When winter hands you lemons ....

The village I live in closes a street downtown and trucks in your unwanted snow banks. Saturday and Sunday kids [of all ages] are allowed to take a slide. By Monday at noon it's gone.

That looks awesome

We have one puny hill in the entire city, and it is man-made.

When it snows, the city sez:

In reply to bludroptop:

That's just wrong.

There are towns in mega- litigious NJ that have skate parks in township parks, if that can happen than any town anywhere should be able figure out figure out how to protect their butts from liability.

In reply to bludroptop:

It amuses me to see stuff like this when I know of three "sanctioned" sledding hills near where I work in central NJ. For one of them, they install orange catch fencing at the bottom and posts signs on the road warning drivers. I'm pretty sure the actual property is owned by Rutgers Univ.

Following completion of some road construction there was a great hill on an exit ramp off I-95 near my home in PA, but PennDOT posted "no parking signs" every 20 feet. Then they let the underbrush grow up and it's no longer suitable for sledding.

The one made on the street is awesome.

One great thing about Pittsburgh is the righteous sledding hills. Heck, one city park has ski slopes.

That looks like what I used to dream about when I was a kid, before I saw my first Coutach and Vector W12

wasn't there a thread about cities that had banned sledding within the city limits or some such ?

If they bamned sledding in mn, we'd riot. Pretty sure its part of the culture here to get injured or maimed at least once sledding. I did several times.y favorite was the time I hit a mailbox and landed in the street. One of the first times I needed an ankle xray. We still sled on the hill outside the courthouse.

mndsm wrote: If they bamned sledding in mn, we'd riot. Pretty sure its part of the culture here to get injured or maimed at least once sledding. I did several times.y favorite was the time I hit a mailbox and landed in the street. One of the first times I needed an ankle xray. We still sled on the hill outside the courthouse.

we have some awesome sledding hills here too. several are in the metroparks system and are lit at night, have firepits, and parking lots. it gets hairy with people flying down on metal runner sleds, kids out of control on round sleds, and you have to keep an eye on the little ones and to make sure nobody takes you out, but it sure is fun.

Hehehe and if you hit a sibling, you win sledding. Til mom finds out.

Finally a worthwhile use for tax dollars! I learned some very important life skills sledding.

mndsm wrote: If they bamned sledding in mn, we'd riot.

There was a story in the Star Tribune about this subject last month, after it was announced that Dubuque, Iowa was restricting sledding or tobogganing in city parks. It turns out that there's a clause in MN state law about recreational immunity, which shields governments in Minnesota against liability from sledding accidents. http://www.startribune.com/local/blogs/287962311.html

I remember an episode from when I was young - another kid did a banzai run on his sled down the hill and straight into the parking lot, went under the rear end of a car, and beaned himself on the car's differential. There was a big BONNGGG noise when his head hit the diff. He was a little wobbly when he crawled out from under the car, but he was okay.

wbjones wrote: wasn't there a thread about cities that had banned sledding within the city limits or some such ?

Yeah...that would be Hamilton Ontario. Great example of the government trying to suck and blow at the same time: Canadian taxpayers pay millions trying to coax kids outside, then we fine them as soon as they go out and do anything. I have to believe that government positions are assigned on an inverse IQ basis.

as I recall, (keep in mind how old I've gotten and how many brain cells I've killed getting this old ) there were lots of folk that chimed in with examples of their cities doing / trying to do, the same thing

The amazing thing about 914 drivers post? This happened in New York !

stuart in mn wrote:

mndsm wrote: If they bamned sledding in mn, we'd riot.

There was a story in the Star Tribune about this subject last month, after it was announced that Dubuque, Iowa was restricting sledding or tobogganing in city parks. It turns out that there's a clause in MN state law about recreational immunity, which shields governments in Minnesota against liability from sledding accidents. http://www.startribune.com/local/blogs/287962311.html I remember an episode from when I was young - another kid did a banzai run on his sled down the hill and straight into the parking lot, went under the rear end of a car, and beaned himself on the car's differential. There was a big BONNGGG noise when his head hit the diff. He was a little wobbly when he crawled out from under the car, but he was okay.

Yeah, that sounds like MN sledding. Didnt know about the clause though. Stay classy MN, stay classy.

914Driver wrote: The village I live in closes a street downtown and trucks in your unwanted snow banks. Saturday and Sunday kids [of all ages] are allowed to take a slide. By Monday at noon it's gone.

That's awesome. How do they make it disappear by Monday at noon?

The same way they got it there on Friday between noon and four.

Trucks & bucket loaders.

In reply to 914Driver: Did you wax down the toboggan?

Some would say it's a liability, but the Moms & Dads walk around the corner for coffee or a cup of soup; some people come from some distance and never go downtown, this entices them to come back for dinner.

Trish and I live two blocks away so we can walk down for quesadias, calamari or a glass of wine and walk home. I like small town life.

That is really cool!

TRoglodyte wrote: Did you wax down the toboggan?

No. Spent Saturday unberkeleying the snow blower. Who delivers phone books the night before a big snow storm?

Spent Sunday removing an electric garage door opener and installing a new one, nylon gears puked.

914, what town is that? I know you are near Albany(sort of).

In reply to 914Driver:

I was shocked to find I still get a phone book. Do they do this every year? My friend's kids would love that.