Walkers of the World Unite!

Why is it that in a small town in Wisconsin - where virtually no one walks - everyone shovels the sidewalk, but in the city of Boston - where thousands walk - almost no one shovels?

While I appreciate the 5 or 6 people who did shovel the few square feet of sidewalk in front of their buildings, really I do, they are greatly in the minority.

The rest of you lazy assholes (sorry for the profanity) - you million dollar condo owners - what's your problem? Are these four inches of snow (if that) too much for you? Normally I wouldn't complain since it isn't that much snow, but it's just warm enough to make it all wet and slippery - very hard to walk in, even in boots.

I walked on the road some of the time, but often unthinking drivers would speed by, sending up a spray of brown slush. My fresh-from-the-dryer trousers do not thank you.

Some of you are clamoring, I shoveled, I shoveled! Yes, you shoveled the steps to your brownstone, and a little path to the curb where you parked your Mercedes. Great, good for you. A path useful to one person - yourself. Am I supposed to shovel my own path a mile to work (1/2 mile each side of my subway ride)?

Here, Boston, in case you claim ignorance, is a picture of a shovel:

You can buy them almost anywhere and as low as $5.

Not even the sidewalk in front of the elementary school was shoveled. I picked that block to walk down assuming that a public school would have shoveled for their students. No wonder education sucks in this city.

You could pay some kid $10 bucks to shovel your walk. You might even shovel the sidewalk for the elder living next door. It only takes ten minutes to be a good citizen, a kind person, a neighborly soul. Give it a try. You might like it.

Or your wizened heart might give out.

Either way is fine with me.