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Frank Silbermann wrote:Ha! When I was five I lived in Queens (part of NYC), and I remember snow drifts up to my waist all winter long.
Mass transit in NYC is shutting down at 11pm. A road ban on non-emergency travel is starting at 11pm. So. How is the bus driver supposed to get home after his shift ends at 11pm and he drives back to the bus depot?
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Joe Ess wrote:
Frank Silbermann wrote:Ha! When I was five I lived in Queens (part of NYC), and I remember snow drifts up to my waist all winter long.
Did you have to walk uphill both ways?![]()
It is safe to ride a bicycle in fresh snow; the tyres being narrow press well into the snow, often right to the tarmac, giving a good grip, and the soft snow affords one a soft landing. Actually you can control your speed by riding through different depths of snow.Jeanne Boyarsky wrote: . . . But I don't think it is the city's job to ban it. A bike isn't getting stuck in the way of a snowplow . . .
Thre ain't any snow here tonight, but I shall remember: if I fall off on the way home I ought to bleed to death in the gutterfred rosenberger wrote: . . . if the cyclist gets hurt and calls for an ambulance, that ties up city resources . . .
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Jeanne Boyarsky wrote:Bear: You do remember snow though, right?
Jeanne Boyarsky wrote:Frank: I live in Queens. Was that snow in 83? My parents have a picture of me it. I was very small so the snow mountains looked even bigger.
But the piles of snow I remember from 1962/3 were a d*mn sight more than 4′ tall.Frank Silbermann wrote: . . .
I'm thinking more of 1960-'63. When I was four feet tall, a two-foot high pile of snow would have been waist high.
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