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On 2/21/2015 4:01 PM, True North wrote:
Mr. Luddite
- show quoted text -
"I'll ignore your snarky comment about Don. I guess you just don't
realize that some of us are dealing with record breaking conditions.

Fortunately, although getting long in the tooth, I am apparently healthy
overall. I haven't shoveled and dealt with so much snow and ice in
many moons and so far the ticker keeps ticking.

We are less than 10 inches away from the most snowfall in a winter since
records starting being kept 130 years ago. What makes it worse is that
all but 5.5 inches have fallen in the month of February. More tonight
and the possibility of another major storm on Wednesday. I have a
feeling the trend is changing though. I think (or am at least hopeful)
that the storm on Wednesday will end up going out to sea"


Just came downstairs after a session of reaching out a 2nd story window to clear snow/ice from the roof of the addition We put on in 2002/03 for mom.
I had gone out and brought the round mouth shovel ( that's creating such a stir in JohnnyMop and his raggedy little band of moppetts) into the house to increase my reach. Expecting rain and then another flash freeze tomorrow.
When will it ever end?


Is it really round nosed or is it what is called a garden spade?

--

Respectfully submitted by Justan

Laugh of the day from Krause

"I'm not to blame anymore for the atmosphere in here.
I've been "born again" as a nice guy."

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On 2/21/2015 4:01 PM, True North wrote:
Mr. Luddite
- show quoted text -
"I'll ignore your snarky comment about Don. I guess you just don't
realize that some of us are dealing with record breaking conditions.

Fortunately, although getting long in the tooth, I am apparently healthy
overall. I haven't shoveled and dealt with so much snow and ice in
many moons and so far the ticker keeps ticking.

We are less than 10 inches away from the most snowfall in a winter since
records starting being kept 130 years ago. What makes it worse is that
all but 5.5 inches have fallen in the month of February. More tonight
and the possibility of another major storm on Wednesday. I have a
feeling the trend is changing though. I think (or am at least hopeful)
that the storm on Wednesday will end up going out to sea"


Just came downstairs after a session of reaching out a 2nd story window to clear snow/ice from the roof of the addition We put on in 2002/03 for mom.
I had gone out and brought the round mouth shovel ( that's creating such a stir in JohnnyMop and his raggedy little band of moppetts) into the house to increase my reach. Expecting rain and then another flash freeze tomorrow.
When will it ever end?


I can completely understand. I tried shoveling a path out to the cabana
today with a typical "winter" snow shovel. All it did was
bend and eventually split. I had to go find my *summertime" steel dirt
shovels to make any headway.

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On 2/21/15 4:12 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/21/2015 4:01 PM, True North wrote:
Mr. Luddite
- show quoted text -
"I'll ignore your snarky comment about Don. I guess you just don't
realize that some of us are dealing with record breaking conditions.

Fortunately, although getting long in the tooth, I am apparently healthy
overall. I haven't shoveled and dealt with so much snow and ice in
many moons and so far the ticker keeps ticking.

We are less than 10 inches away from the most snowfall in a winter since
records starting being kept 130 years ago. What makes it worse is that
all but 5.5 inches have fallen in the month of February. More tonight
and the possibility of another major storm on Wednesday. I have a
feeling the trend is changing though. I think (or am at least hopeful)
that the storm on Wednesday will end up going out to sea"


Just came downstairs after a session of reaching out a 2nd story
window to clear snow/ice from the roof of the addition We put on in
2002/03 for mom.
I had gone out and brought the round mouth shovel ( that's creating
such a stir in JohnnyMop and his raggedy little band of moppetts) into
the house to increase my reach. Expecting rain and then another flash
freeze tomorrow.
When will it ever end?


I can completely understand. I tried shoveling a path out to the cabana
today with a typical "winter" snow shovel. All it did was
bend and eventually split. I had to go find my *summertime" steel dirt
shovels to make any headway.




I'm not shoveling any damned snow. We get our mail at a centralized
neighborhood kiosk on the part of the road the county plows. The UPS guy
always stomps across the lawn to toss packages on the front steps. If my
4-wheeler can't make it out the driveway, we'll wait until the snowplow
contractor gets to us. **** snow and the guy who brought it! :)

--
Proud to be a Liberal.

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On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 15:38:11 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 2/21/15 3:04 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/21/2015 2:55 PM, Tim wrote:
On Saturday, February 21, 2015 at 11:38:33 AM UTC-8, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/21/2015 2:20 PM, John H. wrote:
On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 13:35:40 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:


Well, I couldn't find a roof (snow) rake anywhere. So, I made one.
Problem is it's only long enough to reach about halfway up the
roof on the cabana.

First, to get out there, I had to re-shovel a path out to the cabana.
I can't believe how much snow is out there. I stopped at one point
and got a tape measure. Snow was 51 inches high in the area I was
shoveling and standing.

Anyway, got out to the cabana and cleared about half of the snow on
the front. That's a far as I could reach with my make-shift rake.

I then shoveled a path out behind the cabana, hoping to see that
the backside that sees the sun wasn't as bad. Wrong. It was
worse.

Screw it. Bring on the snow and rain. We have insurance.

Be careful. I heard of one guy that let his snow removal tools get
covered with four
feet of snow.

There's an organization I've heard of with a motto: "Let go, let God."

Maybe it's time to do so before you have a damn heart attack.


I'll ignore your snarky comment about Don. I guess you just don't
realize that some of us are dealing with record breaking conditions.

Fortunately, although getting long in the tooth, I am apparently healthy
overall. I haven't shoveled and dealt with so much snow and ice in
many moons and so far the ticker keeps ticking.

We are less than 10 inches away from the most snowfall in a winter since
records starting being kept 130 years ago. What makes it worse is that
all but 5.5 inches have fallen in the month of February. More tonight
and the possibility of another major storm on Wednesday. I have a
feeling the trend is changing though. I think (or am at least hopeful)
that the storm on Wednesday will end up going out to sea.


Richard, I feel for you. We've had about 18 inches of snow this year
and thats pittance compared to yours.


Right now I'd take a once a month 18 inches any day. 18" has become a
"nuisance" snowfall relatively, LOL.

The general Boston area has had over 98 inches so far with most of it
being on the south shore were we are. The all time record is just over
107 inches.

But, again, all but 5.5 inches have been in this month. It's
ridiculous. The piles of snow at intersections are so high you
can't see what traffic is on the road. People are flashing lights
and sounding the horn as they slowly pull out onto a road.


We're getting a bit of snow again, not a lot. This season, the county
purchased some really huge dump trucks on which to mount plows and load
road chemicals. I've never seen larger materials/dump trucks except on
mining sites.

I've got three more inches so far.
--

Guns don't cause problems. The behavior
of certain gun owners causes problems.

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On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 16:07:54 -0500, Justan Olphart wrote:

On 2/21/2015 3:40 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 2/21/15 2:20 PM, John H. wrote:

Be careful. I heard of one guy that let his snow removal tools get
covered with four
feet of snow.


There you go again, Colonel Klink.


What's with the name calling, Mr. Krause

He doesn't call names any more, remember?
--

Guns don't cause problems. The behavior
of certain gun owners causes problems.

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On 2/21/2015 4:06 PM, Justan Olphart wrote:
On 2/21/2015 3:04 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/21/2015 2:55 PM, Tim wrote:
On Saturday, February 21, 2015 at 11:38:33 AM UTC-8, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/21/2015 2:20 PM, John H. wrote:
On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 13:35:40 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:


Well, I couldn't find a roof (snow) rake anywhere. So, I made one.
Problem is it's only long enough to reach about halfway up the
roof on the cabana.

First, to get out there, I had to re-shovel a path out to the cabana.
I can't believe how much snow is out there. I stopped at one point
and got a tape measure. Snow was 51 inches high in the area I was
shoveling and standing.

Anyway, got out to the cabana and cleared about half of the snow on
the front. That's a far as I could reach with my make-shift rake.

I then shoveled a path out behind the cabana, hoping to see that
the backside that sees the sun wasn't as bad. Wrong. It was
worse.

Screw it. Bring on the snow and rain. We have insurance.

Be careful. I heard of one guy that let his snow removal tools get
covered with four
feet of snow.

There's an organization I've heard of with a motto: "Let go, let God."

Maybe it's time to do so before you have a damn heart attack.


I'll ignore your snarky comment about Don. I guess you just don't
realize that some of us are dealing with record breaking conditions.

Fortunately, although getting long in the tooth, I am apparently
healthy
overall. I haven't shoveled and dealt with so much snow and ice in
many moons and so far the ticker keeps ticking.

We are less than 10 inches away from the most snowfall in a winter
since
records starting being kept 130 years ago. What makes it worse is that
all but 5.5 inches have fallen in the month of February. More tonight
and the possibility of another major storm on Wednesday. I have a
feeling the trend is changing though. I think (or am at least hopeful)
that the storm on Wednesday will end up going out to sea.


Richard, I feel for you. We've had about 18 inches of snow this year
and thats pittance compared to yours.


Right now I'd take a once a month 18 inches any day. 18" has become a
"nuisance" snowfall relatively, LOL.

The general Boston area has had over 98 inches so far with most of it
being on the south shore were we are. The all time record is just over
107 inches.

But, again, all but 5.5 inches have been in this month. It's
ridiculous. The piles of snow at intersections are so high you
can't see what traffic is on the road. People are flashing lights
and sounding the horn as they slowly pull out onto a road.


I hear you. It got so cold here last night that my banana trees and
bougainvillea wilted. Supposed to be 80 tomorrow, though.




**** you. :-)

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On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 16:12:28 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 2/21/2015 4:01 PM, True North wrote:
Mr. Luddite
- show quoted text -
"I'll ignore your snarky comment about Don. I guess you just don't
realize that some of us are dealing with record breaking conditions.

Fortunately, although getting long in the tooth, I am apparently healthy
overall. I haven't shoveled and dealt with so much snow and ice in
many moons and so far the ticker keeps ticking.

We are less than 10 inches away from the most snowfall in a winter since
records starting being kept 130 years ago. What makes it worse is that
all but 5.5 inches have fallen in the month of February. More tonight
and the possibility of another major storm on Wednesday. I have a
feeling the trend is changing though. I think (or am at least hopeful)
that the storm on Wednesday will end up going out to sea"


Just came downstairs after a session of reaching out a 2nd story window to clear snow/ice from the roof of the addition We put on in 2002/03 for mom.
I had gone out and brought the round mouth shovel ( that's creating such a stir in JohnnyMop and his raggedy little band of moppetts) into the house to increase my reach. Expecting rain and then another flash freeze tomorrow.
When will it ever end?


I can completely understand. I tried shoveling a path out to the cabana
today with a typical "winter" snow shovel. All it did was
bend and eventually split. I had to go find my *summertime" steel dirt
shovels to make any headway.


Nothing like a good old corn shovel when the plastic stuff won't do the trick.
--

Guns don't cause problems. The behavior
of certain gun owners causes problems.

Snow
 

On 2/21/15 4:21 PM, John H. wrote:
On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 15:38:11 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 2/21/15 3:04 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/21/2015 2:55 PM, Tim wrote:
On Saturday, February 21, 2015 at 11:38:33 AM UTC-8, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/21/2015 2:20 PM, John H. wrote:
On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 13:35:40 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:


Well, I couldn't find a roof (snow) rake anywhere. So, I made one.
Problem is it's only long enough to reach about halfway up the
roof on the cabana.

First, to get out there, I had to re-shovel a path out to the cabana.
I can't believe how much snow is out there. I stopped at one point
and got a tape measure. Snow was 51 inches high in the area I was
shoveling and standing.

Anyway, got out to the cabana and cleared about half of the snow on
the front. That's a far as I could reach with my make-shift rake.

I then shoveled a path out behind the cabana, hoping to see that
the backside that sees the sun wasn't as bad. Wrong. It was
worse.

Screw it. Bring on the snow and rain. We have insurance.

Be careful. I heard of one guy that let his snow removal tools get
covered with four
feet of snow.

There's an organization I've heard of with a motto: "Let go, let God."

Maybe it's time to do so before you have a damn heart attack.


I'll ignore your snarky comment about Don. I guess you just don't
realize that some of us are dealing with record breaking conditions.

Fortunately, although getting long in the tooth, I am apparently healthy
overall. I haven't shoveled and dealt with so much snow and ice in
many moons and so far the ticker keeps ticking.

We are less than 10 inches away from the most snowfall in a winter since
records starting being kept 130 years ago. What makes it worse is that
all but 5.5 inches have fallen in the month of February. More tonight
and the possibility of another major storm on Wednesday. I have a
feeling the trend is changing though. I think (or am at least hopeful)
that the storm on Wednesday will end up going out to sea.


Richard, I feel for you. We've had about 18 inches of snow this year
and thats pittance compared to yours.


Right now I'd take a once a month 18 inches any day. 18" has become a
"nuisance" snowfall relatively, LOL.

The general Boston area has had over 98 inches so far with most of it
being on the south shore were we are. The all time record is just over
107 inches.

But, again, all but 5.5 inches have been in this month. It's
ridiculous. The piles of snow at intersections are so high you
can't see what traffic is on the road. People are flashing lights
and sounding the horn as they slowly pull out onto a road.


We're getting a bit of snow again, not a lot. This season, the county
purchased some really huge dump trucks on which to mount plows and load
road chemicals. I've never seen larger materials/dump trucks except on
mining sites.

I've got three more inches so far.



Aww, ****. Hope it stays north of here. A friend in Culpeper emailed me
a photo with the "6 inches" comment.

--
Proud to be a Liberal.

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On 2/21/15 4:21 PM, John H. wrote:
On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 16:07:54 -0500, Justan Olphart wrote:

On 2/21/2015 3:40 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 2/21/15 2:20 PM, John H. wrote:

Be careful. I heard of one guy that let his snow removal tools get
covered with four
feet of snow.


There you go again, Colonel Klink.


What's with the name calling, Mr. Krause

He doesn't call names any more, remember?


I only refer to you as Colonel Klink when you post a snarky remark about
someone.

--
Proud to be a Liberal.

Snow
 

On 2/21/2015 4:21 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 2/21/15 4:12 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/21/2015 4:01 PM, True North wrote:
Mr. Luddite
- show quoted text -
"I'll ignore your snarky comment about Don. I guess you just don't
realize that some of us are dealing with record breaking conditions.

Fortunately, although getting long in the tooth, I am apparently healthy
overall. I haven't shoveled and dealt with so much snow and ice in
many moons and so far the ticker keeps ticking.

We are less than 10 inches away from the most snowfall in a winter since
records starting being kept 130 years ago. What makes it worse is that
all but 5.5 inches have fallen in the month of February. More tonight
and the possibility of another major storm on Wednesday. I have a
feeling the trend is changing though. I think (or am at least hopeful)
that the storm on Wednesday will end up going out to sea"


Just came downstairs after a session of reaching out a 2nd story
window to clear snow/ice from the roof of the addition We put on in
2002/03 for mom.
I had gone out and brought the round mouth shovel ( that's creating
such a stir in JohnnyMop and his raggedy little band of moppetts) into
the house to increase my reach. Expecting rain and then another flash
freeze tomorrow.
When will it ever end?


I can completely understand. I tried shoveling a path out to the cabana
today with a typical "winter" snow shovel. All it did was
bend and eventually split. I had to go find my *summertime" steel dirt
shovels to make any headway.




I'm not shoveling any damned snow. We get our mail at a centralized
neighborhood kiosk on the part of the road the county plows. The UPS guy
always stomps across the lawn to toss packages on the front steps. If my
4-wheeler can't make it out the driveway, we'll wait until the snowplow
contractor gets to us. **** snow and the guy who brought it! :)


I haven't given up quite yet .... but am getting close.