[Pilgrum]

So I'm shoveling a path to the wood shed. There's someone with a front end loader/backhoe clearing out my nieghbors driveways. Just looking at my long driveway causes deep groanings. I'm out in the country where the wind whips unimpeded. Five foot drifts, 3 times higher than my snowblower. Someone walks up behind me as I'm shoveling. It's him! The operator of that wonderful machine. He says, "would you like me to clear some of that snow out of your driveway." "Oh sure", inside I'm going, YES, YES, YES!!! When he's done I offer to pay him something but he refuses! I don't even know who he is. Come to find out later from my neighbor that he's the owner from the mink ranch a 1/4 mile down the road and he does this for the near neighbors whenever there is a BIG snow storm. I never had to start the snowblower.