Local ordinance irony.

[Concerned American]

No sidewalk, no problem.

It's bad enough, due to the way my street is, that the plow driver has to send the majority of the snow in the street over on my side of the street.

If we get 6" of snow I'll have at least 2.50' piled up at my driveway entrances and that's why I have a 4X4 Four-wheeler with a plow to bust through and move it.

I prefer to use the snowblower on the driveways as it will do a better job than the plow. We have southern exposure so when the sun comes out it melts the remnants quickly.

BTW....I made the mistake one year of moving all the snow in front of the house in case we had visitors.....The "community" decided that they were gonna park there instead of their snowed-in homes....I never did it again.

I don't live in the city, so I can only comment on the tidbits I garner from the kids. They tell me that the city plows there have a gate that they put down at driveways to keep that 2.5' of snow out of them. As for the blower--I got one of those lawn tractor snow blowers when I moved up here, but I soon learned that the auger doesn't like stones. LOL, I spent more time replacing broken shear pins than I did using the blower. Live and learn.

 

[Billiejeens]

That only works because home owners are generally more responsible than the rest of the population.

Bigot!

 

[Marchimedes]

Verybfew people slip on ice.

Because it's not slippery.

I'm going with that's sarcasm even though you didn't sell it.

Icely done.

 

[Marchimedes]

I spent more time replacing broken shear pins

Do you think any liberal understands that word and what I takes to fix it?

Now tell them Kotter pin!

 

[Concerned American]

Do you think any liberal understands that word and what I takes to fix it?

Now tell them Kotter pin!

Because a shear pin and a cotter key are two different items. Shear pins are made to shear..

 

[Woodznutz]

How about today

Rare Winter Blast Sweeps Northern Florida Dropping SNOW; Near Freezing Lows Elsewhere (Florida Snow Video)

Snow blankets the Florida Panhandle as a major winter storm creates hazardous road conditions and record-setting cold temperatures.

southfloridareporter.com

I don't go there anymore, pythons you know.

 

[Woodznutz]

Verybfew people slip on ice.

Those people from Verybfew should be more careful.

 

[Woodznutz]

Get your lazy out and start shoveling.

Have you forgotten the social construct?

Temps will rise above 20 degrees tomorrow, so I'll salt the sidewalk down good then clear it. However, we have more snow on the way, so I'll get to do it all over again on Thursday.

 

[Edgetho]

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Still, you are responsible for folks tripping over an alligator on your property.

Ever had any Gator Tail? It's pretty good. A little tough, sometimes, but good. Grilled hot and fast and coated with butter and wine sauce while grilling.

Bite size chunks. Any Gator over 4, 4 -1/2 ft (including the tail) you don't bother with. Too tough.

But they can take care of the neighbor's 'Barking Rat' of a dog in hurry. They found one a gator had with the dog's chain still hanging out of his mouth.

Funny stuff. I hate Barking Rats anyway. 'Burbie dogs. Useless. Unless you have them on a farm as Varmint dogs. They're good at that. But mostly, Fat, cellulite burbie females keep them as pets. It's the only way they can get anything to pay attention to them.

I especially love how they take them shopping with them in a baby carriage or held in their arms.

I HATE the 'burbs. We're becoming that. No -- We've BECOME that. Hate it. Moved here when there was 80,000 people in the County, now there's over a million. Hate it. It's not too bad in the Summer but too many of the fat bitches stay once they see how we live compared to the crime and dimocrap scum-infested shitholes they live in.

At least we get the 'Cream of The Crop'. And even they suck. But not as bad as the rest.

 

[Edgetho]

<snip> LOL, I spent more time replacing broken shear pins than I did using the blower. Live and learn.

Put a slip-clutch on it.

 

[1srelluc]

Ever had any Gator Tail? It's pretty good. A little tough, sometimes, but good. Grilled hot and fast and coated with butter and wine sauce while grilling.

Bite size chunks. Any Gator over 4, 4 -1/2 ft (including the tail) you don't bother with. Too tough.

To me they taste about the same as any other reptile....gator, snakes, frogs. Just different degrees of texture.

Snapping turtle has the most varied taste depending on which part of the turtle the meat comes from. That's why they are really great to make a gumbo out of.

 

[Edgetho]

To me they taste about the same as any other reptile....gator, snakes, frogs. Just different degrees of texture.

Snapping turtle has the most varied taste depending on which part of the turtle it comes from. That's why they are really great to make a gumbo out of.

True.

I won't eat snapping turtle, however. Not even if I'm half-drunk. Tastes like mud.

Gator Tail still tastes like Frog legs but it doesn't taste like mud. Like Northern (Maine) Lobster. Which is why I prefer Southern Lobster (no claws)

The problem with that is, it's almost always been frozen before you buy it. So that seriously changes the taste and texture of it. Right out of the Gulf, it is superior to the Maine-Mud-Lobster, IMHO.

I used to go during 'Sport Season' (I think that's what they called it) when you didn't have to have a special license. It was before regular Season when the professionals started in on them.

I don't anymore. Too much hassle. Amateur Hour. Too crowded, too many drunks (with me being one of them in the old days) and Fish and Game inspects almost every boat being trailed out of the Keys on the way home. And if they catch you with under-sized Lobster...... They don't play. Not even a little bit. Your boat AND your truck are gonzo. You can almost always get your truck back but good luck getting your boat back. If they determine it was used in getting the illegal lobster...... Say Good Bye to it

 

[1srelluc]

True.

I won't eat snapping turtle, however. Not even if I'm half-drunk. Tastes like mud.

Gator Tail still tastes like Frog legs but it doesn't taste like mud. Like Northern (Maine) Lobster. Which is why I prefer Southern Lobster (no claws)

The problem with that is, it's almost always been frozen before you buy it. So that seriously changes the taste and texture of it. Right out of the Gulf, it is superior to the Maine-Mud-Lobster, IMHO.

I used to go during 'Sport Season' (I think that's what they called it) when you didn't have to have a special license. It was before regular Season when the professionals started in on them.

I don't anymore. Too much hassle. Amateur Hour. Too crowded, too many drunks (with me being one of them in the old days) and Fish and Game inspects almost every boat being trailed out of the Keys on the way home. And if they catch you with under-sized Lobster...... They don't play. Not even a little bit. Your boat AND your truck are gonzo. You can almost always get your truck back but good luck getting your boat back. If they determine it was used in getting the illegal lobster...... Say Good Bye to it

I'll take fried American eel over them all. Some call them a green eel.

Thing is you have to eat it when it's hot or it will take on a raw taste.

There's a spring fed mountain pond where they migrate to in the Spring and it's nothing to catch one about 4' long and as big around as your wrist. A 10 pounder is common.

If you catch the migration right you can gig them in the the small headwaters streams. It's usually around Spring Gobbler season.

We skin/cook them on the spot. The hide makes for a very tough, yet thin leather too.

 

[Concerned American]

Temps will rise above 20 degrees tomorrow, so I'll salt the sidewalk down good then clear it. However, we have more snow on the way, so I'll get to do it all over again on Thursday.

We're praying for snow. No precipitation in the forcast for another week.

 

[Zincwarrior]

The City removes our snow for us here in Southwest Florida

As a Texan I have to ask: what is this snow you refer to?

When the kids moved to Champaign they found a snow shovel in the closet and didn't know what it was for. The wife (from Illinois) laughed and pronounced: have fun!

 

[Concerned American]

Put a slip-clutch on it.

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LOL, That's great if you have a tractor with a PTO, not so much for a lawn tractor. I have to give it credit though--for a belt driven attachment, it did a pretty fair job--until you picked up a stone.

 

[Concerned American]

Ever had any Gator Tail? It's pretty good. A little tough, sometimes, but good. Grilled hot and fast and coated with butter and wine sauce while grilling.

Bite size chunks. Any Gator over 4, 4 -1/2 ft (including the tail) you don't bother with. Too tough.

But they can take care of the neighbor's 'Barking Rat' of a dog in hurry. They found one a gator had with the dog's chain still hanging out of his mouth.

Funny stuff. I hate Barking Rats anyway. 'Burbie dogs. Useless. Unless you have them on a farm as Varmint dogs. They're good at that. But mostly, Fat, cellulite burbie females keep them as pets. It's the only way they can get anything to pay attention to them.

I especially love how they take them shopping with them in a baby carriage or held in their arms.

I HATE the 'burbs. We're becoming that. No -- We've BECOME that. Hate it. Moved here when there was 80,000 people in the County, now there's over a million. Hate it. It's not too bad in the Summer but too many of the fat bitches stay once they see how we live compared to the crime and dimocrap scum-infested shitholes they live in.

At least we get the 'Cream of The Crop'. And even they suck. But not as bad as the rest.

I like gator, had some at Hooters in Kissimmee. LOL, my niece lives in the Tampa area and she sent me a video of a gator in her neighborhood street. That sucker was about 8 ft. long. No thanks. I'll stick with our wolves, bears and cougars.

 

[westwall]

I've heard some of those horror stories about Lake Tahoe area. Home owners who have been fined for removing trees from their own property without official approval. SMH, government over reach.

Yup. The assholes fight you if you want to remove dead fall for wildfire abatement.

Even after the catastrophe in Southlake, those idiots still fight tooth and nail.

 

[Concerned American]

Your boat AND your truck are gonzo. You can almost always get your truck back but good luck getting your boat back. If they determine it was used in getting the illegal lobster...... Say Good Bye to it

I knew a guy in CA, an immigrant from Portugal (Azores) who discovered abalone. He didn't agree with the laws and I saw the results of a trip he made to the coast one day. He had no fewer that 20 ab shells that no bigger than 4" across. Legal is 8". I was pissed. I like abalone and they can't be taken commercially so he killed off a bunch of future meals for ab divers.

 

[Edgetho]

I like gator, had some at Hooters in Kissimmee. LOL, my niece lives in the Tampa area and she sent me a video of a gator in her neighborhood street. That sucker was about 8 ft. long. No thanks. I'll stick with our wolves, bears and cougars.

The more stupid a creature is, the more dangerous. Hence -- dimocrap scum