Snow Shoveling

[CJsE]

wait a sec. are you telling me someone came to your house and shovelled your driveway uninvited, fell and then tried to sue you?

no, that wasn't what the personal injury claim was about. But spend a few years fighting against a personal injury suit and you'll definitely consider things differently. Like if I'd rather get off my lazy ass and take care of the snow or let someone else do it.

 

[Tvax1]

wait a sec. are you telling me someone came to your house and shovelled your driveway uninvited, fell and then tried to sue you?

people are out there who might, I have experienced a different but frivolous slip and fall type claim and do keep an umbrella policy on top of all the other insurances most everyone has in place

I dislike insurance premiums but keep the umbrella only due to this litigious society

 

[FreeportPanther]

people are out there who might, I have experienced a different but frivolous slip and fall type claim and do keep an umbrella policy on top of all the other insurances most everyone has in place

I dislike insurance premiums but keep the umbrella only due to this litigious society

I've had an umbrella policy for years. Used to be pretty reasonable, but like everything else, not any more.
However when you're trying to protect 7 figure assets, it could save your financial future!

 

[KennyHeisman8]

Out of curiosity, what are people paying for this? I do my own, but I would have guessed like $10 - $20 at the most (we've only gotten a few inches, ffs, and most of it has been sweepable).

But I see some dude on the Facebook page in my town charging $30 for driveways and $20 for walkways, and people are acting like that's a deal.

I don't even know if anyone over the age of like 13 should be shoveling snow for money, but I digress. But $50 for a driveway/walkway combo seems steep. I didn't even shovel mine this most recent time, and it's already melted. The snow this year has been a piece of cake to deal with; this isn't like you're digging through the Blizzard of '93.

Quotes should be variable, but a driveway will take some time so 30 is more than fair.

 

[KennyHeisman8]

You are doing it because you wanted to…..
Not because you had to…..
I helped a lot of people with yard chores, but not everyone.
And repayment with beer and bourbon is totally acceptable.

Sounds like a lot of you want slavery back

 

[KennyHeisman8]

Sometimes that hustling gets annoying. There are two brothers in my parents' neighborhood who are both pretty well off but still strive to make every cent available. No such thing as neighborly kindness - everything is transactional.

When I bought a house, one of the neighbors' kids kept trying to recruit me as a grass cutting customer. Like, I'm 26, completely able-bodied, and paying on my first mortgage. Why in the hell would I pay your fat 21-year-old ass to cut my grass?

Slavery. You’d be a fan.

 

[Tvax1]

Slavery. You’d be a fan.

Sounds like a lot of you want slavery back

non sequiturs

 

[CJsE]

people are out there who might, I have experienced a different but frivolous slip and fall type claim and do keep an umbrella policy on top of all the other insurances most everyone has in place

I dislike insurance premiums but keep the umbrella only due to this litigious society

Not to mention if the person doesn't clear the sidewalk properly and someone else slips and falls. Then your ass is still getting sued.

 

[Tvax1]

Not to mention if the person doesn't clear the sidewalk properly and someone else slips and falls. Then your ass is still getting sued.

haha, as you know any slip and fall and it doesn't matter how perfectly it may have been cleared

 

[CJsE]

haha, as you know any slip and fall and it doesn't matter how perfectly it may have been cleared

True. I should have said if they don't clean it properly then you will pay a larger legal fee/settlement.

 

[FreeportPanther]

Quotes should be variable, but a driveway will take some time so 30 is more than fair.

Come out and shovel mine. I'll give you $20 bucks and you can give it to NIL!!

 

[Pittguy93]

Freeport, how come you don’t have your property in an irrevocable trust?

 

[FreeportPanther]

Freeport, how come you don’t have your property in an irrevocable trust?

Looking into it. Haven't got around to it yet.

 

[Conemaugh]

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?

Haha, 35 lbs? 40 lbs? Lawn mowers are light, unless they are the self propelled variety!

 

[ratking17]

Haha, 35 lbs? 40 lbs? Lawn mowers are light, unless they are the self propelled variety!

My honda push mower probably is close to 40 lbs

 

[TheWerewolfFromTwilight]

people are out there who might, I have experienced a different but frivolous slip and fall type claim and do keep an umbrella policy on top of all the other insurances most everyone has in place

I dislike insurance premiums but keep the umbrella only due to this litigious society

Other countries are astounded at how America works. In the US, it's free of charge to find some butthole lawyer to take up your case. You lose, no biggie. You win or settle, jackpot!

Most civilized countries require payment up front. If you lose, you're out that money. Oh, and you usually have to cover the other person's legal costs if you lose, also.

 

[Zeldas Open Roof]

no, that wasn't what the personal injury claim was about. But spend a few years fighting against a personal injury suit and you'll definitely consider things differently. Like if I'd rather get off my lazy ass and take care of the snow or let someone else do it.

well yeah, if you are an able bodied male and let another man shovel your driveway or cut your grass, you are most likely a cuck.

 

[ratking17]

Like I'm stressed...I have neighbors outside with their snow blowers and I think they might have done my sidewalk and i am pissed. We have 8 inches and I want to get my exercise in at 4am since I have tomorrow off. Like, I am a elite middle aged man. Let me shovel my own driveway. Don't make my life easier. Damn you kind neighbors

 

[ChiefJusticeMarshall]

well yeah, if you are an able bodied male and let another man shovel your driveway or cut your grass, you are most likely a cuck.

I have someone do my lawn. I travel alot and especially in April-June it is impossible for me to keep up with it.

 

[pittdan77]

Wait, you guys don't make your wives do the snow shoveling?

 

[PittPharm2002]

Like I'm stressed...I have neighbors outside with their snow blowers and I think they might have done my sidewalk and i am pissed. We have 8 inches and I want to get my exercise in at 4am since I have tomorrow off. Like, I am an elite middle aged man. Let me shovel my own driveway. Don't make my life easier. Damn you kind neighbors

Didn’t you tell them about the home
Insurance liability risks ?!

 

[12162022]

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.

And a better world. In our prior neighborhood, people banded to get the big snows away. Some had blowers and helped others. I did my own, didn't mind it....actually enjoyed it. Our geezer farm is cleared for us, but it's poorly finished. I may get a shovel since we now have a good dog and we want to clear the walk.....a refuge from Texas. Not sure she likes it.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

What's the best salt to use that won't ruin your driveway? I hear different things on this.