As Gretchen said yesterday, Nebraskans often say ‘scoop’ when it comes to snow removal. I thought that I often said ‘shovel’, but I see after yesterday’s post that I’ve gone completely native. *sigh*
Let’s talk snow removal. We used to have two shovels – a scooper with a bent handle and then the kind that you just push the snow ahead of you while making bulldozer noises. (That’s not just me, is it?) I broke the scoopy one last winter, but that’s alright with me – I like to sweep!
Push brooms are awesome to use for light, dry snow. They just glide over the pavement taking that pesky snow with it like so many brilliant, white dust bunnies. Brooms are kind of useless for wet snow, unless there is less than an inch of it.
I think the reason it’s so much easier for me to use is that when I come to a crack in the sidewalk when I use the push shovel, it gets caught and jangles my arms. Brooms? They glide smoothly over every imperfection.
Brad says
I use a push broom for light snow, too. But I didn’t get it from Wal-Mart.
Gretchen says
It snows so infrequently here that our “snow shovel” is actually a manure shovel that we bought at the feed store. Walmart didn’t have any snow shovels. However, our world is changing very soon -- we found out on Friday that we are moving to Germany -- in 2 months. I’ll let you know if they “sccop” or “shovel” or “sweep” there. Someone told me they just have electrical lines run under the streets/sidewalks so it all just melts away.
Lauren's dad says
Our neighbor “plows” his snow.
Kristi says
We scoop and sweep around here. It’s mostly scoop, though.
Karla says
Arron scoops (he’s from Iowa); I shovel (but I really try not to).
Lauren says
I would just like to share that the broom was zero help this morning when we had an additional 5 or 6 inches. It did get the snow off the car, though.
Deborah says
We shovel. We have used the leaf blower, too, when the the snow is particularly light.