… check that…. my neighbourhood is like an ice rink and its not getting any better.

We had some snow in Toronto last week… the narrow streets in my neighbourhood got a decent amount, maybe 20 cm.  This wouldn’t usually be  a huge problem but we haven’t seen a snow plow or even a salter in ages (maybe after the previous snow fall).  To complicate the situation temperatures went up for a day and then we had a flash freeze.  Everything is now ICE.  There are ice tracks down every street and only a single car can pass at a time.

This sucks for driving and parking, I’ve gone out to push 3 cars  in the past 5 days that couldn’t get out of a parking space or just got stuck in the middle of the street.  This is even worse for running.  The roads are so icy and bumpy that I can’t run on them and there are so many people who didn’t remove the snow from their sidewalk so now the sidewalks are like rolling , bumpy death traps.

The city has bi-laws about clearing sidewalks but as near as I can tell they are not enforced.   As  I run over a sidewalk that hasn’t been cleared I curse the homeowner….. JERKS