[Yogi]

mtbr mtbr:

Edmonton does it the right way and all municipalities should follow their example, by keeping private operators on reserve with a retainer. It's a small price to pay for insurance.

Council adds $6.3M to Edmonton's snow-removal budget

Keeping 135 snowplow operators on retainer will raise property taxes by almost one per cent .



http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story ... udget.html

Edmonton has always been a 'winter city' and they just started doing this. And only because city council was facing a serious threat of being thrown out on their fat/lazy asses because the public outcry was becoming clearly more than council's 'job security' could handle. For many years my neighbors and I would shovel our own streets and alleys as the city clearly stated that side streets would only be cleared if/when emergency vehicles could no longer traverse the roadways.

[mtbr]

Yogi Yogi:

mtbr mtbr:

Edmonton does it the right way and all municipalities should follow their example, by keeping private operators on reserve with a retainer. It's a small price to pay for insurance.

Council adds $6.3M to Edmonton's snow-removal budget

Keeping 135 snowplow operators on retainer will raise property taxes by almost one per cent .



http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story ... udget.html

Edmonton has always been a 'winter city' and they just started doing this. And only because city council was facing a serious threat of being thrown out on their fat/lazy asses because the public outcry was becoming clearly more than council's 'job security' could handle. For many years my neighbors and I would shovel our own streets and alleys as the city clearly stated that side streets would only be cleared if/when emergency vehicles could no longer traverse the roadways.

if we could just get the dumb asses in Calgary City Hall to do the same. Our side streets go untouched which is not really a problem. It takes them days just to get to the secondary streets after 15 cm of snow falls. No wonder the F150 is the choice of so many Albertans

[ziggy]

School bus routes and hospitals allways get plowed first.

[Hyack]

mtbr mtbr:

Our side streets go untouched which is not really a problem. It takes them days just to get to the secondary streets after 15 cm of snow falls. No wonder the F150 is the choice of so many Albertans

I am absolutely amazed you haven't blamed this on "Global Warming"

[FireWire]

I shall monkey spank all weatherman and weatherwoman for saying 5-10 cm of snow accumulation. Damn it it's 5-10 feet they should say!

[Pimpbrewski]

ziggy ziggy:

Kids are wimps these days,the only busses we had were for the out of town kids.The locals had to walk.

Or ski,skate,bike or take the horse.

Oh great, cause back when you were a kid Zig, the wheel had not been invented yet.

[mtbr]

Hyack Hyack:

mtbr mtbr:

Our side streets go untouched which is not really a problem. It takes them days just to get to the secondary streets after 15 cm of snow falls. No wonder the F150 is the choice of so many Albertans

I am absolutely amazed you haven't blamed this on "Global Warming"

I'm amazed you haven't posted a story about a dead polar bear today

[Pimpbrewski]

FireWire FireWire:

I shall monkey spank all weatherman and weatherwoman for saying 5-10 cm of snow accumulation. Damn it it's 5-10 feet they should say!

Prefer to watch a weatherwoman over here, it's seem more entertaining for some reason.

QC expects up to 25 cm of snow

Although to the city of Montreal, a few cms always seem like a big deal since it takes forever for them to clean up.

[Brenda]

ziggy ziggy:

School bus routes and hospitals allways get plowed first.

After 2 days, because they are "cutting costs".
F*ckin morons.

[Brenda]

Pimpbrewski Pimpbrewski:

FireWire FireWire:

I shall monkey spank all weatherman and weatherwoman for saying 5-10 cm of snow accumulation. Damn it it's 5-10 feet they should say!

Prefer to watch a weatherwoman over here, it's seem more entertaining for some reason.

QC expects up to 25 cm of snow

Although to the city of Montreal, a few cms always seem like a big deal since it takes forever for them to clean up.

Geesh, we had that overnight! For the so maniest day in a row.

Both pics taken this morning...

[Hyack]

mtbr mtbr:

Hyack Hyack:

mtbr mtbr:

Our side streets go untouched which is not really a problem. It takes them days just to get to the secondary streets after 15 cm of snow falls. No wonder the F150 is the choice of so many Albertans

I am absolutely amazed you haven't blamed this on "Global Warming"

I'm amazed you haven't posted a story about a dead polar bear today

Wait for it, if I can find one I'll post it just for you.

[Pimpbrewski]

That's exactly it Brenda, 25 cm is nothing. But the city of Montreal gets its panties in a bunch over only a few cm of snow. Although it's a more populated area. But the rest of the province is used to it.


Hey now I know where you live.

[Mockingbird]

mtbr mtbr:

Yogi Yogi:

mtbr mtbr:

Edmonton does it the right way and all municipalities should follow their example, by keeping private operators on reserve with a retainer. It's a small price to pay for insurance.

Council adds $6.3M to Edmonton's snow-removal budget

Keeping 135 snowplow operators on retainer will raise property taxes by almost one per cent .



http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story ... udget.html

Edmonton has always been a 'winter city' and they just started doing this. And only because city council was facing a serious threat of being thrown out on their fat/lazy asses because the public outcry was becoming clearly more than council's 'job security' could handle. For many years my neighbors and I would shovel our own streets and alleys as the city clearly stated that side streets would only be cleared if/when emergency vehicles could no longer traverse the roadways.

if we could just get the dumb asses in Calgary City Hall to do the same. Our side streets go untouched which is not really a problem. It takes them days just to get to the secondary streets after 15 cm of snow falls. No wonder the F150 is the choice of so many Albertans

A Ford? Bite your tongue, lol. And the powers that be in silly hall dig into the money vault (or what I like to call the "future raises fund") to clear snow more efficiently? Nice notion but it'll never happen!

[Brenda]

Pimpbrewski Pimpbrewski:

That's exactly it Brenda, 25 cm is nothing. But the city of Montreal gets its panties in a bunch over only a few cm of snow. Although it's a more populated aread. But the rest of the province is used to it.


Hey now I know where you live.

LOL
*takes down happy new year from the window*

Now you don't!

[acidcomplex]

Brenda Brenda:

Pimpbrewski Pimpbrewski:

FireWire FireWire:

I shall monkey spank all weatherman and weatherwoman for saying 5-10 cm of snow accumulation. Damn it it's 5-10 feet they should say!

Prefer to watch a weatherwoman over here, it's seem more entertaining for some reason.

QC expects up to 25 cm of snow

Although to the city of Montreal, a few cms always seem like a big deal since it takes forever for them to clean up.

Geesh, we had that overnight! For the so maniest day in a row.

Both pics taken this morning...

lol in edmonton thats called, Monday