snow plow

With the first snowstorm of the season upon us the inevitable shoveling and snow blowing follows. One of the things I learned very early on in life is how to avoid the "second shovel."

Clearing snow form Portland streets hasn't changed much since the 1940's as you'll see in this video from the Maine Historical Society.

Desperate times call for desperate measures! Last week in Buxton, a guy somehow got a snow blower onto his roof to clear the snow. This week a man in Maryland plowed his sidewalk on a toilet. There's a multi-tasking joke in there somewhere...