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SonofaJohannes

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Well I live in Sweden so I'm used to it. Of course whenever the polar bears show up I gotta stop shoveling and hit them on the head with the shovel. I hate being interrupted, so that sucks.
 

RhombusHatesYou

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Dr.Susse said:
Red clay is the bane of my existance; there's nothing like hitting the matic into the ground and not making a dent.
Ah yes, red clay... nothing like seeing a ditch ***** (rotary backhoe for them what don't know) shit itself because the blades have gotten stuck in clay.


MajorTomServo said:
You couldn't pay me to dig a hole in Australia. I'd probably uncover an Electric Landmine Spider-Worm or something...
Don't be such a little girl, Electric Landmine Spider-Worms are only found within 50m or so (they're terrible at judging precise distances) of the sea.
 

Dr.Susse

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RhombusHatesYou said:
Dr.Susse said:
Red clay is the bane of my existance; there's nothing like hitting the matic into the ground and not making a dent.
Ah yes, red clay... nothing like seeing a ditch ***** (rotary backhoe for them what don't know) shit itself because the blades have gotten stuck in clay.


MajorTomServo said:
You couldn't pay me to dig a hole in Australia. I'd probably uncover an Electric Landmine Spider-Worm or something...
Don't be such a little girl, Electric Landmine Spider-Worms are only found within 50m or so (they're terrible at judging precise distances) of the sea.
Or digging the backhoe out of sandy soil.

"Yeah it's not too heavy......fuck it's bogged"
 

RhombusHatesYou

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Dr.Susse said:
RhombusHatesYou said:
Dr.Susse said:
Red clay is the bane of my existance; there's nothing like hitting the matic into the ground and not making a dent.
Ah yes, red clay... nothing like seeing a ditch ***** (rotary backhoe for them what don't know) shit itself because the blades have gotten stuck in clay.

Or digging the backhoe out of sandy soil.

"Yeah it's not too heavy......fuck it's bogged"

"Right, I need a solid piece of wood and a shovel."
"You're gonna get it out?"
"No, I'm going to kill the **** who bogged it and leave them in a shallow grave."
 

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Dealing with the hurricane, this made me count my blessings. Rain isn't as bad as snow. Well...without flooding...

When it does snow, I get a friend to help so we can complain to each other, grump about politics, spit at the ground, grunt and do man things.
 

Dr.Susse

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RhombusHatesYou said:
Dr.Susse said:
RhombusHatesYou said:
Dr.Susse said:
Red clay is the bane of my existance; there's nothing like hitting the matic into the ground and not making a dent.
Ah yes, red clay... nothing like seeing a ditch ***** (rotary backhoe for them what don't know) shit itself because the blades have gotten stuck in clay.

Or digging the backhoe out of sandy soil.

"Yeah it's not too heavy......fuck it's bogged"

"Right, I need a solid piece of wood and a shovel."
"You're gonna get it out?"
"No, I'm going to kill the **** who bogged it and leave them in a shallow grave."
Workcover would be all over that shit.
 

RhombusHatesYou

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Dr.Susse said:
RhombusHatesYou said:
Dr.Susse said:
RhombusHatesYou said:
Dr.Susse said:
Red clay is the bane of my existance; there's nothing like hitting the matic into the ground and not making a dent.
Ah yes, red clay... nothing like seeing a ditch ***** (rotary backhoe for them what don't know) shit itself because the blades have gotten stuck in clay.

Or digging the backhoe out of sandy soil.

"Yeah it's not too heavy......fuck it's bogged"

"Right, I need a solid piece of wood and a shovel."
"You're gonna get it out?"
"No, I'm going to kill the **** who bogged it and leave them in a shallow grave."
Workcover would be all over that shit.
Only if I hurt my shoulder digging the grave. and lodge a claim :D
 

Aedes

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Living in a city where the average anual temperature is 23ºC, I never had to shovel any kind of snow unless cleaning the fridge counts.

Now, for mindless repetitive works, music usually helps me to pass the time. Specially if it's a freaking happy jumpy song.
 

Pinkamena

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I think it's relaxing. Of course it's hard work, and you'll be sore afterwards. But when I'm out there, actually doing it, I don't really mind it!
 

EscapeGoat_v1legacy

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I've only had to shovel snow maybe, twice? Back home in Birmingham we don't tend to get enough snow to warrant shovelling, but I've spent a bunch of Christmases with heavy snow up in County Durham before. Man, that part of the country gets shittons of snow.

Anyways, the get through the shovelling I had to do, I just tended to plug in some music and get on with it. It's kind of like any mindless task - the repetition is the worst thing, so just try and focus entirely on the shovelling and stop thinking, I guess. That is pretty much how I cope with anything like that - shovelling, digging, mowing, painting. Just anything mindless and repetitive and in goes the music and off goes the brain.
 

Evil Smurf

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work is for plebes. Also living in Australia we have to travel to see snow. It does not just plomp down blocking our doors.
 

Miles000

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Eat some concrete.

I do landscaping. Try shovelling gravel and rocks all day.
That makes you sore.

Dr.Susse said:
Red clay is the bane of my existance; there's nothing like hitting the matic into the ground and not making a dent.
Fuck I hate that stuff.

Luckily I don't see it at work that often.
My yard, however, is entirely red clay. We just got a few dozen trucks of fill in (acreage) and covered it all in a foot of dirt.
 

SpAc3man

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Well when we had the Great Snowstorm of 2011 in Auckland during a very cold and initially miserable day I actually had a few flakes land on me after everyone in my object orientated programming lecture ran outside to witness the first snow in the Auckland region in 72 years. It was magical. The few flakes that did settle melted in seconds so no white winter wonderland for us. Afterwards I shovelled some hot chips into my mouth for lunch.
 

winginson

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We don't shovel snow in England, we just shudown down everything and act like its the end of the world as soon as we get like 1 inch of snow.
 

Guffe

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I see it as a good work out, listen to music from my MP3 and try to do it as fast as possible so the workout is as effective as possible :p
Usually some daydremin' comes with the job too :D
 

Exius Xavarus

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I never have to go shoveling snow on account of it almost never snowing. But we also never have to shovel because it never has the chance to stay there before we drive through it again. =p
 

Genocidicles

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I dont know about shovelling snow (My folks tended to just drive over it, or not go out if it was too thick), but I'd often dig ditches in the garden for fun. Digging is it's own reward!