As a clever interim alternative to acquiring a late-season snow-blower, I am contemplating the alternative approach to snow removal represented by denial. I'm taking the clue from some of my smarter neighbors, who have figured out that if you shovel, you end up with thin layers of ice upon which folks can slip (as I did in my friend's driveway last week), but if you leave your walk unshoveled, it gets avoided altogether. This plan was actually prompted by the fact that my shovel now seems to be broken from this winter's festivities... when you scoop up a pile of snow, the blade of the shovel swivels and immediately re-dumps the pile. Sort of the snow equivalent of a dribble glass (maybe after I get a snow blower I can sell it as a novelty).

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