your obligation to your neighbors if you have a snowblower

Brony

well, what is it..

do the whole block? only the people next door? do yours and pack it up? help who is outside?

can be an awkward situation

smarchee

help who is outside if you can and they are friendly and only if the dumping has been severe enough for a manual shuffle to be painfully long

thats my rule

youngster

I have a pretty good deal worked out with my neighbor. I let him use my lawnmower in the summer since he doesn't have one. In the winter, I am free to use his snowblower whenever I need it. Today, he was out doing his driveway and he took care of the banking the plow created at the end of my driveway. I had been out there earlier and left it because I knew the plows would be by a bunch of times. I now have only an inch or so of snow in my driveway with no banking to worry about.

Heineken Helen

Brony wrote:

well, what is it..

do the whole block? only the people next door? do yours and pack it up? help who is outside?

can be an awkward situation

get up at 5am and do the whole block and surprise everyone it is christmas after all. Or put a note through their doors saying they're free to borrow it if they need. Could be a nice way to get to know your neighbours.

blackredyellow

I would think that you should offer to help your shoveling neighbors if they are outside.

My neighbor does the sidewalk from my house to his, and that is good enough for me. My driveway is pretty small, so I don't mind shoveling it.

patrickredeyes

I only do my own driveway and that's it.

stuckinline

please do the elderly neighbor's sidewalk and/or drive.

thanks!

patrickredeyes

stuckinline wrote:

please do the elderly neighbor's sidewalk and/or drive.

thanks!

I used to but it's all young people living around me now.

The Juggler

Heineken Helen wrote:

Brony wrote:

well, what is it..

do the whole block? only the people next door? do yours and pack it up? help who is outside?

can be an awkward situation

get up at 5am and do the whole block and surprise everyone it is christmas after all. Or put a note through their doors saying they're free to borrow it if they need. Could be a nice way to get to know your neighbours.

you should write an advice column.

decides2dream

stuckinline wrote:

please do the elderly neighbor's sidewalk and/or drive.

thanks!

this is what my husband does. our neighbors next door are in their 80s, so he is always sure to do in front of their house. one of their sons lives right next door to them, but if hubby gets to it first, he takes care of it. otherwise, seemingly almost everyone on the block has their own snowblower, in fact, for years it seemed as if we were the only house w/o one. one of our neighbors would do our sidewalk back then. nowadays, outside of the one neighbor, everyone takes care of their own snow.

even flow - question mark

Your obligation is not to blow it onto my driveway.

Steve Dunne

had a neighbor a few years back who always helped me out with big storms. i lived on a corner, so there was a lot of sidewalk. he selfishly helped us out every time. we've since moved, and i've been able to pay it forward now that i have a snowblower with some other neighbors. always grateful. tis the season.

decides2dream

Steve Dunne wrote:

had a neighbor a few years back who always helped me out with big storms. i lived on a corner, so there was a lot of sidewalk. he selflessly helped us out every time. we've since moved, and i've been able to pay it forward now that i have a snowblower with some other neighbors. always grateful. tis the season.

*corrected.
and that was damn nice of him!
i love great neighbors, luckily...have a couple. tho none make up for the asshole next door. (no, not the elderly folks )

dcfaithful

blackredyellow wrote:

I would think that you should offer to help your shoveling neighbors if they are outside.

My neighbor does the sidewalk from my house to his, and that is good enough for me. My driveway is pretty small, so I don't mind shoveling it.

I agree. If you have a snowblower and you see someone shoveling, you should just go do the good deed...at least I would. If you do your driveway, I think that the sidewalk from your house to your neighbors is a nice gesture.

bigballsbilly

I have an elderly woman on one side and myself or my sons always do hers. My neighbors on the other side wouldn't get a hand from me if their car was stuck and they couldn't get it out. They are nasty nasty people.

Heatherj43

I once had a neighbor who used a snow blower on his mom's driveway at 3 a.m. Her driveway was right next to my bedroom window!
I was pissed. She was an elderly lady and I use to make my kids go to the park and stuff so as not to get on her nerves, then she did this!
I was pissed.

81

i do mine and that be it. i'm on a corner lot as well, so i get double duty. man that sucked shoveling. get to the end of the first walk and you look down the next side and say #@$&. my neighbor down that side has a blower. my other neighbor was forclosed on. i've been blowing about half the sidewalk and the guy on the other side has been getting the other half. give or take. once we get new neighbors it will boil down to how cute she is.

81

even flow - question mark wrote:

Your obligation is not to blow it onto my driveway.

i agree. it's bad enough the plow truck clogs up the end of the drive.

youngster

When I was living with my dad, he had this real yuppie neighbor. Never really talked to him. One real bad storm, me and him were just finishing up the driveway (he had the snowblower, I with the shovel) we saw the neigbor come out and start shoveling his walk to get to his driveway. My dad is in his mid 60's and decided he would be a nice guy and help him out. As soon as my dad started the end of his driveway, the dickhead waved at us, put his shovel against his house and went back inside.

2 minutes later, we had the snowblower back in our garage. Fuck that yuppie.

dcfaithful

cropduster82 wrote:

When I was living with my dad, he had this real yuppie neighbor. Never really talked to him. One real bad storm, me and him were just finishing up the driveway (he had the snowblower, I with the shovel) we saw the neigbor come out and start shoveling his walk to get to his driveway. My dad is in his mid 60's and decided he would be a nice guy and help him out. As soon as my dad started the end of his driveway, the dickhead waved at us, put his shovel against his house and went back inside.

2 minutes later, we had the snowblower back in our garage. Fuck that yuppie.

Haha, wow. What a dick move. I probably would've blown a little snow right up on his front door. :twisted:

Biggest Wave

Heineken Helen wrote:

Could be a nice way to get to know your neighbours.

I've lived where I am for over 5 years and have never even said as much as hello to my neighbors.
Over the years I've found that getting to know your neighbors ends up being nothing but trouble.

Jeanwah

Biggest Wave wrote:

Heineken Helen wrote:

Could be a nice way to get to know your neighbours.

I've lived where I am for over 5 years and have never even said as much as hello to my neighbors.
Over the years I've found that getting to know your neighbors ends up being nothing but trouble.

Living out in the country, all of my "neighbors" are at least 200 ft away from each other. When I moved here for the first time outside the city, I thought people would be friendlier. After 4 years, we barely know the neighbors, who won't even answer their door. I guess there's a reason some people move to the country...to get away from people. Another neighbor is in his 70s, we watch over his house when he's gone for months, let him dispose his yard waste on our property, but has a plow on his truck that he's never offered to plow our driveway in the winter.

Fighting Hellfish

I have a bad back, a neck that needs a 2nd fusion, and a long ass driveway, about 75 feet long, 2 car width. So i do mine and let the neighbors know they're free to use it if they wish

Back_Pedal

My neighbor let my 53 year old disabled dad shovel our whole driveway while they used their snow blower. My dad said they just watched him shovel, and didn't even offer to let him use the machine. I couldn't help either, because I was in school when he decided to start shoveling. Some people...

MrMerkinball

I do My Driveway, and the sidewalk for the next 5 houses. All my neighbors have snowblowers. Whoever is out first, does the sidewalk.

My toughest question is what hours are appropriate? Sometimes I get home from work around 8-9pm and I am bagged, so I use the snowblower and try to finish by 9pm.

Biggest Wave

Jeanwah wrote:

....has a plow on his truck that he's never offered to plow our driveway in the winter.

Neither would I. Not unless you paid me to.

pjfan31

Well where I live, we don't get snow. The only time I have seen snow was when I was about 6, and I fell over and grazed my leg and I sat in the car for the rest, I was so upset.

But I liken your situation to me mowing lawns. When ever I mow my lawn, I always mow the neighbours nature strip (don't know if that's what it is called around the world but a bit of lawn between the footpath and the road) I also went in yesterday and mowed my neighbours front lawn. They're in Europe atm, so it makes the house look lived into the burglars.

So I guess what I am saying is, do your neighbours. But if they don't appreciate it, then they can get fucked.

hrd2imgn

you have no OBLIGATION, but if you a re good neighbor you'll do their yards too. So you waste 50 cents in gas

If you have elderly neighbors you do it no questions asked



my neighbor just bought a new one and I woke up this morning with my sidewalk and driveway done! It may suck in theory but the joy you'll bring your friends is immense!

Heineken Helen

hrd2imgn wrote:

you have no OBLIGATION, but if you a re good neighbor you'll do their yards too. So you waste 50 cents in gas

If you have elderly neighbors you do it no questions asked



my neighbor just bought a new one and I woke up this morning with my sidewalk and driveway done! It may suck in theory but the joy you'll bring your friends is immense!

awwwww now that's just lovely! Make sure ya show your appreciation.. bake some cookies even really really bad ones.

The Juggler

Heineken Helen wrote:

hrd2imgn wrote:

you have no OBLIGATION, but if you a re good neighbor you'll do their yards too. So you waste 50 cents in gas

If you have elderly neighbors you do it no questions asked



my neighbor just bought a new one and I woke up this morning with my sidewalk and driveway done! It may suck in theory but the joy you'll bring your friends is immense!

awwwww now that's just lovely! Make sure ya show your appreciation.. bake some cookies even really really bad ones.

you should write an advice column.

Rygar

The Jeagler wrote:

Heineken Helen wrote:

awwwww now that's just lovely! Make sure ya show your appreciation.. bake some cookies even really really bad ones.

you should write an advice column.

you should continue to suggest that.