Mr. Plow
This is an open letter to the City of Toronto Services Department. How much snow do we need to get before you guys start plowing the streets and clearing off paths? Seriously. After a few solid days of fairly heavy snow, the streets were just starting to look clear early this morning. My apartment building, on the other hand, had clear walkways and driveways pretty consistently over the past few days. That's it for the City Officials. They can stop reading now.
This is an open letter to all the homeowners in Toronto with driveways, or who have sidewalks that border their property. First, clear your damn sidewalk! The city won't do it for you, and the more of us that walk on it, the icier it gets. Second... DO NOT SNOWBLOW THE CONTENTS OF YOUR DRIVEWAY AND WALKS INTO THE STREET. I've seen WAY too many people do this, and they don't realize that all they're doing is helping some poor driver kill himself by putting a 10 foot mound of snow on the road. I pointed out to a man doing this last winter that his actions were reckless and illegal, and he told me that he didn't want to wreck his lawn... Wreck his lawn? Did he notice that EVERY WINTER his lawn gets snow on it, and somehow every spring his lawn comes back? Is he worried that a few extra inches will put too much weight on his precious lawn? Or that the evil snowflake gnomes will have more legions in their army to go after the roots of his grass with pickaxes? I simply informed him that he was a crazy old man, and walked away.
I guess that's enough ranting for now... but I'll be back.