Ursus Pacificus

Welp… After 2 winters cleaning the driveway at Broadside Ranch, I’ve caved in… I took the RAV over to the Home Despot here in Warwick, RI, and picked up the cheapest 2-stage snow remover thingy they had.

It’s the Ariens Sno-Tek 22″ model. It has “only” one forward speed and no reverse, but it can clear 22 inches at a shot, and throw the snow up to 35 feet away… so… I think this’ll do.

The poor fellow who helped me load the crazy thing into my RAV, “Twain”, was amusing and maintained good spirits, despite being run ragged as holiday help.

Tomorrow, I have to get crankcase oil, put some gas in it, and start it up… make sure the crazy contraption can do what’s actually do what’s advertised.

Fortunately, I ditched the Scion tC, and now have a Toyota Yaris as my daily driver (which lives in the garage, below the hanging kayaks), which is tiny enough to allow me to sneak the snow thrower past it in the tiny, one-car garage. Pretty damned groovy!

I… you… Just watch:

Here’s the latest NewsUndies!

We’re taking next week off. Happy Thanksgiving!

Next new show will be December 4.

NewsUndies - All the news that shouldn’t be news for November 13, 2009:
Zhu Zhu - It’s Tickle Me Elmo all over again.
Ft Hood Suspect Deemed “A Catch”
Health Care Reform Passes… Sort Of.
The Berlin Wall Falls - 20 Years Later
Carrie Prejean Sex Tape
Steven Tyler is/is not Leaving Aerosmith. So There.
…and much more!

All the news that shouldn’t be news for November 6, 2009:
Clinton Statue?!;
Rush Limbaugh continues to be Rush Limbaugh;
Steve Harvey is. What a shame.;
Miraculous Tornado Steeple Car Thing;
Mel Gibson is even more Mel Gibson;
WTC Combat Ship Finally Being Commissioned;
Gay Marriage in Maine: Shot Down!;
Churches, parishoners fail to pick up on the pathetic irony;
Jacksploitation Movie’s big global gross;
Giant Ship Almost Can’t Pass Under Bridge;
Scientology;
Rapist rapes, kills. Nothing to see.;
Cheney to FBI: I can’t be certain;