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Sigmund

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HollyGolightly said:
I like your new bunny way better than your fluffy bunnies.
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Hi! I LIKED DiO'Bolic fluffy bunny. :Oo:

What are Flagitious Bunnies? :umm:

I do not like this bunny

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*run away*

Ha!
 
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FlakeNoir

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Autumnlyn said:
Frost heave?...I had to google it. You poor things in the North East USA. My heart goes out to you. You've had a hell of a winter season, can't even imagine driving in it. Stay safe!
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I just learned what this was too this year... had never heard of it before. (Not surprisingly, I guess--it just doesn't get that cold here.)
 
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blunthead

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Autumnlyn said:
Frost heave?...I had to google it. You poor things in the North East USA. My heart goes out to you. You've had a hell of a winter season, can't even imagine driving in it. Stay safe!
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FlakeNoir said:
I just learned what this was too this year... had never heard of it before. (Not surprisingly, I guess--it just doesn't get that cold here.)
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Likewise, here is the first time the term has ever been absorbed via my eardrum.
 
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Walter Oobleck

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Some areas of the country also experience this..."seasonal load/road restrictions" When the frost starts "coming out of the ground" road restrictions are put in place...meaning that heavy vehicles like logging trucks, concrete trucks and the like are restricted, usually to main highways only...but I'm not up-to-speed on the issue...'cause honestly being allowed on "main" highways while disallowed on minor roads doesn't make much sense. Seasonal road restrictions are in place here in the U.P.

Builders...concrete masons...must have footings below the "frost level"...amounts to a minimum of 42" deep...and depending on soil conditions--heavy concentrations of clay-type soil--have the potential to foul things. Road construction is pricey.

Pressure cracks on the big lake--Superior--are a thing to behold, too...heard tell they sound like a jet going past. Large heavy thick sheets of ice crack and if you can imagine the crack traveling...which is how a crack develops...you can possibly appreciate the effect. Which only goes to show that ice-fishermen...women are smarter than that...are looney-tunes.
 
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We have those restrictions here--it's known as the roads being "Posted". It's to try to protect the roads from being damaged while the frost is coming out of the ground which makes the road surface softer and more susceptible to breaking up from the weight of the trucks over a certain weight. According to the Maine DOT site, it can cost anywhere from 300K to over 1M per mile to repair that sort of damage. During that time--usually from mid-March/early April through the middle of May--trucks can only use the posted roads if the temperature is below freezing and there is no standing water on the road so most businesses that use that class of trucks do their work early in the morning or early evening if the day is cold enough. Municipalities have the discretion to set their own weight limits but they're also responsible for repairing the damage done to the roads not maintained by the DOT.
 
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