Friday, January 28, 2011

HOW DID THE STORM DO YOU?

We got 18" of the white stuff across that driveway - drifting to THREE FEET in places - and I spent the better part of six hours shoveling it.

"Oh StormBringer! You are mighty Viking Warrior!"

NO - I am DUMB-ASS.

"Why?"

Because my philosophy was to hold off on lashing out to buy the blade attachment with the snowblower for my John Deere until AFTER I'd experienced a Pennsylvania winter first hand, for myself. Then I would know whether or not it was necessary to go that far or not, or whether I could get away with just the usual, $100-dollar-garden-variety snowblower.

Hindsight: I should have lashed out for the $100 job. By the time I dug myself out to where I could venture forth into the hinterland, there was not a snowblower left in the county.

-STORMBRINGER SENDS
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 28, 2011 at 5:51 PM

    Go with the largest walk behind snow blower you can find. They are about the same price (or cheaper) as JD attachment, take up less space in garage & are more maneuverable for walkways & around cars.

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  2. Dave J.January 28, 2011 at 5:55 PM

    You should have been up here last year when we had a real snow. Took me 3hrs to do what is normally a 45min. commute down here west of DC. And we were lucky as a seldom used dirt back road was not blocked by an idiot in a 2wd...at least by the time we got through.

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  3. richard mcenroeJanuary 28, 2011 at 10:28 PM

    Prior Planning Prevent Piss Poor Performance

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