tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320999636592289224.post5173802761900961715..comments2023-08-10T07:52:00.707-05:00Comments on trout fishing in minnesota: Plowing right alongJim H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08221390745888733656noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320999636592289224.post-67257251788035943652008-12-30T12:15:00.000-06:002008-12-30T12:15:00.000-06:00Bleet/Brendon:A friend of mine who visited Cuba a ...Bleet/Brendon:<BR/><BR/>A friend of mine who visited Cuba a couple years ago said that all of the snowplows in the country were owned and operated by the state. I hear that their snowplows last a very long time and very little is spent to operate them, so it seems to work well there.Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08221390745888733656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320999636592289224.post-22808604468847313312008-12-30T08:53:00.000-06:002008-12-30T08:53:00.000-06:00I say the solution is to hyper-governmentalize it....I say the solution is to hyper-governmentalize it... take all the money allotted to the market for snowplowing and give it to the government. Plenty o' cash for some good big government plowing then.Brendon Etterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17858648352613207580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320999636592289224.post-50174634708129816092008-12-29T13:06:00.000-06:002008-12-29T13:06:00.000-06:00Penny:Part of the economic recovery package should...Penny:<BR/><BR/>Part of the economic recovery package should be that each city hires some folks (or a contractor)and buys some small Bobcat-style front end loaders. The new employees driving the new Bobcats would follow the big plows around. Their sole function would be to remove the windrows of snow from driveways and intersections. They'd do the fine work the big plows can't. Helps the unemployment rate, reduces health care insurance claims (fewer lower back problems and frostbite problems among the populace), and increases productivity.Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08221390745888733656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320999636592289224.post-52254642089691855952008-12-29T12:10:00.000-06:002008-12-29T12:10:00.000-06:00That's how they handle garbage collection in some ...That's how they handle garbage collection in some communities; it seems inefficient and aggravating to me to have all these different providers coming in at different times and with different equipment, so the quality of your drive down the street may vary houselength by houselength -- and what about the ones that don't even get their sidewalks shoveled now? (I guess you do suggest contracting with neighbors so it's not so piecemeal.) I love your idea of being able to arrange not to have snow dumped in the driveway, the normal practice of which creates its own huge inefficiencies as countless homeowners have to do backbreaking work as a result of the street-plowing process.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11830553767527010173noreply@blogger.com