I met a woman last night whose father worked for Dick Cheney. I say worked, because her father died recently.

In any case, one time Cheney called her father at home, but she answered. He said this was "Dick" and asked for her Dad. She told him, you ARE a Dick, and started ranting about all the people who had been killed because of things he'd done. Meanwhile, her father sees in horror that she's got the phone and figures it out and comes running to grab the phone from her hand.

I had never met her before, but instantly jumped up and ran around the table to hug her and told her she was my hero.

"If you look for the social economic motive, you will not have to wait for history to tell you what was propaganda and what was truth." - George Seldes

:>)

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward. Franklin D. Roosevelt

And of course, I hope that doesn't happen! I'll pray for light winds...

"If you look for the social economic motive, you will not have to wait for history to tell you what was propaganda and what was truth." - George Seldes

I was just looking at this rec for a costly, geeky-lookin snow shoveling contraption called a Sno Wovel. I think I might not be able to resist, except we don't seem to get more than an inch of white stuff around here anymore.

Gets some enthusiastic praise:

I bought a Wovel, and what was once a dreaded exercise in futility has now become a looked forward to workout! Thanks to the Wovel's design, all the snow's weight gets transferred to my arms and legs. The fulcrum at the center of the big wheel effectively allows the Wovel to do the heavy lifting for me. After becoming proficient in its use, I was able to master the natural seesaw action and launch the snow surprisingly high. Now, after a season and a half of use, I can consistently build snow banks up to five feet high. It's like having my own little nonnmotorized bulldozer.

Too late for your current problem, but given that you seem to be in the neo-snowbelt, might be worth a try for next time.

FDR's response to progressive demands: "I agree. Now go out and make me do it."

That's not the reason why I moved out here, but it's one of the reasons I stayed.