My neighbor has seemingly shoveled snow all night long-explain this to me
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Anonymous
| Went to bed at 10pm and was woken up an hour or two later by noise in the street. Look out the window and see the neighbor who lives kitty-corner to us out there shoveling. My kid tells me this morning that neighbor woke him up too. Look out as soon as we are both up at 6:20am and see neighbor still shoveling. Why? There is nowhere he can go, and for context he's a retired guy in Bethesda. He's also super-anal about his yard. Orders a semi-truck of mulch every spring and spreads it himself. Very meticulous about leaf removal. I just don't understand people like this. I'm also annoyed at being woken up from the noise on one of the better sleeping days of the year. And for the record, his driveway is covered with snow and it will be snowing all day as well as blowing around too. I just don't understand people like this. Sisyphus and all....does he think he's going to outdo nature? |
Anonymous
| I did this in '10. It was easier than trying to shovel a path through 3 feet of snow after the storm. |
Anonymous
| I totally get this guy. It's a challenge mixed with some OCD. I'm right there with him except I would try not to wake anyone. |
Anonymous
| My husband claimed he was going to get up periodically at night and clear the driveway with the snow blower. I had to help him see what a dick move running a snowblower at 2 am is. |
Anonymous
+1. It's also much safer if you are someone who is at an increased risk for a heart attack (such as, perhaps, a man old enough for retirement). You want smaller, lighter loads to take the stress off your heart. |
Anonymous
| He's smart. A couple neighbors shoveled last night around 10pm. I suggested DH might want to go out and join them, but that didn't happen. It's going to be tough shoveling today. There's a lot of flipping snow. |
Anonymous
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Op, you don't know what this man's health is like. Maybe he has a sore back and can only lift small amounts of snow at a time. 24-30" might be impossible for him.
Or, maybe he simply prefers to shovel smaller amounts of snow rather than 30" at once. I don't get people like you. |
Anonymous
He's old. You must not realize this is what is safer for his heart. Apparently You'd rather him dead in the driveway so that you could not be inconvenienced by noise whrn you are sleeping. |
Anonymous
| Op you are the idiot, not him. It was recommended on the news, that you shovel in parts. It's as simple as lifting a 5 lb shovel of light snow or 15 lbs of wet, heavy snow. |
Anonymous
I shoveled 2x last night & the snow was neither heavy nor wet. I shovel b/c it's awesome to be outside in snow! |
Anonymous
New poster. I think OP's point is that he is doing this all night long, not that he is doing this in parts. |
Anonymous
| This is OP. He is a fitness fanatic and a young retiree--as in retired from venture capital--still has a kid in school and a wife who works. By saying he was retired I meant that he didn't have to go to a job. He runs, works out at a boutique fitness place in Bethesda, and does yoga. Not buying the heart explanation. I think the pp who said it was the challenge with OCD has got it right. |
Anonymous
| Personally, I have a heart condition. If I were to shovel, it would be every hour. However, I will just pay the neighbor kids when it is over |
Anonymous
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I wish I could have gotten myself up to shovel in the middle of the night. It's horrible out there now. SO MUCH snow. It's heavy for me.
Sorry but during a blizzard you are going to be disturbed by generators, plows, shovelers, blowers, etc. etc. Hardly one of the "better sleeping days of the year". |
Anonymous
| Retired man. Nuff said. |