Snow Stories: The Snow Blower

I found the hubby outside trying to get the snow blower to start.  Sputter.  Sputter.  Sputter.

All the knobs/levers on the correct settings?  Check!

Gas?  Check!

Pre-winter maintenance?  Ummm – not so much.  Crap!!!

Ummmm…this is not lookin’ so good.  The snow drifts covering our entire driveway are a couple of feet high.  If this boy toy doesn’t start, we are going to be shoveling snow for a really, really long time!

Then I spot the electric start button and was informed that it’s never worked in the last 3 years hence having to use the manual pull start.  Hummmm.  Then I spot a 3-prong plug under the button.  Hummmmm.  Maybe it’s just me and maybe the boy toy will blow up (electricity + gas = bad) BUT I’m thinking an electric start button may require ELECTRICTY to work.  And whatta ya know….plugged that bad boy into an extension cord, a few pushes of the start button later, and voila…the snow blower was back in business.  Purr.  Purr.  Purr.  Yep….that’s the sound of my new GIRL toy running.