After a pretty quiet winter we got hit with 6 inches of heavy wet snow. The house next door to me was sold by an older woman and bought by a young 35ish couple. With six weeks vacation to use or lose, I took a snow day today.
Guy next door fires up the snowblower, makes a path down his driveway launching the snow into my yard. Oy. Next pass, same thing. Third pass he doesn't move the chute and it fills the sidewalk next to my house, THEN it peppers into the siding and windows of my porch.
I open the porch door, he doesn't see me. I whistle, he kills the machine.
"I have enough snow now. Please don't refill my sidewalk, please don't hit my house"
He apologized. How can you a) not see what you're doing, or b) see what's going on and think it's OK to do?
Then again this is the guy that warms his car between the houses for 40 minutes at a time.
Dan
If he was nice he would come and snow blow your sidewalk and driveway...into your other neighbors yard
35ish is the new 22ish couples 
mtn
SuperDork
3/1/12 8:42 a.m.
Give him the benefit of doubt and assume he is just a block head who really was oblivious.
mtn
SuperDork
3/1/12 8:47 a.m.
fasted58 wrote:
35ish is the new 22ish couples
Hey! My girlfriend hates snow blowers (preferring to shovel) and I am very considerate of where my snow is thrown! Of course, when you pay me like my neighbors did back home, anybody would go above and beyond to make it as perfect as possible.
Lesley
SuperDork
3/1/12 9:11 a.m.
My young neighbour used to do the same thing, I honestly don't think he realized.
pigeon
SuperDork
3/1/12 9:18 a.m.
Don't feel bad - this was his first time snowblowing at his new place and he was either (a) oblivious and by his reaction didn't mind the wakeup call or (b) a tool and needed to be told to quit what he was doing. By the lack of ice chunks being hurled through your window by that same snowblower I'm voting (a).
You'd have felt worse for not saying something. In a situation similar to that the neighbor became one of my closest neighbortype friends.
Yeah, he's probably new to the snow blowing scene. If it was me, the next time I had my equipment out I'd go over and blow him, too (wait, that came out wrong), apologize for being snippy, and explain basic blower etiquette to him. If he's cool, he'll get it, and probably even blow you from time to time. If not, you can always deuce in a bag and set it on fire on his porch.
jg
RossD
SuperDork
3/1/12 9:27 a.m.
Just remember to follow this interaction up with a friendly one with a beer in the driveway ....
What if he hates America and doesn't like beer?
The car warming and poor snow technique makes me think that maybe this guy is new to the cold climates.
BARNCA
HalfDork
3/1/12 9:38 a.m.
or just not to smuckin fart..
fasted58 wrote:
35ish is the new 22ish couples
I'm 25 and would be attempting to clear everyone's driveway.
I'm 26 and would like you all to pay me to clear your driveway. 
JG Pasterjak wrote:
I'd go over and blow him, too (wait, that came out wrong)
This thread is a double entendre buffet.
In reply to JG Pasterjak:
Reciprocation is always nice.
N Sperlo wrote:
92CelicaHalfTrac wrote:
I'm 26 and would like you all to pay me to blow you.
FTFY
In the driveway? Aren't there laws against that?
In reply to 92CelicaHalfTrac:
Only matters if you get caught. 
Blowing the snow into the yard is not a big deal in my mind, but filling up your sidewalk and hitting the house are another matter. His response after you yelled at him should have been to clean your sidewalk.
Also, tell him that warming up the car for 40 minutes is bad for it - let it run for 30 seconds or so, then get in and go.
N Sperlo wrote:
fasted58 wrote:
35ish is the new 22ish couples
I'm 25 and would be attempting to clear everyone's driveway.
there's always a good couple-a-few kids that slip through the cracks
mndsm
SuperDork
3/1/12 10:19 a.m.
I always love watching the new fish fumble when they get their first real taste of a northern winter. I think one of these times Ima go to texas, wait for an ice storm, and drive about like it's normal, just to mess with everyone.
