Comments on: Dear PoP – Snow Etiquette, Fed. Gov’t Closed and Another Great Snow Drink

By: former Georgetowner

former Georgetowner — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:59:55 +0000

yeah yeah. everyone has dug out their car somewhere. a public space is a public space. if you want a guaranteed spot, pay for your own damned garage space.

By: DF

DF — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:08:35 +0000

And hard work should be defended. If you park in the spot I spent an hour digging out, your car may be “accidentally damaged”. Probably with whatever I left to mark the spot I dug out.

By: DF

DF — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:06:26 +0000

Um, if you have a diesel or a small displacement engine (less than 2L), your car won’t warm up significantly at idle.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:32:22 +0000

bad idea.

By: Nichole

Nichole — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:30:50 +0000

Agreed, just be careful to clean out around your tailpipe first! There’s always one or two jackasses every winter who end up with carbon monoxide poisoning when they get back in their cars.

By: StubsDC

StubsDC — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:16:31 +0000

In most places its considered littering to shovel your snow into the street and you can be fined the amount equal to the cost to clean it up. i.e. you could be fined the cost of having a plow come to your street. Not that they ever come to most streets… but that could be a nasty fine.

By: CPT_Doom

CPT_Doom — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:15:06 +0000

Please, please, please when you’re cleaning off your car, start the engine. Turn the defroster on full the temperature to full heat and turn the rear window defroster on. I cannot believe how many people are cleaning their cars off and not taking advantage of the heat the car can generate. It will also help you recharge your batter AND give you tunes to listen to while you work.

By: Petworthian

Petworthian — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:32:15 +0000

Some food tips from an unfortunate newsperson – we do not get to skip work no matter the weather – The Au Bon Pain on 11th between L & New Hampshire is open. Looks like the manager and assistant manager stayed at a nearby hotel and they opened at 6 am! Hot coffee, fresh sandwiches, rice bowls, muffins, cookies etc. Kudos from the community, guys (especially us unlucky ones at work upstairs!) You can walk there from Mount Vernon/Convention Center or Metro Center pretty easily.
Also the Washington Plaza hotel bar and restaurants are open. The Hotel Henley Park has an excellent “tea” by the way, their scones are excellent.

By: ah

ah — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:52:35 +0000

You do realize that those porsches, BMWs, Audis, Mercedes are owned by communist party elites, right? Most Chinese when they google \Audi\ are taken to a Chinese motors website.

By: Pip

Pip — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:21:18 +0000

Quincy & Warder?