Hell's bells ....... he would-a been-a a-better off-a with-a one-a- those-a heavy, heavy ice choppers that costs about 20-dollars ...... and just a-waited for the ice sheet to move in ..... driven by the wind ...... and simply chop it up as it moves forward ...... is so simple to do .....in April when the ice goes soft ...... chop-chop-chop .....until the adjacent forward edge pushes up against the land which stops forward motion .... and your dock is not damaged ..... safe within its' little pocket of chopped ice!
. ...... one small step for a man ...... one giant step for mankind ...... you done gone and saved that there dock ..... with an ice chopper! You just got to be there ....... with an attitude .... and an ice chopper ..... when the ice makes its' move. ...