At 75 years old

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Luckily, we are having an "easy" winter here. I admit, at 69 and lots of joint pain, damaged shoulders and knees, I don't like "that frozen white ****" as my friend (RIP) Gary used to say. He grew up in San Diego, and worked in places like Tucson and Austin, TX, that is except for younger days when he was a maritime radio operator for Scripps Institute, and spent a little time at the S pole.

He was not a cold weather guy LOL
 
Gotta tell ya, I've been blessed.

Two big storms this year and last year that I had to shovel. Anything less than eight inches I say screw it, the car goes in and out.

I usually start road end and knock down the drift the plow truck throws out. Figured if I get the *** kicking done first the rest is easy.

Each time I've gone out to shovel over the eight inches I've had someone drive by with a plow who's stopped and plowed it out for me.

Last year was a guy in a Silverado. This year was a guy with a side by side who was having fun playing in the snow.
 
ramenth said:
Gotta tell ya, I've been blessed.

Two big storms this year and last year that I had to shovel. Anything less than eight inches I say screw it, the car goes in and out.

I usually start road end and knock down the drift the plow truck throws out. Figured if I get the *** kicking done first the rest is easy.

Each time I've gone out to shovel over the eight inches I've had someone drive by with a plow who's stopped and plowed it out for me.

Last year was a guy in a Silverado. This year was a guy with a side by side who was having fun playing in the snow.
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That’s cool,
I am the “guy” with the snowblower so I take care of the neighbors.
I have a 17 year old son for shoveling duties.
 
barracudadave67 said:
I am getting tired of shoveling snow. I just got done with the drive way,
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I know what you mean at 70+ years, so last year bought a small John Deere with front snowplow. Best investment made in long time. That will keep us in the country a lot longer. Taught wife to run it too. She does long driveway while I shovel around house & cars.

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I just got done shoveling again. We have had around 16 inches of the pesky white stuff this week alone. I am really getting tired of it. I would like to find out if a small tractor would go up the hill part of the driveway. If it would then I might invest in one. I'm going to check it out.
Dave, the shovlen fool.
 
Neighbor uses a 4 wheel drive atv with a plow on it, doubles for summer fun. I have a plow on the back and a loader on the front of my compact New Holland. Kinda like a big kid in the sand box. Aint snow throwin a 300" drive at 62!
 
barracudadave67 said:
I just got done shoveling again. We have had around 16 inches of the pesky white stuff this week alone. I am really getting tired of it. I would like to find out if a small tractor would go up the hill part of the driveway. If it would then I might invest in one. I'm going to check it out.
Dave, the shovlen fool.
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Didn't get quite that much here in Kenosha, but enough. I don't have a very big driveway, so I use the little Toro Powerlite model made in the 90's. Works good since I put new sweeps and a scraper on it. Neighbor gave me his old two stage that needed a belt. Thing doesn't have an electric start, but starts up real easy. Not a very big engine, maybe 6 HP only so it won't move the real wet crap. But for the price of a belt and time, it is worth it. No complaining here.
 
I lived in Memphis for 4 years and when it’s 105+ for 3 straight weeks in August and 92*F feels like a nice Spring day in the rest of the Summer, you realize that heat is more dangerous than cold. You can add layers for the cold, but you can’t strip off enough to deal with when it’s over 100*F...24/7.

AC is nice, but it becomes like a heat prison such that you can’t enjoy life beyond the confines of the air conditioned walls.

I’d rather go back and live in Hawaii again where there are only 2 kinds of weather.

Beautiful...and absolutely perfect.
 
Ddaddy said:
I lived in Memphis for 4 years and when it’s 105+ for 3 straight weeks in August and 92*F feels like a nice Spring day in the rest of the Summer, you realize that heat is more dangerous than cold. You can add layers for the cold, but you can’t strip off enough to deal with when it’s over 100*F...24/7.

AC is nice, but it becomes like a heat prison such that you can’t enjoy life beyond the confines of the air conditioned walls.

I’d rather go back and live in Hawaii again where there are only 2 kinds of weather.

Beautiful...and absolutely perfect.
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We have had that kind of heat at times, but a few yrs, back, I was outside working in it. The thing about heat is, you have to start the day in it, be outside as it heats up. If u stay I the a.c., it will eat u alive when u go out. One can always wear shorts and set in the shade w/ a cold drink when ur getting over heated, "easier when ur retired tho. If, ur out in it and are working for someone else, take a 15-20 minute break and guzzle a qt of Gatoraide, when the light headedness comes on, it works ! I`ll take 95 anyday over 25. Of course u have to get out there and get used to it. I did for 63 yrs., but I started sooner than most.
 
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