Re: Shoveling 😡

LyndaGee · ‎03-11-2010

I don't mind shovelling when the snow is powdery. We live on a hill, and the front walk is downhill from the front door. So, I can just push it with the shovel to the driveway.

kitcat51 · ‎09-15-2016

It takes me 4 hours to shovel a very long drive, wide apron & walk if it's fluffy, if it's heavy & deep then I do it over 2 days. Don't even get me started about the hard mound the snowplow causes at the drive, that can take over an hour to clear that mess. Ugg, it's a thankless job that has to be done but not happy I'm the one that has to do it! The cost of hiring someone can vary from $35. if you prepay for the season to $50. a plow & you're lucky if they show up. I've been looking at battery snowblowers but the cost verses me for free keeps me just looking for now but at 68, it sure would be nice. Take care shovelers & enjoy your hot cocoa @QVCkitty1.

Carmie · ‎10-25-2010

Almost everyone in our neighborhood has a snow blower. my DH has two of them. One is a light to medium duty and the other one is a monster.

All the guys go out around the same time and show off their machines and work away. They also do the driveways of a couple of older people or women who can’t shovel.

They were out around 7 am this morning. It has snowed since and we have about two more inches. I went out and cleaned off the car in the driveway. I used one of those Don Aslett’s rubber brooms. Wow, it works really well. I also used it to push the snow off of the deck and built deck furniture .

i pushed snow off of the front porch. This is a handy tool. When DH gets home, he can Snow blow the rest of the driveway.

We always seem to have a couple of snow blowers and lawn mowers in our shed. When my DH sees one that someone has put out for the trash, he picks it up.

In no time he has them running. He donates them to people in need. He has given many away. When he seems someone out shoveling and they are at the age where they shouldn’t be shoveling or they are struggling, he comes home and gets one out of the shed, cleans away their snow and lets them keep the snow blower.

We haven’t had too much snow this year yet, but I am looking forward to having an empty shed before spring gets here.

Stay safe everyone and don’t over do it. Eventually it will melt.

QueenDanceALot · ‎04-18-2013

@kitcat51 wrote:
It takes me 4 hours to shovel a very long drive, wide apron & walk if it's fluffy, if it's heavy & deep then I do it over 2 days. Don't even get me started about the hard mound the snowplow causes at the drive, that can take over an hour to clear that mess. Ugg, it's a thankless job that has to be done but not happy I'm the one that has to do it! The cost of hiring someone can vary from $35. if you prepay for the season to $50. a plow & you're lucky if they show up. I've been looking at battery snowblowers but the cost verses me for free keeps me just looking for now but at 68, it sure would be nice. Take care shovelers & enjoy your hot cocoa @QVCkitty1.

@kitcat51

My driveway slopes to the street and between the plow (if they even plow, which they often don't on my street) and people who park on the street when they could get off the road and park in their driveways, and the snow is either pushed back into my driveway entrance or plowed so far away because of the street parkers, I am always having to shovel into the middle of the street to get out of my driveway.

I am thankful, though, that I am able to do it. There are some kids that come through the neighborhood with shovels ready to make a few bucks, but so far I haven't needed to take them up on their offers.

Jordan2 · ‎03-16-2010

I live in NYC and we got a big snow storm 2 weeks ago. I really feel your pain (no pun intended), it is very hard work. My mother is elderly so I'm outside by myself. My next door neighbor is 80ish, her son now lives with her ( fit and in his forties). I use to shovel for her when I could, I have done many favors for her (she has done nothing for me). You would think her son would help me out, you would think wrong! He said to me this last storm "you shovel good for a woman"! I shoveled better than he did.

Lipstickdiva · ‎03-10-2010

We have a snowblower that my DH uses. It's semi large but he can still use it to do the walkway to our porch and the sidewalks. If the snow is really deep, he has a plow on the front of a 4-wheeler he will use to just plow the driveway.

We have several ordinances here too about shoveling and snowblowing/plowing but unless someone complains, nothing gets done. Sidewalks are supposed to be cleared but often they aren't. To be honest, sometimes it's more of a hazard. When I walked my dog many times there was ice under the snow. If the snow was all removed, it was treacherous to walk across the ice. The snow provided some traction at least.

We also aren't supposed to remove the snow and pile it so it blocks the sidewalk but people do that all the time. I cannot tell you how many times I had to go from the sidewalk into the street walking my dog because people plowed everything so it was waist high blocking the sidewalk.

We also aren't allowed to plow, shovel or snowblow into the street.

QVCkitty1 · ‎05-23-2015

@Jordan2 wrote:
I live in NYC and we got a big snow storm 2 weeks ago. I really feel your pain (no pun intended), it is very hard work. My mother is elderly so I'm outside by myself. My next door neighbor is 80ish, her son now lives with her ( fit and in his forties). I use to shovel for her when I could, I have done many favors for her (she has done nothing for me). You would think her son would help me out, you would think wrong! He said to me this last storm "you shovel good for a woman"! I shoveled better than he did.

He needed a shovel upside his head !!!

" You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts."
Daniel Patrick Moynihan

alliswell · ‎07-12-2012

@QueenDanceALot wrote:
@StylishLady wrote:
I don't misss it for sure. This was me helping DH dig out from a blizzard in 1993.
These days I'm working in my gardens in southwest Florida.

@StylishLady

You are stylish even whilst shovelling snow!

@QueenDanceALot @StylishLady

That's what I was thinking too!

Nataliesgramma · ‎03-28-2015

When the snow s heavy or deep....we use one of 2 snowblowers.......Hubby has a good LEAFblower that works great for light fluffy snow...

kitcat51 · ‎09-15-2016

Shovelers...that crazy looking Snow Joe Shovelution with the helper handle has worked for me, it's helped my back & cut a good 30 minutes off my shoveling time. The item is V34480, it's under $30.00 with free shipping. @QueenDanceALot I live in the country, no kids shovel around here but neighbors will stop as they drive by & tell me I shouldn't be shoveling at my age, when I reply I have another shovel for them to help they smile & wave as they hit the gas!