Snowy days are here it is winter not the end of the world… well it may be but we aren’t aware that it is just yet. However, I’ll bet a nickel that it isn’t, by nickel I mean .05 cent not 500 dollars. Ok we’re good.
The world gets quiet when it snows. Ever so much more quiet than any other type of weather. It is calm, serene, the air smells clean, and the world seems softer. I’ve always been a fan of winter. Now there are a few things which I’m not a fan of this time of year. Things like the utility companies making sure they get rate increases approved just in time for cold weather.
Then there are ill thought out ideas which I can’t be more explicit about but just to say that if one group of people who have your safety in mind are telling you to do one thing which will in all likelihood keep you safe and improve the chances of keeping most other people safe and another group of people tells you to do something in direct contrast to the other group and will jeopardize your safety and perhaps the safety of others and perhaps even have an impact far and beyond the single day in question. Just doesn’t make sense.
Then there was this guy crying on the news the other day. Why don’t we all just grow up and accept that it’s winter and stop complaining. Don’t you pay attention to people at all? That is what we do. We gripe, bitch, moan, and complain about everything. However to answer your whiney biblical donkey name toned complaint. People sue other people, people sue governments, governments raise taxes to pay for the lawsuits, the lawsuits create a get rich way of thinking and more people sue other people and businesses and governments and the utility companies continue to rob customers. You there shovel your side walk and chill enjoy the day off if you get one and if you’re going to complain man up when you do like I have just done …get it, got it… good, firetruck
Now done with the bad now for the good.
I like shoveling, it is sort of fun in an odd way… I also don’t mind the smell of skunk…oh skunk in winter is the best… anyway… shoveling. It is really fun. Not twister and baby oil fun but fun.
We’ve gotten 40 inches of snow in total this winter. Now in the DC area and other parts a bit north of here they’ve had a lot more.
I have to knock the snow off my garage roof because it tends to want to come off in one big piece and that could be bad. The dingoes in back are getting rather used to me now when I’m cleaning the driveway slash parking area in back. It would be more fun if it were paved but it’s not. The alley isn’t paved either.
So I shoveled Friday, Saturday then on Monday and Tuesday and bit today . I think I did on Monday? I’m not sure. Anyway. I helped out my one side neighbors on all of the days and the other side neighbor on Saturday. The one’s I help more are an older couple the other side is a 20 something person who is capable of doing it himself. I help with the street mowing in the grass growing months.
The fort in the back still stands, I would like to have the driveway paved because I could get the pile so much bigger and it wouldn’t be all gravel infested. I had a paved driveway, which a friend asked me a very good question today… but it isn’t related to the snow.
I have a three to three and half foot wall of snow in the front of my house. Which is really cool. I don’t really have a big shovel either.
My son had a good time with his friends building the fort. Secretly I want more snow… which I guess isn’t a secret anymore. Sorry
Helpful hints on the snow
- park in the back of your house or at least in your driveway.
- shovel your side and help a neighbor
- if you can’t do and your neighbors aren’t helpful - pay a kid to do it - video games are expensive and if they are playing x-box the points cost money too. They need it.
- SLOW THE HELL DOWN on the roads there is snow on the roads they close the schools for a reason it’s because some of the roads are icy and if you go ripping ass down the road you’re going to wreck and you may wreck into someone else who is being all cool about the snow and you’re being a jerkified about it by driving like a moron.
Lastly, SUV’s don’t automatically make you the best driver in the snow. In fact the way most of the idiots in them tend to drive them you are a bigger threat now in that oversized, gas guzzling, piece of crap which I’m sure you have trouble driving on dry roads but you’re going to be fine in a foot or more of snow in bald ass tires. STAY HOME stupid.
Did I mention I love the snow, I just don’t like the greedy, stupid, and moronic people who can’t just enjoy it too. Slow down and smell the roses. Yes I know there are no roses this time of year especially in the snow but it means look around take in the wonder of things not smell flowers … well some times it means smelling flowers
In other news…
Dodgeball tomorrow… hopefully
Still looking for something or other.
That’s all for now other stuff tomorrow, have a great day and play nice in the neighborhood.
Ciao,
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