Preparing for winter II

Tofu_Tanya

Hi everybody!!:j

Long time lurker here, finally plucked up the courage to join. Have been following this forum for a few months and learned lots:j. Very pleased to have survived the past week with lots of tips from you lovely people, just one thing I am lacking and that is a snow shovel. Have a bad back and after having borrowed an ordinary one from the neighbours, haven't been able to move for a couple of days!!

Hope you can recommend a nice light one for me. Want to be prepared for the next onslaught:eek:

Thanks for all the help so far.

Tofu Tanya

NualaBuala

:rotfl:
Nearly choked on my tea thanks to you lot!

parsonswife8

This is the "ahem" clean version

What does cundy mean?

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Cundy is a variation of Condie which is a Scottish name meaning someone who lives by a channel of water.

mardatha

Well wotever its called...right now any channel of water near me is FROZEN SOLID !
And I'm shocked at you lot. Really am. :A

Fruball

Tofu_Tanya wrote: »

Hi everybody!!:j

Long time lurker here, finally plucked up the courage to join. Have been following this forum for a few months and learned lots:j. Very pleased to have survived the past week with lots of tips from you lovely people, just one thing I am lacking and that is a snow shovel. Have a bad back and after having borrowed an ordinary one from the neighbours, haven't been able to move for a couple of days!!

Hope you can recommend a nice light one for me. Want to be prepared for the next onslaught:eek:

Thanks for all the help so far.

Tofu Tanya

Welcome TT - well didn't you arrive in the middle of the rudest conversation in the Winter Prep history :rotfl:

Glad the boards have helped you - I've learned loads here too. Makes life so much easier when you have all the wonderful people on the OS board to draw upon for advice

And take no notice of all this lot with their minds in the rones :rotfl: LOL

suzybloo

Ooooops if I had know that there was an alternative meaning :eek:I wouldnt have posted that!!!!!! Yes I was meaning a rainwater drain nothing else:D

Charis

Tofu_Tanya wrote: »

Hi everybody!!:j

Very pleased to have survived the past week with lots of tips from you lovely people, just one thing I am lacking and that is a snow shovel. Have a bad back and after having borrowed an ordinary one from the neighbours, haven't been able to move for a couple of days!!

Hope you can recommend a nice light one for me. Want to be prepared for the next onslaught:eek:

Thanks for all the help so far.

Tofu Tanya

Welcome to the madhouse TT. Re the snow shovel, I have one of these which I bought from Homebase years ago and it's still going strong.

If you use it on fresh snow it's light and easy to use. If the snow has compacted you may need to loosen it with a hoe or a conventional shovel before scooping it up. But it's still lighter than scooping snow on the metal shovel.

amber03

went to the garden centre last weekend as you do in the chilliest winter and saw snow shovels. Thought if i buy one and be prepared it wont snow, if i dont buy one then it will snow so bought one and yes it snowed, but at least it got used.

coco1980

well we are forecast more heavy snowfall thru the night, really hope its wrong !!! the ice is quite bad and i am ashamed to say i wasnt prepared for it yet so my garden path is a skating rink

bluebag

coco1980 wrote: »

well we are forecast more heavy snowfall thru the night, really hope its wrong !!! the ice is quite bad and i am ashamed to say i wasnt prepared for it yet so my garden path is a skating rink

Sometimes it doesn't matter, last year the OH shovelled and I salted, then it snowed again and froze.... repeat for I don't know how many days, till the OH ran out of energy and I ran out of salt.

Useless.