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Although hopefully we’ll be mowing grass rather than moving snow soon, I thought a group of people — the “snow people” — deserve a standing ovation from all of us. All those people operating snowplows, loaders, blowers, roof rakes and shovels that kept our roads, parking lots, streets, sidewalks and roofs cleared so that life could go on, so everyone could get to where they needed to go.
It is a tough job, always out in the worst of conditions: watching for trash cans, mailboxes, pedestrians, dogs, kids, cars and what other dangers might be out there. They are on roofs melting ice dams and cle...