tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post5214842309590395155..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: How To Live In Broad Ripple, Part 1 of a Series...Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-77914048617009454352013-03-28T00:20:59.959-04:002013-03-28T00:20:59.959-04:00When I had my first apartment in an urban neighbor...When I had my first apartment in an urban neighborhood in a four family building, I needed to park in the street on the side opposite from my building. The elderly couple that lived on that side of the street in a single family home always smiled and waved to me, and the husband was not in the best of health. The first serious snow storm, after shoveling the walk in front of my building and the snow around my car, I shoveled the walk across the street, their front steps and continued on to their driveway, making sure that they could get to their car. The wife came out to thank me and offered me money for my efforts. I refused, saying I was just returning the good neighbor favor. She returned with a bottle of good whiskey and a shot glass on a tray and explained that her husband insisted. It was 10 AM. I do not and did not ordinarily drink alcohol that early in the day. I accepted the offered good neighbor favor. You have to be adaptable sometimes.Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-88485109921785901322013-03-27T08:20:54.467-04:002013-03-27T08:20:54.467-04:00Some of still do such things just to be good neigh...Some of still do such things just to be good neighbors, it don't always have to be all about me. Or because the snow Nazi's make ya do it.Spudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00689059709873763146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-88466856381536215522013-03-26T23:10:50.517-04:002013-03-26T23:10:50.517-04:00Anonymous 9:11 PM:
If the rest of the neighborhoo...Anonymous 9:11 PM:<br /><br />If the rest of the neighborhood has cleared their sidewalks, and the mailman breaks his leg slipping on your uncleared sidewalk, trust me ... the lawsuit will not be frivolous.<br /><br />It will be expensive.Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-59200176905726189352013-03-26T21:11:11.331-04:002013-03-26T21:11:11.331-04:00Anyone can sue anyone. You can indict a ham sandwi...Anyone can sue anyone. You can indict a ham sandwich as they say. That doesn't mean you can collect, or that your lawyer won't be disbarred for frivolous law suits.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-74053727298189659032013-03-26T20:12:37.166-04:002013-03-26T20:12:37.166-04:00Yes, madam.
Of course I recognize that not everybo...Yes, madam.<br />Of course I recognize that not everybody is able or inclined to wear Lowa Combat Boots or any equivalent throughout winter.<br />There are people who depend on a cleared and sanded sidewalk to get from A to B.<br /><br />BTW, I Germany you can sue the owner of the property the sidewalk belongs to if you fall and hurt yourself because it wasn't cleared properly.T.Stahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05351094909296928284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-57851101719908651742013-03-26T16:23:25.281-04:002013-03-26T16:23:25.281-04:00Netpackrat: [i]Chances are good I didn't want ...Netpackrat: [i]Chances are good I didn't want it there in the first place.[/i]<br /><br />Perhaps we could borrow a page from Australia. If you are jobless and on the dole long enough there, they put you to work doing menial chores for the State, like sweeping sidewalks.Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-90605610207136443572013-03-26T15:02:10.566-04:002013-03-26T15:02:10.566-04:00"Does that mean if I want the that dog to shu..."Does that mean if I want the that dog to shut up, I should shut it up myself? Or if I want the neighbor's trash cans out of the street, I should set them on the trunk of her Accord myself?"<br /><br />A friend of mine did just that with a neighbor's dog. Got out of bed, got dressed, went out and untied the dog, and dropped the tailgate on his pickup truck. The dog hopped on in, for his final road trip. Problem solved, and nothing was ever said about the missing dog.<br /><br />The neighbor's garbage cans in the street don't particularly bother me, but it also doesn't particularly bother me if somebody comes along and decides to play bumper cars with them.<br /><br />Law or not, I don't understand why, if the city decides to build a sidewalk across the easement on my property, it is somehow considered rude of me not to maintain it at my own expense. Chances are good I didn't want it there in the first place.Netpackrathttp://www.boomsticksforever.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-23327536592625281572013-03-26T12:40:50.884-04:002013-03-26T12:40:50.884-04:00oh...maybe it's because I'm authenticating...oh...maybe it's because I'm authenticating with my Gmail account. I'll submit this one without typing in anything...see what happens.<br /><br />That didn't work...I tried just number...that didn't work...just the word...that didn't work...now the word is in second place...let me see if it works with just the word now...LCBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03146393047895889252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-33523770964734101902013-03-26T12:37:22.842-04:002013-03-26T12:37:22.842-04:00Kaeghl:
shove fat water out of the way
Fat water...Kaeghl:<br /><br /><i>shove fat water out of the way</i><br /><br />Fat water. I find my fancy tickled.<br /><br />And you were being downright neighborly. The sort of neighborly I'd welcome as my neighbor.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />JSGJustSomeGuynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-78947410278323668372013-03-26T12:37:10.058-04:002013-03-26T12:37:10.058-04:00Ummm...Tam...I don't think the codes are worki...Ummm...Tam...I don't think the codes are working correctly. I just posted with only typing in 1/2 of the two keys.LCBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03146393047895889252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-27075158278450553032013-03-26T12:35:57.855-04:002013-03-26T12:35:57.855-04:00Kaeghi,
One of my self justifications for getting ...Kaeghi,<br />One of my self justifications for getting a blower (besides my two back surgeries) was that I'd be able to help out an older neighbor.<br /><br />But what do you do when he complains about it...that your not throwing the snow the right way? It had to be toward the street you see...not in to his yard.<br /><br />Thankfully...the neighbor in between us got his own blower and started doing it for him.LCBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03146393047895889252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-85219682934768725162013-03-26T11:51:22.303-04:002013-03-26T11:51:22.303-04:00Even though there is no implied duty to clear the ...Even though there is no implied duty to clear the walks here-abouts after a snow, I had another reason to shove fat water out of the way. My neighbors were in their 80's, and the way to the parking area from our condo buildings was through the patio. After a snow storm, it could bet to be 3+ feet deep in between the patio fences. Before they both passed, they always expressed their thanks and the wife's smile through the glass door would warm a man up no matter what the wind chill. I put it down as being neighborly.<br /><br />KaeghlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-38490822121548318162013-03-26T10:39:30.727-04:002013-03-26T10:39:30.727-04:00Oh, my, lord. I just followed the link. If I eve...Oh, my, lord. I just followed the link. If I ever happen to be out there for one of y'all's monthly meetings, can we go <b>there</b>?perlhaqrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01920117742664645165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-53180307804952350002013-03-26T10:37:22.928-04:002013-03-26T10:37:22.928-04:00Forget the sandwich, I want that beer! That sound...Forget the sandwich, I want that <b>beer</b>! That sounds right up my alley. Yowza.perlhaqrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01920117742664645165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-47811309886918063522013-03-26T10:33:17.884-04:002013-03-26T10:33:17.884-04:00What kind of case do you have on your iThingy ther...What kind of case do you have on your iThingy there? Looks nice and unobtrusive.Brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07010868377109696846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-72448446167816355142013-03-26T09:39:08.508-04:002013-03-26T09:39:08.508-04:00The only thing wrong with this is the word SHOVEL!...The only thing wrong with this is the word SHOVEL!!! Us'ns with challenged backs don't shovel...we press the little button that starts the snow blower. Turns the whole "SHOVEL" thingy in to loads of fun!!! :-)LCBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03146393047895889252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-59754182512410797252013-03-26T08:49:09.061-04:002013-03-26T08:49:09.061-04:00There was a big hooroar in Indy about three or fou...There was a big hooroar in Indy about three or four years ago when the local code enforcement jerks started citing businesses for not clearing their walks after a big snow. I remember the manager of our local Pizza Hut telling us that they came in and threatened to cite her if the sidewalk wasn't cleared by noon. Notwithstanding the fact that the sidewalk was piled with snow because the city snowplows had put it there.<br /><br />Haven't heard much about it since.Fuzzy Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03802539927743643041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-51585039867383596192013-03-26T08:33:12.448-04:002013-03-26T08:33:12.448-04:00They can take my porch terlet when they pry it fro...They can take my porch terlet when they pry it from my cold dead hands. <br /><br />Also, it allows me to recycle junk mail, as the porcelain is close to my mailbox.New Jovian Thunderbolthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452246769246304612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-26530058900199240112013-03-26T07:44:44.814-04:002013-03-26T07:44:44.814-04:00"And there are no regulations requiring...&qu..."<i>And there are no regulations requiring...</i>"<br /><br />There shouldn't be.<br /><br />There shouldn't be regulations requiring you to mow your lawn, or not keep vehicles up on blocks in the lawn, or take a dump your front porch, or say 'please', and 'thank you'.<br /><br />People should be allowed to be as uncouth as they want to be. Conversely, they shouldn't get a case of the butthurt when others call them on their boorish inconsideration of others.<br /><br />Some monkeys are unfit to live too close to the watering hole; they keep getting their poop in it.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-81436007220560537242013-03-26T07:36:07.880-04:002013-03-26T07:36:07.880-04:00T. Stahl,
People were.
Just because I'm wear...T. Stahl,<br /><br />People were.<br /><br />Just because I'm wearing waterproof boots doesn't make it okay for my neighbor to piss on them. :)<br /><br />(NB: While there is a city ordinance on the books requiring the clearing of walks, I disagree with it being a matter of law. One can shun inconsiderate jerks without resorting to the legal code. However, should somebody slip and bust their tailbone on an un-cleared walk past noon or so, I would happily sit on that civil court jury. :) )Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-69426620381547628942013-03-26T07:31:40.401-04:002013-03-26T07:31:40.401-04:00"I think if people want the walk shoveled, th..."<i>I think if people want the walk shoveled, they should shovel it themselves.</i>"<br /><br />I like that!<br /><br />Does that mean if I want the that dog to shut up, I should shut it up myself? Or if I want the neighbor's trash cans out of the street, I should set them on the trunk of her Accord myself?<br /><br />This will be awesome!Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-72047823865838633612013-03-26T05:56:00.174-04:002013-03-26T05:56:00.174-04:00Heh. I mind the time in A'lanna when I was sta...Heh. I mind the time in A'lanna when I was staying with the woman with the broken shoulders, etc. We had a bit of a snowfall, and she decided to break out her snowshoes and see if they still worked. They didn't. The lacing, being not leather, but old crumbly plastic, crumbled. <br /><br />She was right upset, seeing that her snowshoes were of the finest kind, bought from Eddie Bauer, made of the best aluminum alloy and latest plastic.<br /><br />Now, this was back in maybe the ninety-third year of the previous century, but even then, Eddie Bauer had turned into a chick-boutique clothing firm, instead of an outfitter. I tried to break it to her gently that she would likely get no satisfaction from E. B. if she bitched about the snowshoes.<br /><br />That reminds me of what happened to Abercrombie and Fitch. I thought they sold shootin' and fishin' stuff. Not any more, just bad clothing for bad people who wear such a demeanor that you have to restrain yerself from walking over and slapping themJustthisguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277333206171756636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-66238672949656515402013-03-26T04:46:40.955-04:002013-03-26T04:46:40.955-04:00I think if people want the walk shoveled, they sho...I think if people want the walk shoveled, they should shovel it themselves.<br />Netpackrathttp://www.boomsticksforever.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-81348224945301541712013-03-26T03:41:27.541-04:002013-03-26T03:41:27.541-04:00I think people should just wear proper boots and g...I think people should just wear proper boots and gaiters. :-)T.Stahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05351094909296928284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-59319591620137519232013-03-26T02:14:59.397-04:002013-03-26T02:14:59.397-04:00Crap, I followed the link to 20 Tap.
Damn damn da...Crap, I followed the link to 20 Tap.<br /><br />Damn damn damn. And I live in the Pacific Northwest, where there's no shortage of local brews and terrific grub.<br /><br />Up to now the only reason I was willing to accept that Indiana didn't suck was Tam moved there. But maybe there are other reasons.Steve Skubinnanoreply@blogger.com