Posted on 01/15/2005 8:53:10 AM PST by Snardius
I am tired of getting plowed in...I need your help.
Not long. but then we'd have to break out the ice skates.
LOLOL
It's going to be 79 degrees and partly cloudy in San Jose, Costa Rica today. One thing you can do while trapped behind your icewall is to surf the internet and see where you wish you lived.
I had to keep wiping the tears from my eyes to finish reading the story.
The funniest thing I have read....thanks.
Now....make my sides stop hurting....
The county says if I am someone who is physically unable to remove the snow, they will have a gang of convicts from the local low-security prison come out and shovel me out. Just what I want to see, a gang of thieves scoping out my house...
But I may have to resort to private enterprise.
Well, probably so. I know I'd try it, at least once anyway.
Well, that's one way of dealing with it, LOL.
LOLOLOL! That's a keeper for us here in Penna.
Stand on the front porch with a Remy 870 12ga, and they won't bother you. LOL!
I live in central TX, what is this "snow" of which you speak?
In Wisconsin, the plows would come by and nearly bury your street parked car. At least you HAVE a driveway. :)
One thing that's worked great for me over the years, is to shovel/snowblow all the way across the road, and do so several feet on either side of your property in addition to yours. Then when the plow comes by, the snow he accumulated already will be disposed of before he gets to your property, and when he goes the other way, it will happen the same way.
I'm picturing an ally here, so I don't mean if you have a real road to shovel the snow into someone else's problem. A rural road would be similar I imagine.
It's white flakes of moisture that fall from the sky like rain and if it's cold enough, it piles up on the ground. In the mountains (you Texans will have to Google mountains for an image since nothing in Texas resembles anything close) :-), we strap skinny boards on our feet and slide down the slopes on it which is the most fun you can have with your clothes on.
I tried that but the plow is too big and it made no appreciable difference in the size of the berm...and my neighbor across the street stood in his doorway with a scowl on his face so I stopped. [heh,heh]
The plowing to the center make good sense.
I lived in Spokane, Washington 20 years ago. When the grader came by the driveway, the grader driver dropped a device that held back the snow until he cleared the driveway.
The boot looked something like this
and this
Concerning all of the pain they cause, the local governments should invest.
I used to get up early in another snowy area. Shovel the driveway, go to work. Then come back later, and have to park in the street, while I shoveled out the berm left by the grader.
Occasionally, you will see a grader driver who will back up and take a second swipe at the driveway, pulling the snow beyond.
Wow, I really DO learn something new every day! Your member page says you live in Nevada. That's the LAST place (in the continental US) that I would associate with a snow problem. (well, maybe second last, right after Corpus Christi) How much do you get each year?
We're in the high desert -- four seasons country; winter isn't usually this bad, however -- last time we had a storm of this size was 1996.
It's the boot. And that is what the chief engineer in my county called "an expensive luxury."
"In the meantime, buy your kid a snowauger, and tell him to get out of the house and make money."
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I know what an ice auger is - used to drill ice fishing holes in the lake. What the heck is a snow auger? I can't imagine how that would work. If I really want to know, I'll google it, I guess.
Snardius, do you have an ATV? You can buy a blade for it. Works good. If you don't already have an ATV, you might think of getting one - just for the fun of it!
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