Well, its finally starting to feel like winter, and I have to say its bittersweet. I mean not having a driveway really makes the act of defending your spot against the masses of lazy non-shovelers into something of an suburbanized struggle for survival. Goddamed scavengers are always there just waiting to swoop in and pick off your freshly cleaned spot, but this is nothing new, the battle for parking spots is one I have waged for like ten plus years now.
Everyone has developed their own strategy for defending their spot; some go the easy way and put chairs up to block it off, while others offer a more elaborate set up that can include caution tape and cones making the spot appear to be a crime scene.
I used to forgo all that nonsense and just floor my car out of whatever snowbank it happened to be caught it, this worked out very nicely since no one could get back into the spot except someone with four wheel drive. As I said this worked out until I moved into my current residents, where everyone on the street has a pickup or large SUV, and can easily get into my spot the same way I got out. So as most animals my tactics changed, an I began to dig out only enough to room to allow TW's and my car to escape their snowy tomb. Eventually I changed tactics again, because sometimes its better to be an opportunist when it comes to protecting ones land. I no longer fear having my spot taken, since I can just as well take someone else's spot. It is by this act that I continue the battle for years and years, all because one person couldn't be bothered to shovel out their spot.
Nathan
