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   Warner Crocker (warnercrocker@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Dec-2025 07:34:31 JST Warner Crocker

   This doc says 45 and over should not shovel snow. Now you tell me! I’ve shoveled miles of the stuff since I was 45.

   How old is too old to shovel snow? Here's what heart experts say.

   https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2025/12/02/snow-shoveling-blowing-how-old-is-too-old/87567013007/?link_source=ta_thread_link&taid=692f67c4f8f3440001336c40

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     Warner Crocker (warnercrocker@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Dec-2025 08:28:50 JST Warner Crocker

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     • Chris Hessert

     @chessert Same on viewing it as a way to stay active. Given the various age related maladies I deal with I should probably slow down a bit more than I do, but I get obsessive about clearing as much as I can so that our pathways don't freeze over during the inevitable thaw and re-freeze cycle.

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     Chris Hessert (chessert@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Dec-2025 08:28:51 JST Chris Hessert

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     I've always viewed it as a way to stay active during the Winter. But I've already had a minor stroke a few years ago. I don't push my physical activity: if I'm tired, or starting to feel worn down, I stop. Sometimes I can come back to it after a rest, and sometimes that moves to "tomorrow".

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     Warner Crocker (warnercrocker@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Dec-2025 08:49:50 JST Warner Crocker

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     @chessert I took a slip and fall a few years back. Once snakebit...

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     Chris Hessert (chessert@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Dec-2025 08:49:51 JST Chris Hessert

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     Same here. I discovered last Winter that the new Subaru can get up/down the drive better than the (now deceased) GMC 4WD Sierra could. But I still prefer to have the drive and footpaths clear of snow and ice... for me, and the delivery folks.

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     Warner Crocker (warnercrocker@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Dec-2025 08:57:21 JST Warner Crocker

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     • Chris Hessert

     @chessert Same. LOL.

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     Chris Hessert (chessert@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Dec-2025 08:57:22 JST Chris Hessert

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     I have grippier Winter boots now, and clamp-on ice spikes.

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     Warner Crocker (warnercrocker@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Dec-2025 09:11:41 JST Warner Crocker

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     @chessert @awilbert Same. Yet,

     https://mastodon.social/@WarnerCrocker/115640409262263302

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     Chris Hessert (chessert@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Dec-2025 09:11:42 JST Chris Hessert

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     @awilbert @WarnerCrocker

     I too came to that same conclusion. 😉

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     Chris Hessert (chessert@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Dec-2025 09:11:43 JST Chris Hessert

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     Yeah, I did that too a few years ago. Feet went right out from under me on the driveway slope, in the dark. I marveled that I hadn't struck the back of my head hard enough to knock me out — there certainly was enough velocity. I live alone, so I could imagine the obit. 😬

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     Adam Wilbert (awilbert@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Dec-2025 09:11:43 JST Adam Wilbert

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     • Chris Hessert

     @chessert @WarnerCrocker A few years back, I got to learn what a "foosh" injury was while doing my drive — fall onto outstretched hand. Buying a snow blower, it turns out, is much cheaper than risking another broken arm.

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     David Brent 📚 (dbsalk@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Dec-2025 09:47:50 JST David Brent 📚

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     @WarnerCrocker Oops. 🙄

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     Chancerubbage (chancerubbage@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 04-Dec-2025 04:30:17 JST Chancerubbage

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     @WarnerCrocker oddly it is the outdoor chore I feel more than the usual amount of stamina completing. I wonder if that is mostly feeling that I am not overheating in the process.