"When we have something this big on the horizon, everybody comes in for the ice melt, snow shovels, snow brooms".
"I need to keep my ears open," she says, name-checking the likes of South Carolina's Shovels and Rope among her favourites of the new wave of country talent.
In Dresden, prisoners were among those roped into sewing and filling sandbags, while DIY stores were offering free shovels to rescue workers and urging other European countries to deliver more pumps and wellingtons after stocks in Germany ran dry.
A Manhattan Home Depot store sold about twice as many shovels over the weekend as it normally does while transit officials hoping to keep the subways running smoothly planned to use modified subway cars loaded with de-icing fluid to spray the third rail that powers trains.
He became California's first millionaire by selling picks, shovels, beans and bacon to the horde of prospectors who heeded his call.Gold fever spread fast.
When they return, many will be carrying barbed wire and shovels for digging trenches.
(One of his few Amazon reviews of something other than a book is of set of colourful plastic pails and shovels for children: "I needed the shovel for a very specialized scooping task". This raises the small but distinct possibility that Mr Johnston is a sophisticated performance artist).
Namibia has decided to transfer all new mining and exploration to a state-owned company.If miners in these countries feel hard-done by, they should count themselves lucky that they are not wielding their shovels in Zimbabwe.
Once a place where Chinese immigrants landed with picks and shovels, ready to build railways during California's Gold Rush, the pier is now home to a host of entrepreneurs with smartphones and computers engaged in a race for internet riches.
Mr Sankoh, it is surmised, wanted to sound statesmanlike about something else.Another reason could be that, as the Nigerian peacekeepers depart with their loot and shovels, other forces are moving into the diamond areas.
JAMES KWAK describes a scenario presented to a class of college students"A hardware store has been selling snow shovels for $15.
