"John H." wrote in message
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On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 18:53:48 GMT, "Doug Kanter"

wrote:

"John H." wrote in message
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Yeah well anyway...gravel ends up getting shoved into the same end of
the
parking lot where the snow goes, leaving bare ground and mud. Then, it
needs
to be redistributed in the spring. It also provides an endless supply of
rocks to be thrown by vandals.


The operator raises the blade of the plow so as not to scrape the
gravel.
It's
not like plowing pavement where the blade must ride on the surface. A
half
inch
or so of snow on gravel makes little difference to the traction.

Are the vandals in your community prevented from vandalizing by paved
lots?

At any point in the past, have you made any observations of how kids
behave?


Absolutely!

Right. So you know that even a relatively OK kid, when presented with a
sudden richness of rocks, will pick on up and throw it, even if he knows
he'll catch hell when it breaks something.