# Snowthrowers are awesome **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 1, 2007, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowthrowers-are-awesome/394186 "2007-03-01T18:16:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![justpassingthrough](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bcef8e/32.png) [@justpassingthrough](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justpassingthrough)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowthrowers-are-awesome/394186/1 "2007-03-01T18:16:38Z")
…and a woman who can wield one is a goddess. 😛 That is all. (why yes, I _do_ like power tools. And my driveway is now clear.) ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowthrowers-are-awesome/394186/2 "2007-03-01T21:37:49Z")
Yeah they are. We don’t have enough need to buy one, but it would have come in handy Feb 15 when the plow truck wasn’t coming and my landlord claimed to have a bad back. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowthrowers-are-awesome/394186/3 "2007-03-01T21:40:58Z")
Alas, my rusty trusty little snowblower can’t get through this mess. So I sent my roomie out with a shovel and told him to have fun. But yes, I too love the whine of a snowblower. ---
**Author:** ![justpassingthrough](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bcef8e/32.png) [@justpassingthrough](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justpassingthrough)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowthrowers-are-awesome/394186/4 "2007-03-01T21:56:59Z")
[QUOTE=MissTake] Alas, my rusty trusty little snowblower can’t get through this mess. \ [/QUOTE] Ours is not as powerful as the neighbors’, but if I do it for every 3-4" accumulation, it’s enough. I’m hoping no more than 6" piles up overnight. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowthrowers-are-awesome/394186/5 "2007-03-01T22:08:40Z")
Where in Minnesota are you? I’m in Crystal (hop, skip, jump from Minneapolis) and he shoveled at 1:30… there’s already at least another 3-4" back out there. And our street out front is pure ice. ---
**Author:** ![justpassingthrough](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bcef8e/32.png) [@justpassingthrough](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justpassingthrough)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2007, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowthrowers-are-awesome/394186/6 "2007-03-01T23:54:30Z")
[QUOTE=MissTake] Where in Minnesota are you? I’m in Crystal (hop, skip, jump from Minneapolis) and he shoveled at 1:30.. there’s already at least another 3-4" back out there. And our street out front is pure ice. [/QUOTE] Burnsville area, south metro. I haven’t been out in the car in a few hours now, but the main roads were just slushy then. Usually, by the time the plows get to our neighborhood, the main roads are good. ---
**Author:** ![Fetchund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b2d939/32.png) [@Fetchund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fetchund)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowthrowers-are-awesome/394186/7 "2007-03-02T01:46:22Z")
Andover, here… with 100’ of driveway almost done by snowblower, the neighbor called and said her husband was stuck in Boston… could I get their drive, too? HandyWoman to the rescue! ---
**Author:** ![justpassingthrough](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bcef8e/32.png) [@justpassingthrough](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justpassingthrough)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowthrowers-are-awesome/394186/8 "2007-03-02T01:57:28Z")
[QUOTE=Fetchund] Andover, here… with 100’ of driveway almost done by snowblower, the neighbor called and said her husband was stuck in Boston… could I get their drive, too? HandyWoman to the rescue! [/QUOTE] I bow to your superior powers! (and I hope someone made you a mug of hot chocolate)