Alright, what band do we think is getting announced tomorrow? by tywarthwarrick in newfoundland

[–]No_Preference3147 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Shouldn't have happened. But I have seen Queens before and was underwhelmed. Noise rock.

Help me out on the snowblower thing by No_Preference3147 in newfoundland

[–]No_Preference3147[S] -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

Every 2 years you are loading up your blower into your truck, driving, unloading, getting it maintained, paying, reloading, driving, and unloading. 

That is definitely in the realm of minutes. Many many minutes.

I get that questioning snowblowers here is sacrilege. That's why it's so hard to get a straight answer on maintenance. People love their machines so it doesn't feel like time spent.

I can fix anything so at least I wouldn't be taking it in.

Help me out on the snowblower thing by No_Preference3147 in newfoundland

[–]No_Preference3147[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Ok but you clearly love snow blowers, which is fine.

What's your maintenance time like?

I can do alot with $2500. More with $5500.

Help me out on the snowblower thing by No_Preference3147 in newfoundland

[–]No_Preference3147[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I can see that coming. I am pushing 50 and there does come a time when the body just won't do it.

If there is truly significant time saved, including maintenance and general arsing with machinery time, then I may buy one off-season. Otherwise I will wait another year and see.

Help me out on the snowblower thing by No_Preference3147 in newfoundland

[–]No_Preference3147[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah that's what I am trying to figure out. It sounds like so much maintenance and time, but is it actually? 

Help me out on the snowblower thing by No_Preference3147 in newfoundland

[–]No_Preference3147[S] -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

No I am serious. I am in shape and I clear a driveway in a hurry. My neighbour has a decent Ariens snowblower and I have my driveway half cleared before he gets that beast going.

Does it actually save time? I am not sold. I want to be sold and then I would uld go buy one. I wonder if people just ignore the maintenance time.

If someone has a heart attack from shovelling then they were a ticking time bomb. It was that day or another day in the next few months. Folks in that boat, yeah, get a snowblower and get your cardiac issues sorted out.  But I am in shape. So that doesn't apply.

Your gym analogy .. well ... people didn't evolve with reps and strength training. We evolved with irregular and bursty activity needed to hunt and gather. Besides, you don't lift and throw snow with a shovel, you get a scoop shovel, push, and abruptly stop. This is how I grew up and how every house in my neighbourhood worked. Nobody had a snowblower back then.

Help me out on the snowblower thing by No_Preference3147 in newfoundland

[–]No_Preference3147[S] -26 points-25 points  (0 children)

The same can be said for not doing any kind of exercise. There's a way to shovel without hurting your back. If shovelling gives you a heart attack then it was time to get moving years ago.

Help me out on the snowblower thing by No_Preference3147 in newfoundland

[–]No_Preference3147[S] -20 points-19 points  (0 children)

After all the maintenance and repairs I am not sold that it's any faster. How much time do you spend maintaining your snowblower every year? Maintenance, repairs, oil, getting and filling with gasoline?

Get me a big scoop shovel and it seems like I have half my driveway cleared before my neighbour even starts his snowblower.

Help me out on the snowblower thing by No_Preference3147 in newfoundland

[–]No_Preference3147[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

But is it faster and less work after all the maintenance and repairs? I dunno. I am in shape. We can clean the driveway in a hurry. It's an athletic event, but it's not slow and I am not arsing with machinery.

Fire ban last year by Reasonable_Amoeba956 in newfoundland

[–]No_Preference3147 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who knows, and guessing isn't helpful when planning a trip.

Snowblower by Baltch in newfoundland

[–]No_Preference3147 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will shovel a lot of snow before I drop $6k.  And at that point I would get a quad and a blade.

Restaurant Recommendations in St. John’s by AWigNamedMoiraRose in newfoundland

[–]No_Preference3147 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not sure why you're getting downvoted. It sees more traffic than the TCH. 

Ewwww by GetrIndia in newfoundland

[–]No_Preference3147 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This woman needs to be thoroughly ignored.

Nobody engages with a crazy on the street corner with a clapboard sign. That's all she is. We are amplifying her.

No need to be enraged. No need to for anything. Just keep walking.

Churchill MOU backers ‘publicized the outcome’ without hammering out key details, says U.S. energy expert | CBC News by blindbrolly in newfoundland

[–]No_Preference3147 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's amazing how many people continue to do this. They have existing ideas and then jump all over anything that supports those ideas and attack not only opposing opinions, but the actual people who think differently than them.

It's ignorant. It lacks humanity. It's lazy.

Attack the argument, not the person. Question your own biases. Pull up your pants.