These people have it all backwards. Be nice to the drivers. Give them a sandwich and a beer and an optional blowjob for the ladies, and they'll plow the driveway for you.

For some reason, this story reminds me of the Polish calvary taking on the German tank division.

Asshats... two feet of snow on the roads, and they're concerned with the pile the plow leaves on the driveway? I hope no Iowans throw shovels at me for not wiping their asses for them.

Why don't they do what most of the asshats around my place do: push that snow at the end of their driveway back out on the road? That way, the drivers using the road get the thrill and adventure of slipping and sliding over the snow they put there. After all, Mr. Asshat, you're more important than road safety, right?

/seething anger subsiding

Rookies. Everyone knows you don't shovel your drive completely until the plows have made their rounds. Just do it enough to get your car in and out. And when you do shovel that snow off the end of your drive, always throw it to the right or the same direction as the traffic, so that any plows making late rounds will push the snow past your driveway and not right back in it.

yeah, good thinking. attack the snowplow drivers so they stop coming down your street. you think it's hard to shovel out your driveway? try shoveling the whole damn road.

that does suck though. after the plow comes through the pile it makes seems to freeze solid immediatly. It's like trying to shovel an igloo.

My dad just used a snow blower when we lived in the northeast. I think he is the only man in South Carolina who has a snow blower in their garage. I don't know why he keeps it.

There was a lot of problems around here a year ago when we had about 2.5 feet of snow. The roads would finally get clear and then private plows hired by strip malls would push tons of snow back onto the road instaed of piling it up in a few of the parking spaces.

I even called the cops on one guy who I saw put so much snow in the road he blocked an entire lane that I just saw cleared by city plows a half hour ago.

That's what I was decrying, Ghost Rider. They are selfish, inconsiderate asswipes who are more concerned about the state of their driveway than the safety of the road.

I'll enter the big swinging dick snow thrower contest:

8 HP 26-inch John Deere two-stage 8-speed that could throw Rosie O'Donnell clean over a Dunkin' Donuts. I merely laugh at the piles of snow left by the plows.

Anthrax Ripple

Asshats... two feet of snow on the roads, and they're concerned with the pile the plow leaves on the driveway? I hope no Iowans throw shovels at me for not wiping their asses for them.

Um, that's Nebraskans there, chief. The website is the Iowa channel, but it's Omaha they're talking about.

Snowplow Operator Policy
32.3 - Belligerant Homeowners
Should you be attacked (physically or verbally, and including gestures) while performing your duties, you are required by state law to call for a superviser. The supervisor will analyze the situation and remedy. Remedies range from the following:

Worst: Proceed to move all available snow from the street up to homeowner's garage and front door, creating a pile in the front of the house as high as available snow will allow.

Best: Move snow from road to create a 3ft barricade in front of the driveway.

Here's an idea: Give the snowplow drivers a hose and a tank of water. When some asshat attacks the snowplow driver, the driver can come back up in the dead of night, turn the hose on the driveway, and wait. Imagine the fun of trying to get through a slick, inch-thick mound of ice on your driveway.

It sounds like these people in Omaha don't know how to deal with snow, anyway. Here in Minnesota, everyone knows that the snowplow will come and pile snow in your driveway. It's a fact of life, just like the mosquitoes in the summer, the high taxes, and governors with impractical ideas.

I'm glad I don't have to deal with stuff like that. The only cold weather that we've had was just enough to freeze over the birdbath, twice.

"Plow driver Blaine Lazio says he's not taking any chances. He keeps his windows rolled up and the doors locked when people start yelling."

As opposed to keeping the windows down in 0 degree weather?

*cold

Real intelligent folks have their road departments buy graders with a bypass blade they drop into position as they pass a driveway. That way snow stays in the blade until they are past the driveway and pushes it onto the empty yard. The drivers still deserve their goodies too!

This happened in our town sort of. Their are sections where the only parking for houses is on the side of the roads. Long story short plows completely covered cars all over; you couldn't even see the cars anymore..it was quite funny. Well for me.

Anyways, the city didn't offer any form of help in uncovering the car.....................but then again what would they do?

I do understand the frustration people had though.

rikdanger:

This is why I always use Mr. Plow. Not that Plow King S.O.B., though. He's a drunk.

Senor Plow no es macho,
Es solamente un borracho.

P.S. My neighbors are all retarded and they all shovel their snow back into the road. Then they complain that the road is full of snow, and that the plow doesn't come by often enough. Idiots!

And when you do shovel that snow off the end of your drive, always throw it to the right or the same direction as the traffic, so that any plows making late rounds will push the snow past your driveway and not right back in it.

You, my friend, are very wise in the ways of snow removal.

My hat is off to you.

/doffing stocking cap in your direction.

Off topic, anyone else feel akward seeing the hard nipples in this movie?

Assuming Farkers have siblings and get trapped into watching movies with them.

grrr there* are sections

I think the real problem here is that when a plow pushes snow aside, it often packs it quite a bit, making it a biatch to shovel or even drive over. I can understand the aggravation.

That said, chucking a shovel at the drivers is probably not the way to deal with it - they're doing their jobs. Express enough frustration to city leaders, and maybe a solution can be found.

"That name again is Mr. Plow."

I have a 12 year old and I got him two shovels, one good for pushing snow and one good for lifting it. The plow pisses him off too but what can I do about it?

My snow blower's bigger than yours.

I've got a bigger snowplow than all of you. It's so freakin' big, the earth orbits around it.

64 degrees and sunny today. :)

ALBO wins.

GIS leads me down some sinister paths...

this one is just odd, though...

In other news,

I wonder if Fark can possibly update news any slower???

I used to have to shovel this "snow" stuff out of my driveway, so i can speak on the subject with 20 years of experience.

1) you don't shovel the driveway until after the plow has come.
2) get out there quick after the plow has come with a garden spade to hack up the icy giant speedbump that the plow has left at the end of your driveway.
3) do your neighbour's driveways too if they aren't out there quickly enough to do it, lest they get a frozen mound at the base of their driveway which is very hard to remove.
4) be nice to the snowplow guy. smile and wave at him cuz he's doing the big version (all the roads) of the little job (driveway only) that you're doing. You're both on the same team and snow is your common enemy.

Alternately, move to the west coast and laugh it up at the frozen rest of Canada while we've got 10 degrees above zero under blue skies and bright sunshine.

The plow cleared my parking area for me, then came back a few hours later and filled it back in. I think they're just having fun.
At least they left my mailbox up this year.

These stories make me glad I live in Texas....

Growing up in Quebec this seemed to be the inevitable conclusion every time I shovelled my dad's driveway. No matter how early or late he would just do a pass right
when I was sqauring away the plow. Not much you can do and throwing snowballs would ensure that they wouldnt miss the garbage can next time....

Let me amend above statement.

Not just "news" but the entire page. Madville.com isn't that great, however it updates much faster.

My snow blower is so big that it has its own snow blower, and even my snow blower's snow blower is bigger than your snow blower.

If you owned a SOOVE, no problem would be.

DslainteC and ghostrider
they aren't shoveling it into the road, the plows are moving the snow from the road and bliocking the driveway with it
this happens to me all the time but i just throw snowballs at the plows, not shovels

It seems the plows are pushing snow right back onto driveways that have been recently shoveled.

Wow! Where did they find this uncommon phenomenon!???

worst case scenario: 1978, six feet of snow on the ground.
couldn't even get the snowthrower out of the garage- wouldn't have made a difference the snow was so deep.

I was in high school, and guess who got to shovel out a spot for the tank, imean, station wagon... took me 2-1/2
hours to shovel a slot just big enough for it. then
first thing next morning, the beauty of a four-foot
solid berm... Dad thought for a minute, then helped me
break it down. later that day he bribed the snowplow
driver with a big sandwich, a thermos of coffee, and
a bottle of Jack Daniel's- boy did that do the trick- I
think it was at least two years before I had to do another
berm.

This sounds like the work of Mr. Freeze and his snowplowing henchmen.