speaking of the end of the world, it seems i wont get to see the hobbit then. bother.

and speaking of the hobbit, this has been making the rounds: http://www.businessinsider.com/imdb-...-potter-2012-6

:giantpicard:

Yeah that J.R.R. Tolkien got in his Time Machine (which I bet he ripped off from H.G. Wells) and traveled into the future from 1937 and 1954 to rip of J.K. Rowling. That BASTARD.

That's precious.

I had a snowblower for a few months. It was such a pain in the ass I sold it and went back to paying Robbie, my plow dude.

I shovel the walks, deck, shed, etc. by hand. I like it. Good workout.

My driveway is too big for a snowblower. Such is life on the vast Pcad Estate.

You idiots can mock me for being fat, but while you all sit there by the fire eating friggin Xmas and Chanuka friggin bon bons (the Muslims are fasting, but cycling is blasphemy for them), I'm slowly losing weight and logging miles.

I'll hit 7K for 2012 in the next couple of days, all my time off the bike due to multiple health issues notwithstanding. Pcad rides.

Every dog has his day boys. As the tag above my avatar clearly implies.

Woof.

We used to have a plow dude. He got to us too late in the day. Shoveled last year which was fine, since we hardly got any snow.

It would take 2-3 hours to clear 6" of snow off my driveway. No chance, too big.

Coffee? Now??

it wasn't that bad here either. my back doesn't tolerate 2-3 hours of shoveling very well though.

apparently pcad and i live on the same palatial estate.

our driveway isn't really huge. you could maybe park 6-8 cars in it? depending on size.

This represents about 1/3 of our driveway. And it's really wide, so the snowblowers can't throw the snow far enough. Needs plowing. Happily up here in lower bumfark, my guy only charges us $25 per plow. It's a no-brainer. I spend $100-$200 each winter on plowing. And he's always here by 7AM or earlier. It works.

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...aller12011.jpg

My driveway is wider than that in spots and I use a snow blower. The trick is start in the center then go up and have the snow go the right when heading back towards the house, then to the right when heading towards the road. Yes, that's right, if you make it left when heading towards the road you will re-cover what you cleared. If it's 2" or less, I'll just shovel.

I do my own. I have a corner lot. So I also do the sidewalk that wraps halfway around the house, because my neighbors walk their dogs.

http://www.cianperez.com/photos/d/954-2/IMG_2564.jpg

No it's not. That photo doesn't show the real width at the wide part. It's huge. It's 2.5x that width. Trust me on this.

I live I Oklahoma. I have shoveled 3 times in 10 yrs. two of them were 2 weeks apart a few yes ago.

My driveway is about 120' long.

You must have a big frame or something. I was 5'11" now I'm more like 5'10". I'm 145 - 140 now. I still have plenty of belly fat.

No. Coffee's all gone. That was a couple of hours ago.

Mine's only 2 cars wide and 6 long. But the real problem is, because of where I'm positioned on a sweeping corner, I often get the street's width of snow piled onto the bottom of my driveway. It's gotta be someone's idea of a sick joke. Bastards.

I believe you, my point is more of it's about technique when clearing a wide driveway with a snow blower.

Tell me about it, I also get the yellow boxes of terror cutting the corner and rutting up the edge of the yard.

When you get your mail, do you drive your car or ride the bike?

My mailbox is across the street from my house too.

I would never bother checking my mail.