Enough with the snow already

[7rider]

Our neighbor's kids just lucked out big time.
They finally got out to shovel out their van and driveway. Hadn't touched it since the storm (they were one of the families to evacuate).
So, the two boys are out there, shoveling and picking away at the big berm in front of the driveway. A bucket loader has been working up and down the street, clearing out the intersections (surprised as HECK to see that! ). The driver must've taken pity on the two, as he dropped the bucket right at their driveway and cleared away the snow pack for them! He saved them about 2 hours of back-breaking labor. Lucky kids. Phew!

[ny biker]

As someone who live 275 miles away from parents who are in their 70s, I would like to thank everyone who helps out neighbors who are older or otherwise limited in their physical ability to clear snow. My parents' neighbors helped them a lot with the blizzard in December, and I really appreciate knowing that they've got someone looking out for them.

[Biciclista]

Are you guys getting more snow?

[tulip]

Are you guys getting more snow?

Yes--another 12-20 inches in DC to Boston. I'm not, as I'm 100 miles south of DC. We're getting a bit of rain and sleet, but not until this evening. Maybe one inch total of snow tomorrow.

[7rider]

Are you guys getting more snow?

Yes. Want some???

[ny biker]

This is coming down faster than I expected. There's already almost 3 inches on top of my car.

[Cataboo]

My older neighbors have snowblowers, so I left them to their plowing - they were happily plowing anything & everything, just to be able to use their toy. But I don't think they're much older than 50-60?

there is a handicapped man who lives across the street with either a family member or a caregiver? I didn't see any signs of life at their house (no lights, etc.), so i didn't go over to shovel, even though I thought about it. 5 guys with 3 snowblowers showed up yesterday and dug out the house within about an hour. I'm still not certain if anyone was in the house or not (the next door neighbors to the house weren't sure, because we were discussing whether to go over and dig out the house... but we hadn't seen anyone so much as peep out the front door, and that house usually fairly quickly has a team of men that arrive to shovel or mow the grass or do any maintenance.

My 60 year old mother shoveled out the 75 year old couple that lives across the street from her - I'm not sure what all the younger neighbors were up to that they couldn't have helped.

It' been snowing here about 11:30 or so? It's not yet sticking to the roads, but it's sticking to any snow there is. I had to go out and shovel my driveway clear again because the plows came through. The first time they came through, they only plowed one lane and did that about 10 feet or more from my driveway - so everytime they come through, they plow it a bit wider and shove it in front of my driveway and I have to go dig an opening out again. This time they managed to move a huge hard packed snowboulder in front of my driveway. Only 7 more feet or so till they reach the curb and stop filling me in.

[divingbiker]

My older neighbors ... But I don't think they're much older than 50-60?

Ahem!

[tulip]

Ahem!

My thoughts exactly!!

[Cataboo]

Ahem!

That's why I said older, not OLD.

But I could be really bad at judging the age of chubby bald old men. They could be older. I just haven't asked

And if someone decides to shovel your walk because they think you might be older - I think you should sit back & let them

Owlice, I never measured my snow that first day - it had sunk down some by the 2nd day. So I'm not sure what I'm at.

[Zen]

When someone makes a riding snowblower I'll get one

[HillSlugger]

When someone makes a riding snowblower I'll get one

I'm pretty sure you can add a snowblower attachment to a ride-on tractor/mower

[Selkie]

That's why I said older, not OLD.

But I could be really bad at judging the age of chubby bald old men. They could be older. I just haven't asked

And if someone decides to shovel your walk because they think you might be older - I think you should sit back & let them

.

Your day will come (age is the great leveler).

DH and I---both of us closer to 50 than 30---helped a younger neighbor shovel out her minivan yesterday afternoon. She was desperate to get out of the house and escape her two sons!!

DH and I are native Pennsylvanians and are strong, efficient shovelers. We enjoy the physical labor. DH has an ice chipper that works like a champ---now all our neighbors want one!

[tulip]

They say we're only supposed to get 1-2 inches today in Richmond, but in the past hour my car has gone from grey to all white with about 2 inches already. And it's snowing so hard that I can barely see the house across the street!

[7rider]

DH and I are native Pennsylvanians and are strong, efficient shovelers. We enjoy the physical labor. DH has an ice chipper that works like a champ---now all our neighbors want one!

Sounds like us (DH is pushing the big five oh this year..shhhh...don't know if you noticed that AARP mailing in the picture of our mortar and pestle to grind coffee a few posts back).

DH is a native New Yorker, I'm from Connecticut. We both seem to have acquired a rep in our neighborhood as the crazy shovelers...Out there several times during a storm, not content until the driveway is bare pavement. Our neighbors (Texans, Columbia, India, and who knows where else) are content to brush off snow and drive over the piles, leaving the driveway(s) uncleared and ultimately, icy and treacherous. We have new neighbors from New Jersey who seem to be kindred spirits....at least in snow removal. Our friend John (a native of HI) has a son in college in Colorado. The son has learned the hard way the necessity of adequate shoveling after a storm this year!