Hil, that really sounds like it is for the best, but I hope you find a great academic job before you have to make that decision. It sounds like it would be much better for you if you are able to be in an area with great medical facilities and other amenities. Also, not having your space shoveled out is completely unacceptable. I'm sorry you have to deal with that.
MM, tons of job~ma, but I selfishly hope you find a job that lets you check in here every once in a while because I need the laughs. Do you ever write Kerfuffle Bunny anymore?
askye...yeah, you know someone is going to try that for off book uses.
sj, I think it's street parking, so not quite the same thing.
Also, not having your space shoveled out is completely unacceptable.
It's on-street parallel parking, so there isn't one space that's specifically mine. People here do generally tend to respect that, if you shovel out the space where your car is parked, then that space is yours when you get back, but I didn't have time when I was leaving to even attempt that -- I just powered over the snowbank. It's a lot more difficult to get into a parking space that way, though, especially when there are other cars there. I think I could have done it if there were two adjacent spaces empty, and I had a bit more room to maneuver and didn't have to make so sharp a turn.
My landlord has people she hires to clear the sidewalks in front of the house after it snows, and they also clear the snow around her car. Last year, she had them clear the snow around my car, too. I can ask her if she'll do that again. They usually don't come until the afternoon, though, so that's after I've already left, if I can get out.
Sorry, I misunderstood. Is your landlord responsible for the sidewalk directly in front of where you live, they way they are here?
Is your landlord responsible for the sidewalk directly in front of where you live, they way they are here?
Yeah. Those are usually OK. Yesterday was icy, but there was really nothing that anyone could do about that -- it was warm enough in the morning that some of the snow melted, and then later in the afternoon, it pretty quickly dropped to about 15 degrees.
Job~ma and enjoyable resignation~ma, MM.
Job~ma, Hil. I don't know your specialty, but UNC Chapel Hill has an opening for mathematical optimization. [link]
May your dream jobs become available to you, MM and Hil.
Hey, yeah, Hil! We've got a weirdo Senator who says that employees shouldn't be required to wash their hands after going to the toilet (ew) but we hardly ever get snow down here, so...trade-off?
