At the beginning of December I personally reported to the City Safety Bureau that the street in front of the school needed a supply of sand for when snowy days come upon us. I was told I was jumping the gun and the city would deliver sand by the new year. (And I was assured it wouldn't snow before January... How do THEY know?)
But January came and though sand was delivered to other corners of the neighborhood, no sand bags in front of the school. The principal and I commiserated. He said he would call and ask for a delivery.
And then it snowed. And then the snow melted. And then it froze. And for two days last week we had children slipping and falling on the sidewalk. But that is actually a small problem. The kids seem to LIKE the slipping and tumbling. They purposely walk on the icy patches no matter my warnings. It's the ROAD that is the problem!!! The one road on the corner is clear of snow (a snow truck came by and cleared the road). The other road at the corner is icebound and unsuspecting cars skid at the stop sign. THAT'S the road that needs the sand!
The principal reported back that the city told him that one road is a prefecture road, the other is a city road, and the only roads that are included in budgeting are the prefecture roads. Thus the other road gets ignored. The sweet shop owner came out and joined the conversation. It seems they have asked the city to uplug their gutter too but they got the same run around.
So between the principal going out and buying sand himself and the sweetshop owner's son spending hours clearing the road of ice... the road is now safe.
Tonight it is supposed to snow again...
The sweet shop owner's grandson and me... before the snow. Yep. That's the get-up I wear daily! The baby only dresses up as a monkey on alternate days.
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The moral of your story is that if you want to get something done, you have to do it yourself....
Lovely picture of you and the baby. :)
Lovely photo Tanya. I see you are getting anonymous comments too. Most of mine go to my email, so I can delete right there.WHAT do some people think they are doing?? Cheers from Jean
LOVE the baby!
Are we ever going to meet the sweet shop owner?
Best regards from Gail in Wa State
On my way home yesterday, there was an old guy with a pick chopping at the ice in the street. I went home, dropped off my stuff, picked up Nikko and my shovel, and went back to help him. I am old but that guy had at least ten years on me! He had been clearing small parts all week and was now to the packed ice, trying to break in with a pick ax. When we finally got all we could, I told him to go get a hot bath. He said he would and after the bath he would bring out hot water to try and melt the remainder.
The sad part was a young father running up and down the cleared section with his two kids on skateboards...
The gritting lorries have been out here (south west UK) since the end of last week, when we had about seven inches of snow on Friday. Sadly, they don't get out into the lanes around our house, but they did install several bins full of grit last summer, so we can get out and grit them ourselves. We also put the ashes and cinders from our fire on the road, which helps a lot.
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww What an adorable baby!!!! I love those hats with the little ears. He's SO cute!!!
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