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nismosx 12-28-2008 02:48 PM

i see a whole bunch of cars park on the slow lane of rupert street near 1st
so if ur passing by there is only 1 lane open ghey!

welfare 12-28-2008 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Bonka (Post 6195118)
I've noticed so many stratas being so stingy with shovelling..They barely shovel enough of the sidewalk to clear a path for a person to walk sideways..nevermuind the parking lot gates..I'd talk to the maintenance person in the building..

I'm guessing people these days are all or nothing, and likely the latter. If they're not going to do a good job shovelling, they won't bother at all. I just make sure the areas I shovel are done well so cars or people have it easier to go on.

I'm personally glad I cleared out the top snow in my alley so cars can get through. Sure beats digging someone out in the middle of the night.

but aren't they obligated to make sure there is adequate parking available for visitors?
or does that change depending on an agreement?

thumper 12-28-2008 07:58 PM

now that the snow is melting, a lot of car parts are suddenly surfacing... mostly plastic undertrays, but there is this ripped up bumper that's half buried sticking up from a huge snowbank at metrotown, and at boundary/kingsway intersection there is so much broken stuff lying around i'm sure if i took the time i could assemble the whole front clip of whatever car it was :o

hotjoint 12-28-2008 08:04 PM

fuck man, my alley is still covered in snow, there's tire tracks but liek someone above said in the middle its extremely high and my car got stuck :( shitty deal. I hate not being able to drive. Haven't drove since last sunday. I hope a shitload of rain comes and washes this damn snow away.

goo3 12-28-2008 08:46 PM

my alley better melt tmr. i'm getting sick of RS. Fuck!

lilaznviper 12-28-2008 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by hotjoint (Post 6195638)
fuck man, my alley is still covered in snow, there's tire tracks but liek someone above said in the middle its extremely high and my car got stuck :( shitty deal. I hate not being able to drive. Haven't drove since last sunday. I hope a shitload of rain comes and washes this damn snow away.

same my corolla can't get out of the alley ahha but my minivan can ...
but still see stupid ppl driving their cars that are lowered right into the alley and get stuck ahah

Amuse 12-28-2008 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by goo3 (Post 6195712)
my alley better melt tmr. i'm getting sick of RS. Fuck!

What does RS have to do with snow?

Rated B 12-28-2008 09:20 PM

Snowed in, so nothing to do either than browse RS.

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Originally Posted by Amuse (Post 6195778)
What does RS have to do with snow?


danned 12-28-2008 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by syee (Post 6194370)
I'm surprised people don't go out and shovel that stuff off. I did mine this morning and pretty much throughout the whole time it's been snowing so I can get in/out of my back lane.

All you need is a decent spade to get underneath the ice/compacted snow and your snow shovel. If everyone did the little spot in front of their house, we'd have clear back alleys.

ohyah, i see a person did all the shovelling the back lane - just the distance of the garage

illicitstylz 12-28-2008 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by thumper (Post 6195624)
now that the snow is melting, a lot of car parts are suddenly surfacing... mostly plastic undertrays, but there is this ripped up bumper that's half buried sticking up from a huge snowbank at metrotown, and at boundary/kingsway intersection there is so much broken stuff lying around i'm sure if i took the time i could assemble the whole front clip of whatever car it was :o

i did find a lip that i can fabricate onto my teg :haha:

bootymac 12-28-2008 11:41 PM

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sexyaccord 12-28-2008 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by welfare (Post 6194913)
there should be kids going around charging like 5-10$ to shovel drive/walkways/parking stalls. like when the kids come around in fall to rake leaves, or mow the lawn, etc... do kids even do that sort of thing anymore? i know if i were like 13 or 14, i'd be out there making a killing.
i'm sure plenty of people would be more than happy to pay some kid 5-10$ for a little hard work

$5-$10?
holy damn. my mom paid two kids $40. lol
stupid

syee 12-29-2008 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by nismosx (Post 6195218)
i see a whole bunch of cars park on the slow lane of rupert street near 1st
so if ur passing by there is only 1 lane open ghey!

I was going down to my buddies in the Seaforth & Worthington St/Falaise Park area. At the bottom of the hill, someone just left their IS 300 sitting in the middle of the street so nobody could get through. I'm guessing they had no traction being a RWD with probably no weight on the rear wheels. My buddy had to walk home from the bottom of that hill because of that damn car.

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Originally Posted by bootymac (Post 6196100)
Werd, garden spades and shovels literally tear through all the compacted snow and ice. I used them to clear out my alley and front street and they definitely make life easier compared to regular snow shovels

Yeah...the spade peels the ice/compacted snow right off the road. It literally comes off in sheets that you can throw into the snow pile, or pick up with the snow shovel. Snow shovels usually just get stuck when you hit compacted snow.

Here's a pic of my back lane after about an hour of shovelling. (I think this was around Christmas Eve or Christmas Day before the 3rd dumping of snow) The pile on the centre left is no longer there and was all moved up against the green shed in the background so guests could park in front of our garage, so that pile by the shed is now twice as high.

We cleared out a path all the way to the end of the block:

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/1472/img5574sg9.jpg

Turn 180 degrees around and see what my lazy ass neighbours have done:

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/7406/img5575kt8.jpg

There's almost always a car stuck on the other side. I never exit from that side, hence I didn't plow all the way to the end of the block there. (plus it's actually longer to that end of the block)

Not that hard. Three or four rounds with the spade, and the snow shovel and I've got a clean path to the end of the block. I just wish people would put in a little effort to do the little piece in front of their house so there would be less havoc in the back lanes. Of course it took less than two hours for some fuckers to block each one of those lanes I had cleared out with their cars so I couldn't get through.

Drift_Monkey 12-29-2008 12:18 AM

fuck my neighbors, they don't shovel the alley at all. i did 1/3 of it so i can drive out of it. took me 6 hours over the past week.

lazy asses. i so want to baracade their garages with all the snow.

illicitstylz 12-29-2008 12:50 AM

son of a bitch, its supposed to snow more in the coming days.

it's going to rain monday, it better be some torrential shit.

1983 Z28 12-29-2008 12:54 AM

I live right underneath the top of a hill, and people kept getting stuck in the road in front of my house. Shovelling my driveway took four hours, and it only took me maybe 15 more minutes to shovel the entire road, from shoulder to shoulder, in front of my house.

orange7 12-29-2008 01:05 AM

when is all this f**king snow going away?

I used to <3 snow, but now snow is my enemy.

illicitstylz 12-29-2008 01:18 AM

[youtube]AOc03QtGVIc[/youtube]

yeah, i could see this happening.

hypediss 12-29-2008 02:10 AM

^ LOL that must suck

Harvey Specter 12-29-2008 02:38 AM

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Originally Posted by illicitstylz (Post 6196198)
son of a bitch, its supposed to snow more in the coming days.

it's going to rain monday, it better be some torrential shit.

It's mostly rain or wet snow.

hotjoint 12-29-2008 07:03 AM

fuck my alley is still bad, my lazy fuckin neighbours dont shovel shit. I still can't get out of my damn alley!

winson604 12-29-2008 07:07 AM

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Originally Posted by illicitstylz (Post 6196198)
son of a bitch, its supposed to snow more in the coming days.

it's going to rain monday, it better be some torrential shit.

It's raining pretty good at this moment. Supposed to rain Tue, wetsnow on wed, and rain on Thursday and Friday. It's all good for now.

http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/..._metric_e.html

Girl 12-29-2008 08:36 AM

Holy shit, whats wrong with Vancouver this year? Flights were canceled from HKG to YVR. Almost missed Christmas =(. So glad to be back in temperate HK. =)

shiningb3b3 12-29-2008 10:48 AM

ugh...when will this snow storm subside..

been taking the public limo and skytrain for two weeks now to get out and work and stuff

syee 12-29-2008 10:52 AM

Well, at least it's raining and above zero now. The cloud cover and warmer weather should help melt some of the snow out there. Still a hell of a lot of snow on the ground still though...can't wait until the last of it melts. I'm sick of this damn snow.


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