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TRAVEL BAN -- Mass and CT
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BenedictGomez
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Late to the party in this thread, but I've ignored these before and gone skiing.
In fact, one of the best ski experiences of my entire life was a trip to Hunter in the 90s when they got over 2 feet of snow and nobody but locals and already in place vacationers could get to the mountain because you "weren't allowed on the roads".
No allowed on the roads? GTFOOH.
So we left and had a wonderful trip up I-87, and there were very few cars on the road. Played "follow the plow/salt truck" at about 20 car lengths for miles and had a pretty easy trip. Really wasnt that bad, as the government authorities overreacted as usual since the heavy snow wasnt slated to come until overnight hours. No police pulled us over or bothered with us.
Got to a motel near Hunter that night, enjoyed the pounding snowfall, and had a positively "Cartmanland-like" ski experience. It was almost as if we privately rented Hunter, and in the best possible conditions. I will NEVER forget that trip.
In fact, one of the best ski experiences of my entire life was a trip to Hunter in the 90s when they got over 2 feet of snow and nobody but locals and already in place vacationers could get to the mountain because you "weren't allowed on the roads".
No allowed on the roads? GTFOOH.
So we left and had a wonderful trip up I-87, and there were very few cars on the road. Played "follow the plow/salt truck" at about 20 car lengths for miles and had a pretty easy trip. Really wasnt that bad, as the government authorities overreacted as usual since the heavy snow wasnt slated to come until overnight hours. No police pulled us over or bothered with us.
Got to a motel near Hunter that night, enjoyed the pounding snowfall, and had a positively "Cartmanland-like" ski experience. It was almost as if we privately rented Hunter, and in the best possible conditions. I will NEVER forget that trip.
People are too sensitive. I have a friend in Cambridge whose 4-Runner got completely buried on the side of the street by her local plow guy during Nemo. I shared the video with her and she laughed her ass off.
bdfreetuna
New member
Depends if you got a nice car or not. With my 98 Forester which just kicked the bucket, I wouldn't give a shit.
With the new Impreza Outback I'm rocking as of this week, I'd be pissed.
With the new Impreza Outback I'm rocking as of this week, I'd be pissed.
gmcunni
Active member
or you could take better care of your stuff if you feel it is valuable. not like this storm snuck up on us.
Edd
Well-known member
I agree 100%. I have no idea if he's supposed to somehow not bury cars but it's hilarious any way you look at it. I'm curious to know what they officially fired him for.
It's a 40K + Forerunner. That's life living in Cambridge or any city. You park on the street as many homes don't have off street parking. Heck, drive down Comm Ave or Marlborough Street in Boston's Back Bay and you'll see 100K+ cars parked on the street that get completely buried in snow by the plows during storms. The city lacks the garage space to do all out street parking bans, so you live with it.
abc
Well-known member
I didn't see the video. Was he just burying cars or was he destroying them on purpose when he didn't have to?
If he's just burying them, that's fair game. I don't see what's wrong about it. I got my cars buried once or twice before I learn my lesson. (each city does the plowing a little differently) I never thought the plow drivers should somehow spare my car. After all, I want to be able to go somewhere after the storm and the choice is between digging out my own car vs digging out the whole freaking street!
You called it!
Hard to believe that this video was posted here with something like 150 views in total and it ended up exploding.
Here's the video reposted by another user
Also, interestingly, a comment by the plow driver on the youtube page:
This guy is an interesting character.
BenedictGomez
Well-known member
Just lock him up and throw away the key now, before he commits that double-homicide that everyone knows he's eventually going to commit.
fbrissette
Well-known member
I got sucked into watching it again !
Scruffy
Active member
I'm sorry, what is he suppose to do with the snow, with a plow? People will bitch if the roads are not plowed, and they bitch when they are? 
Now if he is hitting cars with the plow, then, that's another story.
Now if he is hitting cars with the plow, then, that's another story.
gmcunni
Active member
fbrissette
Well-known member
Seriously, I cannot see why. He was doing his job and having fun. Is there a law against having fun while doing your job ???
Abubob
Well-known member
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i kinda like dogg, i'm sure he'll be just fine. here's a different view of the road ban. we(around 100 people) were all at the end of a weeklong ski trip at sunday river and most people had to head back to mass on friday, now some of my friends from marthas vineyard made the trip and have to get to the steamship to get home. they had to spend the night in NH because the roads were closed.
do you realise how much of a headache it must have been for them? they had to find a hotel, cancel steamship reservations(prob no refund/short notice), and hopefully they didn't have to work saturday. all because it snowed in mass, ridiculous. this affected people going both ways.
anyways, i took this as an opportunity to do more boarding and managed to get a last minute spot at the AZ summit at sugarloaf. i headed from SR to the loaf.
do you realise how much of a headache it must have been for them? they had to find a hotel, cancel steamship reservations(prob no refund/short notice), and hopefully they didn't have to work saturday. all because it snowed in mass, ridiculous. this affected people going both ways.
anyways, i took this as an opportunity to do more boarding and managed to get a last minute spot at the AZ summit at sugarloaf. i headed from SR to the loaf.
