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Yesterday we got about 8 inches of really fine, wet snow which was very heavy to shovel. Despite not feeling very well yesterday I dutifully shoveled a one shovel wide path on the sidewalk in front of our house. Then I got up this morning to shovel out the cars so Su could get to work. The snow was very fine and densely packed — about the consistency and compaction of white sugar in a bag. Each shovel full must have been at least 20 pounds.

Since we don’t get much company during the day I put off shoveling the front door and step until I was a bit less sore. I just got back inside from shoveling where I discovered the church next door had used their mini front-end loader to clear their sidewalk. They started at one end of their property, cleared their sidewalk, and left a 3 foot high pile of compacted snow and ice on my sidewalk that I had cleared up to their property the night before (where I DIDN’T leave a pile). I’m a bit cranky having had to reclear my sidewalk because the neighbors were inconsiderate.