🚀 go-pugleaf

"Rob" <nospam@eastlink.ca> wrote:
> John vG wrote:
>
>> What a nice thing to do. I wondered about the snowblower thing; like
>> how many neighbours are you obliged to do? Do you help out one house
>> on each side? Or only if you like them. What if there's an old lady 6
>> houses down the street, does that trump the healthy young neghbour
>> next door?
>>
>> Or how about this one, the young couple across the street just
>> couldn't be bothered to shovel out their driveway entrance. I could
>> see they were home all evening watching TV. I made sure ours was
>> shoveled out, twice. So I leave the front door in the morning on my
>> way to work and buddy across the street is stuck in the mound of snow
>> at the end of his driveway. The snow is packed right up under, and he
>> looks over at me and sort of gives a half-gesture seeking help. He
>> needs a few minutes with a shovel and then a push. What would you do?
>> I just waved and kept on walking, lol.
>
>
> I only have one neighbour and that is across the street. An elderly man 
> with his mother who looks to be in her 90's. They have someone who 
> eventually comes along and plows out their long driveway. I always wonder 
> though what they would do in the event of an emergency, so when cleaning 
> my mess I go across the street and remove the street plow row, thinking at 
> least nothing will get hung up there.

That's a considerate thing to do, Rob.  Beats waving.