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Things I learned Today


  1.  I hate - hate - the Chicago Way of Parking. Furniture-Fu sucks canine nether parts. In the netherworld. The street is public property, you selfish imbeciles! I took two days to dig my car out, and when I left the parking spot, I left it for any of my fellow citizens who could navigate into it. I did not place packing crates, ironing boards, lawn furniture or dining room chairs in the spot, awaiting my return. Because it's public goddamn property. And did I mention I think little of your parentage or your ability with the spoken word? Or upright posture? Asshats.
  2. My bad driving habits - yelling obscenities loud enough inside a car almost hard enough to break blood vessels in my eyeballs (windows rolled up, I'm not that mad) at other drivers - while undoubtedly good for my mental health, is not good for my passengers. Especially when they are my far-more-chi-centered Best Beloved.
  3. My bad driving habits - so bad that my sainted mother, who, in her prime would take corners like Mario Andretti, would look askance at me - bleed into my parking habits.
  4. It's a good thing my Best Beloved eventually dumped me off at the back door, holding onto his frayed temper with admirable constraint, and telling me he'd find a parking spot.

Thank you, and good night.

Date: Monday, 7 February 2011 10:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] supergee.livejournal.com
I only do 2. when I'm alone in the car.

Date: Wednesday, 9 February 2011 10:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bibliofile.livejournal.com
Yeah, me neither. Which my travelling companions found hilarious the last time I was going out to eat with some Chicagoans, in Chicago, and complaining about bad drivers.

Date: Monday, 7 February 2011 12:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] earlgreytea68.livejournal.com
I hate that furniture stuff, too. I have friends who try to defend it, but I'm with you: If I could save parking spaces, I'd do it ALL THE TIME! Not just in snow! Why is the situation different when it snows?

Date: Monday, 7 February 2011 04:25 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
They do it in certain areas of Boston. Luckily, not the areas where I live.

I get that they think they worked very hard cleaning out a space. Here's the thing: Parking is always scarce on the streets of Boston. Every time I find a space, I've worked very hard at finding that space. When I leave that space, do I get to save it because it took me a long time to find it and a long time to get into it? No. If I tried to, I'd be burned at the stake. So why is it any different if you cleaned the space out? So? I cleaned a space out, can I own that space for the rest of time? Just while there's still snow on the ground? What if some of the snow melts? Then are we still allowed to reserve spaces?

It just makes NO LOGICAL SENSE to me. I just don't get it *at* *all.*

Date: Monday, 7 February 2011 04:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] earlgreytea68.livejournal.com
And that was me. I wasn't logged in. Oops.

Date: Monday, 7 February 2011 07:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] maruad.livejournal.com
My beloved gets upset when ever I belittle other drivers no matter if I use G rated language and dulcet tones to berate them. I think she feels I am using a combination of bad manners and pot/kettle blackening which she does not enjoy.

Date: Tuesday, 8 February 2011 01:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mjlayman.livejournal.com
I was taking trash up to the dumpster I can use after an earlier storm (some friends dug my van out) and there were two spaces with things in them. I'm guessing the people who usually park their cars there put the things in the spaces, but they made a mistake. If the spaces hadn't had things in them, the plow would have completely pushed the snow into a big pile out of the way.

Date: Tuesday, 8 February 2011 10:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mjlayman.livejournal.com
Well, in our condo development, as long as you leave your spot empty during the day people start going back to work and the day after that, the plow will move the snow out of the way. This time the plow did push snow in front of our side of the clusterboxes. I emailed and called our agent and he had someone come shovel that clear.

Date: Wednesday, 9 February 2011 10:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bibliofile.livejournal.com
I can't remember the side streets ever getting that much plowing in Chicago. Maybe if I'd lived down the street from an alder or Blagojevich....

Date: Thursday, 10 February 2011 01:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mjlayman.livejournal.com
I live in a condo development, and we tell our management what to do, mostly.

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