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On Feb 3, 9:45 pm, KD <kdor...@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.

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.