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PleasantParfait48 OP t1_j9k9vmc wrote

Reply to comment by Majestic-Feedback541 in Horny on Maine by PleasantParfait48

We almost never talk to our down the street neighbor, but inevitably, every time there's more than 6 inches of snow he's rumbling down the street in his Kubota to plow out our driveway.

I don't even bother getting out our dinky electric blower anymore.

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Majestic-Feedback541 t1_j9kaivw wrote

It's it great? I love the neighbors. I'm about the same though, I mind my own business, wave and smile as needed. The last snowstorm *Jake took forever to get to my house, I needed to get my kiddo to school, so I just shoveled my way out, as I was doing so a similar neighbor to yours came by with a Kubota and asked if I needed help.

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PleasantParfait48 OP t1_j9l5jbg wrote

My regular guys name is *Neal. I found *Neal because *Steve used to plow me, but then he texted me last storm and said "I moved away so I'm really sorry I can't plow you anymore, but my guy Neal is awesome, he can take care of you moving forward."

I'm not joking this is a verbatim text.

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Majestic-Feedback541 t1_j9l5whi wrote

Lmao this is even more funny to me because my kiddo has a skeleton hanging on her door named Steve. I think I'm far too easily amused some times...

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fastIamnot t1_j9lknc0 wrote

The least Neal could do it take you out to dinner first.

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[deleted] t1_j9kh93i wrote

What a nice dude

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PleasantParfait48 OP t1_j9khob3 wrote

I know. Minds his own business but plows our driveway. A good kind of neighbor to have.

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Msghall1229 t1_j9l72nm wrote

I pay my neighbor in beer. Least he ain’t sloshed when he’s plowing

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Huckleberry-Powerful t1_j9lmpa6 wrote

This reminds me of a childhood story: My siblings and I always got tasked with shoveling the driveway as kids. It wasn't a big driveway, but we always dreaded doing it. One day we were about half done shoveling after a big storm, and one of the neighbors comes over with his snowblower and starts helping us out. After about 5 seconds of that, my mother comes running out of the house waving her arms and says something like "No, no. The kids can shovel. They don't mind." So he turned around and headed home, and we picked up our shovels and finished. I grew up in The County. Go figure.

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eljefino t1_j9m88vf wrote

Somehow I convinced my sister that we should "race" shovelling the driveway to build snow forts out of the berms we created.

We had a rule that we could only throw snowballs from "our land" and the asphalt was no-mans-land.

In hindsight we were such tools.

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DidDunMegasploded t1_j9m8azm wrote

I'm glad to have neighbors that help us plow and shovel snow in our driveway from storms that we inadvertently create by way of needing to go to an appointment or needing to travel and talking about it openly.

Your neighbor's a good guy.

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