Chairs

Many people have written about this, but one aspect of snowy Chicago just cracks me up.

Chairs.

I refer, of course, to the time-honored tradition of saving the parking spot you've taken the time and energy to shovel out by blocking it with a pair of folding chairs. The last several winters, we haven't had tons of snow, so the chairs haven't manifested themselves much. But we just got 12 inches the other day, and they're baaaaaack!

Some people don't have chairs, and use things like cardboard boxes and sawhorses to mark their spots. Other people get a little more creative. Like this picture - it looks like a broken vacuum cleaner piece and a giant spring. Who knows?

The day I saw a kid's Fisher Price riding car out on the street, I just about lost it!