Snowstorm - Shovel All at Once or in Shifts?

[ChetlovesMer]

I don't mind being out in the cold. I'm happy to shovel in shifts and take it easy on my old back. 

If I miss the opportunity to shovel in shifts and too much of it collects that's when I use the snow blower. 

[boogielicious]

8 hours ago, billchao said:

I know you’re joking, but that would be really easy to do if I actually wanted to spend all day outside in the cold.

My favorite is after you’ve shoveled for three hours, you wake up to a fresh two inches from the “snow showers” overnight.

[mcanadiens]

Typically here in Ohio, our first dose is going to be the wet transition stuff. Anything after that will be the powdery stuff that is a lot less of a problem. If we can avoid ice, a  little bit of dust isn't going to bother me much.

 

 

 

[Double Mocha Man]

Well boys and girls, keep those snow shovels at the ready. Punxsutawney Phil just said there will be six more weeks of winter.

[dennyjones]

31 minutes ago, Double Mocha Man said:

Well boys and girls, keep those snow shovels at the ready. Punxsutawney Phil just said there will be six more weeks of winter.

I can't believe that he's still a thing.   It's 6 weeks either way!   Just tell me when it's golf time!

[ChetlovesMer]

22 minutes ago, Double Mocha Man said:

Well boys and girls, keep those snow shovels at the ready. Punxsutawney Phil just said there will be six more weeks of winter.

So, wait, he saw his shadow so we get 6 more weeks of winter. So winter will be over on March 15th??? 

If he didn't see his shadow we'd have an early spring??? What does that mean? For many folks March 15th is an early spring. 

BTW - Did you see all the PETA people complaining about Punxsutawney Phil? They are asking for demanding we switch to an animatronic groundhog. 😝

[mcanadiens]

18 minutes ago, ChetlovesMer said:

BTW - Did you see all the PETA people complaining about Punxsutawney Phil? They are asking for demanding we switch to an animatronic groundhog. 😝

Promise a big enough donation and maybe you'd get a PETA person to pop out of the hole.

 

[phillyk]

1 hour ago, dennyjones said:

I can't believe that he's still a thing.   It's 6 weeks either way!   Just tell me when it's golf time!

It’s always golf time. Just need the proper footwear, spikes snowshoe, or in Western WA a kayak. Switching to a tennis ball is optional. 

[StuM]

49 minutes ago, mcanadiens said:

Promise a big enough donation and maybe you'd get a PETA person to pop out of the hole.

 

If PETA agrees to that, can we play "Whack the Mole" with them? 

[mcanadiens]

16 minutes ago, StuM said:

If PETA agrees to that, can we play "Whack the Mole" with them? 

Maybe for the first time ever. 

After all, you wouldn't be hitting a poor woodchuck or whatever that thing is.

[boogielicious]

Well that sucked. 6” of wet cement snow. Brutal.

[Edsland]

One of my best purchases was a really nice snow blower, at 66 it’s a life saver. 

[Yukari]

I've always done all at once.  Just go out once and get it all done.

[saevel25]

Depends on the size of the snow storm. If it is like 1-4", then I will wait. If it's more than that, I will try to do two snow shoveling. So, most of the time its just one time. A lot of time, I just let it sit in the driveway and melt. 

[guitarget]

When I lived in upstate NY briefly in 1994, my favorite method of snow removal was the erosion method.....😁