On Sun, 01 Mar 2015 13:53:03 -0500, Justan Olphart wrote:

On 3/1/2015 1:17 PM, True North wrote:
On Sunday, 1 March 2015 13:40:05 UTC-4, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 3/1/2015 10:34 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 01 Mar 2015 09:46:51 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:


Plow is going back on the truck this afternoon in anticipation of
5"-8" of new snow overnight. Getting to be an expert at getting
it on and off the truck. I can do either now in less than 5 minutes.

We may have the A/C on next week. Mid 80s. Wish I could send you some
heat.



Yeah, that's the other issue with this winter. It's been unusually
cold. Normal highs for this time of year is in the low to mid 40's.
We have consistently been in the teens or 20's for highs for over a
month now. Nights still drop to single digits or below.

I heard that the weather pattern is changing though and we might start
getting some more seasonable temps here in the next couple of weeks.
Right now we have two more snow storms to deal with. Tonight's and
another on Tues/Wed. The one on Tuesday may change to rain though,
collapsing more roofs.

The big problem here is fron 4 to 6 inches of rock hard ice built up on the sidewalks. Most people are walking in the middle of severly narrowed streets.
I go out and punish the ice chipper to make a bit of headway here and there.
Also we have a severe short supply of rock salt and traction sand. You have to be there when the deliveries come in or you're sh*t out of luck. Yesterday I got desperate and paid double for pool filter sand. I do have a trash can 3/4 full of sand but water got in and it froze solid.

Suggestion: Store your sand inside or put the damn cover on the trash
can. :-)

Don does not take suggestions about his winter practices very well.

If his shovel is buried, I wonder how he'd handle the sand anyway.
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