A Couple of Skinny Girls Shoveling Snow with a Broom

Yeah, it looked pretty silly.

My mother and I figured we'd better try to dig out our cars while it was relatively warm and sunny here, so we went out to do the best we could. We had one snow shovel and a broom. So we took turns shoveling the snow, and batting at it with the wide end of the broom. A woman with a serious snow shovel came by and helped us get my car out, and my mom's car is one of those giant old American made tanks that can roll over almost anything, so it was able to extricate itself with relatively little digging.

Wow, it's cold! That bitter, wet cold of the northeast. People think that Philadelphia is a cold part of the world. It's actually not that cold here most of the time. I think it's more like DC than like New York or Boston. So when we get snow, it's an event. The schools close, the shops close, and no one has any idea what to do with themselves. Everyone seems to run out to buy milk and bread, which I find perplexing. The last thing I'd want to be snowed in with is a bunch of bread. Eggwhites, sure... in some cultures, it's considered a delicacy to eat eggwhites that are covered with a layer of snow, left outside overnight.

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