Saturday, March 22, 2008
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Parking Ticket
This is a little dated but I've been waiting to vent until I found out how much this stupid ticket cost. So here's the story.
I received a ticket at 4:56am on 2/22/08 during a snow storm that the forecasters did not predict to start until after 7am. For the first time since the beginning of time the Westfield police decided to enforce the "no parking on snow covered roads", as all their residents peacefully slept knowing that the storm wouldn't start until mid-morning.
Once again the weathermen were wrong but this time because the storm actually appeared and developed a couple hours earlier than expected. Because the Westfield police felt like writing tickets that day they went ahead and wrote tickets for everyone on my street. Funny enough I was in my car by 6am on the road, long before the storm was allegedly going to start.
My lessons learned, courtesy of the Westfield Police Department and NYC area weathermen are:
I received a ticket at 4:56am on 2/22/08 during a snow storm that the forecasters did not predict to start until after 7am. For the first time since the beginning of time the Westfield police decided to enforce the "no parking on snow covered roads", as all their residents peacefully slept knowing that the storm wouldn't start until mid-morning.
Once again the weathermen were wrong but this time because the storm actually appeared and developed a couple hours earlier than expected. Because the Westfield police felt like writing tickets that day they went ahead and wrote tickets for everyone on my street. Funny enough I was in my car by 6am on the road, long before the storm was allegedly going to start.
My lessons learned, courtesy of the Westfield Police Department and NYC area weathermen are:
- Not to trust the weathermen (that's a given)
- Expect the unexpected, the Westfield police do work when you least expect it
- Don't expect logic or fairness to be used lightly
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Two Weeks In
It has been two weeks since I planted a large amount of seeds. The chives are growing so quickly, they are about 3 inches tall now. My thyme, oregano, and cilantro are doing well also. I've had 3 out of 9 sage plants sprout, I'm a little bit disappointed with that. Yesterday I noticed my first rosemary sprout and I'm still waiting on the lavender to start.
One week ago I planted large (6) and small (10) sunflower seeds. Yesterday they all sprouted at the same time! I imagine in 2 weeks I will be transplanting many of these sprouts into larger containers prepping them for the spring. =)
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