Tuesday, June 10, 2008

REAL Road Rage

Do they do this where you live? Oil and chip the roads? Well, they have done it to several roads in our area and it seems like they just don't want me to have a way to get home! First, they did Thompson Run Road. That's the road that comes off of Buttermilk Hollow and past the old Woodlawn drive in to Homestead Duquesne Road. And they did half the road one day and the other half the next. Except, that the day they did the first half, we had a torrential downpour, probably right after they finished, so all the chips are gone and it has left an oily mess! When you drive on it, it sounds like you have a flat tire or something! So, I quit coming home that way.
My alternate route was to come out Lebanon Church Road Extension, past Mr. Hoagie and what used to be the Airways lounge, and hang the left onto Bettis Road. Well, the chipped that road too and the same thing happened. So, the side coming home is all oily and no chips! It's weird how that happened on the same side of both roads!
Yesterday, I had to go to Giant Eagle after Dean was done at the chiropractor and we had gone out to dinner. He takes the "T" from town and gets the truck from my work, goes to the chiropractor, then comes back and gets me. Anyhoo, we went to Armstrong's for dinner last night. Yum-O! We both had linguine with clam sauce. His was red sauce with scallops, mine was white with shrimp. We each ahd really nice salads and lots o' bread! We left there and drove to where Dean parks the car in the morning to get the bus, and they I proceeded to the Giant Eagle. Well, they have oiled and chipped Commonwealth Avenue too! This the road that goes from Homestead Duquesne road, past what used to be Duquesne Golf Club, and towards West Mifflin High and Kennywood. The side of the road that I was traveling had the chips washed away as well. Is there a conspiracy here or something? Don't the people that order this done know what it does to your vehicle. The chips can chip your paint when they fly up and the oil just makes a mess when it splashes up.....................Jeesh!!!!

1 comment:

--David said...

Yeap, they do that here when they re-"pea gravel" the roads. Oil and tiny bits of gravel get on everything! what a mess!!