11 January 2017
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R. Linda:
Ah yes, another winter in New Hampshire! I was of the hopes we'd have a mild winter like last year, very little snow, and unseasonably high temperatures, but no, no Old Man Winter has arrived and he's here to stay it looks.
So far it snows every other day which means, Gabe has to shovel, which is not my favourite thing to do as you well know. Add to this, the only way to get telly programmes is via satellite dish. This "dish" business can wreak havoc when the weather is fierce. Case in point, anytime there is a lot of wind (and where I live it is windy all the time), the signal digitises on the telly screen and freezes, it does the same if there is heavy rain or snow. Cloudy weather be the worst, the signal all but disappears if there are dense clouds or fog of which we get a fair amount of both and usually at the same time!
Add to this awful situation, our local news station which pairs with ABC, decided not to pay the satellite company whatever fees it demands. The satellite company, therefore, shut off the local and ABC stations. We had no clue what was going on in New Hampshire! More upsetting to me Mam at least, was she could not watch The Bachelor! No, all we could watch was NBC or CBS which has nothing my family likes to watch except the occasional 48 Hour programme or Lester Holt giving the news. We did have all the Boston stations which refers to New Hampshire as "up there" with a wave of the hand. It is like we are aliens and well not important enough to report our weather or anything else that might be of interest to us who live "up there." I tell ya!
So the other night we had almost 16" of snow. We had no idea it was coming because why? No news and in this case, no news is not good news. We were stuck watching the Boston stations and O M G! You'd think Boston never had a snowstorm before. The two major networks preempted any sitcoms or crime programmes they might have had to broadcast LIVE the snow falling in Massachusetts, primarily Boston and the Cape. Yes, R. Linda, live broadcasts of a reporter braving the howling winds in Sandwich, Mass. and another reporter measuring snow with a small ruler someplace else and we thought her snow totals were way off because she was measuring in snow drifts which prompted the in-studio anchors to declare Boston in the middle of a BLIZZARD!
I could remember my first winter in Boston and all that snow! I remember cross-country skiing on the common and there was more snow than we were watching that night. If I wanted to watch the snow falling, I could go out in me yard. Gees Marie! Yes, boredom was setting in big time.
I'd almost say a visit from Weasil would have been welcome but I won't go that far.
Anyway, with all the snow and the rather long driveway we have, I needed to get it shovelled. No way was I going to hand shovel a driveway that is almost a city block long! Me car plough had bit the dust before I moved. Here, I give you a remembrance picture of THAT.
844
R. Linda:
Ah yes, another winter in New Hampshire! I was of the hopes we'd have a mild winter like last year, very little snow, and unseasonably high temperatures, but no, no Old Man Winter has arrived and he's here to stay it looks.
So far it snows every other day which means, Gabe has to shovel, which is not my favourite thing to do as you well know. Add to this, the only way to get telly programmes is via satellite dish. This "dish" business can wreak havoc when the weather is fierce. Case in point, anytime there is a lot of wind (and where I live it is windy all the time), the signal digitises on the telly screen and freezes, it does the same if there is heavy rain or snow. Cloudy weather be the worst, the signal all but disappears if there are dense clouds or fog of which we get a fair amount of both and usually at the same time!
Add to this awful situation, our local news station which pairs with ABC, decided not to pay the satellite company whatever fees it demands. The satellite company, therefore, shut off the local and ABC stations. We had no clue what was going on in New Hampshire! More upsetting to me Mam at least, was she could not watch The Bachelor! No, all we could watch was NBC or CBS which has nothing my family likes to watch except the occasional 48 Hour programme or Lester Holt giving the news. We did have all the Boston stations which refers to New Hampshire as "up there" with a wave of the hand. It is like we are aliens and well not important enough to report our weather or anything else that might be of interest to us who live "up there." I tell ya!
So the other night we had almost 16" of snow. We had no idea it was coming because why? No news and in this case, no news is not good news. We were stuck watching the Boston stations and O M G! You'd think Boston never had a snowstorm before. The two major networks preempted any sitcoms or crime programmes they might have had to broadcast LIVE the snow falling in Massachusetts, primarily Boston and the Cape. Yes, R. Linda, live broadcasts of a reporter braving the howling winds in Sandwich, Mass. and another reporter measuring snow with a small ruler someplace else and we thought her snow totals were way off because she was measuring in snow drifts which prompted the in-studio anchors to declare Boston in the middle of a BLIZZARD!
I could remember my first winter in Boston and all that snow! I remember cross-country skiing on the common and there was more snow than we were watching that night. If I wanted to watch the snow falling, I could go out in me yard. Gees Marie! Yes, boredom was setting in big time.
I'd almost say a visit from Weasil would have been welcome but I won't go that far.
Anyway, with all the snow and the rather long driveway we have, I needed to get it shovelled. No way was I going to hand shovel a driveway that is almost a city block long! Me car plough had bit the dust before I moved. Here, I give you a remembrance picture of THAT.
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| RIP |
I had gone through two junky cars with that plough. It served me well, but now what was I to do? It took me all of an hour to think up a new method of snow removal. IDEA! I had got O'Hare an all-terrain bike for Christmas, and so I found it worked great in snow. I just needed to add a little something to it and I'd be in business. Ok, a lot of something.
This is what I came up with:
This is what I came up with:
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| Yes, works for me! |
I was able to solder a snow shovel to the bike. Did it work? You betcha! See here:
Gabe
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| Took me three days but I did it! The only drawback to this is that O'Hare was upset with me. So was Tonya and . . . Mam . . . even Guido had a few choice words. I did such a good job there be no way I can get the shovel off the bike. Which means I have to go buy him another one. BUT the good news is I have a bike-plough now! |
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