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HabsAddict said:
Speak for yourselves. I haven't run anyone down for WEEKS!

The problem with helping people is that they don't know how to help themselves. They don't know how to rock back and forth, they don't know not to try to plow with the front wheels, they don't know squat of how to get a car out. Probably 50% of the people who are stuck could get out if they knew how. I also have a trailer hitch and a tow rope in the van, but i'll be damn if I'm going to hook someone and land up with a rear ender.

Years ago, I was trying to help a man get out and he put the car in reverse, almost pinning my legs. Mehh....I'm kind of attached to them and what they do. So these days, unless it's a really old man or woman, or to check to see if they are hurt if they have gone into the ditch, I'm not getting out.
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It's really not hard to help push a car. I don't think I've ever heard someone use the excuse that its too dangerous...its probably more dangerous to leave a stranded person in poor weather. Pretty lame excuse there HA. :)
 
I live the rural life, so today all the private plow-boys were out doing driveways in the country; Most of them are good, but we had some idiot blast out of the driveway right in front of me...if I didn't have winters, as well as driving a speed appropriate to the weather, not what was posted...I'd need a new vehicle. And of course on the way back a good hour later, he hadn't even cleared the road properly after pushing his customers snow out onto it. There were three in a row he'd done and left the runnels on the road, coming over a slight hill. One elderly or bad driver comes over the rise there's a half-decent chance they ditch. After almost t-boning him earlier I was plenty pissed off.
I saw him a few driveways down, stopped and told him my wife was calling one of her co-workers to complain. He looks puzzled, I tell him she works for York Region Police, we got his plate and he better clean the ****ing road up now. Then I walk away and make like I'm phoning them lol. Just got back from checking, he fixed it.
Idiots everywhere.
 
northernlou said:
Just got in. 3 fargin hrs out there. Einstein here, buys himself a house with 2 separate driveways, a 30 step stairway up to the front door and a corner lot to boot. What's more, a couple of kids with shovels showed up earlier offering to remove the snow. "Nah! I can handle it, ty."

Ya good work out. Fuk me.
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Three hours? What did you use? A teaspoon? You did that by hand? Have you heard of a new invention called a snow blower? It looks like this....

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:prrr::prrr::prrr::prrr::prrr:

With the blower, it took me about 20 minutes to clear a foot of snow in a 25 by 60 foot driveway and the sidewalk....and the neighbors sidewalk (although he never returns the favor). By hand it would take me two weeks (including back recovery). LOL!
 
northernlou said:
seriously considering one of those contraptions for next year, I'm still into traditional shovels
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A couple of days ago, I noticed they were on sale at Home Despots. 28 inch no-name for $650. Probably all gone now.

At work I have one of these....but never bothered to re-attach the blower. All my neighbors have shiny snowblower upmanship so one of these days, I'm going to bring it home and end that.

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EDIT: BTW....when I told my then 88 year old father I bought a small diesel tractor, he wanted to know if I could use it in the orchards. You can't take the farmer out of an old Greek. LOL!

EDIT: It use to cost me $3k a season for snow clearing at work. For what? 5-6 times and a dozen saltings. It cost me $5k for the tractor/blower (used) and 50 bucks for a plastic fertilizer spreader for the salt. It use to coast $1k a season for cutting grass....and this thing does it in 10 minutes. Back then with 24/6 shifts, money wasn't an issue, but still, a waste of money.
 
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Pope Benedict XVI's resignation explained

CNN) -- In an unexpected move, Pope Benedict XVI -- born Joseph Ratzinger -- has announced that he is to resign. Benedict was elected pope in 2005 after the death of Pope John Paul II. We explore what the surprise announcement means for the Catholic Church.

In his statement, Pope Benedict -- who turns 86 in April -- said he had come to the certainty "that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry."

Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi said Pope Benedict had the right and potentially the duty to resign.

But he stressed that the pope's decision was not because of any external pressure.

When will he step down?

The pope said that he would step down at 8:00 p.m. on February 28, Rome time.

When will the next pope be elected?

A meeting of the College of Cardinals to elect the next pope will be held. The gathering is known as a "conclave."

Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said there would be elections some time in March and he anticipated that there would be a new pope before Easter.

Is it normal for popes to resign?

It is the first time a pope has resigned in nearly 600 years.

The last pope to resign was Pope Gregory XII in 1415. He stepped down to end the "Great Western Schism" -- during which there were rival claims to the papal throne.

According to the National Catholic Weekly, modern popes have felt that resignation is unacceptable and could encourage factions within the church to pressure pontiffs to step down.

Canon law states that a resignation must be made freely and properly manifested and that the pope resigning must be of sound mind.

What is the election process?

By law, the conclave begins in the Sistine Chapel. On that morning, the cardinals will celebrate the Votive Mass, "Pro Eligendo Papa." That afternoon, the cardinals begin the election process.

The cardinals draw lots to select three members to collect ballots from the infirm, three "tellers" to count the votes and three others to review the results.

Blank ballots are then prepared and distributed. The ballots are rectangular in shape and must bear in the upper half, in print if possible, the words "Eligo in Summum Pontificem," meaning "I elect as supreme pontiff." The electors write the name of the candidate on the lower half and fold it in two.

After writing the name of one man on his ballot, each of the active cardinals -- those under 80 years of age -- walks to an altar in order of seniority and pledges to perform his duty with integrity. Each cardinal then places a folded ballot containing his choice onto a small disc made of precious metal and drop it inside a chalice.

After all votes are cast, the tellers tally the ballots and the result is read to the cardinals. If a cardinal receives two-thirds plus one of the votes, he is the new pontiff.

If there is no winner, another vote is taken. If there is still no winner, two more votes are scheduled for the afternoon.

How is the result of the vote broadcast

After the votes are counted each time, the ballots are burned. If there has been no winner, a chemical is mixed with the ballots to produce black smoke when they are burned.

Sight of the black smoke emerging from the roof of the Vatican Palace tells those waiting in St. Peter's Square that a pope has not yet been selected.

When a winner has been selected, the ballots are burned alone, and the white smoke indicates there is a new pope.

What do you think of the Pope's decision?

What will Pope Benedict do after his resignation?

Lombardi said it was expected that Pope Benedict would devote his time to reflection and prayer.

In his statement, Pope Benedict said he wished "to also devotedly serve the Holy Church of God in the future through a life dedicated to prayer."

The Vatican said Pope Benedict would eventually move to a monastery within the Vatican.

What will Pope Benedict be known as once he has stepped down as Pope?

According to the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, Pope Benedict will return to being known as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger once he has stepped down as pope. He will be addressed as his eminence or Cardinal Ratzinger.
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A regular patron and unofficial spokesman for the Heart Attack Grill has died of an apparent heart attack, the restaurant's owner said on Monday.

John Alleman reportedly suffered a heart attack last week outside the Las Vegas restaurant, according to the Las Vegas Sun. The 52-year-old was taken off life support on Monday.

“I told him if you keep eating like this, it’s going to kill ya,” Basso said. “He’d say, 'I just love your place, Jon.' He’s the only person I know who was probably at the restaurant more than I [was]; he’d be here every darned day.”

Alleman is the second unofficial Heart Attack Grill spokesman to die in as many years.

In March 2011, Blair River, the restaurant's 575-pound representative, died from complications stemming from pneumonia. He was 29.

Founded in 2005, the unapologetically unhealthy restaurant employs waitresses dressed as nurses and serves butterfat milkshakes, "flatliner" fries and 9,982-calorie "quadruple bypass burgers." (Patrons who are able to finish them are escorted to their cars in wheelchairs.) Customers who weigh over 350 pounds eat free.
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Their points card is called the Darwin Club...
 
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