# (Old) The Snowed In MMP

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
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**Created:** [January 6, 2025, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-snowed-in-mmp/1012614 "2025-01-06T07:10:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-snowed-in-mmp/1012614/119 "2025-01-07T19:50:37Z")

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The neighborhood HS kid who was supposed to shovel my sidewalks yesterday totally flaked on me (pun intended). But, I don’t blame him; I’m 99% sure his mom overcommitted him. I won’t make that mistake again: going forward, I’ll only negotiate with labor directly! 😁 I went out at around 11am and shoveled and treated my sidewalks. I decided to skip clearing off the car and shoveling a path behind it to the street (through the snowplow mound): I might tackle that tomorrow, but I don’t _need_ to go anywhere until Saturday so I might just keep putting it off and see how much melts naturally by the end of the week. If I do decide to free the car tomorrow, I’m hoping it will at least be less windy: it’s quite gusty at the moment, and the wind keeps blowing snow across cleared paths. (The sun and wind are at cross-purposes today!)

There’s another chance of snow on Saturday morning, but \<1" and I think I saw that it will also be very dry – more sweepable than shovelable. I’m supposed to give blood that morning, and hopefully the weather won’t keep me from going to that appointment. It’s only a 40% chance right now, so maybe it won’t happen; or, maybe it’ll push to Sunday.

In other news, it’s been over a week since President Biden declared this coming Thursday a National Day of Mourning (for Jimmy Carter) and a federal holiday, and my customer is just sending out emails about it _today_. There have been several meetings this week where one of us has mentioned cancelling a Thursday meeting and the feds have gone “Wha…??” Sigh.

So, yeah: don’t check your mailboxes on Thursday. 😁

> [@Sahirrnee](#):
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> I can’t think of a single thing that Little Debbie makes that I like.

HERETIC!

(You and **liirogue** both!! 😂)

> [@dogbutler](#):
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> I’ve had a few Saturday nights like that. 😉

LOL!

> [@susan](#):
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> Niederegger marzipan candies

Oh man, those look good! Good enough that just I looked them up on Amazon. 😁 But I haven’t had marzipan since my bariatric surgery, and am not sure how I’ll tolerate it these days: maybe I’ll start with a Ritter Sport marzipan bar sometime.

> [@Northern\_Piper](#):
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> now I’ve discovered I’ve become a project manager (informal)

That’s how they get ya: not with a bang, but with a whimper. 😉 Welcome to the wonderful world of project management!

> [@john\_b\_2](#):
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> Boston
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> still no snow here

It just feels _wrong_ that DC has snow but Boston doesn’t! 🤣

> [@Taters](#):
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> I was down with intense stomach issues yesterday, and if I’m honest, I’m not doing much better today.

🫂 …but even more virtually than usual. 😉

(But seriously, though: ugh! I hope you feel better soon!)

> [@Rilchiam](#):
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> a collection of short stories [by this fledgling author](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34389773-uncommon-type?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=6Vv5mMMpEc&rank=1)

I read that shortly after it was released; honestly, I was underwhelmed. I’ll be very interested to hear your opinion!

> [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](#):
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> I spent 2 1/2 hours at the dentist this morning

Bleh. You get a 🫂 , too. Along with all of your favorite soft food and drugs.

> [@FairyChatMom](#):
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> a neighbor on a John Deere tractor with a scoop in front stopped and offered to clear for me

Oh, how wonderful! That’s happened to me a few times: usually, someone with a plow or in a Bobcat will be clearing the street and see me struggling with Snowplow Mountain at the foot of my driveway. It takes them 2 seconds to clear what would take me most of an hour – and, like you said, sometimes there are chunks of ice that I’d never be able to move on my own. It’s always such a relief.

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