Snow Removal: Brilliant!
I’ve been thinking I need to get a snow-blower lately, and mentioned this to my dad, who then alerted me to a solution I hadn’t thought of.
Damn! I want one!
Random Fun
So, the woman is more of a liberal than I am. We actually don’t talk politics much, but it’s fairly apparant when we actually do delve into that realm.
It doesnt bug me in the least. In fact, it gives me something to joke about.
Her last car died a horrible death so she got a new one this week. A Saturn Vue, light-duty SUV type vehicle.
While joking about her owning a “gas-guzzling SUV” I mentioned that she also lives in a house now with an oil rig in the backyard. Then she said something about living in a house with a bunch of guns. And a big dog.
I then looked at her with a jokingly-horrified look on my face and said in a hushed tone: “You’re becoming a…. Republican!”
I’m glad she puts up with me.
Getting a Rep’
The woman and I went out furniture shopping Saturday and had an interesting interaction while buying some furniture.
The young woman behind the counter taking down my address for delivery actually aked a very pointed question:
Her: “Is it a Zero-dash address?”
Me: Err, yes. Well, actually I believe it’s supposed to be an ‘oh’ that stands for Ottawa County because there’s some confusion about…
Her: Oh yeah, I know but the system won’t let me put an O there, so I just use zero. My parents live at <Justin’s address-38> on the same road.
Me: Cool.
Driving home the woman noted that the address of the young woman’s parents were our next-door neighbors.
The same neighbor that came over and helped me clear my driveway of snow.
Sunday I headed back because I had a 15% off coupon for Art Van and was informed at the time of purchase that it was fine that I didn’t have it with me — they’d refund me the money if I brought it in the next day. Super cool.
The same young woman was there. A different clerk handled my transaction with them but I was able to bring up the subject with the orignal clerk again. When I told her that her dad helped me clear my driveway she said something along the lines of “Oh, you’re that guy. Yeah, my dad said he saw a young man trying to clear his driveway with just a shovel and thought, ‘This can’t end well.’ so he came over.”
So, I figure I’ve got the rep as the idiot neighbor at this point.
Oh, and the 2nd clerk was the original clerk’s sister. So now the whole family knows who the idiot neighbor is.
I really need to get a snow-blower. I don’t know how much longer my brothers are going to be willing to snag my dad’s plow truck and do my driveway out of boredom.