<VV> Thievery Re: WINNER WEATHER

[Vairtec Corporation]

shortle wrote:
> This is a different kind of thievery than I anticipated. Recently we had a large dumping of snow in SW Colorado, around 3 feet in 3 days. At the same time my snow plow truck trans quit working. I called a couple of people that advertise snow removal. My parking lot is not very big, it's about 1/2 an acre. I advised them all I can usually clean it myself with my plow truck in about 20-30 minutes. The conversation went something like "About 30 minutes? I could do it for $200". I was floored. I was hoping for about 50 or 60 bucks. I guess it's the American way. Oh by the way, thank God for good neighbors. Now I owe 1 of my neighbors who came over here a couple of times and spent about 30 minuts each time.
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$200 strikes me as a fair price.  At least, fair by local standards here 
in NJ, where I pay a plow service to clear my parking lot, and where I 
have in the past paid a plow service to do the home driveway.  And yes, 
I have gotten competitive quotes.

But -- Corvair content here -- before I was married I took a very 
difference view of snow in the driveway.   My attitude was, "the Lord 
giveth and the Lord taketh away."  I would simply drive my Corvair over 
the snow.  Eventually, snow melts.

But my wife insists on a clean clear driveway, which is why I now own 
large snowblower.

--Bob Marlow