# My neighbors either think I'm mad, or tried it themselves. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 7, 2007, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-either-think-im-mad-or-tried-it-themselves/391169 "2007-02-07T01:58:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2007, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-either-think-im-mad-or-tried-it-themselves/391169/21 "2007-02-07T22:04:32Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] You need something called Voom. [/QUOTE] I am eating a pink frosted donut. And I have children. So I got this immediately. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-either-think-im-mad-or-tried-it-themselves/391169/22 "2007-02-08T03:52:42Z")
This morning, I used my gas powered leaf blower to clear away the light coating of snow. As I have done the past three years. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![moes\_lotion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@moes\_lotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moes_lotion)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-either-think-im-mad-or-tried-it-themselves/391169/23 "2007-02-08T06:08:30Z")
Check out what’s available from these guys - [Welcome to V8 Snowblowers.com](http://www.v8snowblowers.com/id15.html) ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-either-think-im-mad-or-tried-it-themselves/391169/24 "2007-02-08T16:25:49Z")
Queen has a song you can sing next time you’re doing that… \*Im one card short of a full deck Im not quite the shilling One wave short of a shipwreck Im not my usual top billing Im coming down with a fever Im really out to sea This kettle is boiling over I think Im a banana tree Oh dear Im going slightly mad Im going slightly mad It finally happened - happened It finally happened - uh huh It finally happened Im slightly mad Oh dear\* ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-either-think-im-mad-or-tried-it-themselves/391169/25 "2007-02-08T20:29:32Z")
[QUOTE=StinkyBurrito] I have lived in a snowy climate all my life. I never understood the point of keeping the driveway clear of snow. I guess if you are going to get over a foot of it, then you will need to clear it, but anything less, I just pretend it’s not there and drive right through it. Everything seems to work out just fine for me. Am I missing something? I do try to keep the sidewalk clear for the kids to walk to school. [/QUOTE] Do they plow your street? What about the four foot high butt plug of crusty refrozen slush and snow at the end of the driveway? Do you just blast through that? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-either-think-im-mad-or-tried-it-themselves/391169/26 "2007-02-08T22:15:09Z")
I’ve used a leafblower to clear the snow before, but like **kunilou** said, it’s gotta be the light powdery kind. And these days, unless we get too much snow to drive over, I just clear a path to the mailboxes so I can get the newspaper in the morning without getting snow in my slippers, and clear the snow from around the car, so I don’t get snow in my office shoes. Other than that, 3 inches of snow can sit on my driveway until it melts on its own. ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2007, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-either-think-im-mad-or-tried-it-themselves/391169/27 "2007-02-08T22:52:14Z")
[QUOTE=StinkyBurrito] I have lived in a snowy climate all my life. I never understood the point of keeping the driveway clear of snow. I guess if you are going to get over a foot of it, then you will need to clear it, but anything less, I just pretend it’s not there and drive right through it. Everything seems to work out just fine for me. Am I missing something? [/QUOTE] With about a 4’ rise between the street and the house, we have to keep the driveway clear, or I’d never get the car into the garage. I also drive a Saturn, which doesn’t have much clearance. If I don’t clean up after the snowplow goes through, I’ll either tear apart the front end, or leave bits of the undercarriage scattered behind me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-neighbors-either-think-im-mad-or-tried-it-themselves/391169.md?page=1)