Of Snow and Copper

When Andy, aka Sausage, Benny Baseball and E-Money came over before the game on Sunday to drop off some stuff for the tailgate, there was another 3 inches of snow on the ground from an overnight flurry. The guys also helped me pack the car; a much easier job with 5 people than just the two of us (or me alone last weekend!). After we finished, Sausage asked why the guy with this big honking snow blower stopped after finishing my neighbor's sidewalk instead of just strolling down and doing in front of my place too. If you live in the burbs, this would be an odd thing to see (even though Sausage lives downtown, he's from the burbs...as am I really). But downtown, everyone focuses on their own sidewalk and it's really rare for someone to venture across property lines. The biggest reason is that everyone has a maintenance person to remove the snow because the buildings are multi-family dwellings: either condos or apartment buildings. Since they are only paid to clear snow in front of their own building and don't live there, they have no incentive to help others. A little sad.

Remember those new light poles that were installed on our block? Here's the latest story. Yeah, people are busting open the poles and stealing the copper wire!! How insane is that? Or smart...I'm not sure yet. Guess it depends on how much money they can get for the wire at a scrap yard.