Before moving back to Pennsylvania from Chicago last February, a well-meaning but clueless friend asked me about snow removal. Over the course of dinner, I filled him in on going out overnight in my plow truck and clearing several properties, as well as checking in on my team to make sure their equipment was running, they were fueled up, and we were staying ahead of the storm. "Man," he said, pushing back from the table, "I'd much rather stay in bed than go out and do that.