Comments on: Fighting the Winter Blahs

By: What’s Keeping Kosmo Entertained?

What’s Keeping Kosmo Entertained? — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 16:02:38 +0000

[...] Fighting the Winter Blahs [...]

By: Martin Kelly

Martin Kelly — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:37:39 +0000

SHOVELLING!!! That is what I have teenage sons for. Actually, shoveling can be fun. It is exercise without having to go to a gym and there is nothing better than coming inside to a nice warm fire in the fireplace and a cup of hot chocolate waiting for you.

Obviously, you have never lived in the south where there is no true winter. Winter is when the bugs die. For that to happen, it needs to be cold, really cold. I also strongly believe that spring would be a terrible season with all the rain and mud if it were not for winter making us want any color than white in our yards! Just this week I got excited about “warming up” to 30 degrees F.
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By: Evan @ 40Tech

Evan @ 40Tech — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:12:50 +0000

I think I will have to call you Griswold for now on, after your Spiderman incident.

I bought a snow blower years ago, when I had a corner lot with lots of sidewalk space all around, but it has come in handy a few times even after I moved. I was thankful for it during the 20 inch storm we just had, and a few years ago it even helped me to get “unstranded.” Back in 2003, after selling my house and before buying the one I’m in now, I rented a house that was in woods back a country lane. My landlord plowed it after storms, but back in the Blizzard of 2003 he was a no-show (I later learned that his plow broke while plowing himself out). After 2 days of being snowed in and unable to get out to the main roads (even with an SUV), I trudged through waste-high snowdrifts to the garage at the edge of the property where my snowblower had been in storage since my move, and held my breath as I tried to start it for the first time in ages. To my surprise and relief, it started. I then had a blast for the next hour or so, clearing the long lane with a snowblower.
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By: kosmo

kosmo — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 05:43:01 +0000

A comment from my chiropractor made me think about my snow blower comment. I was thinking that I had suffered two injuries related to snow shoveling in the last few years.

That is incorrect. I suffered one shoveling injury. There was another winter injury, but that was a time when I slipped on the steps and grabbed a railing on my way down (causing damage to my shoulder). Ownership of a snowblower would not have prevented this injury.

Then there’s the Spiderman incident where I was clinging to the roof with one hand and trying to nail trim back into place (after a wind storm). But we don’t talk about that. Suffice it to say that I’m not as young as I think I am.

In each case, Doc did a great job of getting me back to full strength.
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By: Evan @ 40Tech

Evan @ 40Tech — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:15:32 +0000

Oh man, winter is great! The cold can be tough, but there are things to do that can’t be done other times of the year. I typically get 20-30 days of skiing in every winter, and feel sorry for my friends who say there is nothing to do in the winter. We also just spent an hour tobogganing this afternoon, and had a blast. I love baseball, too, but I usually get the winter itch some time around August.
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