I used to have one Dale, and this is the same reason I got rid of the thing. Besides, it only started reliably when there was no snow cover.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 11:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Snow-Dale No, I don't have a snow blower, I am a little concerned with all the noise I might just run a neighbours dog through it. There are a few little kids now living in the neighbourhood as well, I really wouldn't want to shred one of those. They never come around but that doesn't mean one wouldn't. I have used them in the past and for the patio I probably could with the fence closed off but the exercise is good for me too. When I dug out my driveway and had it back filled with sand my neighbour had his done at the same time so we have a drive about thirty feet wide between us. His brother generally pushes it clear with a bucket mounted on a pick-up truck. that just leaves us with 90 or a hundred feet of sidewalk up the side of the driveway to the back yard, another maybe 30 feet across the front of the house which I have formed into long 3 foot steps to the front door and a little bit off to the shed. Then there is the patio at the back, most people wouldn't bother keeping the back open but I like it and particularly in the spring I have most of the patio cleared, all I need do is pull the bank away from the house, first at the French doors behind the dining room so we can open those. Last winter when I broke my leg I was glad to be able to use the patio when the sun got a little warm in April. A friend came over and opened up the bit at the doors and cleared away some at the bench which gave me a convenient place to do a little out door walking with my crutches. I was sure glad I had kept the patio clear. some years I get as much as five foot banks along the far edge of the patio as well as four feet up against the back of the house. This year will be one of those if this much is any indication. I keep threatening to build Janet an igloo back there, maybe I will this year. We used to when I was a kid, I don't think she has any real idea how warm they can be inside. I have never spent a night in one, I would like to, I doubt though that Janet would, she rather enjoys the convenience of her ensuite bathroom. We generally sleep with a window open though, probably colder in our bedroom than it would be out there in a quinsy. It hit minus 29C which is about 20 below F last night. it is only minus 12 so far tonight which is about 10 degrees where you live, darn near tropical by comparison. It will make a much more pleasant walk to work tomorrow. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:DLeavens%40puc.net> net Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: Lee A. Stone To: Blind Handyman Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 12:05 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Snow-Dale I thought you had a snow blower Dale. I remember you telling us a couple of years back about blowing the snow up against the house. we have done that in the past. using the snow as insulation. Tonight all we have had so far is about 3 to 4 hours of sleet and freezing rain making one big ice mess. I also heard out Roberts way lots of power outages due tto this same ice storm. Time to get out the emergency lights and hurricane lamps for the sighted folks .Lee -- Genetics explains why you look like your father, and if you don't, why you should. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
