This morning on the show, I revealed that I’ve reached the stage of winter where the snowbanks are no longer “picturesque” or “cozy”. The boulevard snow has officially taken over, and I’m running out of places to put it.
So, I floated what I thought was a perfectly reasonable idea: hire a company to roll up with a front‑end loader and a dump truck and just… remove the snow. Not push it. Not relocate it. Evict it. A full snow extraction.
I offered $80 and an espresso, which in my mind felt like a pretty solid deal. You get caffeine, you get cash — who wouldn’t jump at that?
Well, John, and our Thunder Bay listeners wasted zero time in setting me straight.
The text line lit up like a Christmas tree in a power surge. Turns out, bringing in the big toys isn’t exactly a “couple of twenties and a latte” situation. According to the pros who messaged in, the real price tag is more like $200 to $500, depending on how much snow you’re trying to send into witness protection.
So, my dream of a personal snow‑removal SWAT team might have to wait… or I need to start selling a lot more espressos.
For now, the boulevard snow remains undefeated — a towering, icy monument to Thunder Bay winters and the optimism of one man who just wants his yard back.
