Why it's great to live in N.H. (Dover: renting, home)

[Yankeehombre]

This morning I woke up to find that someone snow-blowed the 7" of snow out of my driveway in the wee hours of the morning. I waited to do it myself, until the last of the snow stopped falling. I have yet to identify whom the now-blowing-gnome might have been, but I have a couple of ideas. Such kindnesses are not uncommon even between distant neighbors here.

[Movin2Maine]

Here in PA, they will plow your driveway shut or knock over your mailbox. Have a story from a friend a about a incident with his neighbor, friend asked neighbor if he could clearout his driveway once he was finished with his own. Neighbor had a jeep with a plow on it and friend did not. So then Mr. rude neighbor says to friend that, "it pays to know someone" rude neighbor rolls up his window and go's on his merry way plowing out it own driveway.

[dinalkulp]

Originally Posted by Movin2Maine

Here in PA, they will plow your driveway shut or knock over your mailbox.

That happens here in NH too and I'm sure all over the country where there is snow. The town does not feel they are responsible either. We finally got smart and set our mailbox in a large plastic planting pot and set it in quick-setting cement. Now when it snows, we just move the mailbox back in towards our property a little more and haven't had any more issues with the snow plow knocking it over.

[remember-voltaire]

what's worse is when you have shovelled your drive way, then the plough comes to shovel all the slush which is heavy back onto the bottom of your drive way


o and once in massachusetts I was shovelling when a massive plough comes by and smacks the snow all over me


it was like being pelted with rocks all over my back,

[remember-voltaire]

anyway get those shovels ready as another storm is coming and it's not offically even winter yet

[buck naked]

our mailbox isn't taken out by the plow as often as it is with kids in cars swinging baseball bats. ( fun times!)

my mailbox is mounted on a swinging post - the last time it got smashed by a baseball bat, it swung all the way around on it's post and struck the car on it's return - paybacks a beach!

LOL

[southward bound]

Originally Posted by buck naked

our mailbox isn't taken out by the plow as often as it is with kids in cars swinging baseball bats. ( fun times!)

my mailbox is mounted on a swinging post - the last time it got smashed by a baseball bat, it swung all the way around on it's post and struck the car on it's return - paybacks a beach!

LOL

Love it!

[Suzet2262]

Originally Posted by buck naked

our mailbox isn't taken out by the plow as often as it is with kids in cars swinging baseball bats. ( fun times!)

my mailbox is mounted on a swinging post - the last time it got smashed by a baseball bat, it swung all the way around on it's post and struck the car on it's return - paybacks a beach!

LOL

Hahaha, I would of love to seen that

[Movingback]

I just spoke with the folks renting our future home in Dover today.
Apparently they went on vacation last week, and while they were away, the driveway was snow blown not once, but twice!! Once by each neighbor on either side of our home.
The wife currently renting there is originally from California, and has been blown away by the kindness and generosity of the people in our neighborhood.
There is also a "Santa Claus" going door to door this Thursday by request that they are going to take advantage of. (Another neighbor that does this every for the neighborhood kids.)

Makes my proud to be born and raised in NH, and has my wife and I seriously considering pushing up our plans to return from 2 1/2 years, to 4-6 months
(currently living in Northern California).

[Suzet2262]

Originally Posted by Movingback

I just spoke with the folks renting our future home in Dover today.
Apparently they went on vacation last week, and while they were away, the driveway was snow blown not once, but twice!! Once by each neighbor on either side of our home.
The wife currently renting there is originally from California, and has been blown away by the kindness and generosity of the people in our neighborhood.
There is also a "Santa Claus" going door to door this Thursday by request that they are going to take advantage of. (Another neighbor that does this every for the neighborhood kids.)

Makes my proud to be born and raised in NH, and has my wife and I seriously considering pushing up our plans to return from 2 1/2 years, to 4-6 months
(currently living in Northern California).

I love hearing the stories of how thoughtful people are in NH. They just arent that way out here in So Calif. You get the once over look from the snotty women out here, and they give you a dirty look. I am sure there are nice people out here, but the majority are snotty and only care about themselves and what they have and how to get more. It is really dishearting(sp)