lesterb wrote: Those guys are driving on the wrong side of the road.
someone commented on that, where i first saw this. i find it comical, anyway. better for a February post, but, i doubted i would remember that long.
other unconfirmed comments i noticed -
it’s located in Japan;
why do the trees appear to be growing at the top of the snowpiles?
i’m easy. i think it’s funny, even if full of flaws.
i’ve seen roads close to this!
even here in the midwest u.s., wind can cause huge piles of drifting snow on highways, that plows must forge through. altho, the roads are not typically as snow/ice free as these appear to be.
i’ve heard, Switzerland has (some) heated highways (?) .. but, not at all sure about that.
Pavement Snow Melting
http://www.oit.edu/docs/default-source/ ... f?sfvrsn=2
one place we lived near was a military base that used a large central hot water heat system for buildings+residences (i think.) this was built long ago, i believe, since defunct. however, they cleverly designed it so the hot water pipes were under many of the (busy) sidewalks, which kept sidewalks clear. that may have been a WWII construct.
my dear father in law, an engineer, decided to heat their short+steep concrete driveway, he did it himself! before i met them. their driveway went into a single car garage under their kitchen. their original house was a tiny bungalow. they added some, over the years. so inventive, creative, resourceful.
they lived 60 years in one house!
they paid $5,000 cash for it, never made a mortgage payment in their marriage.
that’s something to think about.
coincidentally, he loved shoveling snow, and ice fishing.
i guess i picked up some of his snow shoveling habits. i’m not in his league, but, our neighbors are ‘way behind us on that! lol my husband and i could shovel our drive, and some neighbors, before the plows ever arrived. two working together can get a lot done, and enjoy it. the good old days.
