Shovel for victory!...

And still with ice clearing..... I remember as a kid my Dad used to always clear the snow and ice from our driveway and the area of pavement in front of out house. He'd often do the area for the old lady next door as well. I did the same thing last year in front of my house and asked my son to do it this year. But, being honest about this, how many people do the same? I'm guessing hardly anyone. Just think about it for a moment: if every household could be bothered to clear their patch then all the side roads and pavements would be completely cleared wouldn't they? We'd all be able to drive into our roads and walk along our pavements in the safe knowledge that the rest of the road would be pretty much ice free. Every one's a winner! So why don't we then? Is it really that we are just too busy to find the time or have got lazy in our middle class, centrally-heated, cosy worlds? Is it a suspicion that our neighbours won't do their bit and that you'll end up being the sucker (as I was last year?) Worst of all, could it be that we might be sued if we do our bit and then someone slips over in front of our house. If it is this last reason then it has to be utter nonsense dreamed up by the naysayers and gossip mongers. This is the speak of the moaners and the jobsworths; those people who are always looking for an excuse not to do something that needs doing. Don't listen to their phony advice, just do your bit for the town. Shovel and brush away that snow and ice and we'll have done it together like the old days....