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Snow cleaning technique

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Snow is falling heavily in the Mid-Atlantic states--24 in./61 cm predicted in my part of Maryland. Over the years, I've moved a lot of snow, but the technique in this video has given me another tactic to use:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoxs0ELG0mA :scratch:

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An opportunity wasted, he should have built an igloo.
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At least he's ... methodical.
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Samantha wrote:At least he's ... methodical.
I think the expression is "obsessive-compulsive."
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Goshute wrote:I think the expression is "obsessive-compulsive."
What does that make the Grey cat? Ana-lickit-all (your hyphens may need re-arranging ...)
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ChrisGreaves wrote:
Goshute wrote:I think the expression is "obsessive-compulsive."
What does that make the Grey cat? Ana-lickit-all (your hyphens may need re-arranging ...)
To find out for sure, see the parody: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6MvZshI-cQ

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DenGar wrote:Snow is falling heavily in the Mid-Atlantic states--24 in./61 cm predicted ...
So Dennis, how's the snow pileup? Did you get as much as they predicted?

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Bowlie wrote:Triple-lickit-all, if I'm not mistaken led by the Grey cat (No relation to a badger we may know)
... So, if you take the car for a drive after wards, is that a triptych-trip?
(I know, I know ... "I had it on the trip of my tongue ...")
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Bigaldoc wrote:
DenGar wrote:Snow is falling heavily in the Mid-Atlantic states--24 in./61 cm predicted ...
So Dennis, how's the snow pileup? Did you get as much as they predicted?
Here in the "Florida of the North". we were inundated with about 14 snowflakes total over a 6 hour period. Town was thinking of declaring a state of emergency but cooler heads prevailed. :cool:
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Bigaldoc wrote:
DenGar wrote:Snow is falling heavily in the Mid-Atlantic states--24 in./61 cm predicted ...
So Dennis, how's the snow pileup? Did you get as much as they predicted?
Actually, 30 in. in our backyard. Most everything shut down for 2 days. According to the media in Washington, DC, they/we had a major "blizzard." It was NOT a blizzard, though, having experienced real blizzards when I lived in North Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin--a blizzard requires 35 mph winds for more than 3 hours and visibility of no more than 1/4 mile.

The Wash. DC TV announcers evidently had a long day:
--"We've had reports of 30 feet of snow."
--As we've told you ed [sic] nauseum . . . ."
--"We've had reports of whitehouse conditions."
--For those who have lost power and need help, call . . . ."

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DenGar wrote:... According to the media in Washington, DC, they/we had a major "blizzard." ...
"Talking Heads" eh?

Yeah, I can relate. When Billie and I lived in Colorado they used to call 'em "ground blizzards" cuz the snow was blown horizontally by the high winds and it really WAS unsafe to drive! I was on my way to work (trying anyway) one day and had to pull off to the side of the road, which I couldn't see, and pray that someone didn't rear end me!

Thirty inches is a LOT of snow and I know I couldn't deal with that anymore and would have to call for outside help. Good fortune to you and your family, Dennis...

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Bigaldoc wrote:
DenGar wrote:... According to the media in Washington, DC, they/we had a major "blizzard." ...
"Talking Heads" eh?

Yeah, I can relate. When Billie and I lived in Colorado they used to call 'em "ground blizzards" cuz the snow was blown horizontally by the high winds and it really WAS unsafe to drive! I was on my way to work (trying anyway) one day and had to pull off to the side of the road, which I couldn't see, and pray that someone didn't rear end me!

In North Dakota, the wind would blow so long and hard that we would have "snirt"--a combination of snow and dirt accumulating on surfaces, including inside window sills. Ah, those "pioneer" days. :barf:

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DenGar wrote:
In North Dakota, the wind would blow so long and hard that we would have "snirt"--a combination of snow and dirt accumulating on surfaces, including inside window sills. Ah, those "pioneer" days. :barf:
A couple of my siblings live in Hagerstown and I've been thru Cumberland quite a few times when we take I-68 route as an alternative route to the turnpike. Beautiful country you live in. I've eaten at the Penn Alps restaurant not too far from Cumberland and walked around the small group of shops there. My BIL hails from Montana and finds MD snows "nothing" until this storm haha!! They got 27 inches and are still digging out. We have those "snirt" days here too due to the number of farm fields all around us. Double hung windows cure that~!~
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Here's how it's playing out here on the prairie...glad I work at home now.

http://www.startribune.com/local/837952 ... =KArksUUUU
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