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Post by Hermskii » Thu Mar 06, 2014 8:33 am

Just start in late spring and it will be easy. We'll see 70 degrees by end of week here in Houston. We had freezing rain on Monday.
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Post by a nameless entity » Thu Mar 06, 2014 7:51 pm

I made a start on it today. I dug out the driveway from the garage door to half way to the sidewalk. It's about 16 or 17 yards from the door to the sidewalk and then from the sidewalk to the street is another 6 or 7 yards. I'm not even going to think about the part to the road. It's got a huge pile of snow at the end from the street clearing. That can wait until part of it melts away. The top part of todays dig was relatively easy, although I could only throw the snow to one side, since my neighbours replaced the hedge with a wooden fence. With the "easy" snow I could dig down about half way to the ice coating on the asphalt. Once I cleared the top layer of snow with my plastic scoop shovel, I took my large aluminum snow pushing shovel and used it as a chopper to break up the hard packed snow. Then I could scoop that stuff out with the plastic shovel. Tomorrow I will repeat the process as far as the sidewalk.
I couldn't tell how thick the ice layer is overtop the asphalt. It looked like only 1/8" to 1/4", but could be a lot more. In most places it is 1" or 2" thick. Maybe I caught a break though. Maybe.

The sidewalks have been for the most part covered with ice this year, and are dangerous to walk on quite often. The town has sent the sidewalk plough around a few times with a sander on the back to make things a bit better. But the sand does not spread evenly, and you never know what you will encounter. And the ice is difficult to walk on because it is full of frozen footprints from when it was snow, before it was turned to ice. If there's any melting happening on a particular day, then the ice is covered with water and goes from not so safe to damn dangerous. In some places the sidewalks are bare, so you walk along there, then you come to still icy places, and start looking for a place to put your feet safely, or you just climb over the snowbank, hope you don't fall because it's frozen too, and fall/jump down to the ploughed street. Then you get to play dodge 'em with the cars making their way down the narrowed streets. I have pretty much given up walking on the sidewalks and use the street, here in the neighbourhood. Once I get to the main streets the sidewalks are bare. The town and the shop owners have made extra efforts along there. I have also memorized the best routes to and from my usual shops I patronize.

At the moment things are a bit better, there was a snowfall of fine granular snow, which has covered the ice and for the moment is acting like sand. So you have good grip, although you still must be careful not to twist an ankle by stepping into a frozen footprint the wrong way. Once things thaw out a bit, this source of traction will change state or melt, and add to the woe instead.

Eventually in a few weeks I will say good riddance to the winter of 2013-14. But not at the usual time. The predictions are that the snow will melt slowly, and last well into April.
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Post by Hermskii » Sat Mar 08, 2014 9:43 pm

That is just plain awful. I want to yell at you like Sam Kinison did at the ethiopians in one of his skits. Here is the skit. You'll see what I want to say to people who live where it snows and complain about it and need help sometimes but won't move. Note also that I'm not all totally hyped up like this but the thought does cross my mind about people who have choices and yet stay the path they are on. Note also this has plenty of harsh language and everything bad for that matter but I love this skit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0q4o58pKwA
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Have a great Tuesday folks! :wink:
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Post by Hook » Thu May 29, 2014 6:59 am

Folks, my work has blocked this forum yet again, so hard for me to get on it.
At home? - I do not visit many forums at all at home - even my own. :(

Have a great day folks! :D
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Post by Hermskii » Thu May 29, 2014 11:23 pm

Try harder!
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Post by Hook » Fri Jun 13, 2014 6:51 am

OK!

Happy FRIDAY! :D
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Post by Hook » Sat Jul 19, 2014 12:34 am

Hook wrote:OK!

Happy FRIDAY! :D
Here it is again!

Well, ya, I am house sitting again, plus a Doberman and 3 cats, at my middle daughter's house.
All week until next Sunday. :shock:

Now to go play UT a bit... :wink:
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Post by Hook » Thu Sep 18, 2014 9:09 pm

Oh howdy folks! :D

Say, guess what...
It looks like I'll be in Houston TX a few times in Feb. 2015 8)
For a few hours each time in one week.

Taking a cruise - Western Caribbean - Starting and ending in Houston.

Looking for a cab or shuttle to the docks from airport and back LOL ... :roll:
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Post by Hermskii » Thu Sep 18, 2014 11:42 pm

Cool! Let's meet up. make sure I know exactly when and where and I'll try to meet you.
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Post by Hook » Fri Oct 10, 2014 9:17 pm

Hermskii wrote:Cool! Let's meet up. make sure I know exactly when and where and I'll try to meet you.
Oh, yes, we gotta try!
That would be so cool. :D

I met with FuzzBall in Arizona for a few hours - really fun!
I almost got to meet Pandemonium also in Northern Arizona while we were there too, but didn't get to stop in his town, although we road through it. darn

I'll tell ya tho, that IF we don't get to meet, or even if we DO, somehow we should do a UT friends meet somewhere in a Central location in the USA sometime. COOL
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Post by Hook » Sat Nov 08, 2014 11:44 pm

Don't forget this bud! :)
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Post by Hook » Fri Feb 06, 2015 8:09 am

PS: We will be in Houston for more time now!
Mainly from the day (early morning) we get back to Houston until late morning the next day!
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Post by Hermskii » Sat Feb 07, 2015 10:05 pm

When? When exactly?
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