sj, I think it's street parking, so not quite the same thing.
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Maria - Feb 03, 2015 8:02:25 am PST #16622 of 30002
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Hil R. - Feb 03, 2015 8:04:13 am PST #16623 of 30002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
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.
Hil R. - Feb 03, 2015 8:06:11 am PST #16624 of 30002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
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.
sj - Feb 03, 2015 8:14:08 am PST #16625 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Sorry, I misunderstood. Is your landlord responsible for the sidewalk directly in front of where you live, they way they are here?
Hil R. - Feb 03, 2015 8:15:18 am PST #16626 of 30002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
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.
Calli - Feb 03, 2015 8:32:46 am PST #16627 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
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]
WindSparrow - Feb 03, 2015 8:37:58 am PST #16628 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
May your dream jobs become available to you, MM and Hil.
amyth - Feb 03, 2015 8:56:35 am PST #16629 of 30002
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen
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?
Laura - Feb 03, 2015 9:47:30 am PST #16630 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
May your dream jobs become available to you, MM and Hil.
Lots of ~ma for exactly this!
askye - Feb 03, 2015 9:49:48 am PST #16631 of 30002
Thrive to spite them
I don't have the flu or the other thing they cultured me for. Which, I pretty much knew. If I'm not feeling better Thursday I'm supposed to go back and so they can ...figure out something.
The nurse I talked to said there are several viruses going around and that I'm probably like many other people who have gotten back to back virus. Or in my case, virus, infection, virus.
Working in retail doesn't help especially when everyone keeps coming into work sick and people go out shopping.
I have hand sanitizer (from Samsung) and I'll be using that a lot at work.