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Our roads here are among the worst. Pot holes, big cracks, holes, etc... now thats understandable considering we get 10 months of winter which involves graders, tractors, and other heavy equipment which can lead to road damage, and just the cold itself. But during our 2 months of summer, they dont bother fixing it, instead, they start now. Its snowing out, and yet they are finally fixing some roads, and pouring pavement. There's construction all over right now, its funny.

Pavement poured in freezing temperature does not turn out too well, as it freezes before it has time to harden properly, so it ends up not being as solid, and gets damaged easier. Then again, this does not matter since the year after they'll dig it up to fix pipes anyway.

When they built the new walmart, they actually did the parking lot right in middle of winter. That summer when the ground unfroze, it was like a roller coaster. It just made this huge wave of hills. If you drove there with a low car the bottom would actually hit the ground as you went up the pavement then down into the valley, then back up the next hill. They could of turned the walmart parking lot into a drive in theater, since you could just park your car on an incline and get a good view of the screen.

If you want to go to a cheap amusement park, just drive Timmins roads, and obey all construction signs, since you'll find a lot.

Archived topic from Iceteks, old topic ID:4571, old post ID:36406

lol it is bad here

but most of the construction here in the summer is on main roads that you probly dont go on mostly roads the truckers use offen

my street was dug up this summer and theres new highway leaving town just past schumacher

timmins is really big ^^ nothing here but green land but still its big

our welcome to timmins sign is like 40 mins away from timmins lol

but ya lol working like the city is fun

one guy working and 3 guys standing around getting payed to stand there

Archived topic from Iceteks, old topic ID:4571, old post ID:36408

yep thats great. And so true about the sign being so far away. The distance from the sign to the city center is bigger then some of the cities in the region.

Speaking of workers standing, I remember a while back they were cleaning out the sewers near my house, 3 guys. one takes a crow bar to lift the cover off, the other guy goes in, the 3rd lights up a cigarette and starts smoking, and occasionally spitting (inside the drain, where the 2nd guy went). Fun stuff!

But in all seriousnous, these guys have some tough jobs, when they actually work. Its gota suck working when its super cold, or raining, or boiling hot, depending on time of year.


Speaking of that new highway detour I heard rumors a mine could buy out schumacher to start digging. Not sure if its true or not, or if it will happen.

Archived topic from Iceteks, old topic ID:4571, old post ID:36409

i donno if its true ><

there is suppoed to be a new mine opening up sooner or later ..

could be in the center of schumacher

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No snow in BC yet I got a nice tan going on right now actually.

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well thats gotta suck lol

snow is the nicest thing in the world

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Triple6_wild wrote: well thats gotta suck lol

snow is the nicest thing in the world

I geuss its in one thought of it, I hate snow because that means crappy weather for sailing.

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