John FitzGerald's photos with the keyword: purple

One of the most important breakthroughs of the twentieth century, the plastic snow shovel. Lighter than a metal shovel, and the blade doesn't get deformed. Snow shovelling is arduous work; just think of the number of lives that have been saved by the plastic shovel and another twentieth-century invention, the snow-blower. ====== The comments below suggest that many regions don't have ice chippers. A metal shovel would have an advantage there, then. But the ice would still destroy the shovel's blade. Ice chippers have a short heavy blade that doesn't crumple.

Better in the big version, I think (type Z or click the pic), and quite the workout for the eyes.