Make it stop...
Mar. 9th, 2008 11:11 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bunsen_hOh, I'm sick and tired of shov'ling
To the weather gods I'm grov'ling
And since I'm about to drop:
Make it stop, make it stop, make it stop...
I'm glad that I decided not to bother trying to keep my driveway clear yesterday, after having seen the blowing snow. The guy across the street from me was out shovelling several times yesterday afternoon and evening, and his driveway looks no more clear than mine. I dare say that if I measured it, the depth is probably a bit less than I've got, but most of the effort would have been wasted as blown snow filled in the gaps.
When I went outside a few minutes ago to see how much of a mess there is, there was a family gathered around their SUV at the street intersection by my house, trying to get it unstuck. I gather that they were trying to follow the "grooves" left by other vehicles, and missed when they made the turn. They ended up on ice, in deep snow, with tires with no treads... and the driver was obviously unfamiliar with how to deal with this kind of thing, since he kept spinning his wheels at high speed -- making his "slipping against ice" problem even worse. With my help, and the help and advice of the guy across the street, we eventually got the thing moving by rocking it forward and back. Once we got the driver back into the "grooves", he drove off slowly. I suppose his family, left behind at the intersection, will catch up with him eventually.
After I've had breakfast and dressed warmly, I'll try to dig out my snow thrower, and then attack the driveway.
To the weather gods I'm grov'ling
And since I'm about to drop:
Make it stop, make it stop, make it stop...
I'm glad that I decided not to bother trying to keep my driveway clear yesterday, after having seen the blowing snow. The guy across the street from me was out shovelling several times yesterday afternoon and evening, and his driveway looks no more clear than mine. I dare say that if I measured it, the depth is probably a bit less than I've got, but most of the effort would have been wasted as blown snow filled in the gaps.
When I went outside a few minutes ago to see how much of a mess there is, there was a family gathered around their SUV at the street intersection by my house, trying to get it unstuck. I gather that they were trying to follow the "grooves" left by other vehicles, and missed when they made the turn. They ended up on ice, in deep snow, with tires with no treads... and the driver was obviously unfamiliar with how to deal with this kind of thing, since he kept spinning his wheels at high speed -- making his "slipping against ice" problem even worse. With my help, and the help and advice of the guy across the street, we eventually got the thing moving by rocking it forward and back. Once we got the driver back into the "grooves", he drove off slowly. I suppose his family, left behind at the intersection, will catch up with him eventually.
After I've had breakfast and dressed warmly, I'll try to dig out my snow thrower, and then attack the driveway.
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Date: 2008-03-09 04:09 pm (UTC)I suppose his family, left behind at the intersection, will catch up with him eventually.
LOL