But I don't have to like it.
I will be outside shoveling. Or something like that.
OK, I haven't tried to shovel yet. My neighbour did it for me. He is nuts, if I may be so bold as to say that and I love that about living here. All these nutty people making me feel cared for.
One of the guys bought a blower last year, just a leaf blower, but he used it to do a whole lot of snow clearing. My plan is to use one I bought earlier in fall to keep my deck clean and to do the small snows. I had it all set up to go out and do it, till I was ready to plug it in. The plug was built up so that it could only be used with a single ended plug. I had to go out for an appointment, and then came back and did some plastic surgery on the plug end. Good to go I thought.
I went out to try it. I was so full of excitement and the feeling that yes I could do this. I really could take care of the outdoor stuff, or at least some of it. Flipped the power switch and...No power. No sound. No blowing. The outdoor plug is dead. I checked. I came back inside and plugged the unit into a standard outlet. Works fine. Checked the breakers. All is good. The plug is really dead.
My get up and go left as fast as it came. I will sort it out later, after I have coffee. Because when all the world is falling apart, knitting and coffee are all that keeps me sane.
OK, I haven't tried to shovel yet. My neighbour did it for me. He is nuts, if I may be so bold as to say that and I love that about living here. All these nutty people making me feel cared for.
One of the guys bought a blower last year, just a leaf blower, but he used it to do a whole lot of snow clearing. My plan is to use one I bought earlier in fall to keep my deck clean and to do the small snows. I had it all set up to go out and do it, till I was ready to plug it in. The plug was built up so that it could only be used with a single ended plug. I had to go out for an appointment, and then came back and did some plastic surgery on the plug end. Good to go I thought.
I went out to try it. I was so full of excitement and the feeling that yes I could do this. I really could take care of the outdoor stuff, or at least some of it. Flipped the power switch and...No power. No sound. No blowing. The outdoor plug is dead. I checked. I came back inside and plugged the unit into a standard outlet. Works fine. Checked the breakers. All is good. The plug is really dead.
My get up and go left as fast as it came. I will sort it out later, after I have coffee. Because when all the world is falling apart, knitting and coffee are all that keeps me sane.
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A friend of mine moved into a condo. When I asked her what motivated her to do s she said "We had a very big dump of snow last winter and I was outside shovelling when I thought - who am I trying to impress that I can still, at 73, shovel snow?' So she moved. LOL. I thought that was aptly put.
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