He: What happened to your thumbs?
Me: I volunteered at the Housing Authority. I spent three hours on Monday raking and bagging leaves. I lost a little skin on the deal.
He: Why didn't you just use a leaf blower?
Me: I don't have a leaf blower.
He: What did you use?
Me: A rake.
He: Well, what do you use at your house?
Me: A rake.
He: ...
Me: We don't all have multi-acre spreads, you know.
He: I don't have multi-acres. "Multi" means double digits. I've only got 5 acres.
Me: I don't even have one acre.
He: Well, next time, let me know. You can borrow mine. It's gas, very powerful.
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You probably shovel snow by hand too.
I certainly used to, but since moving from Boston to Austin, I haven't had to dig my car out of the driveway at 5 a.m. in a good ten years now. I guess that's a reasonable trade-off for living with mountain cedar pollen.
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