Ah! The Snowfall.

I like winter. As a matter of fact, I like whatever season the big man decides to send our way. What I don't like is driving in the snow... and we have plenty of it. It does look very beautiful...

Dear City of Edmonton:

Thank you for putting the snow removal crews on shifts to be running 24 hours until residential streets are cleared. This is what our tax dollars pay for. The side streets were, and mostly still are, horrendous to drive on. It's like driving on an potholed gravel road without any struts or shocks, whilst not having much control over the steering of the motor vehicle, but rather giving in to the guidance of the semi-permanent ruts that are like mini-Grand Canyons lining the middle of our streets.

Anyways, as I was saying… thank you. However, when you do decide to clear a street, some prior notice would be much appreciated. Especially when the aforementioned activity is performed at two o'clock in the morning. Reason: my little Civic handles the weather and the snow conditions pretty decently, it however, is not a 4x4, and does not sport a lift package with hydraulics or off-road tires, it is a basic 'old-man' looking Civic. Therefore (as any common sense or logic would suggest), my car is completely unable to scale, drive over, jump, run up, or otherwise surpass an embankment measuring approximately 1.5 feet high by 2 feet wide.

Now I know that the snow removal crews are busy (obviously), but I can not help but feel that this was some spiteful stunt to force me to spend 40 minutes of my evening chipping away at, and relocating said embankment. Not cool.

I am generally OK with the idea of shovelling the sidewalk (after all, it is where people walk). What I'm not OK with is shovelling the street… by hand. Not fun.

To all the courteous citizens of this drab Northern city:

Thank you for being patient and courteous to the other drivers on the road, for being cautious when someone temporarily has a lapse in control of their vehicle, for moving over to allow someone to pass on the narrowed side streets, and for lending a hand when it comes to helping push someone out of a rut. You are part of a vast minority. Much appreciated.

To all of you who are impatient, uncourteous, disrespectful, drive like it's the friggin' Indy 500, or-you-just-drive-a-large-truck-so-you-think-you-own-the-road: Screw You.
*For those of you who drive a large truck like a complete moron... we all know why you own such a type of vehicle. What I don't understand is why you decide to advertise the fact in such a blatantly obvious manner.

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