Dear Mr. Sicard (I know you’re no longer living),
Thanks so much for being “that guy” that invented the first snowblower! Your first version was probably nowhere as powerful as the 8-horse-power one I used tonight, but thanks nonetheless! Your invention saved me countless hours of using a shovel in the freezing cold and provided me with the FUN of throwing snow from my back patio and sidewalks high into the air and away from where my wife and daughter will walk to church in the morning.
Thanks again,
Sincerely,
Stevan Sheets
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