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Katie said…
I was reading about that earlier this week and that there are cities with actual laws that say you can do that to hold a spot after you've taken the time to shovel it clear...Ahhh...the things you folks have to think about that we have NO CLUE about here in Houston :o)
February 12, 2010 at 5:40 PM
Leslie @ Bei Mondi said…
Omg! That's crazy. So if you clean it off then it's yours? Weird rules.
February 12, 2010 at 11:53 PM
Marie Cramp said…
LOL!! Un-real! Out here, they would just move the chair or crash it with the car or something!
February 13, 2010 at 12:44 AM
stregata said…
LOL!! There are actual laws for that??
February 13, 2010 at 12:46 AM
SueBeads said…
So, in the City of Pittsburgh, it's actually not a law. The law says no one can reserve a parking space on a public street. However, it's a Pittsburgh tradition called parking chairs - if you shovel it, it's yours! They are all over the place. I have seen a parking stump, and some people have seen parking toilets. This apparently is totally a Pittsburgh phenomenon - the engineer has lived in many places and has never seen this except here!!!!!!
February 13, 2010 at 9:55 AM
Gardanne said…
I have never seen this in upstate NY, and we certainly have snow.
February 13, 2010 at 11:20 AM
Jen Judd said…
"You've got a friend in Pennsylvania" but you may not have a cleared up parking spot!! :) I'm from the PA country, so we just waited until the plows got to our road to go anywhere. haaaaaa
February 14, 2010 at 11:29 AM
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