"Nibby" (nibby68)
02/13/2014 at 17:56 • Filed to: None
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"Nibby" (nibby68)
02/13/2014 at 17:56 • Filed to: None | 2
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Don't over exert yourself, especially if you're not in good shape or if you're over 40. If it's too much to handle, find a neighbor or friend with a snow thrower or call a plow guy. Shoveling is quite tasking on your body, especially your lower back. Be safe folks.
desertdog5051
> Nibby
02/13/2014 at 18:03 |
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Or... Just call 800-Nibby-Shovels. He's a young guy and can work 2 shovels at once.
McMike
> Nibby
02/13/2014 at 18:04 |
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44 year old checking in.... I shoveled two driveways full of wet, heavy snow. I'm exhausted.
!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!
Boxer_4
> Nibby
02/13/2014 at 18:05 |
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Also, if you happen to be that neighbor that is in good shape, go help your senior neighbors. That is one less thing that they have to worry about, and you'll feel good for helping out. You might even get a little reward out of it (such as chocolate, the best kind of reward).
thebigbossyboss
> Nibby
02/13/2014 at 18:07 |
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Nibby...tomorrow it's supposed to snow before I leave for work at 6:20Am. I expect you will have gotten up bright and early to shovel for me.
Thanks!
Jagvar
> Nibby
02/13/2014 at 18:08 |
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I shoveled a foot of snow from my driveway and the street in front of my house. Then, I had to shovel away the 5-foot-tall wall of snow that a plow had left at the top of the road, which was blocking the entire street's bank of mailboxes.
I'm exhausted, aching, and maybe a little frostbitten. And now it's snowing again .
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Nibby
> Jagvar
02/13/2014 at 18:11 |
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I feel ya man. :/
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Nibby
> McMike
02/13/2014 at 18:11 |
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Yikes!
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Nibby
> Boxer_4
02/13/2014 at 18:12 |
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Or... a date with their grand daughter (assuming she's at least 18)
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Nibby
> thebigbossyboss
02/13/2014 at 18:12 |
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NOPENOPE Sorry pal
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Nibby
> desertdog5051
02/13/2014 at 18:12 |
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I need to acquire a pickup truck and a plow.
JEM
> Boxer_4
02/13/2014 at 18:29 |
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All my older neighbors have snowplows, snow blowers, both, or adult children who come do it with some combo.
Me, I'm 40 and I do it the same way as my dad still does: one shovel full at a time.
Note: this only works if you're stubbornly Polish and too ignorant to die.
doodon2whls
> McMike
02/13/2014 at 19:35 |
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Nice ! We awoke to 14 inches of snow today. 12" of powder with 2" of wet heavy snow on top. It rained most of the late morning - blech.
I spent 4.5 hrs this morning shoveling, olowing, and snowblowing. That was my property, and three neighbors' properties.
Payin' it forward because I know when I am 62 in 20 years I won't want to do this anymore.
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McMike
> doodon2whls
02/13/2014 at 19:50 |
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I was fine until Mom called.
The snowthrower her and her neighbors all went in on woudln't start, and she asked me if I could come take a look at it. It was less than two years old (and hadn't been used in two years), and I was pretty sure it was just bad gas. I threw some stabil, ether, and a air tank (to blow out fuel lines) in the car and drove on over.
When I got there, ther were two of her neighbors hovering over it, with tools laid out all over the place. A simple stale fuel issue on a engine with less than 10 hours on it turned in to a mess.
I had to run home to grab by tap and die set since one of them cross threaded the spark plug. Unfortunately, I didn't have one big enough to run the threads, so I grabbed a shovel.
Before I went home, he answered the following questions.
Did you put it away with fuel in it? Yeah
Did you use any fuel stabilizer? No
Would have been so easy!
Mike tired.
Kugelblitz
> Nibby
02/13/2014 at 21:28 |
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Snow was pretty high this am, had some tough times getting the upper part of my driveway cleared. I thought it was difficult until I A) broke one of my tire chains and B) lost it somewhere in the snow. Getting the rest of the driveway ploughed was fraught, since I had to dig the unchained tire out every five minutes.
Then it started snowing again, and now I have another five inches to move, and both sides of the driveway have large berms. Tomorrow is going to suck, but at least I have beer.
The Real Dacia Sandero
> Nibby
02/13/2014 at 21:31 |
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This was the first year after moving from Florida to NoVA that I have had to do any real snow clearing. I'm wiped out after clearing our 100ft driveway. I had a shovel and snow thrower from my neighbor, but it was one you had to push. Being 6'5" and 160ish meant I had a fun time with that...
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Nibby
> The Real Dacia Sandero
02/13/2014 at 21:32 |
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I'm 5'5" and 130; I had to shovel snow banks in front of the garage out of the way... that was rather tiring. And dig out my car AND the front entrance and steps...
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The Real Dacia Sandero
> Nibby
02/13/2014 at 21:41 |
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About half way through my brother came out to help. Even still, it was a piss ton of work. I was pushing all my weight on the snow blower and it wasn't even going anywhere at times. My hands and shoulders are really sore.
Thankfully, I dressed warm, so I was never cold.
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Nibby
> The Real Dacia Sandero
02/13/2014 at 21:45 |
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When you're shoveling, you don't get cold.
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The Real Dacia Sandero
> Nibby
02/13/2014 at 21:59 |
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As I noticed...
My hands and feet were soaked, but never cold.
This winter thing is losing it's appeal...
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doodon2whls
> McMike
02/13/2014 at 22:45 |
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Classic !
While I was in college (more than a few moons ago) I worked at a lawn equipment repair shop, so I am all too familiar with that scenario.
80% of the service calls I ran on at the beginning of winter and spring were either fouled plugs, bad gas, fuel petcocks, or a combination of those three. A fair number of them were fuel petcocks only where the owner had done everything right: stabilized the fuel, closed the petcock, and run the carb bowl dry only to forget at the beginning of the season that they had closed the fuel petcock. You can imagine their frustration when they had to pay the service call fee for a <30 second fix.
My neighbors stare in disbelief when I start my 34 year old Toro 421 snowblower on the first pull - a half pull at that ! They think it is sorcery. :-)
Rest well. Winter isn't done with us yet...
MonkeePuzzle
> Nibby
02/13/2014 at 23:32 |
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my shoveling PSA:
always wear gloves and hat, but don't overdress, you'll be sweaty in a minute
something something awkward sex joke in there somewhere
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MonkeePuzzle
> McMike
02/13/2014 at 23:33 |
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oh my! I don't much go for beer, but I suspect there is a jealousy of folks (that's the collective term, like a murder of crows) enviously spying your fridge, assuming it is yours
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Nibby
> MonkeePuzzle
02/13/2014 at 23:42 |
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yessssss
gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
> Nibby
02/14/2014 at 00:12 |
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If you're going out with the rain, it is going to suck.
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Nibby
> gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
02/14/2014 at 00:14 |
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FUCK IT
I HATE IT WHEN IT SNOWS AND RAINS AND FREEZES AND FUCKING EVERYTHING TURNS TO SHIT