Enough with the snow already

[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

[aicabsolut]

After spending 9 hrs in the office today, I think everything has been done that needs to be done for the week (actually, all of the essential stuff due this week I had done a long time ago, but my boss reviews everything literally at the last minute).

Unfortunately, he calls me on the office phone only and gets pissed when I don't pick up (once we had a fire drill in the building and apparently, he flipped out b/c I wasn't there to get the phone). Easy for him since he is NEVER THERE. I haven't bought groceries in almost 2 weeks. Should be interesting.

Anyone have a better job for me? I can tune derailleurs. And train horses. And do some lawyerly things.

[7rider]

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

John Deere has one for a paltry $1400.
Tire chains for your tractor are extra.

[Zen]

I don't want a riding mower with an attachment. I want a snow blower with a seat on it. And where's the jet pack they said we'd all have by now?

[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!

[owlice]

Maybe next time he needs to pee, he'll use the litter box....

[HillSlugger]

The last time I looked we were up to 6.5" of new snow.

7, where in NY is Tom from?

[7rider]

7, where in NY is Tom from?

Hopewell. At the junction of the Taconic and I-84. His dad was an IBM-man.

Just tackled some of the driveway. Too much and too heavy to push, so it's grab a shovel full, walk to the side of the driveway and heave it over the berm (5' and growing). Walk back. Grab another shovel full. Walk to the side of the driveway and heave. And on and on. Stopping only to cover our faces when a gust blows snow up our noses and into our eyes. I'm taking a break. My fingers were too cold. DH is still out there. I'm gonna refuel on Medjool dates and Keebler Fudge Stripe cookies!

[Biciclista]

Maybe next time he needs to pee, he'll use the litter box....

oh POOR KITTY!

and YES! SEND SNOW to SEATTLE ! PLEASE!