tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777096.post1514281717188368380..comments2023-11-02T05:16:59.191-04:00Comments on Briques du Neige: La chenillette me fait chier!OlmanFeelyushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17521657876810568251noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777096.post-26884035144118788082010-12-22T13:20:52.752-05:002010-12-22T13:20:52.752-05:00What do *I* call those little snow plow thingies?
...What do *I* call those little snow plow thingies?<br /><br />Usually, my prefered term is "Toi mon astie de malade, si tu me rentre dedans j'vais te péter la yeule calisse."<br /><br />Seriously. Every time I come across one of these, they seem to be trying to kill me.<br /><br />Every. Single. Time.<br /><br />Also, for what it's worth, I've never ever heard the word chenillette. We usually say "la gratte."<br /><br />Although, we usually use it in a sentence. Like "Tasse-toi, la gratte s'en vient pis il se calisse de nous autre."Jocelynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777096.post-63996496740425253002010-12-14T14:01:31.139-05:002010-12-14T14:01:31.139-05:00They make $70k driving those things! Hell, I'...They make $70k driving those things! Hell, I'd pay to do a day's work clearing sidewalks with a chenillette/bombardier/gratte.<br /><br />And guess what? This morning they came by and did a proper clearing without doing any damage at all! I suspect we had a lame or impaired driver that first time around.OlmanFeelyushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17521657876810568251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777096.post-59814500801905386872010-12-14T13:04:12.941-05:002010-12-14T13:04:12.941-05:00What meezly said.
Seriously, avoiding fences/pede...What meezly said.<br /><br />Seriously, avoiding fences/pedestrians/personal property interferes heavily with drinking and driving, and god knows, they aren't paid enough to be THAT detail oriented ($70k is the average municipal blue collar worker's salary).angelicahttp://feed.angeli.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777096.post-42300569341325792672010-12-14T11:48:31.040-05:002010-12-14T11:48:31.040-05:00I'm sure the snow plower dudes are drunk and/o...I'm sure the snow plower dudes are drunk and/or stoned most of the time they're driving those things.<br /><br />Most of the time, they seem to be AIMING for the bikes that are not even in their way.<br /><br />Let's not forget the odd pedestrian that gets run over every winter by the street plow!meezlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09064532853057054875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777096.post-20836634282411242102010-12-14T01:06:27.269-05:002010-12-14T01:06:27.269-05:00As far as I remember (which means somewhere around...As far as I remember (which means somewhere around the late 80's in Québec city), "Chenillette' has always been the preferred term.<br /><br />For larger plowing device/contraptions/vehicles, there is the expressin "La gratte", "The scraper". It's actually a commonly understanded notion "Les libéraux ont passé la gratte dans le comté" which means "The liberals won in a landslide".<br /><br />We had a mad plower running around our neighborhood when I was young. My late, beloved father called him "Le gratteur fou", an expression he took from a local radio show. Buddy kept crashing into stuff at high speed early in the morning.<br /><br />But yeah, Chenillette is quite common.Olivierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18280119238261445564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777096.post-1468506939979887542010-12-13T17:16:03.780-05:002010-12-13T17:16:03.780-05:00Yeah, I asked about Bombardier at work but nobody ...Yeah, I asked about Bombardier at work but nobody here used that term. I'll broaden my survey.<br /><br />Thanks for the tip on the new models. I wonder if that's what happened to our fence.OlmanFeelyushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17521657876810568251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8777096.post-33127401974246087792010-12-13T16:52:49.945-05:002010-12-13T16:52:49.945-05:00The Quebecois in my life (one of them driving snow...The Quebecois in my life (one of them driving snow plows in the winter) call them Bombardiers. The original model (yellow) was made by that brand. Recently the city got new ones that are better maneuverable, but are slightly bigger.marehttp://Cleanmyscreen.canoreply@blogger.com