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micky wrote:
For those of you who shovel your sidewalks by hand, no snowblower or
employee doing it, how wide do you shovel?

Without exception, as far as I can see, my neibhbors shovel the whole
width of their personal sidewalk (to their door) and the one at right
angles to that (to the neighbors), which is about 3 feet.

OTOH, I shovel the width I need to walk on the sidewalk without
getting snow in my shoes or in the cuffs of my pants, about 18", which
is two widths of my lightweight aluminum shove. or two overlapping
widths when I use the coal shovel I found in the trash and cut off to
be relatively straight at the end.

Which do you do?

We live a little outside town, and the only sidewalks are between
our driveway and our door. I shovel the whole width, while my
husband works the 100-foot driveway with the snow blower. (I also
shovel the patio and the deck, so that we can get to the grill
and hot tub, respectively.) If the snow is really deep, he does
the sidewalks and patio with the snow blower.

If you do the whole width, do you look down on, despise, people like
me? Or do you wish you could be like me? or do you ignore me?

I pretty much ignore other people's snow removal unless I visit them.
Then I'd prefer somewhat more than 18".

Cindy Hamilton
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