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LuckyCharms

(19,269 posts)
Fri Nov 22, 2024, 09:58 AM Nov 22

I'd rather shovel two feet of regular snow, than three inches of whatever this shit is called. [View all]

Upstate NY, pic below.

Heaviest snow I ever shoveled. Each shovel-full must have weighed 30 pounds. All water. Like trying to move lake water.

Then, when I was near the curb, some fucking asshole in a Honda Accord drove by me at 60 MPH (in a 30 MPH zone), 4 feet away from me, and soaked me to my underwear.

What is the matter with people?

Some woman made up for that guy buy driving about 5 MPH, pulling to the other side of the road, and smiling and waving. That's how it's done by normal people.

Well, another successful driveway shovel without a heart attack. I'll probably be in traction tomorrow though.

I was going to do my neighbor's, but I was too wet. I'll do her driveway tonight.

Had to strip naked in the garage because there was literally not a dry piece of clothing on me, and I had those snowball-like things sticking all over me, like a dog that rolled in the snow.

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Some people, so inconsiderate !!!!!!! Karadeniz Nov 22 #1
Oh, you know it. LuckyCharms Nov 22 #2
Yeah, that's the worst... Mike 03 Nov 22 #3
Then this shit freezes up and it's like driving on a road of large rocks. OAITW r.2.0 Nov 22 #4
It's heavy, slushy, wet snow ... I know it well FakeNoose Nov 22 #5
in wetter years out this way lapfog_1 Nov 22 #15
I would be tackled the moment I tried to start shoveling that. OldBaldy1701E Nov 22 #6
Climate change your clothes... rubbersole Nov 22 #7
Northern Michigan here... MiHale Nov 22 #8
maybe wait and it will melt off? barbtries Nov 22 #9
"What is the matter with people?" Ray Bruns Nov 22 #10
That's the kind of thing that earns shovel through the windshield of the asshole driver. canuckledragger Nov 22 #11
At least 5" of heavy wet snow here in Chester, NY. patphil Nov 22 #12
Take care,guys. That heavy snow is bad. True Blue American Nov 22 #16
In the Sierra Nevada it's called Sierra Cement jgmiller Nov 22 #13
You are a good person AverageJoe Nov 22 #14
Oh, boy, that's the worst. Hope it's not on the way to us. Vinca Nov 22 #17
That's back-breaking work!! 10 Turtle Day Nov 22 #18
Eerily similar to my situation today except I also had a tree down at the end of the drive. rickford66 Nov 22 #19
I moved south to get away from that stuff. Just got tired of it. CaptainTruth Nov 22 #20
I stayed in the same place. We had 2 light snows las year, gone in a couple of hours. True Blue American Nov 22 #22
While I do miss the snow I do not miss shoveling the shit. cstanleytech Nov 22 #21
Well done! About the driving... Joinfortmill Nov 22 #23
Glad to see you post! Marthe48 Nov 22 #24
I'm sorry that you got nailed with this heavy wet snow, Lucky Niagara Nov 22 #25
Lucky, True Dough Nov 22 #26
I've had my share of those. I thought I was smart one time and Tadpole Raisin Nov 22 #27
The only good thing I have found about getting old, is that I'm no longer physically able to deal with snow. rsdsharp Nov 22 #28
We had snow like that here years ago. KatyaR Nov 23 #29
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