Winter math

[nonelvis]

We live on a lot approximately 40' wide.

I shovel our sidewalk to clear a 3' path.

As of yesterday, the Boston area had received about 56" of snow. I estimate we had another 8" on the ground this morning, bringing the total to 64", or 5.34' of snow this winter.

This means that I have shoveled 636 cubic feet of snow over the past several months.

I am ready for spring ANY DAY NOW, please.

Comments

[nonelvis]

YIKES.

Though I guess now when I tell people I've shoveled a ton of snow, I can tell them I'm speaking literally ...

[jagpatel.livejournal.com]

You're not even counting your driveway, which requires clearing as well, so it's definitely a ton of snow. I think with our long wide driveway, I've definitely moved more than a ton of snow. And my shoulder feels it. There is some irony that I ice my shoulder after shoveling ice and snow...

[nonelvis]

Yeah, I didn't count the driveway because usually the division of labor is that I do the steps and sidewalks, while columbina gets the driveway and the car. Damn, that means between the two of us we've moved two tons of snow ... and you've moved at least a ton yourself ... that is, in fact, a metric buttload of snow.