There was just enough snow on the driveway yesterday to run the snow machine over it. I did a much better job this time. I finished sooner and didnt blow as much back into my face. It was a lot colder out so Im glad it didnt take as long ... only about a half hour. My fingers and toes were a bit frosty by the time I finished though.
I also spent some time yesterday messing with my old snow blower and finally got it running again. It has a 2 cycle engine and the carburetor was all gunked up with oil after the gas had evaporated out back whenever I had last used it. I never used it much because it was too small to really do any good out here in the country. I bought it some 30 years ago or so when I was living in Pekin. I took it into Pekin and let my sister DD have it so she can clear her little driveway. We spent some time with me showing her how it works. She was blowing snow every which way when I left.
The temperature was 6 degrees and dropping when we went to bed at 10:30 last night. Noah got home about an hour later and he couldnt get the garage door to close. The grease gets so stiff on the door rollers it creates enough drag to cause the door to reverse itself and open the door again. This is part of the safety feature to keep it from squishing somebody or burning up the motor if the door hits something before getting completely closed. Noah said he finally quit trying to get it closed and left it partially open. We may have some snow blow into the garage but it should be all right.
A highway patrolman was rushed to the hospital with an inflamed appendix.
The doctors operated and advised him that all was well.
However, the patrolman kept feeling something pulling at the hairs in his crotch. Worried that it might be a second surgery the doctors hadnt told him about, he finally got enough energy to pull his hospital gown up enough so he could look at what was making him so uncomfortable.
Taped firmly across his pubic hair were three wide strips of adhesive tape, the kind that takes everything with it when you pull it off.
Written in large black letters across the tape was the sentence: Get well quick ... from the nurse you gave a ticket to last week.