After 22 Years in Wisconsin, I've finally bought one!

[RetroLounge]

Bring it on!

:hi:

RL

[Critters2]

1. Wuss. nt

[RetroLounge]

3. Oh, not very nice words coming from America's Pastor...

:rofl:

Not wuss, just too close to 50 for shovelling...

:hi:

RL

[mcctatas]

31. Seconded...

snow blowers are for wimps and FIBs :evilgrin:

[Critters2]

35. FIBs!! Retro is a closet FIB!

:rofl:

[RetroLounge]

39. Was a fib for 25 years...

Been here for 22.

I'd become a packer fan but I can't afford the Labotomy.

:rofl:

RL

[Critters2]

42. So, you were an FIB

but you got better! :)

[RetroLounge]

45. It's a constant battle to be a recovering FIB

:9

RL

[keroro gunsou]

64. easily accomplished

just have a lounger jam an ice pick up your nose on the proper angle... and it will take care of itself... if it don't kill you at least :evilgrin:

[RetroLounge]

65. Hee

:hi:

RL

[RetroLounge]

40. Hey!

:spank:

RL

[PaddyBlueEyes]

61. ahem

excuse me??

[mcctatas]

67. Sorry sweetie...

I forgot to add wussies from NY ;)

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Thought you meant one of these

or these

[Bunny]

5. Me too! I was going with the cheese head!

If I lived in Wisconsin, I would totally have one of these!

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. That is an awesome pic!

[RetroLounge]

6. Sorry. Only Packer Fans and Morons wear those.

But I repeat myself.

:hide:

RL

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. Anyone who tries to wear a Holstein is not only a moron but

likely very flat as well.

[RetroLounge]

10. Hee.

Holstein Headgear!

I think we have a money-maker!

:hi:

RL

[Callalily]

4. Huh . . . very interesting.

This is what I use.

[RetroLounge]

8. What is that?

I've seen them around...

:D

RL

[Callalily]

12. Oh, it's one of those new

fangled ergonomic snow shovels. Works great!

[TX Screwball]

11. Looks dangerous.

I dig it!

Don't have much use for one here, though.

[RetroLounge]

14. My neighbor across the street just moved here

from Texas. She is having 2nd thoughts...

RL

[TX Screwball]

29. I would love to visit up North

At 43 yrs. old I never seen true snow like you cats are getting right now.

Just don't think I would like doing construction work up there.

[MadMaddie]

33. You can come to Seattle to see some snow...

sigh...and we are supposed to get more.

Welcome to DU!!:hi:

[TroglodyteScholar]

54. I'm so excited!

I'm about to see the most snow I've ever witnessed in person--flying into Milwaukee tomorrow! I've been in the southeast all my life...the most snow I've ever seen would probably be like two inches.

This is gonna rock.

[Connonym]

56. We ordered the snow in special, just for you

if the "experts" are correct we should have about 2 feet (total) on the ground by Xmas morning. Bleeeeh.

Be sure you wave at us all when your plane is landing, we'll be watching for it

[keroro gunsou]

66. you sir and/or madam

are boned. there's at least 3 feet on the ground in my yard. that's not including the piles made by the plows, shoveling, and snowblowers.

[Guava Jelly]

13. A Nintendo??

[RetroLounge]

17. Pffft

Atari for me.

:hi:

RL

[Guava Jelly]

28. Atari is cool.

I'm going old school baby.

[Deja Q]

15. It's a lovely shade of red.

:D

With this season, I wouldn't blame ya either.

[RetroLounge]

18. It's a noisy monster...

6 speeds forward, 2 in reverse.

and its motor is 100% made in America Briggs & Stratton.

RL

[PeaceNikki]

21. Nice... is it an Ahrens?

Those are made right here in WI.

How's your mom today?

I was glad for her when the Bears won. :)

[RetroLounge]

24. Craftsman with a Brigg motor.

Only place that had one left was Sears.

Unless I wanted one big enough to clear Lambeau...

RL

[PeaceNikki]

26. Nice!

I dunno if you caught my edit asking about your mom... hope she's well.

[RetroLounge]

30. Just talked to her...

She's doing okay, was up and about for awhile this afternoon.

:hi:

RL

[XemaSab]

16. I saw one of those the other day and I didn't know what it was

Is it for grading skid roads? :shrug:

[RetroLounge]

19. In the summer we use it to make Blender Drinks

:hi:

RL

[XemaSab]

20. Looks like the party's in Plumas county then

Silly me, I thought all they did up there was log and sell crap to tourons. :shrug:

[RetroLounge]

22. and fish. We fish too.

:9

RL

[XemaSab]

27. Save Lake Almanor! Stop the thermal curtain!

:o

[applegrove]

23. Now you can feel guilty for all your new found power... you'll be doing the neighbours driveway in

no time.

[RetroLounge]

25. Hee, I already did.

I did 2 other driveways today besides my own.

:hi:

RL

[blaze]

32. Heh

I remember a retired guy that lived on the block I grew up on... he used to do ALL the sidewalks on our block!! I think every shoveling grown up absolutely loved him! :)

[applegrove]

50. Rolling On the Floor Laughing My Ass Off! You are a good egg. You deserve a very merry xmass.

[RetroLounge]

51. Well, one of them is my ex-wife's driveway

She lives down the block.

And the other was a neighbor who lent me his snowthrower last week when the landlady's broke.

Merry Xmas to you and yours too!

:hi:

RL

[KitchenWitch]

34. You DO know that it will now not snow much for the rest of the winter!

:P

[RetroLounge]

43. And that would be worth every penny.

:D

RL

[Connonym]

58. that is the exact thing that happened when I bought mine several years ago

we had 80 inches of snow in December. I went out and bought the only one I could find, a gigantic monster, and then we barely got any more snow the rest of the winter. Retro is right though, worth every penny.

[KitchenWitch]

69. It is Murphy's Law!

:D

[Ellen Forradalom]

36. You need a riding model for racing!

[RetroLounge]

37. It was tempting, but no room in the garage for it...

:D

RL

[DS1]

38. If you'd bought one 22 years ago, you might have warmed to earth enough

to not need one now.

Joke's on you, sucker

[RetroLounge]

44. I'm always behind the curve...

Damn Al Gore.

RL

[FloridaJudy]

41. Gee...you think

I need one of those?

BTW, what is that thing? It looks like something Cheney would keep in his dungeon.

I keed, I keed. It's 80 degrees outside - winter is the only time I get to crow about our weather. Otherwise it's too damned hot to make the effort.

[RetroLounge]

47. It's a new salad shooter...

Shoots lettuce 3 blocks.

:hi:

RL

[lizziegrace]

46. So YOU'RE the reason we've had all this snow??

If I could get over there without risking life and limb, I'd slug you...

:spank:

[RetroLounge]

48. Jealous.

:D

RL

[lizziegrace]

49. Uh

no.

x(


:P

[billyoc]

52. Oh! I thought it was a soil tilling thing.

What's a FIB? :shrug:

[RetroLounge]

53. F'ing Illinois Bastard

A term of endearment from Cheeseheads in Wisconsin.

:hi:

RL

[TroglodyteScholar]

55. I laughed my ass off the first time...

...I was with my brother on the interstate in southern WI. He called this asshole driver a "FISHTAB" and it just cracked me up. Then he told me what it meant, and I laughed even harder....

[PaddyBlueEyes]

57. If I could make love to mine

I would...I love that thing!

[Connonym]

59. ouch!

I don't even have dangly bits and I'm having phantom pains thinking about that

[PaddyBlueEyes]

60. LOL

Thats why I cant...rofl.

[Enrique]

62. soon you will be able to

first gay marriage, then the slippery slope to box turtles and snow blowers...

[RetroLounge]

63. I'm with you brother...

:hi:

RL

[dana_b]

68. oh.. I thought you were going to say a cheese head hat!

[RetroLounge]

79. Not yet.

:D

RL

[Drunken Irishman]

70. I thought this thread would be about cheese.

[RetroLounge]

73. In some small way, they all are about cheese.

:9

RL

[yvr girl]

71. Can you bring it by my house

I'm trapped! Christmas is in jeopardy.

[RetroLounge]

72. Would I be digging to get you out?

or digging to get me in?

:evilgrin:

RL

[yvr girl]

74. Both works

:hi:

[RetroLounge]

75. I'll bring Xmas dinner with...

Have you been naughty or nice?

:shrug:

RL

[flvegan]

76. I'm amazed at how few horror flicks utilize the snowblower.

a/k/a open-faced woodchipper.

[RetroLounge]

77. You want Horror Flick?

6am, up and down the block, 20 below wind chill, 2 foot drifts, people bundled up like the Michelin Man, pushing snow blowers up and down their sidewalks and driveways.

and just when they finish, the plows come by blocking in the driveways again in 3-4' of packed snow.

:scared:

RL

[flvegan]

78. You JUST described why I moved to Florida.

[grannylib]

80. Good for you! We are in Minnesota, and finally got one about 3 years

ago. Don't know how we'd manage without it living in the boonies where we do. And we have a big-ass, horseshoe driveway; we'd die of heart attacks in five minutes if we had to shovel the beast.
Just make sure you clean the snow off well before you stash in the garage (or in the walkout basement, as Hubby does...) or it will melt and re-freeze and then shit doesn't want to work! And you can fry the bearings trying to MAKE it work if it freezes up!

[RetroLounge]

81. Yup, brushed it off before putting it in the garage

Supposed to get more snow tonight too.

:woohoo:

RL