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I shoveled today. Did you?

I saw h's comment about light fluffy snow.  Maybe he lives in a different city?  That was some heavy wet snow made worse by those people who inconsiderately walked on it before I got home. ;-)  

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Permalink Reply by Gene Tenner on March 5, 2013 at 8:37pm

The association takes care of it and my other least favorite thing to do: lawnmowing.

Lisa Curcio 4.0 mi said:

Gene, we might have to report you to 311!

Permalink Reply by grayn8 on March 5, 2013 at 9:36pm
After riding today, the shoveling seemed like mother natures way of providing me with a great complimentary training program gladly earning me a very mad cow stout.
Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on March 5, 2013 at 9:48pm

I shoveled when I got home... you could barely tell 20 minutes later.

I have another hour or so to go out and do now.

There is a world of difference between shoveling snow before and after it's been packed down by foot traffic.

When I have no time, I cut a path one shovel-width wide for people to walk on to hopefully make it easier to finish later.

Permalink Reply by Seri97 on March 5, 2013 at 10:54pm
Shoveled lots..great exercise!
Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on March 6, 2013 at 6:24am

Went out this morning to clean up the end of it.  It is the end of it, isn't it?

Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on March 6, 2013 at 7:38am

I shoveled last night again and it doesn't look like there's been anything since down here.

Wasn't the hardest to shovel, but it was a lot of work to scrape up the packed stuff.

Everyone who has to shovel frequently should have one of this type of shovel:

In addition to one with a metal blade.  They really are (far) superior as long as you resist any urge to try to chip at ice with them.

Permalink Reply by Sue Clark on March 6, 2013 at 7:44am

The only shovel I have is keeping warm in the back of my car...and that's not moving today.

Permalink Reply by Justin B Newman on March 6, 2013 at 8:20am

Tidied up a bit out front this morning, cleaning up what came after yesterday's 5pm chore. I used to shovel a single-path through the city-owned property next door, as they're generally slow to shovel. But I figured out that if I so much as did a single path, their contractors would show up, shrug, and move on. If I leave it untouched, they show up and do their job. (*sigh*) 

Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on March 6, 2013 at 8:27am

They actually do show up and shovel it? Wow.

I figured out my camera web interface has a "snapshot" feature right in it... you just save the file as a JPG (I can get around windows well enough to do that...)

Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on March 6, 2013 at 8:30am

Nice shoveling!  The street in front of your house looks better than the street in front of my house. 

Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on March 6, 2013 at 9:38am

Our sidewalk is clear.  Folks did better than average last night and this morning in my 'hood, so my walk to the train was easier than expected.  :)

Permalink Reply by Apie (11) on March 6, 2013 at 9:42am

I was more sweaty after shoveling yesterday than my daily commute!  Just to make sure my arm, legs, and back were sore today I did an 11pm clearing as well.   Oy my back!

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