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Jake Stern

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5. This makes me glad I turned down an invitation to live in Massachussetts

Sun Feb 1, 2015, 10:37 AM

Feb 2015

The cost was the main reason, but avoiding the apparent dickishness of the people there was lagniappe.

Of all the years lived in Colorado, during all those snowy winters, I cannot recall a time when someone whipped out a gun over a shoveled parking spot.

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Man Shoots Cars Parked in Shoveled Spaces After Blizzard, Cops Say [View all] Arcadiasix Feb 2015 OP

If temporary insanity was ever a defense Hari Seldon Feb 2015 #1

That is really stupid. Shooting the cars makes it harder to move them. Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #2

So true Arcadiasix Feb 2015 #3

Couldn't you just carefully LiberalElite Feb 2015 #6

I'm against that. It's like saving seats at the cinema. TransitJohn Feb 2015 #9

You shovel it out, then yep, its yours Ruby the Liberal Feb 2015 #10

So, let's just claim whatever public resource we want. TransitJohn Feb 2015 #14

If an individual puts a lot of effort into shoveling a spot out, yes. NutmegYankee Feb 2015 #23

Ok, but expect consequences. Unlike a random theater seat, a shoveled space was the result of the Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #12

yeah, but your labor doesn't give you right to claim the commons. TransitJohn Feb 2015 #15

A better example would be you deciding to walk in and harvest a community garden Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #20

I can't remember the last time I've seen one that was actually "shoveled." Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2015 #21

Step 1: Break window chrisa Feb 2015 #28

Happened to me. bpj62 Feb 2015 #4

This makes me glad I turned down an invitation to live in Massachussetts Jake Stern Feb 2015 #5

Having lived in both places mythology Feb 2015 #7

I didn't know Colorado relied on city parallel parking Ruby the Liberal Feb 2015 #11

Of course it does. TransitJohn Feb 2015 #16

It is the law that you have to shovel the street? Ruby the Liberal Feb 2015 #19

Up in SE Michigan, they can punish you by things up to and including placing a lien on your home ScreamingMeemie Feb 2015 #37

Same here Ruby the Liberal Feb 2015 #42

If it's in the area directly in front of your home, the same penalty applies. ScreamingMeemie Feb 2015 #43

"The egress includes curbside" Ruby the Liberal Feb 2015 #45

Not the street glasshouses Feb 2015 #33

It's funny, but I knew this was in Massachusetts before I even smirkymonkey Feb 2015 #18

Did he put something like a couch or a lawn chair in the spots he shoveled? I thought that was the smokey nj Feb 2015 #8

Guns don't kill cars. Orrex Feb 2015 #13

No but they rack up some hefty repair bills. Arcadiasix Feb 2015 #36

Why do you hate freedom?!? Orrex Feb 2015 #46

Better to just throw water on said cars MillennialDem Feb 2015 #17

The post snow storm parking craziness in northern cities is ... etherealtruth Feb 2015 #22

Yep. NutmegYankee Feb 2015 #26

Well on our way to 10-12" ... happily parked in my driveway and garage etherealtruth Feb 2015 #27

8-10 with ice mixed in here. NutmegYankee Feb 2015 #29

The Detroit area has been spared this year (until now) etherealtruth Feb 2015 #30

Where I come from we call it "Chicago Dibs" tencats Feb 2015 #47

Oh yeah ... YOU DO NOT VIOLATE THE PARKING RULES! n/t etherealtruth Feb 2015 #48

Pretty crappy some lazy asshole took the space he shoveled out, but two wrongs B Calm Feb 2015 #24

I don't use H. Cromwell Feb 2015 #25

2 Texas Dog Park shootings in one weekend: Faryn Balyncd Feb 2015 #31

I'm an ass glasshouses Feb 2015 #32

Glad I no longer live in the ciry... TeeYiYi Feb 2015 #34

guns shoot cars ileus Feb 2015 #35

Justice would be...arrest the guy...then tow the cars away for evidence. Arcadiasix Feb 2015 #38

I don't see much snow here in Florida but knowing how my mind works. BlueJazz Feb 2015 #39

it's crazy out there sweetapogee Feb 2015 #40

Because... Second amendment. Initech Feb 2015 #41

I hear Google is working on a car that shoots back. randome Feb 2015 #44