Oct 12, 2011 from Gavin James (Ives)
@ She was really shovelling down the wee snow. It must taste yummy.

Oct 12, 2011 from Lori Kleinsmith
Caring somebodies make good Snow Buddies: Winter shovelling program earns national honour from Safe Communities Canada

Oct 12, 2011 from Ashley
Because I for damn sure dont wanna be shovelling snow off my car at 3AM tryig to get to work

Oct 12, 2011 from Andrew Waite
@: I do the same (shovelling snow in a tee gets you funny looks) the difference is I don't complain about it :)

Oct 12, 2011 from Jonnie B. Goad
Along with everything else going on in the World,looks like I'm fucked for work shovelling snow,since the Thermal warming here in Reykjavic.

Engineering & contracting
It is not within the province of this paper to go thoroughly into snow removal methods ur conditions in the various cities of the I nited States, ...

Water and Sewage Works
Owing to the excessive and continued snowfall it was found impossible to extend the operations of the snow removal beyond the limits of the business and ...

A Consultation With the Back Doctor
What is so special about snow shovelling? It has been estimated that the cardiovascular ... The first principle in snow shovelling is to pace yourself. ...

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This changeability of the wind is an obstacle to safe snow removal at many bases . For example, planes are due in two hours; a storm is raging; all equipment ...

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SNOW REMOVAL An innovation introduced several years ago by the Bureau of Highways, known as the snow alarm, or preparedness in the work of removal of snow, ...

Misbehave and you might get a ticket

By JANE LOPES

Editor

MIDDLEBORO — So it's winter — a real winter, with snow — and you've just finished shoveling snow when the plow goes by, leaving a new three-foot barrier at the end of your driveway. You curse and toss some of the snow back whence it came, into the street. First, look both ways for a police officer. You have just left yourself open to a double fine.

Of course it's unlikely the local constabulary will be roaming the streets looking for ticket-able offenses if voters at the June 11 annual town meeting make it easier for them to address anti-social behavior. Bylaws regarding public profanity, shoveling snow into the street, smoking marijuana and drinking in public have been on the books for years.

Police Chief Bruce Gates, speaking at a public hearing on the town meeting warrant articles Monday night, said most of the bylaws are only infrequently enforced, but they are used on occasion, particularly to deal with offensive and unruly behavior in the downtown area. He said he simply wants to make it easier for his officers to do their jobs.

Source: Middleboro Gazette

Big society? The breathtaking selfishness of snow shovelling ...

by conradlandin

This Guardian editorial is spot on. When gritting roads gets talked about, it’s usually a case of clearing the way for the motorist. And gritting pavements is not just a means of preventing nasty accidents, disproportionately affecting the vulnerable, it also helps save community spirit and prevent the vulnerable being scared to leave their homes in testing times.

But reading it, and walking to school in quite slippery snow yesterday, brought back a painful memory from last year’s snow season.

One morning, when walking somewhere or other, I was struck by the number of people (only something like three in three streets) who had come out of the warmth of their houses to shovel the snow. It may not sound like a Big Thing, but it’s the kind of Small Thing which makes you think about our common bond of humanity of a morning.

But on the second stretch of Laurier Road it became quite clear what they were doing. I stopped to observe one man emerge from his house with a shovel. As he started to propel his tool towards the snow, I didn’t move on, but stayed to see what he did next. He continued to shovel in a straight line forwards, and then abruptly took a right-angle turn. Not very systematic, I thought.

Rather than shovelling the snow for the good of the community members who would walk down the street every day, he was creating himself a little path to his car door.

For me, this was the most visual realisation of the mind-set I have often observed in certain people in my neighbourhood. I don’t know what his reasons were: they could have been very good, perhaps he had to get somewhere urgently and was in danger of slipping. But what individualism: too many middle-class people have no relation to their community at all, and only ever venture out of their houses when they’re heading straight to the car.

After all, why would they need to? They educate their children at far-away private schools, do all their shopping at Brent Cross and have never seen a need for the public library.

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Mass. SJC Changes Snow Removal Law: Owners Need To Shovel Early ...

by Rich Vetstein

SJC Overrules 100 Years of Massachusetts Snow Removal Law

Hard to think about snow and ice in July, but I had to blog about an important ruling on Massachusetts snow removal law . In a much anticipated ruling issued this week, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court overruled 125 years of legal precedent and announced a new rule of law that all Massachusetts property owners are legally responsible for the removal of snow and ice from their property. The case is Papadopoulos v. Target Corp . and can be read here .

Reckoning back to the days of the hardy New Englander, the old common law — known as the Massachusetts Rule — was that owners could simply leave naturally accumulated snow and ice untreated and escape liability. Noting that all other supreme courts of New England have now rejected the relic law, the SJC held that all Massachusetts property owners must remove or treat snow and ice like any other dangerous condition on property. Justice Ralph Gants rejected the old rule as it “is not reasonable for a property owner to leave snow or ice on a walkway where it is reasonable to expect that a hardy New England visitor would choose to risk crossing the snow or ice, rather than turn back or attempt an equally or more perilous walk around it.’’

Impact To Massachusetts Property Owners: Shovel Early & Often

What this change in Massachusetts snow removal law means for all property owners, both residential and commercial, is that they need to be extra vigilant after snow and ice storms, and clear areas in which the public and visitors have access–early and often. Whether a property owner takes reasonable steps in removing snow and ice will be determined by juries on a case by case basis. While this ruling is good for public safety, it has the potential to result in more slip and fall cases filed , and possibly additional insurance costs. Homeowners should ensure that they have sufficient liability coverage. I recommend that most property owners have at least $1Million in coverage.

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