Alpo Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 I hope they caused some serious damage to their vehicle. A few months back I had a thread about a hole in the road. The hole is still there. The way the city solved the problem was to put a barricade over the hole. Not no flimsy plastic one, or even one made of wood. This is made of angle iron and sheet steel. Weighs about 50 pounds. Four times in the past few months I have found it lying in the road. As sturdy as it is, it could not have been blown down. Someone had to either walk out in the road and knock it down because they were jerks, or somebody hit it with their car. I hope that they hit it with their car, and there is now a large dent in a fender or a door or a grill. I hope there's several hundred to several thousand dollars worth of damage. Does that make me mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Nope means you believe in Karma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 7 minutes ago, Sedalia Dave said: Nope means you believe in Karma. Agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Any particular reason why you’d want someone to damage their vehicle because the city isn’t doing their job?? If the barricade isn’t lighted up and brightly marked, it, (the city) should probably be liable for damages to any vehicles! Your tax dollars at work!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 35 minutes ago, Alpo said: The way the city solved the problem was to put a barricade over the hole. Not no flimsy plastic one, or even one made of wood. This is made of angle iron and sheet steel. I bet it cost more to fabricate that than to fill in the hole properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 But, you aren't a nice person. That's why I like and admire you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 No, Karma is when the public works supervisor get his BMW dinged by it. Or his wife’s car and SHE won’t let him forget it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 This is right in front of my house. It’s been there for about 3 weeks after replacing a water valve. The hole is about 2-3 foot deep! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 9 hours ago, Sedalia Dave said: Nope means you believe in Karma. 4 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: No, Karma is when the public works supervisor get his BMW dinged by it. Or his wife’s car and SHE won’t let him forget it. ..... I thought Karma was your Vice President ........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Joker Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 43 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: This is right in front of my house. It’s been there for about 3 weeks after replacing a water valve. The hole is about 2-3 foot deep! Start putting your trash bags in it to fill it up. I bet somebody comes by immediately to tell you cease and desist. Then it'll take 6 more months for works to fill it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Devil Dale Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 A civil, good humored phone call asking Public Works about the repair timeline will usually get either the repair completed or a reasonable explanation. My experience is that most of the time, they try to provide good service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted August 27, 2022 Author Share Posted August 27, 2022 19 hours ago, Blackwater 53393 said: Any particular reason why you’d want someone to damage their vehicle because the city isn’t doing their job?? If the barricade isn’t lighted up and brightly marked, it, (the city) should probably be liable for damages to any vehicles! Your tax dollars at work!! My original post was about how to make sure they understood which intersection, since there are two intersections of Arthur and 20th about 100 yards apart. Since my original post a hole has opened up at the other intersection of Arthur and 20th. I don't think the barricades are difficult to see. And the holes are not "low spots in the pavement". They are holes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Joker Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Atomic gophers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 13 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: This is right in front of my house. It’s been there for about 3 weeks after replacing a water valve. The hole is about 2-3 foot deep! Not on my watch. We backfill when the job is done and we don't leave until it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 2 hours ago, Alpo said: My original post was about how to make sure they understood which intersection, since there are two intersections of Arthur and 20th about 100 yards apart. Since my original post a hole has opened up at the other intersection of Arthur and 20th. I don't think the barricades are difficult to see. And the holes are not "low spots in the pavement". They are holes. That's not a pothole. That's a sinkhole from a busted pipe underneath. Not a quick patch. You will see a crew out to dig it up eventually. We would be on it quick but we run a small town utility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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