Well yeah -
That’s why it’s crazy to me that someone with a snow blower is t simply helping out
I have a Ryobi Expand-It with a snow thrower attachment which typically is enough for my city walk .
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That’s why it’s crazy to me that someone with a snow blower is t simply helping out
I have a Ryobi Expand-It with a snow thrower attachment which typically is enough for my city walk .
I will say - I cut my neighbors yard just to be nice -
But he’s a restaurant manager and gave me very generous gift card , just happens to be one of our favorite places .
my other neighbor has a snow blower, older retired guy. he helps out a few other driveways. why are we mocking people with snow blowers again?
weird take.
Just proves how soft some Americans have gotten over the years. Get out there, roll up the sleeves, and break a sweat.
Go have another shot, you drunk.
Let us know when you drop dead breaking that sweat. Hopefully it happens while shoveling your own driveway!
Marsha marsha marsha. That's not very nice.
what about self propelled lawn mowers? is that soft too. people should go back to cutting grass with those sling blade things like they did in the good ol days
I never use that option on my mower either but my lawn is pretty flat.
I will slightly amend my snow shoveling comment. Using propelled mowers and snow blowers are lame...that said if you have a riding mower or a tractor or bobcat you use for lawn or snow purposes...that's acceptable and bad ass. True Americans there...
I typically do the snow blower then shovel for the edges where needed, then go out for a 4-5 mile run in the storm aftermath but run nice and slow 
I'm 70, a female and I still do my sidewalk. I ain't no weak ass boomer, you younger folks are the whiny little bitches who won't even clean a sidewalk.
everyone recall this from a few years ago in Pennsylvania, about 5 miles from where I grew up
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Yeah, it's neighborly. It's a kindness not an obligation. It's the sense of entitlement over someone else's time and property that irks me. If a neighbor chooses to do it that's great, if they don't that's also fine. It's just as neighborly to walk out and say, "Hey, case of beer on me if you want to knock out my driveway real quick!"
Personally, stay the hell away from my property if there's ice on the ground. I don't need to headache or guilt or expense if something happens to you. I don't care if you're wearing crampons, increased premiums aren't worth it.
It’s gone now, replaced by condos I think, but when I was in HS and at Pitt we lived at 5717 Forbes Ave., near the corner of Forbes and Murray.
There were 8 rowhouses, 4 on each side of a fairly steep driveway that led to the garages in the back.
This is back in 1963. The row houses were owned by the Presbyterian Church on the corner, and they rented them to seniors who were members of the church. But, they didn’t have enough members who wanted to rent them, so we lived in one of the two they rented to other people.
The first time it snowed, my dad handed me the shovel with instructions to shovel the walkways and steps on both sides of the driveway and the walkways and steps leading up to all 8 row houses. The people who live there are old, he said. And, don’t think of taking money from anyone, he added. I wasn’t thrilled to shovel that much snow, but I didn’t question that was something you would just do for older neighbors.
I did get a lot of hot chocolate and cookies from the neighbors over the years.
It was a different world back then.
Yeah because I take care of my own property and don't go through life expecting others to do it just because it might take them less effort than it takes me.
And if it's something that I can't do I talk to someone about it or compensate someone else to do it rather than stewing in my house feeling slighted because others didn't take it upon themselves to handle my problems for me.
My neighbor bought a plow for his Polaris and does nothing with it but play in the alley.
I had a snowblower when I lived in the US. So did my neighbours.
One place I lived I never used it. We had a really long driveway on a hill too. But a down the road neighbour was a dairy farmer. Our road was less than a secondary road, so not going to get plowed until the main roads all done. He would plow the entire road out to the state road with his tractor so the milk tanker trucks could get through.
He would call the house about 0530 and ask if I was OnCall for the hospital. If I was, he'd plow my drive on his way out. If I wasn't, he did it on his way back.
For lawnmowing, I now have sheep. They do an amazing job. They cannot be trusted with the front lawn though. They eat flowers and the garden and kill the apple and cherry trees.
Facebook marketplace doesn't allow the listing of animals. People here sell sheep on there by listing them as lawnmowers.
One place I lived I never used it. We had a really long driveway on a hill too. But a down the road neighbour was a dairy farmer. Our road was less than a secondary road, so not going to get plowed until the main roads all done. He would plow the entire road out to the state road with his tractor so the milk tanker trucks could get through.
He would call the house about 0530 and ask if I was OnCall for the hospital. If I was, he'd plow my drive on his way out. If I wasn't, he did it on his way back.
For lawnmowing, I now have sheep. They do an amazing job. They cannot be trusted with the front lawn though. They eat flowers and the garden and kill the apple and cherry trees.
Facebook marketplace doesn't allow the listing of animals. People here sell sheep on there by listing them as lawnmowers.
Yes, this dry snow is easy moving with the leaf blower. Any reason to fire up my 2 cycle Stihl is a good one.
Stihl is a great brand. I have a Stihl chainsaw and pruning saw. Got the electric versions, so unfortunately don't get the experience of the chainsaw sound to go with them. They are powerful. The dealer was trying to sell me spare batteries but I find that the batteries outlast me when working hard.
The saws are lightweight which is good because my wife likes going out and cutting stuff down too.
Great ethnic joke, plug in whatever ethnic works for you! LOL
Guy goes into a hardware store to buy a saw to cut firewood.
Salesman shows him a Stihl that he says is guaranteed to cut 3 cords a day.
Guy buys it, uses it for a week and brings it back.
Says as hard as I try, I can't even cut a half a cord with this thing.
Salesman takes the saw and says let's see what the problem might be?
Pulls the rope and fires it up, the guy jumps back and says "Woah, what is that noise?"
Kudos to your dad. He sounds a lot like mine. The world is a far worse place without these guys, as we can all see.
Just insert USN_Panther in there. Maybe that's why I tire out before the battery does!
This thread has inspired me to go to the Stihl shop. We live in a seriously rural setting. Our water is collected in tanks from the roof gutters. So we are reliant on electricity for the pump. Stihl has some inverter generators and back up battery systems that would be perfect for this. Some include a solar option. We're otherwise at least temporarily prepared for doomsday, with a gas stove and two wood fires with a barn literally full of stacked firewood. If it gets bad, the sheep will get eaten.
But in a really bad situation we're going to my wife's friends from church. They are full on doomsday preppers and proud of it.
They have a huge farm that includes the highest elevation in the area. You can see the entire valley. A perfect defensive position.
This family lived in Rhodesia during the revolution prior to moving here. He told me stories of fighting off armed gangs attacking his farm there. I think he's a bit crazy, but he did live his lived experiences.
My wife wanted to stop in to see her friend one day as we were driving past their drive. I told her to please call first as all I could envision was dodging artillery fire and landmines heading up there. But if there is a severe weather crisis or invasion of NZ, that's where we are headed!
Our fathers were a lot alike. Mine had returned from Vietnam after serving with a special unit. Most of his friends passed away from agent orange and lack of support from the BA and society. He found himself walking through a town where a local sheriff began to hassle him and ended up arresting him. He escaped and lived off the land while avoiding the police.
He made me shovel old people’s driveways.
I'm one of the old people, I guess. And I still shovel (well, snowblow) the driveways of several of my neighbors when I need to, and I'm glad to do it. The idea of service doesn't germinate when you are 50; it starts when you are 5. And if the right people (i.e. our dads) sow the seed, it grows. I hope I did the same with my kids, although you never know.
Despite getting close to that 50 year old mark myself, I enjoy shoveling my elderly neighbors driveways. Years ago I had an elderly lady that lived by herself. She was very independent but very elderly. I loved shoveling her driveway but I never told her that I did it.
Now don't get me wrong. My next door neighbor is a mean single mom that never cleans her yard, never shovels, never waves hello, her trash always end up in my yard because she never takes in the cans, her tree leaves always stay in my yard....so I don't shovel her walk or driveway
Shovel her out. You may get lucky!!!
Make a good letter to Penthouse!!
Buddy -
You’re worried about liability and home insurance premiums -
It’s preposterous.
Stay isolated from society !
Never help anyone , eh ?
She's been dead for years. If i got lucky i think our definitions of penthouse would be different 🤢🤢🤢
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The leaps in logic people make to try and feel like they're superior or winning is amazing.
But hey, you spend 4 years fighting a frivolous personal injury lawsuit and let me know if you'd rather have someone come shovel your driveway for you uninvited than just do it yourself. Because I have and I'll go out and shovel myself thank you.
wait a sec. are you telling me someone came to your house and shovelled your driveway uninvited, fell and then tried to sue you?
Self propelled lawnmowers make absolutely no sense. They acually make cutting the grass more difficult. I don't understand how someone could find pushing a 25 pound piece of machinery on 4 wheels too difficult a task but be just fine walking the half mile or so it takes to cut an average sized lawn if the lawnmower pulls itself.
25 pound lawnmower? What the hell kind of lawnmower is 25 pounds? is it one of those ones that you put dish soap in it and it blows bubbles when you push it?
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