December 8, 2003
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Dig, Dag, Dug
The conjugation of the verb whose meaning is to extricate oneself from 26"± inches of snow that fell in my driveway and yard.
Here's the simple truth, people, listen up. When you have two plus feet of snow drifting up your driveway like ocean breakers about to slam in to your house you need power equipment. I am completely convinced that the heart attack rate would plummet, I mean just dive to near zero, if everyone went out and got themselves a snow blower. Don't scrimp either.
A Yard Machine® with a 26" auger and an 8HP motor
dug my
75' driveway, including the garbage at the end, out in about two hours. This includes the big section in front of my place. To do this with a shovel would take days!
Now I'm not trying to make fun of the little guy with his shovel verily tearing at it making six foot piles, fine, have a great day and enjoy the chiropractor and hot pads, on me!
It just seems silly to go about the daily business of life in this way. If you want to run and get fit do you start with a marathon? No sir! If you live in Miami do you have an air conditioner? Absolutely! If you live in New England do you have a snow blower? Any answer other than yes is insane. Listen, drop the Lattes as Starbucks and buy a 'blower with the cash you save. And if you can't afford the power equipment (or the Lattes) then there's always a cheap willing labor force ...
College Students
If you can just get them off the roof! God, what was in that Tabernacle? My guess is an open bar.
The moral of the story is don't try to undo in an hour what it took Mother Nature 48 hours of extreme barometric pressure gradients and temperature differentials to produce.
And finally, if you do have the power equipment, Help your neighbor out! It will reduce the heart attack rate, maybe make yourself feel good and justify the cha-ching you dropped down on that thing in the first place.
Pictures from this weekends Nor Easter to be on here soon.
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