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Further to snow blowers, a clipping from this morning's Minneapolis paper —

Clipping from this morning's Minneapolis paper.

Amy Bounds, 75, clears her sidewalk on Dec. 29 after more than 6 inches of snow fell in Prior Lake. (Renée Jones Schneider/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Letter to the Editor:

Regarding William Hendricks’ Dec. 24 commentary, “Shoveling sidewalks should be a priority for Minneapolis”: Right on, brother!

As a retired senior who regularly tries to use sidewalks in south Minneapolis during the winter months (November to April ...) it is more than maddening to see that 90% of folks shovel their walks while 10% let the snow and ice accumulate to the point of impassability.

I have neighbors who use canes and motorized scooters who regularly join me walking in the street because of the rudeness and/or cluelessness of a minority of homeowners and landlords. (Don’t get me started on the major fail of the city to clear sidewalk intersections in a timely manner.)

The Minneapolis Public Works Department needs to have its own “ice patrol” to regularly check if sidewalks are passable and fine known repeat shoveling scofflaws.

Make the fine more painful than the cost of hiring a plowing or shoveling service; an extra grand added to the property tax bill might be just the, er, ticket ...

Daniel Swalm, Minneapolis

Got our afternoon walk in around the neighbourhood and noticed a few snowblowers running. So this is your PSA. Remember spinning mechanical blades do not care if it's snow or hands or fingers. Do not ever try to unjam a snowblower with bare hands or gloves even.

#Ottawa #PSA #SnowBlowers

I was talking to my supervisor about the quietness of the snow day -- blissfully without #Snowblowers! I commented on how the same people were the ones with #Lawnmowers and #Leafblowers. My supervisor replied, "But everyone has those. At least where I live."
I replied, "We don't! We have a snow pusher and a couple of shovels, we leave the leaves alone, and when we do mow, it's either using a grass whip or a push-mower. No noise, lots of exercise!"

And yes, I hope to get our yard to the point where the grass whip is all we might need occasionally. I want to redo most of our *lawn* with native grasses and wildflowers.

#SolarPunkSunday #PushMowers #NoisePollution #LeaveTheLeaves