My neighbor has seemingly shoveled snow all night long-explain this to me

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Anonymous wrote: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?

The bolded parts explain it for me.

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He's got nothing else to challenge himself with, OP. Consider this bored and self-centered man with one foot in the grave with all the pity you can muster.

Sorry about your sleep.

Yep, this is OP and this is what I think. He seriously needs some other hobbies. The attention to snow is the same as the leaves (he will pick up single leaves from his yard and his mulch obsession) and I am not the only neighbor to notice. And he always parks his third car right behind our driveway so it's difficult backing out and never talks to us. Did I mention our neighborhood has no sidewalks? We are only talking about his driveway. And for all the people saying it's easier to go in stages--I don't buy it--unless there's melting 24 inches is still the same amount of snow to shovel whether you break it down in multiple sessions or do it in one session.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like you need to get a life OP.

[Anonymous]

This was my dad. Growing up in Boston area. We used to joke he was outside catching the snowflakes. Same with the leaves inthe fall. Combination of OCD and just plain anal....

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Anonymous wrote: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?

What a b*tch you are OP. And stupid also. Perhaps he might have an emergency?

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We shoveled last night, then this AM at 7. Just did it again. There was another 5" on the ground

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
He's got nothing else to challenge himself with, OP. Consider this bored and self-centered man with one foot in the grave with all the pity you can muster.

Sorry about your sleep.

Yep, this is OP and this is what I think. He seriously needs some other hobbies. The attention to snow is the same as the leaves (he will pick up single leaves from his yard and his mulch obsession) and I am not the only neighbor to notice. And he always parks his third car right behind our driveway so it's difficult backing out and never talks to us. Did I mention our neighborhood has no sidewalks? We are only talking about his driveway. And for all the people saying it's easier to go in stages--I don't buy it--unless there's melting 24 inches is still the same amount of snow to shovel whether you break it down in multiple sessions or do it in one session.

Are you from around here? It is certainly easier to do in multiple sessions - less snow to move at a time, means less time to clear. We just did our walkway in about 1/2 hour after doing it this AM at 7, which took twice as long with two of us. We will go back out in about 3 hours time (or my boys will) and clear it again

The driveway is too long, and we've contracted plowing services for that. And probably again after the dang county plow leaves 10' in front of our driveway.

Your neighbor might seem 'obsessed', but he's keeping property values up around the neighborhood. Say 'thank you'.

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There's supposed to be 40 mph winds all day. Whatever shoveling you did last night is going to be completely covered up again by nightfall.

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We are on our third shoveling -- all girls here. And the neighbor came over and did the sidewalk this AM at 8

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OP, don't want to argue on any specific point but just want to point out that this type of 'adverse' event brings out different responses in different people. So let it go. Be glad he was not disturbing you on some night where you had an early morning meeting next day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
He's got nothing else to challenge himself with, OP. Consider this bored and self-centered man with one foot in the grave with all the pity you can muster.

Sorry about your sleep.

Yep, this is OP and this is what I think. He seriously needs some other hobbies. The attention to snow is the same as the leaves (he will pick up single leaves from his yard and his mulch obsession) and I am not the only neighbor to notice. And he always parks his third car right behind our driveway so it's difficult backing out and never talks to us. Did I mention our neighborhood has no sidewalks? We are only talking about his driveway. And for all the people saying it's easier to go in stages--I don't buy it--unless there's melting 24 inches is still the same amount of snow to shovel whether you break it down in multiple sessions or do it in one session.

So in addition to being a bitch you are also an ugly gossip.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yep, We have a young retiree brigade on my court who practically race each other to shovel first, take in their garbage cans first, etc. One of them even sweeps the street. They are basically batshit crazy.

You're complaining about this? These are good neighbors.

This.

I admire these folks! Our old neighbor was like that, he was military background! House, yard and garage always top shape...what is there not to like?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

Thank you!

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Anonymous wrote:So he shoveled last night and first thing this morning? That's not all night. Shoveling all night would be crazy. What your neighbor did is not crazy.

+1. He shoveled at 11 and again at 6? That's not shoveling "all night long". Stop being dramatic.

OP must be a woman.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
He's got nothing else to challenge himself with, OP. Consider this bored and self-centered man with one foot in the grave with all the pity you can muster.

Sorry about your sleep.

Yep, this is OP and this is what I think. He seriously needs some other hobbies. The attention to snow is the same as the leaves (he will pick up single leaves from his yard and his mulch obsession) and I am not the only neighbor to notice. And he always parks his third car right behind our driveway so it's difficult backing out and never talks to us. Did I mention our neighborhood has no sidewalks? We are only talking about his driveway. And for all the people saying it's easier to go in stages--I don't buy it--unless there's melting 24 inches is still the same amount of snow to shovel whether you break it down in multiple sessions or do it in one session.

Ah, okay. This explains it. You're obviously not the person who does the shoveling at your house, so you have no clue what you're talking about.