🚀 go-pugleaf

On Thu, 3 Feb 2011 17:45:35 -0800 (PST), KD <kdorsey@gmail.com> wrote:

>in my driveway!
>
>As you know we got some snow yesterday/last night. We generally don't
>worry about shovelling out the whole driveway; as many of you know,
>we're car-free, so we maybe shovel out a path if we have time, no need
>to shovel out the whole thing unless we're expecting guests. This
>morning we did not have time, waded through snow past my knees and a
>big snowbank nearly up to my thighs to get to the bus stop. We're OK
>with that, we can deal.
>
>Of course the darned snow was still there when we got home. If we want
>to get any mail or get out without being soaked to the knees, we
>needed to do something, so we grudgingly got out the shovel and
>started working. I took the first turn, and figured my husband would
>finish off what I didn't.
>
>As I shovelled, the previously mentioned nice guy went by on the
>street in one of those little Bobcat plows they use for plowing
>sidewalks. He came up my way, opened his window and asked if I could
>use a hand. I said sure! He asked if I was just making a path, and I
>said yes, we have no car to worry about, just need to walk in and out.
>I thought he meant he was just going to plow away the pile at the
>bottom left by the street plows (which would have been fabulous all by
>itself).
>
>But no! This fabulous guy and his wee plow went all the way up my
>driveway! He had to make two tries to get up to the top (it's steep),
>and cleared a five foot wide path all the way up, dumped the snow
>across the street! It took him about three minutes, but saved us about
>a half hour of labour at least! What a great guy! He asked for nothing
>in return. After I thanked him profusely he just said have a nice
>evening and drove away.
>
>MUCH better than two years ago when we got home after a snowfall and a
>night out to find that someone had stolen both our shovels.
>
>It was a kind thing to do.  If I had a snowblower, I'd be blowing out
>the driveway next to me just to be nice to a neighbour. Wish there
>were more strangers willing to do nice things for people, would make
>the world a better place.


REALLY nice. I've seen them clear a driveway or two for neighbors
across the street but a driveway? Awesome!