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60 posts & 46 voices | Started 2 years ago by andybach | Latest reply from elliptic

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andybach - Member

Since the snow started i have been clearing a path along the pavement outside my house (middle of a terrace) and my 2 neighbours' houses.

One other neighbour on our street has done their bit but no-one else has bothered and most of the pavements are 4 inches thick in compacted snow.

i had a splurge of energy this evening and cleared all the pavement completely outside my house and piled it up on the front grass.

Just as i'm finishing and carrying the shovel around the back out of sight , someone parks-up just past my house and says "oh - for gods sake look at that - what does he expect a medal" .

I was very tempted to say something but stayed out of sight.

So should i have bothered clearing the snow or made some some comment about being public spirited or just whinged about how crap the Local Council are?

Posted 2 years ago #
Swiftacular - Member

Should have pwned them with said shovel.

Posted 2 years ago #
PeterPoddy - Member

The answer to that is "No, but you could at least have some manners and say thankyou"

Posted 2 years ago #
retro83 - Member

sneak out at night and write/draw something in yellow snow on their front garden

Posted 2 years ago #
djglover - Member

Do you want a medal though?

Posted 2 years ago #
jj55 - Member

Councils aren't crap they are being prudent and saving your council tax money - if they put enough resources into clearing everything you would have a real stinker of a council tax bill. Clear it and ignore the neighbours they are obviously feeling very guilty!

Posted 2 years ago #
MrNutt - Member

shovel it all on their lawn in the middle of the night

Posted 2 years ago #
scaredypants - Member

shift the pile to his garden/front step/car bonnet and mould into the shape of a giant cock

BTW, you should've definitely said hello to him

Posted 2 years ago #
stratobiker - Member

Don't fret it.
You had the work out, and you got the Karma.
SB

Posted 2 years ago #
singlecrack - Member

shovel the snow back onto said neighbour's path

Posted 2 years ago #
luke - Member

make a snow wall around his car and then put some water on it, just to help it freeze a bit better.

Posted 2 years ago #
The Sanity Assassin - Member

I often think that in situations like this the most effective response is to post a 'mildly disgruntled' whinge on an internet forum, using a pseudonym. Everyone 'knows where they are' then....

Posted 2 years ago #
luke - Member

or just say yes please to the medal.

Posted 2 years ago #
jimbobrighton - Member

stratobiker - Member
Don't fret it.
You had the work out, and you got the Karma.
SB

seconded. good karma. You are a nice bloke. that neighbour of yours obviously isn't.

Posted 2 years ago #
fisha - Member

next time i would do the whole street and explicitly leave his bit untouched.

Posted 2 years ago #
GrahamS - Member

Simply form the pile of snow into a giant snow cock and add an arrow.

Posted 2 years ago #
ski - Member

fisha - Member

next time i would do the whole street and explicitly leave his bit untouched.

lol, theres a street like that near me

Posted 2 years ago #
andybach - Member

I did think i could nominate her for a good neighbour award..........

It was a good workout and i do think the coucil have done a pretty good job in difficult circumstances.

Now chilling with some badger beer and feeling a lot better!

Thanks for the comments

Posted 2 years ago #
DezB - Member

You're a lot fitter than me mate. I was shagged out after just doing me own drive!
Medal on it's way.

Posted 2 years ago #
ski - Member

Then again, you cannot beat a huge...

Posted 2 years ago #
taka - Member

put it right in front of his doors and lower windows

Posted 2 years ago #
project - Member

Done the same at home,30 neighbours and only one said thankyou.

Posted 2 years ago #
Flaperon - Member

Shovel it over his car in the middle of the night.

A very quick and evil way of ruining someone's morning would be to empty a bucket of cold water over his car (whole lot will freeze solid), shovel the snow on top, then add a bucket of water on top of that.

Posted 2 years ago #
oneoneoneone - Member

take a dump on his doorstep!!

put some water in his petrol filler cap- it will freeze over!

Posted 2 years ago #
JRTG - Member

i think i read somewhere that if you clear your street and someone slips over, you are now liable not the council.......funny world we live in!

Posted 2 years ago #
ski - Member

JRTG - Member

i think i read somewhere that if you clear your street and someone slips over, you are now liable not the council.......funny world we live in!

I have heard this quoted many times too, but has there ever been an actual case?

Posted 2 years ago #
caledonia - Member

Did the same today for me and my two neighbors.
We also have a bus stop right outside, so the ppl using that will also benefit.

Mainly did it so that the workies fitting my new windows next week don't slip and break one !

Karma !

Posted 2 years ago #
oldgit - Member

I mentioned this on a post a few days ago, it just used to be the done thing, dads shoveling snow.

Posted 2 years ago #
LeeW - Member

Just put some water on his front step, get up evey hour during the night and do it again.

Then watch in the morning when he goes out to buy the Star or whatever.

Posted 2 years ago #
Jon Taylor - Member

All of these suggestions of retribution are petty and stupid. And they rely on you knowing who the offender is or where they live.

You've already shown yourself to be the better man. Your friends appreciate you, and you can count a bunch of people on the internet as those who wish they had shovelled as much snow as you.

Posted 2 years ago #
Northwind - Member

OTOH, my neighbour cleared his pavement just before christmas, and now it's an evil impassable ice rink while my pavement is still covered in 6 inches of nice grippy snow.

Posted 2 years ago #
buzz-lightyear - Member

"while my pavement is still covered in 6 inches of nice grippy snow. "

Be a good neighbour and spread some "grippy" snow on his cleared path

Posted 2 years ago #
Northwind - Member

Doesn't work like that, snow on ice can be worse than just plain ice, but because the rest of the snow hasn't been cut back there's no ice sheet under it- just snow on snow. I spent a winter on crutches and honestly, I wish people would just leave the stuff how it is, snow can be hard work but it's consistent and offers a reasonable amount of grip.

Posted 2 years ago #
metalheart - Member

Nah, you did what you felt was right. The fact that some nonce doesn't see it doesn't change that. You get to bask in your warm glow of civic duty fulfilled. Leave bitter and twisted to the neighbour...

Posted 2 years ago #
GrahamS - Member

i think i read somewhere that if you clear your street and someone slips over, you are now liable not the council.......funny world we live in!

Absolute bollocks - but frequently quoted.

You are only liable if you CREATE a hazard. So if you clear all the snow using hot water, creating an ice rink or if you clear the snow and pile it where someone might fall over it or back a car into it then you could be liable.

If you do a normal job of clearing the snow and create no foreseeable hazard then you are fine.

Also you have a duty of care to people visiting your door (i.e. postmen) which means that strictly speaking you could be liable if you DIDN'T clear the snow from your path and they fell.

Posted 2 years ago #