Gads! I just got through shoveling off my driveway, AGAIN! Three inches of WET snow last night, like shoveling concrete. I've found new muscles I didn't even know I had. I don't mind cold snow, but this wet crap is pissing me off! It's heavy and sticky and not even good to ski in.
To add insult to injury, the idiots that drive the snow plows here are not practiced in the art of NOT blocking someone's driveway when plowing the street, so we get big mounds of icy slop that require either driving over or shoveling away to get out! Unfortunately, my driveway is steep, so I need to clear it off to get back into the garage.
I own a four wheel drive Jeep that does just fine in good cold snow, but with this wet, sloppy and icy garbage, it'll swap ends in a heartbeat! In these conditions, I don't even want to drive out and have to avoid all the other drivers that have never driven on ice. There seem to be a lot of those types here.
At least it is supposed to warm up a little and rain for a few days, but the snow is forecast to return this weekend, more snot ice and slush again!
It's been fun watching the snow on my neighbor's roof though. They have a steep smooth concrete tile roof and when the snow is thick and heavy and starts to melt, it starts to slide and fold up in a big mass. After it bunches up for a while, it will then move all at once like a big blanket and plop on the driveway. BAM! I'm waiting to see if they get damaged hoods on their cars since they parked them right underneath! You'd think they would learn.
