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I must be one real sicko. We got a wet heavy snowfall that just gummed up my snowblower without clearing anything. As a result I put in two sessions of heavy shoveling and have a lot to go. The sick part is that I found myself hearing the ballad of John Henry (too winded to sing if I could sing) with the words "die with my hammer in my hand" replaced with "die with my shovel in my hand". I figured I had better come in here and erase some things on this computer first!
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Well, you could have followed this government advice instead
A decade ago a government add in my country, run for one season and the beginning of the next, featured a person who had lost his foot when trying to clear a gummed-up snowblower while the motor, muffled by the snow, was still on.
He ended with stating that he was so angry at himself that he had put his foot there and not used his head instead.
clearing a snowblower
always use a stick or something. Even with the motor shut down there is a lot of tension on the blade from when it jammed. When you break the jam it can rotate and make a mess out of a perfectly good hand.
Heart Attack Snow
We had a wintry mix of snow / rain / sleet last week. I have a smaller shovel I use for that kind of snow.
But . . . it makes GREAT snowmen.
Jill
Angela Rasch (Jill M I)
Years back, I was at a Lady-friend's place ...
The morning greeted us with 30 cm (about a foot) of snow.
When I came back in, she was so worried that it was 'heart attack' snow, that she kept asking if I was OK ... Yes... And she kept worrying. I finally had to give her a mangled version of The Boy Scout Oath to reassure her.
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I think it's 'heart attack snow' for the (almost always) "macho" (almost always) men who were either 'ready to pop' anyways, or didn't pace themselves.
My rule is to never even get to breathing hard.
John Henry was just a little baby...
When my father used to tell me, "Hard work never killed anyone!" I wanted so badly to reply, "Tell that to John Henry," but I never dared.
- iolanthe