Have you put away your snow thrower?

[HereSince1628]

[hobbit709]

1. What is this "snow thrower" you speak of?

[HereSince1628]

2. Sort of an automated snow snorter for the drive. :) n/t

[MattBaggins]

3. Some peoples calls it a snow-thrower mmmmhhhh

but I's calls it a snow-blower mmmmmhhh

[HereSince1628]

10. Do you say POP or SODA??????????

:rofl:

[MattBaggins]

17. Soda... If I asked for a pop people might get confused and punch me.

[awoke_in_2003]

51. Pop...

haven't heard that term since 1992 (when I moved to Texas from Cleveland)

On edit: this was also when I put away my snow blower :)

[madokie]

46. its a soft drink where I live :-)

and thats all the drink I drink anymore

[Donnachaidh]

8. think of a mating of a lawn mower and a gas leaf blower in reverse.

Pop the two together, have it suck instead of blow -- voila!

[madokie]

9. To me that would be switching to full time four wheel drive, so the answer is no

as its not something you put away.
I've never seen a snow blower/thrower actually.

[HereSince1628]

12. Here ya go....

[madokie]

16. head lamp?

I can understand the rest but a head light

[MattBaggins]

19. It get real dark early in the day in winter.

Dark clouds and blowing snow doesn't help either.

[HereSince1628]

29. I could get the optional operator's shelter (a tentlike thing) but

that isn't really deemed manly, for us Binford PowerTook types.

[MineralMan]

34. Sometimes, a guy's gotta blow off the driveway so he

can go to work. It's dark in the early morning up here in the frosty North.

[madokie]

45. My bad,

I have no idea as to what you all live with weather wise. Actually I've never been eye to eye with a snow blower machine before.

:hi:

[City Lights]

4. We don't have a snow thrower.

And our shovels are still in the garage.

[Bluzmann57]

5. My shovel is at the ready

My "thrower" is my big fat body. I hope neither is needed for snow removal until about December.

[CTyankee]

57. Heh. We had our shovel in the foyer and I finally threatened to take it to the basement

but hubby said if I did we'd guarantee a snowstorm...this was at the end of March! Finally, he took it down about a week and a half ago...geez...

[Fla_Democrat]

6. Uhm

:smoke:

[HereSince1628]

14. Yah, we'll remember that in hurricane season

:P

[awoke_in_2003]

52. that is why I kept my mouth shut...

we get tornados here :)

[Morning Dew]

55. Heh, we get mass quantities of snow and we get tornadoes as well...

I'm just thankful we don't get them at the same time.

[awoke_in_2003]

60. A snownado

would fuck your day up :)

[HopeHoops]

7. I had to select "no" because I never got it out this season.

I can't find the damn key! Why it needs a key in the FIRST place is beyond me.

[Walk away]

13. That used to happen to me until I realized that the only place to keep the key...

is in the ignition.

[HereSince1628]

15. +2

Mine has a plastic safety key thing, I leave it in there, too. But then I hate curious kids in our garage.

[Andy823]

24. Same here.

I started it up in December, but it never was used. I only had to plow for two storms, and a bit of clean up when it came off the roofs of the buildings, but the blower sat idle!

[11 Bravo]

11. My snow throwers are my 17 year old son and my own two arms. Both are still in service.

[awoke_in_2003]

53. My father never had...

a self-propelled mower until I moved out. Of course, depending on your perspective, you could say he DID have a self-propelled mower :)

[BoWanZi]

18. Yup, it is put away...

Last year was one of the worst winters ever for eastern WA. I was one of the lucky ones that had a pair of snow blowers. A tractor based one and a 2 stage push behind. Came in super handy.

This year, I barely got to use my push snow blower once. We just never got any snow except for one time with any amount of real accumulation.

Weird weather we are having.

[Speck Tater]

20. Here in Oregon we only have rain throwers. nt

[OhioChick]

21. Hell no....We've had snow in May before

Yesterday, it was in the upper 70's and I woke up today to the 40's with snowflakes. :(

[Canuckistanian]

22. Haven't used it since February

In fact, I've only had to fill the tank once this year. Only ONE major storm and even that wasn't so bad.

And we're not exactly in the tropics here.

[Catshrink]

23. Anchorage had 10" of snow on Wednesday

but I don't live there, thankfully. Here's what was in my yard on Wednesday:

Bougainvillea



"Popcorn" lantana:



Yellow pear tomatoes

[Cirque du So-What]

25. My 'snow thrower' is a shovel motivated by my aching shoulders & back

and, no, I haven't put it away yet. I may get some snow tonight, as a matter of fact, although it's not expected to amount to much.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

26. Thanks for reminding me, I need to do that

Now that the taxes are done, I can move on to the next chore

:hi:

[HereSince1628]

27. That's sort of my thinking, too. But I remember May 10, 93

it was a 10 inch snowfall in Waukesha...makes me wonder if putting it away is inviting the snow gods to dump on me.

[slackmaster]

28. My what?

Your words have no meaning.

[HereSince1628]

33. Think Tinkerbell and very cold fairy dust.

You'll be close.

[Iggo]

30. My what?

[Synicus Maximus]

31. What is this "snow" you speak of?

[HereSince1628]

32. It comes from Columbia and Peru in such huge amounts

it just must be thrown.

[pipi_k]

35. They be "snow blowers" where I live....in any case...

we don't have one. We have a plow that goes on the pickup.

The plow has been removed.

We are optimists here

:7

[Warren DeMontague]

36. I threw away my snow putter. nt

[NutmegYankee]

37. What the hell is a snow thrower?

I have heard of snow blowers to clear a driveway and snowmobiles to run around on the snow. And those giant snow machines that make fake snow at a ski resort.

[MineralMan]

39. They call 'em that in Minnesnowta and Westconsin.

We're very strange...

[Odin2005]

41. This Minnesotan always says "snow-blower".

When I'm not calling them "gas hogs".

[awoke_in_2003]

54. we love you anyway

:hi:

[lpbk2713]

38. I've been picking tomatoes for about two weeks now.

I put the plants in the ground back in January.

What is this "snow" you speak of? :shrug:

[Odin2005]

40. What happened to using a SHOVEL???

Anyone who is serious about being Green should ditch the snow-blower fast, it's just another CO2-emmiting gas hog. You should never use one unless you have to because of poor health.

when I was at my mom's for Christmas I shoveled her driveway 3 days in a row, it was good exercise and got my blood flowing.

Oh, and lead-blowers are an abomination.

[Brickbat]

42. We have a plow and it's always ready. We've had snow in every month except August here.

[madamesilverspurs]

43. Naw, just converted it back

to bullshit sweeper. Can't afford to put it away, our teabaggers are on steroids. . .


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[LeftyMom]

44. My what thrower?

It's 72 freakin' degrees at 7 pm. I <3 California.

[azmouse]

47. Nah... we use it all year 'round here in the desert!

;)

[MajorChode]

48. I actually got to use my snow shovel this year

I think I'm the only one in my neighborhood that has one. We got a record snowfall this year.

[TommyO]

49. Yes, the snow machine has been put into summer storage in the shed

It definitely came in handy this winter, we had to use it three times to clear four driveways, and a fourth time to clear four (yes, we're good to our neighbors).

[LWolf]

50. I don't have one.

My driveway is about 300 feet long, on dirt. I just drive through the snow to the private dirt road, which doesn't get plowed, onto the county graveled road, which doesn't get plowed, until I hit the paved road, which will at least get cinders, and WILL get plowed, if it's deep enough.

No trouble dealing with the inch of hail left after Wednesday night's hail storm, which froze solid overnight.

[Jennicut]

56. Don't use one...and I live in Connecticut. I like living dangerously. And getting some exercise.

Actually, the truth is, we had one and it broke. My husband never got it fixed. So we shovel the old fashioned way. We are only 34 so I think the shoveling is good for us.

[CTyankee]

58. You can buy ours. Hubby used to do it but now he just can't.

We have to have a service. I now realize why older people move out of their houses into apts. and condos. You get to where you can't physically do all the snow removal and yard maintenance services any more and paying LOTS to have services done for you...

[Jennicut]

61. We live in Terryville, the beginning of Litchfield County. Sometimes we get hit with a lot of snow.

And it is always colder here then where my parents are in Cheshire. We always get more snow then they do. Eventually, we will need to repair our snow blower. My husband does not have the greatest back and he is okay now but in a few years...

[CTyankee]

62. Litchfield County is my favorite spot in CT!

I used to raise money all over CT, but mostly in Greenwich and New Canaan and you can imagine the palaces that the rich live in there, esp. Greenwich. Yet my favorite house is in town of Litchfield...I also love Washington and Washington Depot...

[Jennicut]

63. The more northwest and northeast you go, the less populated CT is.

It really is nice. I love Sharon, Goshen, Harwinton. Very beautiful places.

[CTyankee]

64. I love it that for pockets of Litchfield County, there is no home mail delivery!

These hard assed CT yankees go the their local PO to pick up their mail!

Would ya believe it? In civilized, sedate Connecticut???

[Blue_In_AK]

59. My snow thrower is my husband,

and, no, I haven't put him away. Anchorage just got eight inches of snow last Tuesday.