I need a ruling on this

Postby **slappybrown** » Thu Mar 08, 2018 12:24 pm

somewhere in between those extremes. I dont know that I take "pride" but I try to do it...evenly I guess? I dont know what the right word is.

Postby **Morkle** » Thu Mar 08, 2018 12:28 pm

Just be able to get out, and make sure it doesn't pack down to ice in well-traveled spots.

The driveway is much easier to control with a snow blower if it snows enough.

Postby **Silentom** » Thu Mar 08, 2018 12:29 pm

I clear the whole damn thing, but only because I have a plow.

Postby **blackjack68** » Thu Mar 08, 2018 12:31 pm

Shoveling snow...the job is to get the cars out, make sure the family doesn’t slip/isn’t covered in snow and carve out a path for people on the sidewalk. It’s not a beauty contest.

So my question to 5AF is if you take pride in your shoveling and make it look nice or you just go minimally functional.

Edge to edge. Top to bottom.

Beautiful.

Postby **dodint** » Thu Mar 08, 2018 12:32 pm

Bought a house with no sidewalk for a reason.

Postby **shafnutz05** » Thu Mar 08, 2018 12:53 pm

People crack me up with the shoveling. Yesterday it wasn't sticking on anything non-grass, and people just have to be out there shoveling whatever they can. My neighbor, if we get 6" of snow, will be out there shoveling each inch as it falls. People get very weirdly obsessive with that.

Postby **blackjack68** » Thu Mar 08, 2018 1:00 pm

Depends on wet snow vs. dry snow. Dry snow, let it pile up for 6-8". Wet snow? Every 2-3 inches.

Save your back!

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Thu Mar 08, 2018 1:02 pm

Always style over substance...if I'm shoveling a sidewalk...it is gonna look pretty af...

Postby **Willie Kool** » Thu Mar 08, 2018 1:20 pm

Edge to edge. Top to bottom.

Beautiful.

if I'm shoveling a sidewalk, it is gonna look pretty af

Postby **tifosi77** » Thu Mar 08, 2018 1:27 pm

Snow, lol

Postby **Willie Kool** » Thu Mar 08, 2018 1:28 pm

Honestly, **** yourself...

Postby **shmenguin** » Thu Mar 08, 2018 2:46 pm

Always style over substance...if I'm shoveling a sidewalk...it is gonna look pretty af...

i want to approach it this way. but i'm always one scoop away from a back injury, so mine is quick and looks like it was done by a drunk person who may or may not have MS. so i suppose the "ruling" here isn't that important since i don't really have a choice. but thank you, all, for your feedback.

Postby **slappybrown** » Thu Mar 08, 2018 2:53 pm

shmengy, you are weclome, it was my pleasure to interact with you concerning shoveling admiration techniques on fifth avenue forum dot com (I live for this)

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Thu Mar 08, 2018 3:02 pm

I like to shovel snow most of the time...so I go for distance and style always...

The key is to get as much snow as you can on the shovel and with a jerking, twisting motion, try to hurl it across the street...

Postby **shmenguin** » Thu Mar 08, 2018 3:04 pm

I like to shovel snow most of the time...so I go for distance and style always...

The key is to get as much snow as you can on the shovel and with a jerking, twisting motion, try to hurl it across the street...

True or false: your leaf raking is 80% hockey technique, 20% practical raking.

Postby **meow** » Thu Mar 08, 2018 3:09 pm

You want to use your back and groin. Take your legs completely out of the equation

Postby **Silentom** » Thu Mar 08, 2018 3:14 pm

and groin. Take your legs completely out of the equation

So we piss on it to melt it away?

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Thu Mar 08, 2018 4:22 pm

I like to shovel snow most of the time...so I go for distance and style always...

The key is to get as much snow as you can on the shovel and with a jerking, twisting motion, try to hurl it across the street...
True or false: your leaf raking is 80% hockey technique, 20% practical raking.

Haha, I imagine I would just try to wrist shot leaves away from me, yeah...that said, I haven't raked since I was a teenager...

Postby **meow** » Thu Mar 08, 2018 4:43 pm

Well you hold a rake like a hockey stick, no? I guess you could have both hands over the top - if you like doing things badly

Postby **shmenguin** » Thu Mar 08, 2018 8:13 pm

I am more hockey player than leaf raker when I get into it, yes. My pizzazz for leaf raking is the inverse of my snow shoveling.

Postby **meow** » Tue Mar 13, 2018 9:40 am

Taking the pot out from under the drip and placing your mug under there. Office faux pa or a-okay?

Postby **count2infinity** » Tue Mar 13, 2018 9:47 am

Wait for the coffee to finish, ya animal.

Postby **MrKennethTKangaroo** » Tue Mar 13, 2018 10:15 am

Is that like taking a normal coffee machine and trying to make it a k-cup machine

Postby **robbiestoupe** » Tue Mar 13, 2018 11:05 am

Taking the pot out from under the drip and placing your mug under there. Office faux pa or a-okay?

Are you in my mind? I was just thinking this today. I've heard arguments that you dilute the pot since it's stronger in the beginning than at the end of the drip (I don't buy it). I don't drink pot coffee, but I'd allow it.

Postby **willeyeam** » Tue Mar 13, 2018 11:06 am

i agree with the dilution thing. I've done it where I remove the pot and put my cup under and it's noticeably stronger