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Before You Dig: 8 Snow-Shoveling Tips (Bloated Government Barf Alert!)
Arlington Patch ^ | February 14, 2014 | Mary Ann Barton

Posted on 02/15/2014 7:13:41 AM PST by McBuff

Ever wonder what a "Loss Prevention Manager" of a "Risk Management Division" of Arlington County, Va does for a living? You didn't? That's what I thought. Well apparently, he dresses up in a suit, tie and overcoat, puts on his ear muffs and then tells us how to shovel snow. Yes, that's right, how to shovel snow. Oh, you think you already know how to shovel snow and don't need a high salaried public employee to tell you how to do it "properly?". . well, think again. His knowledge of how to shovel snow properly is impressive; probably representing hours of "loss prevention" research by, no doubt, an enourmous staff. God, I'm so grateful for having a Risk Manager like this fellow. . .what would we do without him and the government to tell us how to shovel snow!!?? (Watch the video for a good laugh, by the way. . .in case you didn't already know it. . we are doomed).


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To: McBuff
“Dress in layers and wear warm clothing, especially because wind chills will be dropping below zero.”

God I wish I had known this one before. I shoveled last week in a Hawaiian shirt and nearly froze to death.

21 posted on 02/15/2014 7:29:53 AM PST by Rennes Templar
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To: BinaryBoy
The government is an imitation of the movie Brazil.

Ha. I just watched that last night. Sort of P G Wodehouse meets George Orwell. I recommend it.

22 posted on 02/15/2014 7:29:55 AM PST by Paine in the Neck (Our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor)
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To: lurk
"...Big government, based on the idea that with enough micromanagement the world can be perfect..."

Aren't you the wordy one? You can use one word to replace that sentence:

"Liberalism"

Heh, it just reminded me one of the things that I actually DO appreciate about liberalism… Whenever they have a point to make, they can't help themselves and give away the entire context and content of their message in the first few words of what they are trying to say. I have read so much liberal pabulum, that if I pick up an opinion piece I can tell almost exactly what points that liberal will make just by reading a few words.

I've often opined that I should be grateful to him because those are precious minutes of my life that I won't spend reading their crap, and I won't have to regret never getting those minutes back!

On the downside, I can occasionally get taken in by a satirist or a clever conservative writer, so I do try to take the time to read the entire article now. It only took me a few years on free Republic after putting my foot in my mouth a few times to make sure I did that!

23 posted on 02/15/2014 7:31:03 AM PST by rlmorel ("A nation, despicable by its weakness, forfeits even the privilege of being neutral." A. Hamilton)
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To: McBuff

I wonder if he has another PSA on using snow in the absense of toilet paper.


24 posted on 02/15/2014 7:32:59 AM PST by Conspiracy Guy (Did the ancients know they were ancients? Or did they see themselves as presents?)
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To: Cboldt

Thank you. I will try that for sure.


25 posted on 02/15/2014 7:33:43 AM PST by napscoordinator ( Santorum-Bachmann 2016 for the future of the country!)
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To: Dr. Sivana

don’t the sidewalks belong to the city?let them shovel it.


26 posted on 02/15/2014 7:36:59 AM PST by old gringo
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To: McBuff

27 posted on 02/15/2014 7:43:00 AM PST by Manic_Episode (GOP = The Whig Party)
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To: Manic_Episode

LOL!


28 posted on 02/15/2014 7:45:21 AM PST by McBuff
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To: McBuff

Step One: hire some kid to do it. Nearly fainted last winter when some kid and his buddy knocked on my door, offering to shovel snow from the driveway and front walk for $10. Hadn’t encountered that in decades. May be hope for this country after all.


29 posted on 02/15/2014 7:45:55 AM PST by PowderMonkey (WILL WORK FOR AMMO)
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To: old gringo
don’t the sidewalks belong to the city? Let them shovel it.

They will ... for $25 to $200.
30 posted on 02/15/2014 7:46:17 AM PST by Dr. Sivana ("We are not sluts."--Sandra Fluke)
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To: Iron Munro

LOL. .Great image!!


31 posted on 02/15/2014 7:46:28 AM PST by McBuff
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To: napscoordinator

Spray Pam or silicone in the discharge chute.


32 posted on 02/15/2014 7:52:14 AM PST by 2111USMC (Aim Small Miss Small)
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To: McBuff
said the faggot that prolly never shoveled snow in it's life...
33 posted on 02/15/2014 7:52:27 AM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: 2111USMC

2111USMC, proudly posting without reading the thread since 2001.


34 posted on 02/15/2014 8:02:43 AM PST by 2111USMC (Aim Small Miss Small)
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To: McBuff
So why the hell aren't the Obama youth out there shoveling snow?


35 posted on 02/15/2014 8:05:27 AM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Dr. Sivana; napscoordinator

Well I guess it all depends on your snow blower.


36 posted on 02/15/2014 8:08:03 AM PST by SolidRedState (I used to think bizarro world was a fiction.)
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To: McBuff

Shovel snow? I just put the Jeep in 4WD.


37 posted on 02/15/2014 8:13:43 AM PST by CrazyIvan (Obama phones= Bread and circuits.)
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To: SolidRedState
Lay a length of det-cord down the center of the sidewalk before the snow fall.

Snow removal is instantaneous, and very satisfying...

38 posted on 02/15/2014 8:17:56 AM PST by null and void (<--- unwilling cattle-car passenger on the bullet train to serfdom)
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To: null and void

Yeah, baby!


39 posted on 02/15/2014 8:19:09 AM PST by SolidRedState (I used to think bizarro world was a fiction.)
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To: McBuff

The guy in the video is not doing it right, he’s twisting his back.


40 posted on 02/15/2014 8:21:44 AM PST by right way right (America has embraced the suck of Freedumb.)
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