02/18 - Thoughtless Thursday!

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I've been looking at the ERGO snowblowers. They are electric, but very dependable (they even have a two stage one - though costs more). It's not enough to clean up a 2 ft storm, but tbh when it's 2 feet - I shovel every hour (ALL NIGHT LONG, lol). So, it would save me going out so much - at least.
Honestly, I'm tempted but I'm also in good enough shape that with 2 feet of snow, I'll shovel twice because lifting it doesn't bother me. Now if I was 5-10 years older, I'd be looking at that snowblower.
 
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a few weeks ago some woman 'new to vermont' asked on our towns facebook page if she could use boiling water to clear a path to her car

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Haha! I would not do well in your world. If it's in the 40's here I'm freezing all day and my hands are nearly numb. lol
 
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Haha! I would not do well in your world. If it's in the 40's here I'm freezing all day and my hands are nearly numb. lol
you get used to it. (you really do. some mornings when it's in the 30's I'll stick my head out the door and think - oh, it's so warm today!).

This year I've also been burning a lot of wood, so it's really cozy inside :)
 

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a few weeks ago some woman 'new to vermont' asked on our towns facebook page if she could use boiling water to clear a path to her car

:nope:
If she doesn't want to use salt, she can try clay kitty litter for the traction. Cleaned three inches of ice off my car this morning. Can't move it though. It's not snowed in the parking place. It's iced in. Good thing I didn't need to go anywhere.
 

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If she doesn't want to use salt, she can try clay kitty litter for the traction. Cleaned three inches of ice off my car this morning. Can't move it though. It's not snowed in the parking place. It's iced in. Good thing I didn't need to go anywhere.
for the most part, if she doesn't shovel herself out - it's going to be snowed in until April. Even when it warms up (to about 40 or so) I still have about a foot or more in the yard. It just won't melt until spring. She can use the kitty clay AFTER she shovels, though :)
 
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a few weeks ago some woman 'new to vermont' asked on our towns facebook page if she could use boiling water to clear a path to her car

:nope:
I hope she is not the type of person who will use that boiling water on her windshield. Even being Texan I know better but then again North Texas is no stranger to ice and snow. We're just..um.. occasional dalliances.
 
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I hope she is not the type of person who will use that boiling water on her windshield. Even being Texan I know better but then again North Texas is no stranger to ice and snow. We're just..um.. occasional dalliances.
that was the first thing the 100+ commenters took her to task on :)
I don't know what she was thinking. (Her landlord had her driveway snowplowed. She just didn't think she had to move her car to get her space plowed. (jan shakes her head in disbelief)
 
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If she doesn't want to use salt, she can try clay kitty litter for the traction. Cleaned three inches of ice off my car this morning. Can't move it though. It's not snowed in the parking place. It's iced in. Good thing I didn't need to go anywhere.
I read once about trucks in Anchorage freezing to the ground, their tires, and now I know what that is like!
 

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I hope she is not the type of person who will use that boiling water on her windshield. Even being Texan I know better but then again North Texas is no stranger to ice and snow. We're just..um.. occasional dalliances.
Some sort of careful spray rubbing alcohol solution would work for her windows. Or get the stuff in the store. It's quicker. I will admit I went out this morning with a lighter, the kind with the long "nose" and a hammer to get my gate opened. I only needed the hammer and it was warm enough it didn't take much effort to knock that ice off the latch. Poor birds didn't get fed yesterday because of the ice and I do love to watch the cardinals.
 

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