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I feel your pain, Doug. I had to update my license earlier in the month, the paper work could be filled out online, but I still had to show up at the DMV and wait an hour and a half in line to basically have my picture taken. i then had to wait three weeks to receive the license in the mail.

There was a post before his, which was removed.

All of it was SOOOOO good. And Lily may come steal Dox from Colin.

Cut that shit out. I've had quite enough of that at home.

No worries, gents. The thought is still appreciated!

This.

Honestly, I've abused the heck out of my Toro. I've made it clear just about everything, from heavy wet snow to ice crusted junk. It has its limits, don't get me wrong, but for the price it is impossibly good. I think the most insane thing I've done with it is clear 3 or 4 storms worth of snow off the deck (some 30"). It took a while, and I had to attack it in layers, but was still way easier than actually shoveling. And it's currently snowing outside, so odds are good that I'll start tomorrow by using some variety of snow removal devices.

Thanks everyone, it was a great day.

This would seem to warrant a "pics or ban" sort of comment, but let's not get all stalkery. Serious suggestion, in addition to Jeff's excellent recommendation I'd have a look at something like this - https://www.amazon.com/Earthwise-SN70016-Electric-Corded-Shovel/dp/B073V482GY/ref=pd_cp_86_1?pd_rd_w=ccxxo&pf_rd_p=ef4dc990-a9ca-4945-ae0b-f8d549198ed6&pf_rd_r=8NWC5BQA6354XCBW7BDA&pd_rd_r=f47fe814-3d03-11e9-aaa6-cf0e18ac2bd6&pd_rd_wg=KpYhO&pd_rd_i=B073V482GY&psc=1&refRID=8NWC5BQA6354XCBW7BDA - I bought the Toro version 6 years or so ago and it's paid for itself more times than I can count. In a pinch I've used it to clear several inches of snow off of the whole driveway (175' long, many extension cords used...) and it's a back saver for clearing decks. And we're in roughly the same boat as Todd. It's snowing currently but only predicted to drop an inch or so but then there's ~6" predicted for tomorrow night, depending on who you believe.

Happy Birthday, Craig!

Happy birthday!

Phew. I need to maintain a solid role model/mentor for my retirement goals.

Happy Birthday, Dan!

Happy Birthday, Al!

This. I buy 2lbs every time I buy (to get free shipping) and it usually takes me around a month to get through both bags but I'm not going to pound coffee just to get through a bag faster. I grind the beans daily and prep in the French press. This is so much better than 90% of the coffee that I could buy on my way to work and less than 1/4 the cost.

Happy Birthday, Colin!

You should send that to CanAm.

Happy Birthday, Steve! Here's to hoping the day is filled with stuff you love.

Same.

We've gotten around 4" so far today with a bit more predicted over night before it turns to ice and rain tomorrow. Should make for a giant mess of the morning commute. By Friday it's supposed to be in the low 50s. WTF?

I can see a single picture now, which I'm guessing is the "after".

Now Taco Pie.

Earlier - breakfast empanadas.

Happy Birthday, Jeff!

I think you should carefully consider how disappointing it would be to tear it down, rebuild it, and then find the same problem still exists since you didn't bother to try to trace the source this time.