>>>>Snow blower. Tcha!
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>>>Uh. Bless you?
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>>No. It was a snort of disdain :-) What to get the guy who has everything - something to blow snow about with. Then there's the leaf blower for Autumn and presumably a pollen wafter for the Spring. <g>
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>>Now remember I come from a place where it hardly EVER snows (it's only stuck for a few days, to a week or so, i.e. been considerable, maybe 4 times in the last 24 years) - what do you do with a snow blower that a shovel can't do, far more quietly and efficiently?
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>I don't suppose you also eschew computers in favor of an abacus?

No, a slide rule or log tables. Trouble with these is that they don't do graphics or internet access (to name just 2), let alone porn! <g>

Now, what does a snow blower do that a shovel can't (besides deprive the sedentarily employed person excercise)?

PS Isn't "eschew" a cool word, like "obviate"?