...Or just in Chicago?

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This is saving your parking spot in front of your house during the winter.

I grew up with this happening, and I know to never to move the crate/bucket/patio furniture, but i wonder if this happens anywhere else? I never saw this in Brooklyn.

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couldnt you just.........


....get out of your car, and move the chair? .......















....outrageous free thinking, i know

I'd do one better and run the chair over. Show those jerks a thing or two!

couldnt you just.........


....get out of your car, and move the chair? .......











....outrageous free thinking, i know


yeah if you want a baseball bat through your windshield.

yeah if you want a baseball bat through your windshield.

^

no joke.

It happens in Boston.

<i>thats</i>...the chicago way.

^

no joke.

ugh, people are such stupid fuckers sometimes

Guy puts chair in front of house
I run it over and park there
He puts a bat through my windshield
I stab him and his daughter

Let's see him beat THAT.

Guy puts chair in front of house
I run it over and park there
He puts a bat through my windshield
I stab him and his daughter

Let's see him beat THAT.

Prison?

No, but especially if I'm there during xmas shopping season, if I see a good parking space at the mall/store, I make my passenger get out and stand in the spot until I can turn around and get to it.

I used to keep a parking cone in my trunk. I used it in high school once or twice because I had to leave to go to a dentist appointment after scoring a sweet parking space. I knew when I got back, some tardy fucker would've stolen it.

It happens in Boston.

no not really

LOL, noone uses cars in Europe.

i used to do this when i was at uni - had a couple of those bright orange road cones in the boot

worked a treat

couldnt you just.........


....get out of your car, and move the chair? .......





you can but you'll get your tires slashed. or piss in your tank, or a broken window.

For some reason, I knew what crapatatricia was going to be talking about when I saw the thread title. I knew it.

Our citys mayor (Daley for those outside chicago) one time made a comment that you don't move other peoples shit. That, for lack of a better phrase, thats the "Chicago way". He got a lot of shit for it, and the next day or so, he said for people not to do it because it was illegal. You could tell he just said it to shut the whiners up.

People seem to only do it around here when they are moving. Note to self: acquire cone tomorrow as parking is hell in my neighbourhood!

also its important to save your spot because a lot of streets are

http://www.rogers-park.com/images/2007/11/29/parkingban06.gif

http://loscuatroojos.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/snow-spot.jpg

esty what neighborhood do you live in

we're supposed to get some nasty snow in a couple of hours, so i get to work from home today. yay!

post/av

pitchfork!

i used to do this when i was at uni - had a couple of those bright orange road cones in the boot

worked a treat

this is the way we used to do it where i live but then the city made it park wherever you want instead of park in front of your house or where someone doesn't live and now it's chaos. i mean, i live on a street where there's room for 1 car (2 if your lucky) in front of a house and now that there are so many college kids renting the houses around us some houses have 3 or 4 cars that need parking. it's a disgusting king of the hill struggle just to park within a reasonable distance to your house.

I wish it would fucking snow here. It's going to be in the 70's today. I hate texas.

we're supposed to get 5-8 inches today and then between 3-5 tonight

not too bad

7-11 inches by 2 am tomorrow where i am with another storm coming sunday

snow is cool when there is going to be a shit ton

if it's only an inch or two it's just annoying, more than anything

if I ever wanted to make an insurance claim because of a ding i put in my car i'll just drive to chicago and move a chair and park and wait to film someone attacking my car with a baseball bat

also will press charges against that person

fuck chicago. bunch of assholes.

if I ever wanted to make an insurance claim because of a ding i put in my car i'll just drive to chicago and move a chair and park and wait to film someone attacking my car with a baseball bat

also will press charges against that person

fuck chicago. bunch of assholes.

where are you from again? ma?

This doesn't happen here since we have plenty of parking space.

Prison?

Prison would suck, I'm not very good at basketball.

What about just ball handling?

he's NBA material

and I'm not talking Knicks...

Neither am I.

I mean if he was in the NBA he'd be playing with the Celtics

where are you from again? ma?

i am most certainly not

i am most certainly not

sorry, i dont know why i thought that. are you a red sox fan?

he is, he just won't admit it. all he does is IM me about how much he hates the yankees...

and something about me having a pretty mouth.

don't you chicagoans abandon vehicles and just travel in cabs and the rail system? that's how my friend keith and his girlfriend holly roll. they live on lake shore in the golden park neighborhood.

What about just ball handling?

An admitted ball hog here. :(

I wish it would fucking snow here. It's going to be in the 70's today. I hate texas.

Spoken by someone who doesn't understand how inconvenient snow actually is.

yeah if you want a baseball bat through your windshield.

If that happened in texas it would go something like...

Guy 1 parks in spot with chair in it.
Guy 2 breaks Guy 1's window.
Guy 2 is shot to death by Guy 1.

If that happened in texas it would go something like...

Guy 1 parks in spot with chair in it.
Guy 2 breaks Guy 1's window.
Guy 2 is shot to death by Guy 1.

but i hear the parking spots are extra big in texas.








and theres not a shit load of snow and incompetent plowers. theres no need for such rash behavior.

Spoken by someone who doesn't understand how inconvenient snow actually is.

I totally understand how much having the amount of snow that Chicago gets (especially when they won't plow the fucking streets) sucks.

And because I don't have to deal with that.... ever..... it's nice to dream of the fun pseudo-snow we get here... Where it flurries for a few hours, and sometimes dumps as much as 6-12". And that's it. No more. No plows, every thing closes down because we're unequipped to deal with it, sit inside and watch tv because the power usually doesn't go out.

I totally understand how much having the amount of snow that Chicago gets (especially when they won't plow the fucking streets) sucks.

And because I don't have to deal with that.... ever..... it's nice to dream of the fun pseudo-snow we get here... Where it flurries for a few hours, and sometimes dumps as much as 6-12". And that's it. No more. No plows, every thing closes down because we're unequipped to deal with it, sit inside and watch tv because the power usually doesn't go out.

I just don't understand what's so awful about being able to wear shorts with the window open while the midwest and the north east are freezing their shit off.

oh god it's 70 in late december how horrible i hate this place

when it's 95 in mid october that's when it sucks.

i had no idea how easy it is to muscle over chicagoans. i should have taken advantage while i lived there.

I just don't understand what's so awful about being able to wear shorts with the window open while the midwest and the north east are freezing their shit off.

oh god it's 70 in late december how horrible i hate this place

when it's 95 in mid october that's when it sucks.


I like the cold weather. Late Autumn/Winter is my favorite season. It's got a great look and feel to it.

I'll take 70 degrees over 110, but I'll take 20 over 70 any day.

I forgot what a bitter asshole Trots is

I just don't understand

It's called a preference, and people are allowed to have preferences that differ from yours!

don't you chicagoans abandon vehicles and just travel in cabs and the rail system? that's how my friend keith and his girlfriend holly roll. they live on lake shore in the golden park neighborhood.


Gold Coast neighborhood?

Yah, if you're livin on LSD, you can afford to take cabs everywhere. I imagine they have parking garages too? if not, they better leave their car cause parking spaces are even harder to get out there.

I just don't understand what's so awful about being able to wear shorts with the window open while the midwest and the north east are freezing their shit off.

oh god it's 70 in late december how horrible i hate this place

when it's 95 in mid october that's when it sucks.


fuck yeah!! its not that warm here but I love not having to deal with snow unless I WANT to (i.e. drive or fly to it)

I paid $500 for oil not even a month ago and it's time for more soon.. I'm looking at like 2k in heating costs this winter and oil has gone way down this year.. There is about 1 foot of snow outside an it's still coming..

I paid $500 for oil not even a month ago and it's time for more soon.. I'm looking at like 2k in heating costs this winter and oil has gone way down this year.. There is about 1 foot of snow outside an it's still coming..

wait what do you mean. Oil? where do you live?

heating oil

how does heating oil work??



im sorry. ive always had gas heat or radiators. educate me

It's called a preference, and people are allowed to have preferences that differ from yours!

And I have preferences that in<zz>clude pointing out how nonsensical some people are.

I'll take 70 degrees over 110, but I'll take 20 over 70 any day.

Again, that's because you don't have to deal with 20 degree weather for three months every year.

It's just as bad as our summers.

you guys don't know snow.
we've had over 3 feet already. last winter was over 18 feet and it seems we're heading this way again.

winter is exasperating at times but i still enjoy having four distinct seasons. it makes each one more enjoyable somehow, just because each sets a different pace.

We have four seasons too but spring lasts two months, summer lasts like six, fall is about a month and winter lasts for 3 months give or take.

Spring in Texas is phenomenal.

35 feels like 25. yargh!

its -10 right now and feels like -30. if it wasn't for my job i'd have nothing to do with this bullshit. fuck seasons.

35 feels like 25. yargh!

YAY HAPPY KATE IS ME!