no. My wife wanted to be a good neighbor + these people were known to damage others peoples car in retaliation.. so I was not gonna take any chances of damage to our cars.
no. My wife wanted to be a good neighbor + these people were known to damage others peoples car in retaliation.. so I was not gonna take any chances of damage to our cars.
Damn I cant imagine.....
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someone took my spot when i dug out my car (i'm not the saving type, it bugs me that others do it so i won't). then when i got home there was a car stuck on my street (narrow one way with parking on both sides). i stopped to help them dig out and another nice man stopped and was helping her get out of the spot. he asked if i was okay and i said "the driving is fine, i'm dreading the parking part". he said he would talk me through it and i said "do you drive stick? if so, do you wanna park it for me?" so he did and then helped me dig out the tires so i can get out in the morning.
******* move i saw this morning was somone dug out their car and left. then the person parked in front of them came out to dig out their car and just shoveled all the snow into the empty space behind them (including all the snow from their sidewalk).
oh, and a new think to hate about philly drivers. it really is not okay to drive with 2' of snow on top of your car. really. not okay.
Until about 6 or 7 years ago, in my neighborhood, if you dug out and put a chair, it was respected. Then, people started disrespecting the chair, and now no one saves spaces -- it's dog-eat-dog.
someone took my spot when i dug out my car (i'm not the saving type, it bugs me that others do it so i won't). then when i got home there was a car stuck on my street (narrow one way with parking on both sides). i stopped to help them dig out and another nice man stopped and was helping her get out of the spot. he asked if i was okay and i said "the driving is fine, i'm dreading the parking part". he said he would talk me through it and i said "do you drive stick? if so, do you wanna park it for me?" so he did and then helped me dig out the tires so i can get out in the morning.
******* move i saw this morning was somone dug out their car and left. then the person parked in front of them came out to dig out their car and just shoveled all the snow into the empty space behind them (including all the snow from their sidewalk).
oh, and a new think to hate about philly drivers. it really is not okay to drive with 2' of snow on top of your car. really. not okay.
It's amazing how ignorant some people can be.
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oh, and a new think to hate about philly drivers. it really is not okay to drive with 2' of snow on top of your car. really. not okay.
A new thing? Toxigal, that's been irking me for YEARS!!! Not only that, but I love the idiots who drive around with their car just about 75% covered. Seriously?
It's ten minutes on the bike. Faster than driving, and I don't have to spend half an hour looking for parking.
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You people with your condescending attitudes about how other people live their lives are so amusing.
I don't really care how you lives your lives or what you chose to own.
I made my comment due to the fact that you've all gathered here to bitch about how difficult it is to deal with your large, unwieldy, expensive possessions. If you don't want to hear my two cents, keep your problems to yourself.
I was going to post something about how much the morons on my block clearing their cars off into the middle of the street pisses me off, but instead I took the high road. I've learned my lesson there.
I don't really care how you lives your lives or what you chose to own.
I made my comment due to the fact that you've all gathered here to bitch about how difficult it is to deal with your large, unwieldy, expensive possessions. If you don't want to hear my two cents, keep your problems to yourself.
I was going to post something about how much the morons on my block clearing their cars off into the middle of the street pisses me off, but instead I took the high road. I've learned my lesson there.
Go freeze your muddafuggin ass on your bike then!
You cant ride your bike until the trucks plow the streets anyway. Lets see you retrofit your 10 speed with a hydraulic plow attachment and HELP plow out your neighbors.
Lets see you haul home groceries for the week or take all your kids to activities all weekend on your 10 speed.
You cant ride your bike until the trucks plow the streets anyway. Lets see you retrofit your 10 speed with a hydraulic plow attachment and HELP plow out your neighbors.
Lets see you haul home groceries for the week or take all your kids to activities all weekend on your 10 speed.
Good luck with that!
Actually, several bikes in my neighborhood didn't wait for the snowplows and were riding down our freshly shoveled sidewalks, driving pedestrians into snow banks. But that's for another thread.
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[QUOTE=Mr Morley;141210]It's ten minutes on the bike. Faster than driving, and I don't have to spend half an hour looking for parking. QUOTE]
I've never spent that long looking for parking - ever. And when it's raining, I don't get wet, when it's hot, I stay cool and when it's cold, I'm warm.
You cant ride your bike until the trucks plow the streets anyway. Lets see you retrofit your 10 speed with a hydraulic plow attachment and HELP plow out your neighbors.
I did help my neighbors: I shoveled the walks on both sides of me yesterday. Their cars are their problem, just as my bike is mine.
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Lets see you haul home groceries for the week or take all your kids to activities all weekend on your 10 speed.
The grocery store is three blocks from me. It's no problem to bring food home.
My father used to take me to preschool on his bike, and when I started elementary school, we walked the three blocks to school.
All it takes is a little forethought, a little planning. Don't get angry with me because of your own life choices.
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I've never spent that long looking for parking - ever.
Yea for anecdotal evidence! I've spent longer than that in people's cars, looking for parking downtown, so that cancels you out.
I made my comment due to the fact that you've all gathered here to bitch about how difficult it is to deal with your large, unwieldy, expensive possessions. If you don't want to hear my two cents, keep your problems to yourself.
Yes. When I post here to complain about some injustice or slight I feel I'd received I fully expect to get (and have been) dogpiled with the opinions of others.
Owning a car is a choice; it's not a right, it's not a necessity. People seem to forget that.
And bitching about it in public is just as silly as bitching about anything else any of us own.
All it takes is a little forethought, a little planning. Don't get angry with me because of your own life choices.
You know...jobs...those things that keep a lot of people sorta, kinda middle-class? Those things. In case you haven't noticed, we have a lot less of them than we used to IN the City, and a lot more of them OUTside of the City...and let me draw the line and connect the dots for you...requiring people to actually D-R-I-V-E to them. In cars. Not bicycles because they just don't have all goddamned day to get there. And if they did move closer to where they work, we would have even fewer people living INside of the city. So kindly take your smug pomposity and keep it to yourself. Having a car is a necessity for many people that don't live alone and diddle on their computers all day long.
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You know...jobs...those things that keep a lot of people sorta, kinda middle-class? Those things. In case you haven't noticed, we have a lot less of them than we used to IN the City, and a lot more of them OUTside of the City...and let me draw the line and connect the dots for you...requiring people to actually D-R-I-V-E to them. In cars. Not bicycles because they just don't have all goddamned day to get there. And if they did move closer to where they work, we would have even fewer people living INside of the city. So kindly take your smug pomposity and keep it to yourself. Having a car is a necessity for many people that don't live alone and diddle on their computers all day long.
Have you gotten it out of your system, or is there more sanctimoniousness and condescension to come?
I have a j-o-b, and it can be done anywhere, at more or less any time. That's not some bizarre stroke of luck on my part; it is a conscious choice. But I like to actually make decisions, rather than passively let society dictate to me how I'm "supposed" to live.
As I've pointed out frequently here, it's generally easier and quicker to get around the central part of the city on bike than it is in a car (and there's the aforementioned parking issue), so it doesn't take "all goddamn day to get there".
It's all about choice. Throughout my childhood, my father worked in Camden. He walked five block to the MFL, transfer to PATCO, then walked two block to work. So even people with jobs outside the city can exist without a car.
The notion that a car is an absolute necessity is a complete and utter falsehood.
Have you gotten it out of your system, or is there more sanctimoniousness and condescension to come?
I have a j-o-b, and it can be done anywhere, at more or less any time. That's not some bizarre stroke of luck on my part; it is a conscious choice. But I like to actually make decisions, rather than passively let society dictate to me how I'm "supposed" to live.
As I've pointed out frequently here, it's generally easier and quicker to get around the central part of the city on bike than it is in a car (and there's the aforementioned parking issue), so it doesn't take "all goddamn day to get there".
It's all about choice. Throughout my childhood, my father worked in Camden. He walked five block to the MFL, transfer to PATCO, then walked two block to work. So even people with jobs outside the city can exist without a car.
The notion that a car is an absolute necessity is a complete and utter falsehood.
Flame on, Hospitality lady.
Try that to Royersford or Lansdale or West Orange.
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Try that to Royersford or Lansdale or West Orange.
Living in the suburbs would also be a choice.
Let me phrase that differently: living in the suburbs is a choice (just as living in the city is).
Living in car-centric, outer, newer suburbs is a foolish (in my opinion) choice (fact) which dooms you to dependence on an automobile (fact).
There are plenty of old, walkable, good, inner suburbs in and around Philly. I can see the appeal of living in the suburbs -especially those along the Main Line- but Royersford? Really? What's the appeal?
Have you gotten it out of your system, or is there more sanctimoniousness and condescension to come?
I have a j-o-b, and it can be done anywhere, at more or less any time. That's not some bizarre stroke of luck on my part; it is a conscious choice. But I like to actually make decisions, rather than passively let society dictate to me how I'm "supposed" to live.
As I've pointed out frequently here, it's generally easier and quicker to get around the central part of the city on bike than it is in a car (and there's the aforementioned parking issue), so it doesn't take "all goddamn day to get there".
It's all about choice. Throughout my childhood, my father worked in Camden. He walked five block to the MFL, transfer to PATCO, then walked two block to work. So even people with jobs outside the city can exist without a car.
The notion that a car is an absolute necessity is a complete and utter falsehood.
Flame on, Hospitality lady.
Its very nice that you have chosen to go sans car, good on you, but for most people the conveniences out weigh the inconveniences. And with this being a message board, people will talk about the things that are current in their lives.
If you don't like it, or think it's senseless for us to have these discussions, you can stay out them.
I don't have kids. I don't like kids. I think people can do without them. I also stay out of the message boards and discussions that involve kids and things doing with them, because I'm pretty sure if I gave an opinion of get rid of your children when people are discussing the issues that involve them it would not be helpful or appreciated, and it may lead to people calling me a jackass.
Did you move it?
My wife wanted to be a good neighbor + these people were known to damage others peoples car in retaliation.. so I was not gonna take any chances of damage to our cars.
I don't need to be right in front of the door, either.
