The Blizzard 2015 thread (Wyckoff, Midland Park: home, tax, assess)

[Gerania]

Originally Posted by Tyler77

Why do people buy shovels every time it snows? Did their other ones break?

My shovel broke recently.

[Goldendoodle1969]

Psyched to use my new snowblower, not psyched at the prospect of losing power.

[AnesthesiaMD]

Originally Posted by Tyler77

Why do people buy shovels every time it snows? Did their other ones break?

Actually, my shovel broke yesterday. I don't have time to get a new one. I think I'm screwed.

I only need it for the front steps and porch. I use a snow blower for the rest.

[Ivan Putski]

Originally Posted by tdstyles

Psyched to use my new snowblower, not psyched at the prospect of losing power.

Was out 11 days during Sandy and I've been putting off buying an inverter generator. Hope it doesn't bite me in the a$$. Gas stations around here in Wyckoff/Midland Park had long lines with folks filling up their 2.5 & 5 gallon gas cans.

[AnesthesiaMD]

Originally Posted by PDD

Yes, snowblowers are a lot of fun the first year or so, not so much after 20 years.

Right. I remember liking snowblowing. Now its a chore.

[Badfish740]

Originally Posted by tdstyles

Psyched to use my new snowblower, not psyched at the prospect of losing power.

Got more than a week's worth of wood inside today and the generator is ready to go if we need it, but I hope we don't.

[Calico696]

We're ready. Generator is full, spare gas cans are full, snow blower is primed, pantry is stocked, liquor inventory is optimal and car is in the garage.

[Badfish740]

Originally Posted by Calico696

We're ready. Generator is full, spare gas cans are full, snow blower is primed, pantry is stocked, liquor inventory is optimal and car is in the garage.

Oh yeah-that stuff is done too. Yuengling Bock...mmmmm... My wife usually does the grocery shopping during the week so we missed that madness, but I needed some chains for the tractor tires so I went down to Tractor Supply in Raritan-it was mobbed! We just put these on the kiddie hauler-can't wait to try them out:

[JerseyGirl415]

Originally Posted by AnesthesiaMD

Actually, my shovel broke yesterday. I don't have time to get a new one. I think I'm screwed.

I only need it for the front steps and porch. I use a snow blower for the rest.

Our snow blower broke yesterday. WE'RE screwed!

Sent it to get fixed, hopefully it's done by tomorrow. If not… we have generous neighbors.

[JERSEY MAN]

Badfish and Calico, you are mountain people!!!! lmao You all are only going to get a dusting, us shore people are going to be trapped for a week as the towns are not prepared for this. Our idea of a town plow is a DPW pickup that's converted with a shovel on the front. The only way we got out last time when we had about 30 inches the day after Christmas a few years back was when my neighbor carjacked a front end loader from the paving company where he worked.