On 2015-01-28 3:21 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

> Good for them. I have a 20' walk in front of the house from the
> driveway, then a couple of steps to the door. It will take me 20
> minutes to clear it. I figured if a kid going by wanted to do it, I'd
> pay 20 bucks. Not easy work, but still a good hourly rate. A bit
> later. there was a knock at the door. Two teenagers offered to shovel
> it for me. I asked how much and they wanted $25 apiece. No thanks.
> I'll do it later. I clear it for safety as we never use that door anyway.


You gotta love the predatorial supply and demand price gouging. When I
was a kid you would be lucky to get 50 cents to shovel a double drive
and the sidewalk.

I have about 25 feet of sidewalk and a parking area that will fit 6 cars
and we are on an unopened road allowance that goes past us to the
neighbour's place which is about 100 yards further from the road. With
the old neighbour, I would get out some time in the morning and shovel
my drive, parking are and the lane up to the road. I used a shovel if it
was light or the snow blower if there was enough snow to warrant it. He
had a tractor mounted snow blower and he would do the rest. If he was
out before me he would to the lane and part of the parking area, staying
clear of the cars to avoid accidental damage.

The new neighbour has a friend with a plow who comes by and does the
lane and his circular driveway. The times we have had snow at night the
lane was plowed before I was up for breakfast.