You know it's spring when...
03-27-2010, 05:18 PM
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We have them in Ontario. We get so much grit, salt, and sand over our winters. It builds up on the roads, sidewalks, and on your grass if the snowplough decides to dump it on your front boulevard. So, when you see a street sweeper in the neighbourhood, you want your car and your neighbour's car to be up in the driveways so that the sweeper can make a nice clean sweep in front of your house.
03-27-2010, 08:22 PM
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I know it's Spring when.... the birds start to congregate at my bedroom window and chirp in the early AM! And the first fly decends upon the screen! The air is fresh and the windows can be open.. well on good days! I love Spring!
03-28-2010, 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by dixiechunk
Yes, my little burg of 5000 does have a street sweeper. Seems to me in these economic times that would be a service to consider dropping...at least until the recession lifts...yeah, right.
On the lighter side...as a child I lived in Batavia, NY. If my geography recall is correct, that's in your neck of the woods. Yes? No?
On the lighter side...as a child I lived in Batavia, NY. If my geography recall is correct, that's in your neck of the woods. Yes? No?
03-28-2010, 12:57 PM
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we have those machines here in metuchen and growing up we had them in brooklyn, new york. that's why there's opposite sides of the street parking in new york city boroughs.
EDIT TO ADD: oooh, ooooh! when i was little, we had street sweepers that sprayed out water as they went so that they actually washed the streets. everything got washed down the storm sewers. we floated little bits of paper, called 'boats' on the little 'rivers' up against the curbs. who knew? we had never seen a boat or a river during the war.
EDIT TO ADD: oooh, ooooh! when i was little, we had street sweepers that sprayed out water as they went so that they actually washed the streets. everything got washed down the storm sewers. we floated little bits of paper, called 'boats' on the little 'rivers' up against the curbs. who knew? we had never seen a boat or a river during the war.
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