I'm jealous of you folks in the Northeast anticipating the storm.

[annabanana]

12. Tell ya what...

You come shovel and salt the porch and walk so passers-by can't sue for falling. Then when the winter sun is just warm enough to melt some of that stuff.. and the water runs into the shoveled area, then nighttime freezes it slick and solid again..
YOU go out and re-scrape and salt every bit of it again...and then,
Then when the winter sun is just warm enough to melt some of that stuff.. and the water runs into the shoveled area, then nighttime freezes it slick and solid again..

for a week or so.

Also, dig the car out so you're not late for work.. come home at the end of the day and find the spot YOU carved out is full of someone else's car.

Remember.. It's only white and clean and pretty when the sun comes up the first morning. Other than that it's a disgusting, frigid, dirty dangerous mess.