I made a pre-emptive strike on the snow last night, but, alas! It was not sufficient to reduce the amount of work I had to do today. My downstairs neighbor and I dug for two hours. My pinkie toe got somewhat frozen, but I think it's going to be okay. So, send some happy thoughts to my toe, and perhaps we'll get down to some blogging! (Yes, my toe & I really are a team. We each need to be at peak capacity in order for blogging to occur.)
For an apartment dweller a snowblower is a bit much unless the landlord supplies (and runs) it, but I've used a thing called an electric snow broom that clears about a foot wide stretch - enough so the mailperson stopped threatening to stop delivering. Needs a lo-o-o-ng outdoor extension cord.
Broom - circa $50
cord - circa $2
time - $45/hour
toes - $???
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