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Re: Power out at shop, possibly for several days

Post by VelvetGeorge » Mon Feb 17, 2014 10:12 pm

This makes it's way around the net. Worth posting here.

Diary of a snow shoveler.

December 8 - 6:00 PM
It started to snow. The first snow of the season and the wife and I
took our cocktails and sat for hours by the window watching the huge
soft flakes drift down from heaven. It looked like a Grandma Moses
Print. So romantic we felt like newlyweds again. I love snow!

December 9
We woke to a beautiful blanket of crystal white snow covering every
inch of the landscape. What a fantastic sight! Can there be a more
lovely place in the whole world? Moving here was the best idea I've
ever had! Shoveled for the first time in years and felt like a boy
again. I did both our driveway and the sidewalks. This afternoon the
snowplow came along and covered up the sidewalks and closed in the
driveway, so I got to shovel again. What a perfect life!

December 12
The sun has melted all our lovely snow.. Such a disappointment! My
neighbor tells me not to worry- we'll definitely have a white
Christmas. No snow on Christmas would be awful! Bob says we'll have
so much snow by the end of winter, that I'll never want to see snow
again. I don't think that's possible. Bob is such a nice man, I'm
glad he's our neighbor.


December 14
Snow, lovely snow! 8 inches last night. The temperature dropped to
-20. The cold makes everything sparkle so. The wind took my breath
away, but I warmed up by shoveling the driveway and sidewalks. This
is the life! The snowplough came back this afternoon and buried
everything again. I didn't realize I would have to do quite this much
shoveling, but I'll certainly get back in shape this way. I wish I
wouldn't huff and puff so.


December 15
20 inches forecast. Sold my van and bought a 4x4 Blazer. Bought snow
tires for the wife's car and 2 extra shovels. Stocked the freezer.
The wife wants a wood stove in case the electricity goes out. I think
that's silly. We aren't in Alaska , after all.

December 16
Ice storm this morning. Fell on my ass on the ice in the driveway
putting down salt. Hurt like hell. The wife laughed for an hour,
which I think was very cruel.


December 17
Still way below freezing. Roads are too icy to go anywhere.
Electricity was off for 5 hours. I had to pile the blankets on to
stay warm. Nothing to do but stare at the wife and try not to
irritate her. Guess I should've bought a wood stove, but won't admit
it to her. God I hate it when she's right. I can't believe I'm
freezing to death in my own living room.

December 20
Electricity's back on, but had another 14 inches of the damn stuff
last night. More shoveling! Took all day. The dam snowplough came
by twice. Tried to find a neighbor kid to shovel, but they said
they're too busy playing hockey. I think they're lying. Called the
only hardware store around to see about buying a snow blower and
they're out. Might have another shipment in March. I think they're
lying. Bob says I have to shovel or the city will have it done and
bill me. I think he's lying.

December 22
Bob was right about a white Christmas because 13 more inches of the
white crap fell today, and it's so cold, it probably won't melt till
August. Took me 45 minutes to get all dressed up to go out to shovel
and then I had to pee. By the time I got undressed, peed and dressed
again, I was too tired to shovel. Tried to hire Bob who has a plough
on his truck for the rest of the winter, but he says he's too busy. I
think the butthole is lying.


December 23
Only 2 inches of snow today. And it warmed up to 0. The wife wanted
me to decorate the front of the house this morning. What is she,
nuts?!! Why didn't she tell me to do that a month ago? She says she
did but I think she's lying.


December 24
6 inches - Snow packed so hard by snowplough, I broke the shovel.
Thought I was having a heart attack. If I ever catch the son of a
bitch who drives that snow plough, I'll drag him through the snow by
his balls and beat him to death with my broken shovel. I know he
hides around the corner and waits for me to finish shoveling and then
he comes down the street at a 100 miles an hour and throws snow all
over where I've just been! Tonight the wife wanted me to sing
Christmas carols with her and open our presents, but I was too busy
watching for the damn snowplough.


December 25
Merry fricking Christmas! 20 more inches of the damn slop tonight -
Snowed in. The idea of shoveling makes my blood boil. God, I hate
the snow! Then the snowplough driver came by asking for a donation
and I hit him over the head with my shovel. The wife says I have a
bad attitude. I think she's a fricking idiot. If I have to watch
"It's A Wonderful Life" one more time, I'm going to stuff her into the
microwave.


December 26
Still snowed in. Why the hell did I ever move here? It was all HER
idea. She's really getting on my nerves.


December 27
Temperature dropped to -30 and the pipes froze; plumber came after 14
hours of waiting for him, he only charged me $1,400 to replace all my
pipes.


December 28
Warmed up to above -20. Still snowed in. My WIFE is driving me crazy!!!


December 29
10 more inches. Bob says I have to shovel the roof or it could cave
in. That's the silliest thing I ever heard. How dumb does he think I
am?


December 30
Roof caved in. I beat up the snow plough driver, and now he is suing
me for a million dollars, not only the beating I gave him, but also
for trying to shove the broken snow shovel up his BUTT. The wife went
home to her mother. Nine more inches predicted.


December 31
I set fire to what's left of the house. No more shoveling.


January 8
Feel so good. I just love those little white pills they keep giving
me. Why am I tied to the bed?
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Re: Power out at shop, possibly for several days

Post by Brian Wallace » Tue Feb 18, 2014 10:08 am

lol, funny. :peace:
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Re: Power out at shop, possibly for several days

Post by VelvetGeorge » Tue Feb 18, 2014 12:07 pm

Just finished snowblowing. Thought about this the whole time. Lol

It's stupid that the snowblower is due for a second oil change this season. (I'm only half kidding). :lol:


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Re: Power out at shop, possibly for several days

Post by Carbia » Tue Feb 18, 2014 12:26 pm

Here, where I live doesn't snow, but it rained heavily ALL the days from November except six... The most rainy year in the last 100 years in Galicia (NW of Spain)... :cry:

I'm gonna trade my car for a boat... :lol:

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Re: Power out at shop, possibly for several days

Post by VelvetGeorge » Tue Feb 18, 2014 2:46 pm

Rain can be even worse than snow! It rained 38 out of 40 days here early last Summer. It was nearly biblical!

Today was another challenge here. I snowblowed away the 6" of snow snow from last night. The Sun even came out! And started melting all the snow and ice on our roof. As evidenced by the water leaking through the drywall ceilings inside the house!
When the ice on the roof freezes it often recedes under the shingles. Then, when it melts, like today it leaks down into the house. So.......I climbed on the roof with a shovel and shoveled the snow away. Yep, shoveled the roof. That was a first.

It's going up to 40 degrees in the next few days, I'm preparing for flooding in the shop.

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Re: Power out at shop, possibly for several days

Post by NY Chief » Tue Feb 18, 2014 2:59 pm

I sure remember those &^$%&#$&*@%#*(@%#()^@)#%^@&%(%^*@%^(@%$(&@%&(@ snow plow drivers all right..... :x
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Re: Power out at shop, possibly for several days

Post by OnTheFritz » Tue Feb 18, 2014 10:18 pm

Those ice damns on the roof are a kick-in-the-balls bitch! I do not envy you, going to have to deal with a mess.

I had of all things a steel fitting coupling my outside spigot (which I made sure had no hose connected and was drained) , connecting to the copper plumbing rust through and rupture Thursday during the night. Woke up to a very wet flooded basement. :? Had nothing to do with the cold, just cut loose. Of course that part of the basement was finished, so accessing the plumbing was a bitch. Shark-Tooth cap till spring to get the water back on.
Moved in this place last April, and this scenario wasn't even remotely on the radar.
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