I'll Do It, But I Won't Like It

摘要

At the risk of tempting the snow fairies to dump even more precipitation on the Chicagoland area, I will assert that winter seems to be nearly over. In my humble opinion, spring cannot come soon enough - and certainly could have come 50" or more of snow ago. With the change in season, though, come chores. Especially in spring, I'm tempted to skip some of the preventive steps for the snowblower and other equipment. However, having learned my lesson the hard way in the past - by overlooking the manufacturers' recommendations, only to be left with nonfunc-tioning equipment when I need it - I ignore my worst impulses and proceed. The alternative could be hand shoveling 17" of snow next December, which is certainly worse than a few minutes spent running the snowblower now.