Snow Shovelling Technique - are you a Pusher or a Tosser?

[Eastern Girl]

I like doing it myself, actually. I just like being outside in the snow and the fresh winter air, always have. I used to do it when I was younger for my family. Now, when I am here in Toronto, I shovel for my mom. It's great exercise.

I am like Steely, that I will push it all to the side, then toss it onto the lawn. Whatever gets the job done though, really.

[FiftyBelow]

Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates

tosser, and today is the most snow I've ever seen in Vancouver. It looks like Calgary here!

hahaha so true... woke up this morning and almost forgot I wasn't at home.

[LGA]

I like to push everything together and then toss it into one very large corner, that way if the snow is clean I can build a giant fortress that makes my house seem much more intimidating. I then proceed to throw large amounts of snow onto neighbourhood teenagers, who honestly need to lighten up, I was a teenager less than 3 years ago, seriously, stuff I used to worry about makes me laugh now.

[Slava]

Originally Posted by Eastern Girl

I like doing it myself, actually. I just like being outside in the snow and the fresh winter air, always have. I used to do it when I was younger for my family. Now, when I am here in Toronto, I shovel for my mom. It's great exercise.

I am like Steely, that I will push it all to the side, then toss it onto the lawn. Whatever gets the job done though, really.

I totally agree. Its not that bad. I do feel the pain after a heavy snowfall, but it could be worse. Its kind of like cutting the lawn....nice in the early part of the season and then a chore by the end!

[MelBridgeman]

Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates

tosser, and today is the most snow I've ever seen in Vancouver. It looks like Calgary here!

do you not remeber Nov '06? I don't think todays snow comes close to that...

[MelBridgeman]

Also i just poor some gasonline on my walks and set it on fire.
Works well

[pope04]

Originally Posted by Eastern Girl

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I am like Steely, that I will push it all to the side, then toss it onto the lawn. Whatever gets the job done though, really.

This is the key. I hate it when people shovel onto the roadway.

[STeeLy]

Originally Posted by pope04

This is the key. I hate it when people shovel onto the roadway.

Agreed. maybe a little bit of snow get's shoveled on to the side of the roadway is ok... snow that barely covers the driveway, anything more than that, please use lawn or whatever is not the road.

[First Lady]

Originally Posted by Ice

I live in California, I only need a leaf blower in winter.

You can keep her year 'round; we won't mind.

[SebC]

Originally Posted by Eastern Girl

I like doing it myself, actually.

No proposals yet for this lady?

[ken0042]

Originally Posted by MelBridgeman

do you not remeber Nov '06? I don't think todays snow comes close to that...

OK, with all the talk this week about how Vancouver is better suited than Calgary to handle a dump of snow- if November 2006 is the benchmark then I guess I just have to laugh. We were in Vancouver then and laughed at the local news and how they were talking about school closures, and to stay off the roads.

I would not call that a storm, much the same way I would not consider a fart an "earthquake."

Mel- I know it wasn't you who made the original comments, so that wasn't directed at you. However thank-you for giving me some persepctive.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by MelBridgeman

Also i just poor some gasonline on my walks and set it on fire.
Works well

A military flame thrower would do a quick job of the smow also

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by Dion

A military flame thrower would do a quick job of the smow also

Trust me, the lawyer fees, fines and anger by your neighbors about their incinerated pets kind of takes away the fun of the whole thing.

[Winsor_Pilates]

Originally Posted by MelBridgeman

do you not remeber Nov '06? I don't think todays snow comes close to that...

I've only lived here since April 07, so no. My choices are "worst" snowfalls in Van, are pretty slim since I'm only on winter #2

[Winsor_Pilates]

Originally Posted by ken0042

OK, with all the talk this week about how Vancouver is better suited than Calgary to handle a dump of snow- if November 2006 is the benchmark then I guess I just have to laugh. We were in Vancouver then and laughed at the local news and how they were talking about school closures, and to stay off the roads.

I would not call that a storm, much the same way I would not consider a fart an "earthquake."

Mel- I know it wasn't you who made the original comments, so that wasn't directed at you. However thank-you for giving me some persepctive.

Who said Van is better suited to handle snow than Calgary? that's absurd

And I made the original comment, but I think you're misunderstanding me. I don't think is a storm whatsoever, just a lot of snow for this city. I'm a Calgarian at the end of the day, and also laugh when people here think this is a storm.

[ken0042]

It was in another thread Winsor; I think Friday night. When here in Calgary we were having a tough time getting around after getting 20 cm on Sunday and then another 10-15 cm on Friday; a person who moved here from Vancouver said that Calgary could take a lesson in how Vancouver is prepared to handle winter storms.

I'll find the thread.

Edit- found it:

Originally Posted by Nancy

This storm was predicted for at least 24 hours before it arrived. In fact, it arrived almost exactly on schedule at 12:00 noon, and I watched it roll in on the weather radar. We get these storms maybe twice a year. So yes, you can have plows/sanders out on at least Deerfoot running from the start of the storm, and you can do some pre sanding of on ramps and steep sections. (And not this powder they are using, which is a joke.)

Having lived through identical situations in Vancouver, I'd say Vancouver does a much better job.

[MelBridgeman]

Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates

I've only lived here since April 07, so no. My choices are "worst" snowfalls in Van, are pretty slim since I'm only on winter #2

Nov '06 was a disaster.

[MelBridgeman]

Originally Posted by ken0042

It was in another thread Winsor; I think Friday night. When here in Calgary we were having a tough time getting around after getting 20 cm on Sunday and then another 10-15 cm on Friday; a person who moved here from Vancouver said that Calgary could take a lesson in how Vancouver is prepared to handle winter storms.

I'll find the thread.

Edit- found it:

That is not my experience. The snow here in Vancouver wasn't bad and it happened on a Sunday...but if this snow happened on a weekday, schools would be shutdown, transit buses stuck and plenty of now shows at work.
I have never seen a sanding truck in the city,

[Dion]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

Trust me, the lawyer fees, fines and anger by your neighbors about their incinerated pets kind of takes away the fun of the whole thing.

Meh. I'd be more worried about all the melting snow cascading down the driveway and on to the street creating a virtual skating rink with cars crashing into each other

[Neeper]

Originally Posted by Eastern Girl

I like doing it myself, actually. I just like being outside in the snow and the fresh winter air, always have. I used to do it when I was younger for my family. Now, when I am here in Toronto, I shovel for my mom. It's great exercise.

I am like Steely, that I will push it all to the side, then toss it onto the lawn. Whatever gets the job done though, really.

I agree, it's great exercise. I usually don't mind it, except when it's this cold. I used to shovel senior's sidewalks and driveways on my block, but I haven't done any since I moved.