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Fake news. Berms are real. Fairy tale plow drivers don
I refuse to stop using contractions. Can someone try the admin controlled word filter on common contraction words and replace them with something so the posts don't get lost? Worth a shot.
This seems like a handy thread for a post about snow here and A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE:We had a foot of snow here, about twice what was predicted. And I have been so busy during the last few weeks that I had not gotten the snow blower up to the garage yet from under the back deck. So, wow, I've had a very physical morning. Over nearly two hours I first shoveled the way clear so I could drag the blower up. Then I got it moving and started (first time for this season). I snow-blew the whole driveway, and cleared two cars of snow. Vicki and Tricia worked with shovels, helping keep things clear (it was still snowing).So by an hour ago, the driveway was pretty clear.But not the road. Our street is plowed by the county, but we usually have to wait until they get here. They just did, and in 26 years of living in this house I have never seen what I just saw.We are grateful for the county plowing. But part of the plowing is "the berm." The plow comes by and suddenly the clear driveway has a berm at its top, separating it from the road. The berm is always chunky and icey (it is snow that has been pushed along and then off to the side). The snow blower works poorly on the berm. Normally I have to go out and get rid of it with a shovel. I have to use a small square-nosed shovel because the stuff is way too packed to use a snow shovel. With these snow conditions we expected a three foot high berm which would take me another hour or so of hard shoveling to remove.Not today though.Today the county driver had the really big plow. Big overhead arching thing with two blades (a big one in front and a smaller one on the side). We were out playing with the dogs when we heard it coming up the road (always our side of the street first as it comes up from the left). And then it happened: the driver stopped about 10 feet before our driveway. We wondered why. He carefully and skillfully adjusted his blades and then moved forward, sweeping the snow to the left, into the left center of the road and away from our driveway. He'll get the berm that is still in the road on his next pass, going in the opposite direction and will sweep what would have been our berm off on to the opposite side of the road. Not an iota of a berm.Such skill, and more importantly, such thoughtfulness! Thank you snow plow driver and merry Christmas to all!
...the syrupy conclusion was more akin to shoveling something besides snow.
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Whoops!Forgot you JUSTIFIABLY uppity types live in ivory towers and fart gold dust.
You seem to be skipping words in your old age. I fixed it for you.Forgot you JUSTIFIABLY uppity types live in ivory towers and fart gold dust.
addition feet of the shit that worries me.
Six to eight inches of snow so far on this white Christmas. Gorgeous. But it is the addition feet of the shit that we expect over the next week that worries me.Quote I would have been more worried about the rain but we got the roof finished on our largest project last week.
I would have been more worried about the rain but we got the roof finished on our largest project last week.
