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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. |
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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. -- Guns don't cause problems. The behavior of certain gun owners causes problems. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. -- Proud to be a Liberal. |
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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. -- Proud to be a Liberal. |
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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? |
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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. -- 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 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 -- 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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