I aten't dead

Or something like that. My sinus thing still drains down the back of my throat strong enough to gag a maggot, as the saying goes. Antihistamine and decongestants work enough for me to eat. This is over a week now. It can stop anytime.

Cleaned plug, drained gas, managed to get the snowblower running well enough to carve through a bank of slush left from yesterday's efforts. Still lacks power -- if that's 5 horsepower, they're putting miniatures on the dynamometer...

Needs the choke nearly full on to reach proper revs, but that may be a carb adjustment rather than a junk job. Wouldn't even do _that_ well at the start of the game, but left it running with no load long enough to clear out and settle down to an even note.

Still think we may buy a new one when end-of-season or pre-season sales hit.