Yukon Digger

That would require GETTING OUT AND HAVING A LOOK!!
…are you crazy??
/

106 makeitstop  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:12:22pm

re: #103 Gus 802

Is it? I remember the blizzard of 1969 when I was a kid in Brooklyn which was about 24 inches. Also had another one up towards Kingston which put down about 3 feet of snow and below zero temperatures. Of course I had to be outside playing with my GI Joe. Front end loader would dump the snow at the corner of our lot which meant snow caves!

That particular snowstorm resonates with me - I had moved from Philadelphia to Flushing Queens the day before, and my band had a gig booked in Smithtown, LI that night. I still remember heading out the LIE that day, one of the very few vehicles on the expressway that day. We made the show and played to the bartenders.

Good times.

107 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:15:30pm

New York City Echo…

“Hellooo!” … “SHUT THE FUCK UP!”

108 Gus  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:15:37pm

re: #106 makeitstop

That particular snowstorm resonates with me - I had moved from Philadelphia to Flushing Queens the day before, and my band had a gig booked in Smithtown, LI that night. I still remember heading out the LIE that day, one of the very few vehicles on the expressway that day. We made the show and played to the bartenders.

Good times.

Had blizzard in Denver here once. About 15 years ago or so. So, I slapped on some chains to my little Honda Civic and that thing drove like a tank through the snow and ice.

109 reine.de.tout  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:15:44pm

re: #52 Shiplord Kirel

I’m just glad it doesn’t snow more here in Lubbock: We’d be up the proverbial creek without a shovel if we had to depend on the city administration for anything as demanding as snow removal. They can’t even remove water from the streets, even though it has the great advantage of running downhill all by itself.
This place averages only 20 or so inches of rainfall a year but flood insurance is required in a large swath of the city. The reason is non-functional or non-existent storm drains. One intersection is notorious for flooding to a depth of 2 feet if it rains for 10 minutes, even though it is less than 1000 feet from a drainage pond that is 50 feet lower in elevation. It has been like that since it was paved in 1940. The city bills me 9.95 a month for storm sewer service even though my house is on a low ridge (the only one for miles) and half a mile from the nearest storm drain.
Then there are the famous Lubbock forever lights (sometimes rendered with an additional “F”), traffic signals with 2 and 3 minute cycle times that seem for all the world to have been designed purely to make large areas almost inaccessible. By an odd coincidence, these are the same areas where the local real estate fatcats do not have extensive investments. A certain stretch of Quaker Avenue, an alleged main boulevard with five lanes, is known as the “red light district.” This is not because it hosts a concentration of bawdy houses (at least not as far as I know) but because it has six red lights in a distance of just 3000 feet.

It sounds like Lubbock’s traffic engineering division has the exact same motto that Baton Rouge’s does - “Create Chaos Everywhere”.

110 Varek Raith  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:16:10pm

re: #103 Gus 802

Is it? I remember the blizzard of 1969 when I was a kid in Brooklyn which was about 24 inches. Also had another one up towards Kingston which put down about 3 feet of snow and below zero temperatures. Of course I had to be outside playing with my GI Joe. Front end loader would dump the snow at the corner of our lot which meant snow caves!

Blizzard of ‘96. Had 8 foot snow piles in front of the house from the plows.
Battle of Hoth redo!
;)

111 Peter Kaufman  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:16:14pm

This is a few blocks from my place. The Explorer turned out to be a city-owned vehicle. Alas, the vehicle in front of the Explorer was not.

112 Kragar  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:16:55pm

re: #107 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

New York City Echo…

“Hellooo!” … “SHUT THE FUCK UP!”

NYC CPR

“Get up before you fuckin’ die.”

113 Walter L. Newton  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:17:56pm

re: #111 petercow

This is a few blocks from my place. The Explorer turned out to be a city-owned vehicle. Alas, the vehicle in front of the Explorer was not.

Alas… that doesn’t excuse the assholes who were operating the tow truck and the plow.

114 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:18:07pm

re: #82 b_sharp

It’s harmless. In fact living organisms need water to survive. People even swim in it.

“I don’t drink water; fish fornicate in it.”
W.C. Fields

115 Varek Raith  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:18:25pm

re: #112 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

NYC CPR

“Get up before you fuckin’ die.”

“Fuck you, I’ll die whenever I damn well please!”

116 reloadingisnotahobby  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:19:10pm

re: #111 petercow

This is a few blocks from my place. The Explorer turned out to be a city-owned vehicle. Alas, the vehicle in front of the Explorer was not.

Which they will have repaired for twice the cost by a City Contracted Repiar Shop…..Got it!

117 reloadingisnotahobby  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:19:59pm

re: #114 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

“I don’t drink water; fish fornicate in it.”
W.C. Fields

W.C. Could say Fornicate??

118 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:20:50pm

re: #117 reloadingisnotahobby

That’s the quote I saw.

119 Gus  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:20:55pm

re: #113 Walter L. Newton

Alas… that doesn’t excuse the assholes who were operating the tow truck and the plow.

They could have just walked the front end loader like Varek suggested. They didn’t seem to have neither a clue or interest. Even after they damaged the Explorer you would think they would have gone running to it to see the damage they did.

120 Gus  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:21:44pm

re: #116 reloadingisnotahobby

Which they will have repaired for twice the cost by a City Contracted Repiar Shop…Got it!

No way. It’s totaled. They’ll have to get a new one from Joey’s Car Lot.

//

121 Varek Raith  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:22:12pm

re: #119 Gus 802

They could have just walked the front end loader like Varek suggested. They didn’t seem to have neither a clue or interest. Even after they damaged the Explorer you would think they would have gone running to it to see the damage they did.

I saw that on an episode of Ice Road Truckers I think. It was very elegantly done.

122 Varek Raith  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:23:17pm

Best Fallout 3 character design eveh!
Image: 13248-1-1279719957.jpg

123 reloadingisnotahobby  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:23:53pm

re: #121 Varek Raith

I saw that on an episode of Ice Road Truckers I think. It was very elegantly done.

An Articulating Loader can do most any thing you need ….
If your sober…..

124 Gus  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:23:57pm

re: #121 Varek Raith

I saw that on an episode of Ice Road Truckers I think. It was very elegantly done.

I’ve seen it done before. Just lift the front wheels with the front bucket/arm which creates a pivot point on the rear wheels. Then you can “turn” the front end by swinging the bucket/arm to the left or right.

125 Walter L. Newton  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:24:52pm

re: #119 Gus 802

They could have just walked the front end loader like Varek suggested. They didn’t seem to have neither a clue or interest. Even after they damaged the Explorer you would think they would have gone running to it to see the damage they did.

Considering some of the New York thugs I grew up with, I’m surprised they didn’t go running to see what damage they had left to do… fun in a winter wonderland!

126 reloadingisnotahobby  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:25:14pm

re: #124 Gus 802

Without spilling your Guiness??

127 Killgore Trout  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:27:02pm

re: #122 Varek Raith

Best Fallout 3 character design eveh!
Image: 13248-1-1279719957.jpg

Looks like Bruce Cambell

128 Walter L. Newton  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:27:07pm

re: #124 Gus 802

I’ve seen it done before. Just lift the front wheels with the front bucket/arm which creates a pivot point on the rear wheels. Then you can “turn” the front end by swinging the bucket/arm to the left or right.

Ah come on man… ya wants me to du that? hey, that cud be dangeroooous… I cud hit somethin’ ya know?

129 Kragar  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:28:39pm

re: #127 Killgore Trout

Looks like Bruce Cambell

I think that might have been the point.

130 Varek Raith  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:29:07pm

re: #127 Killgore Trout

Looks like Bruce Cambell

Yep.
re: #129 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I think that might have been the point.

And yep.

I LMAO seeing that.

131 Gus  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:29:50pm

Or they could have winched it sideways first. But they would need chains on the tow truck to do that.re: #128 Walter L. Newton

Ah come on man… ya wants me to du that? hey, that cud be dangerooous… I cud hit somethin’ ya know?

Dats not what it said in my job description. All it said waz dat I plows da streets. Deys lucky I got the thing out. Utterwise they’d have to wait for a certified front end loader removal specialties team and he was in Vegas.

//

132 reloadingisnotahobby  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:30:01pm

re: #128 Walter L. Newton

…For 65+ dollars an hour plus bennies…by god they better not hit anything!!
LOL ..sort of……

133 Peter Kaufman  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:30:02pm

re: #113 Walter L. Newton

Alas… that doesn’t excuse the assholes who were operating the tow truck and the plow.

I agree 100%. It’s more of a triple-word score. Our tax-payer dollars hard at work.

They could have put chains on the plough, or even towed the Explorer out a little first.

I’ve lived in the city all my life, and this neighborhood for more than a dozen years. In that span, this has been the first time that the streets were unploughed two days later.

For those interested, here are some more pics I took this morning.

I’m curious to see what I find when I get home from the office.

134 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:32:10pm

A cute two minute read…

135 lawhawk  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:32:41pm

re: #110 Varek Raith

Did someone say hoth?

136 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:32:50pm

re: #133 petercow

I’m just guessing… you might see snow.

137 Walter L. Newton  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:32:51pm

re: #133 petercow

I agree 100%. It’s more of a triple-word score. Our tax-payer dollars hard at work.

They could have put chains on the plough, or even towed the Explorer out a little first.

I’ve lived in the city all my life, and this neighborhood for more than a dozen years. In that span, this has been the first time that the streets were unploughed two days later.

For those interested, here are some more pics I took this morning.

I’m curious to see what I find when I get home from the office.

I grew up in Brooklyn in the 50-60’s, I never saw this kind of trouble before, and I’ve seen more snow than that in the streets.

138 reloadingisnotahobby  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:33:58pm

re: #133 petercow
I hope the Cab hasn’t a fare in the back seat……….

139 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:34:28pm

There was a foot of snow in Virginia Beach yesterday. A friend of mine lives there… went to Buffalo (hometown) for Christmas holiday. Didn’t snow in Buffalo.

What was up is down.

140 Varek Raith  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:34:28pm

re: #135 lawhawk

Did someone say hoth?

Lol.
That’ll clear the street of snow cars in no time!

141 Varek Raith  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:34:51pm

re: #140 Varek Raith

Lol.
That’ll clear the street of snow cars in no time!


Fail, I do.

142 jaunte  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:35:22pm

Someone isn’t happy with the video:

As for the man who witnessed everything and put the snafu online, his clip has yielded hundreds of hits and he’s received thousands of responses — even death threats.
[Link: www.nypost.com…]
143 Walter L. Newton  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:36:01pm

re: #133 petercow

I agree 100%. It’s more of a triple-word score. Our tax-payer dollars hard at work.

They could have put chains on the plough, or even towed the Explorer out a little first.

I’ve lived in the city all my life, and this neighborhood for more than a dozen years. In that span, this has been the first time that the streets were unploughed two days later.

For those interested, here are some more pics I took this morning.

I’m curious to see what I find when I get home from the office.

A blast from the past… March 19th, 2010… at 8200 feet in the Rocky Mountains…

Image: march19.JPG

144 brookly red  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:36:05pm

re: #137 Walter L. Newton

I grew up in Brooklyn in the 50-60’s, I never saw this kind of trouble before, and I’ve seen more snow than that in the streets.

when your friendly local sanitation workers leave the holiday card for you, your supposed to uhh, take care of them. you know what i mean.

145 Walter L. Newton  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:37:29pm

re: #144 brookly red

when your friendly local sanitation workers leave the holiday card for you, your supposed to uhh, take care of them. you know what i mean.

Certainly do… and I find nothing wrong with that… (Vinny the union rep told me to say that.)

146 Varek Raith  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:37:48pm

re: #144 brookly red

when your friendly local sanitation workers leave the holiday card for you, your supposed to uhh, take care of them. you know what i mean.

I’ll get the crowbar!

147 reloadingisnotahobby  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:38:36pm

re: #145 Walter L. Newton
…by the way…how’s your wrist?…
lol

148 Walter L. Newton  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:39:16pm

re: #147 reloadingisnotahobby

…by the way…how’s your wrist?…
lol

He let go so I could type that.

149 Gus  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:39:51pm

Hey. Da snow emergency wasn’t declared. Dats why didn’t have dem chain on da front end loada’.

//

150 wrenchwench  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:44:30pm

re: #133 petercow

Thanks for the Price Is Right clips. I hadn’t seen it since Drew took over.

151 reloadingisnotahobby  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:44:45pm

re: #149 Gus 802
RACIST!!!
You don’t know the driver was from New Jersey!!!
I’m shocked I tells ya……

152 brookly red  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:46:08pm

re: #151 reloadingisnotahobby

RACIST!!!
You don’t know the driver was from New Jersey!!!
I’m shocked I tells ya…

Jersey is not a race!

it’s a species…

153 Gus  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:48:00pm

Sanitation employees posing work slowdown? Residents, workers say yes; city, union say no

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Are Sanitation Department workers conducting a slowdown on the job today?

As Staten Island residents complain about the poor snow removal efforts by the city, about a dozen people have called the Advance to report abandoned and/or stuck plows and salt spreaders. Employees, they say, aren’t in a hurry to get them working again and some have been left for several hours.

Some callers report Sanitation vehicles driving around the Island with their plows lifted off the ground and one plow caught fire on Connor Avenue in Richmond last night, causing workers to leave it blocking the street at Luke Court…

154 reloadingisnotahobby  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:49:32pm

re: #153 Gus 802

Thus the reason why N.Y.State is bending over and asking for more!!
…They’re truly Fu*&ed!

155 Gus  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:51:26pm

Sanitation Workers Say Cuts Take Toll on Snow Cleanup

New York City’s response to the monster snow storm has been hampered by Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s decision to reduce the Sanitation Department’s workforce as part of citywide budget cuts, the head of the sanitation workers’ union said Monday.

Harry Nespoli, president of the Uniformed Sanitationmen’s Association, said the department is currently down roughly 400 workers.

“We are undermanned — we need another 400,” Nespoli said in a telephone interview with The Wall Street Journal. “I mean this is a perfect example of why you need the man power in New York City. We’re shorthanded here.”

Nespoli praised the workforce, saying the workers are doing a yeoman’s job given the weather conditions and the depleted troops. But he said the staff reductions have nevertheless taken a toll…

Want to see a picture of Harry Nespoli?

Image: alg_harrynespolin.jpg

Right. Down 400 workers. I’m sure they’re all working on the snow emergency as we speak.

156 Walter L. Newton  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:51:43pm

re: #153 Gus 802

Sanitation employees posing work slowdown? Residents, workers say yes; city, union say no

Oh come on now… these people are not even French.

157 Gus  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:52:05pm

re: #156 Walter L. Newton

Oh come on now… these people are not even French.

No. But Harry is orange.

/

158 brookly red  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:52:10pm

re: #154 reloadingisnotahobby

Thus the reason why N.Y.State is bending over and asking for more!!
…They’re truly Fu*&ed!

all jokes aside we are getting to the point of a showdown & I am standing with the tax payers on this one.

159 Gus  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:52:59pm

re: #158 brookly red

all jokes aside we are getting to the point of a showdown & I am standing with the tax payers on this one.

Image: alg_mayor_bloomberg.jpg

Weez comin’ for ya’ kid.

160 reloadingisnotahobby  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:54:12pm

re: #158 brookly red

AMEN!!!
75 % of the workers would be on the job but for the UNION!!
I’m no fan on essential services being Union …EVER!!!

161 reloadingisnotahobby  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:56:55pm

Time to go home and split fire wood…….Not really…I have a Haitian yard man for that!
JUST Kidding!!!
Love ya’ll………..


He’s Cuban……………

162 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:58:44pm

re: #161 reloadingisnotahobby

Time to go home and split fire wood…Not really…I have a Haitian yard man for that!
JUST Kidding!!!
Love ya’ll…

He’s Cuban…

“The truth is, she ran off with a Cuban, and we haven’t seen her since. Or him. Cubans were very big in 1927.”

163 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 1:59:48pm

re: #162 SanFranciscoZionist

“The truth is, she ran off with a Cuban, and we haven’t seen her since. Or him. Cubans were very big in 1927.”

“Dale, there are no Cubans.”

“Oh yeah? Well if there are no Cubans, how do you explain Desi Arnaz?”

“All right, there are Cubans. What I mean is, no Cubans are out to get you.”

164 lostlakehiker  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 2:00:27pm

re: #100 engineer dog

fox future news:

Radical Environmentalists Seek To Destroy America’s Profitable Dihydrogen Monoxide Manufacturing Industry!

“all reputable scientists now agree that reports of people getting hurt or dying because of accidental DHMO ingestion or exposure to DHMO in gaseous form have been fabricated by alarmists whose real agenda is to destroy america…”

Sounds like a wet steaming load to me.

165 reloadingisnotahobby  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 2:00:47pm

Have a Happy New Year SFZ……….I’ll sleep thru it as I always do…

166 Gus  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 2:01:05pm

re: #163 SanFranciscoZionist

“Dale, there are no Cubans.”

“Oh yeah? Well if there are no Cubans, how do you explain Desi Arnaz?”

“All right, there are Cubans. What I mean is, no Cubans are out to get you.”

Dale Gribble?

167 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 2:02:22pm

re: #166 Gus 802

Dale Gribble?

Of course.

168 reloadingisnotahobby  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 2:03:09pm

re: #161 reloadingisnotahobby

Time to go home and split fire wood…Not really…I have a Haitian yard man for that!
JUST Kidding!!!
Love ya’ll…


He’s Cuban…


I have no idea why the wife pays him thru the winter…../

169 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 2:04:16pm

re: #162 SanFranciscoZionist

“The truth is, she ran off with a Cuban, and we haven’t seen her since. Or him. Cubans were very big in 1927.”

Baby, please! I am not from Havana.
-Sheriff Bart

170 brookly red  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 2:05:11pm

re: #159 Gus 802

Image: alg_mayor_bloomberg.jpg

Weez comin’ for ya’ kid.

I warn you all now, take head… he has his eyes on the Whitehouse.

171 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 2:05:45pm

re: #166 Gus 802

Dale Gribble?

“Joseph, we don’t have breakfast for another hour. Why don’t you come back?”

“I can’t go home. My dad’s already rearmed the perimeter.”

(My mother’s comment on this quote was, “That sounds a bit like your father.”

172 Gus  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 2:05:48pm

re: #170 brookly red

I warn you all now, take head… he has his eyes on the Whitehouse.

He can try but he won’t get that far. I sure wouldn’t vote for him.

173 brookly red  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 2:05:54pm

re: #170 brookly red

I warn you all now, take head… he has his eyes on the Whitehouse.

ack! take heed!

174 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 2:06:30pm

re: #170 brookly red

I warn you all now, take head… he has his eyes on the Whitehouse.

Well, in the current political climate, he’s not going to get it, so he can have his eyes on anything he likes.

175 TheAntichrist  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 2:06:45pm

When I was 17 my ‘74 Camaro was dragged about 50’ by a city snow plow, with me in it. He was backing up and snagged me with his shovel on his passenger side. He didn’t hear me honking because he was wearing a Walkman and I couldn’t back up (at least not fast enough) because the road was snowy and icy. This was New Year’s Day 1984… I only remember it was NYD because I had to meet my mother at church, it’s some sort of holy day for Catholics. At least I had a police report to explain why I didn’t go to church. Not that I’ve been to a church in the last 25 years now except for weddings/funerals…

176 Gus  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 2:08:49pm

I’ll be Bach.

177 brookly red  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 2:09:57pm

re: #174 SanFranciscoZionist

Well, in the current political climate, he’s not going to get it, so he can have his eyes on anything he likes.

scoff if you will he is a billionaire on a mission (and it ain’t from God)

178 wrenchwench  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 2:10:18pm

re: #175 TheAntichrist

Not that I’ve been to a church in the last 25 years now except for weddings/funerals…

Difficult to get a nice pew up front?

/

179 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 2:10:41pm

re: #177 brookly red

scoff if you will he is a billionaire on a mission (and it ain’t from God)

So was H. Ross Perot.

180 brookly red  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 2:11:42pm

re: #179 SanFranciscoZionist

So was H. Ross Perot.

it couldn’t happen here ?

181 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 2:11:54pm

re: #179 SanFranciscoZionist

So was H. Ross Perot.

And Perot wasn’t a Jew from NYC. And Bloomberg is also divorced, and short. He has most of Giuliani’s drawbacks, and none of his plusses.

182 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 2:12:11pm

re: #180 brookly red

it couldn’t happen here ?

It’s unlikely to, let me put it like that.

183 reine.de.tout  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 2:12:31pm

re: #170 brookly red

I warn you all now, take head… he has his eyes on the Whitehouse.

Take head?
Or heed?
Brookly, you’re confusing the heck outta me…

184 brookly red  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 2:14:35pm

re: #183 reine.de.tout

Take head?
Or heed?
Brookly, you’re confusing the heck outta me…

my bad… get head, take heed.

keep an eye on Mikey either way.

185 brookly red  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 2:30:56pm

is this thing on or did I kill the thread?

186 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 2:32:21pm

re: #185 brookly red

is this thing on or did I kill the thread?

It’s on. I’m just getting some work done.

187 Amory Blaine  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 2:32:38pm

Wow imagine that, accidents happen during emergencies. One things for sure, America is full of whiners.

188 Kragar  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 2:35:07pm

re: #187 Amory Blaine

Wow imagine that, accidents happen during emergencies. One things for sure, America is full of whiners.

This was not an accident. This was negligence.

189 brookly red  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 2:37:22pm

re: #187 Amory Blaine

Wow imagine that, accidents happen during emergencies. One things for sure, America is full of whiners.

I am kinda ashamed & disgusted at the same time… the same city that stood up on 9/11 pissing and moaning about the cost of snow removal.

190 Amory Blaine  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 2:37:43pm

re: #188 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

This was not an accident. This was negligence.

Whatever you want to call it, it isn’t shocking or a big deal. I don’t see proof this is a city crew either.

191 Obdicut  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 2:38:30pm

re: #189 brookly red

It seems to mainly be a media-created story. Like most stories, these days

Why bother reporting the news when you can just decide what the news is?

192 reine.de.tout  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 2:40:24pm

re: #189 brookly red

I am kinda ashamed & disgusted at the same time… the same city that stood up on 9/11 pissing and moaning about the cost of snow removal.

I’m just waiting to see if Bloomberg’s failure to act prior to the emergency will be blamed on Obama, like the Nagin/Blanco failures were blamed on Bush (and still are, fer cryin’ out loud).

193 brookly red  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 2:41:50pm

re: #191 Obdicut

It seems to mainly be a media-created story. Like most stories, these days

Why bother reporting the news when you can just decide what the news is?

I don’t see it that way. I have lived here all my life and with the same mayor & same resources we got through last years “storm of the century” with no major service disruptions… what has changed?

194 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 2:46:57pm

re: #193 brookly red

I don’t see it that way. I have lived here all my life and with the same mayor & same resources we got through last years “storm of the century” with no major service disruptions… what has changed?

Well? Ideas?

195 PhillyPretzel  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 2:48:28pm

I am recalling what the reaction was when Philly declared a weather emergency on December 26 and the Eagles game was postponed. There were a lot of people who were upset including former Mayor and current Governor Ed Rendell. Hmm. Is it better to have someone’s car destroyed and have a game go on as planned or is it better to have a game postponed and no car destroyed? I personally would rather have the cars off the road so that streets can be cleared and a game can be played later.

196 Amory Blaine  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 2:52:10pm

What’s sad about the Philly game is that the Governor thinks his citizens lives are so empty that they need a fucking game to carry on. Big whoopty doo. And if the game did go on and bad shit happened then what? Who would we all blame then?

197 PhillyPretzel  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 2:54:17pm

re: #196 Amory Blaine
That is the point. There would have been a lot of finger pointing and not much would have been corrected.

198 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 2:54:57pm

re: #195 PhillyPretzel

AND NOW WE HAVE SOMETHING TO WATCH TONIGHT! YIPPEE!

199 brookly red  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 2:55:11pm

re: #196 Amory Blaine

What’s sad about the Philly game is that the Governor thinks his citizens lives are so empty that they need a fucking game to carry on. Big whoopty doo. And if the game did go on and bad shit happened then what? Who would we all blame then?

the Cowboys!

200 PhillyPretzel  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 2:55:55pm

re: #199 brookly red
ROFL.

201 Amory Blaine  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 2:56:15pm

re: #198 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

AND NOW WE HAVE SOMETHING TO WATCH TONIGHT! YIPPEE!

This. The first Tuesday game since the 40s (only heard this on the radio).

202 Stanghazi  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 2:59:52pm

re: #196 Amory Blaine

What’s sad about the Philly game is that the Governor thinks his citizens lives are so empty that they need a fucking game to carry on. Big whoopty doo. And if the game did go on and bad shit happened then what? Who would we all blame then?

The NFL, I think that’s why they made the decision? A repeat of this letter.

[Link: deadspin.com…]

203 PhillyPretzel  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 3:00:35pm

re: #201 Amory Blaine
See. Something good and historic.

204 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 3:05:23pm

re: #201 Amory Blaine

This. The first Tuesday game since the 40s (only heard this on the radio).

You heard the game on the radio? How old are you?

205 Amory Blaine  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 3:06:41pm

re: #204 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

You heard the game on the radio? How old are you?

LOL. No I heard on the radio today that tonights game is the NFLs first Tuesday night game since the 40s.

206 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 3:13:36pm

re: #195 PhillyPretzel

I am recalling what the reaction was when Philly declared a weather emergency on December 26 and the Eagles game was postponed. There were a lot of people who were upset including former Mayor and current Governor Ed Rendell. Hmm. Is it better to have someone’s car destroyed and have a game go on as planned or is it better to have a game postponed and no car destroyed? I personally would rather have the cars off the road so that streets can be cleared and a game can be played later.

Governor’s playing a lil bit of politics, it’s more fun to be outraged at the lack of football than think logicially about civic safety

207 samuraishake  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 3:19:45pm

The most humorous part was when the camera kept shifting down so we could see the guy in his underwear…

208 TedStriker  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 5:03:20pm

re: #58 Charles

The Harpy shrieks:

SHOCK AUDIO: NEW BLACK PANTHER LEADER REVEALS COLLUSION AT NYC MEETING WITH AHMADINEJAD TO BUILD ALLIANCE, SECURE RAW MATERIALS AND OVERTHROW AMERICA!!!1!

Oh.My.Fucking.G-d.

The stupidity burns….

209 mich-again  Tue, Dec 28, 2010 9:44:42pm

I’m guessing on the insurance form it will say “Act of God” for the cause. The city probably has some obscure line of code that prohibits parking on the street in a snow emergency. Kind of like how your windows might get smashed in if you park in front of a hydrant and the fire department happens to need to use ithe hydrant while your car is blocking it. The tugger and the tuggee had to know exactly what was going to happen when the truck pulled the chain. Everyone knows a line is the shortest distance between two points right?

Random question.. Would that sort of citizen journalism be legal in France? Didn’t they make it illegal to film or photograph news stories in progress without a journalism license.


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