Traditional Muzzleloading Association
The Center of Camp => The Campfire => Topic started by: Ohio Joe on December 30, 2019, 09:52:11 AM
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We got quite a bit, or at least it seems that way...With the wind I have 3 to 4 foot snow drifts, but my alley is actually open. No one was more surprised then me to see that...
The City ran a front'end loader down it two out of the last four days, and that's good... I must of raised enough hell with 'em - letting them know that; "if you want folks not to park on the streets because of snow removal - you best get your head out'a your rear end and clear the alley ways, 'cause none of us will be able to get out and spend money here in town, and that hurts you - way more then us, 'as when we're able to get out you can bet we won't be spending our dollars here in town, we'll be drive over to Chardron (25 miles east) and spend our dollars because their streets and the highway leading there is open!!! We have mighty long memories in this small town of how our tax paying dollars were spent - either to keep us snowed in, or plowed out... We haven't forgotten last winter when we were so damn snowed in our Alley's 'cause yo did the streets and left us to fend for ourselves in the Alley ways where you made us park.
Perhaps my little rant did some good? I expect they heard this a lot - last year, and remembered it...
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:hairy :hairy :hairy :lol sign
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Ohio Joe
My dad had a saying that he got from his granddad. My dad was born in 1917 so the saying goes back to the middle of the 19th century as least. It was "the squeaking wheel gets the grease." Makes a lot of sense to me and seemed to have worked for you.
doggoner
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Ohio Joe
My dad had a saying that he got from his granddad. My dad was born in 1917 so the saying goes back to the middle of the 19th century as least. It was "the squeaking wheel gets the grease." Makes a lot of sense to me and seemed to have worked for you.
doggoner
Yes sir, heard that saying many a times growing up. My dad was born in 1913...
I wasn't the only one in town here who gave the City Council an ear full about last winter... They must of gotten the message, so I'm at least thankful they listened to us. Of course it's still early in the "snow" season...
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Joe
Just keep "squeaking." It can't hurt.
doggoner
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Joe, give us their Email address. We'll start a campaign that'll have the Mayor shoveling your drive personally . :hairy
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Well thanks fella's, I appreciate that. They seem to have it under control this winter, so as they say... Let sleeping dogs lay... :shake
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Joe, give us their Email address. We'll start a campaign that'll have the Mayor shoveling your drive personally . :hairy
Now THAT is funny! :lol sign
I'm glad Joe may his problem solved. I was watching the storm that hit last year pretty close, and I saw pictures of what Joe had to put up with at his place. My own situation wasn't a whole lot better, but I did finally manage to get walkways and driveways clean after my daughter got me a new Snowblower....that shoveling is for young men and will whup an old man's butt real quick, especially when you get 42" in two days....Then it's time to bring in the Power Equipment, I know this to be a fact!
But now it seems Joe has got a little grease on squeaky wheel and life may be good again....we'll see.
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42" in two days
Wow!!! Russ, that is a lot of snow!!!
I'll never complain again about what I get here... It sure do make a feller long for warm weather, that's a fact... (Well unless that person likes snow - which I'm not overly fond of anymore)... :shake
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Joe, tell me....are we the only nuts in the whole wide world, to be up, and on a stupid computer at the ungodly hour of 2am??
Makes me wonder about the both of us... :toast
I have a problem that even Lunesta, 3mg, and a CPAP machine can't whup. Plus I eat Melatonin like it is candy!
So, what do I do? I read stupid ballistic tables, cast ball harness effectiveness, and other nonsense until I'm numb, then I lay back down....if that doesn't work I get up and I make a pot of strong black coffee and wait on the sunrise, nothing like a beautiful sunrise on the mountains of fresh snow to fill the heart and soul with good thoughts.....Jus'sayin
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Joe, tell me....are we the only nuts in the whole wide world, to be up, and on a stupid computer at the ungodly hour of 2am??
Makes me wonder about the both of us... :toast
4 nights a week Uncle Russ, I'm up at 2 am. My shift runs from 8:30 pm to 8:30 am.
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Joe, tell me....are we the only nuts in the whole wide world, to be up, and on a stupid computer at the ungodly hour of 2am?? Makes me wonder about the both of us... :toast
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Well my friend, I'll admit that normally I'm in bed that time of morning / night, but last night I ran Cindy over to the emergency room in Chadron, (nothing serious) she has a urinary track infection and was just kind'a miserable.., - she's okay, got some medicine for it, but the ol' gal was pretty miserable there for a'while...
Now both Cindy and I had a good laugh over there at the ER when they asked,,, "are you pregnant?" ('course they have to ask that) - we both started laughing, and the nurse say's,,, "I'll take that as a no..." :laffing
All is good... Got back home and since I was awake, I figured I'd see how the night owls live here at the TMA at 3:00 in the morning... :shake :hairy
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Joe, tell me....are we the only nuts in the whole wide world, to be up, and on a stupid computer at the ungodly hour of 2am??
Makes me wonder about the both of us... :toast
4 nights a week Uncle Russ, I'm up at 2 am. My shift runs from 8:30 pm to 8:30 am.
That's good, David
Four 12's straight, with three days off, is what I was working when I retired from Civil Service back in 1995.
I liked that, especially when my days off landed on a Holiday Weekend.
My wife kept up with things like that and had the Travel Trailer loaded two or three days in advance, that was the good times, we practically lived in that little 24' Trailer for several years prior to retirement, then we spent 10 months straight on the road after retirement, but that got old to me after we had traveled all over the US, looking for "Greener Grass" to retire in...ended up back in Washington State as we had decided that greener grass just wasn't out there for us, so we quit looking.
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Yep Uncle Rusa, that's one of the good things about this shift. It's actually 3 1/2 twelve hour shifts. I get off at 2:30 am Thursday morning and dont go back til 8:30 pm Sunday. The wife and I can get up Thursday morning and head out for a nice weekend whenever she can get off of work. Or I can spend the days playing with my grandson, too.