Snow Capped

[alfredo]

The steps up to our door are covered in about an inch of ice. My photos have continued to be close to home.
This was a neighbor's plant. It would have died if I hadn't adopted it, repotted it, and kept it fed.

This is the only good shot I got from a day of near white out.

[Tindalos]

1. Sorry to hear you're snowed in

That's not much fun. Take care of yourself. Hope your plant is ok too. I like how the leaves are outlined with ice, but it can't be too good for it to be frozen like that.


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[alfredo]

2. Actually it is fun. I stocked up with food and fun stuff so I wouldn't have to

go out into the storm. So glad I'm no longer a mail man.

Hen and Chicks are pretty hardy. They've survived zero temps.

[Tindalos]

3. Good to know you're well provisioned

In that case, yeah, snow storms can be fun. Having to work outside in that weather would suck. Mailmen must be a tough breed.


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[alfredo]

4. Not tough, well paid.

[Tindalos]

5. That makes all the difference doesn't it?

[alfredo]

6. I wouldn't have done it earning minimum wage. It's hard work.

It's dangerous (especially the rural route carrier's job) and will wear your body down. I was the third carrier in a row that became 100% disabled on that particular route. It was ten miles of walking over rolling hills and mostly unshaded city streets.

[Tindalos]

7. Sorry to hear that

I've heard it's a difficult job, but I had no idea it was that rough on the body.


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[alfredo]

8. I was the luckiest of the three. I'm OK, and happy.

[teamster633]

9. Rural UPS driver here.

It's my only ambition to get out of there on my own two feet. Sorry to hear you got taken out by a disability, but I have to imagine there is some consolation in being able to look out on a bad day like that and knowing you can stay inside if you want to.

[alfredo]

10. The cold is better than the heat. In the cold you can put more clothes on.

In the summer they will arrest you if you get "too comfortable" in public.

I started working at age 10. I brought it on myself. Bodies wear out.