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From: "Mary Putman" <>
Subject: Re: [ML] weather report
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 22:46:23 -0800
References: <20061201.101116.3092.0.Wallace26@juno.com><7810453192.20061201113006@yahoo.com>


Here in the mobile home court, it's written right in our leases that we will
clear the snow from our front sidewalks. We have sidewalks on this side of
the street, but not on the other. The gal next door remarried a little over
a year ago and her husband took care of my sidewalks last year. The first
time I ever talked to him, he was using a snow blade on my sidewalk and
driveway! He said he was just being a good neighbor! Her husband was so
nice, always friendly and quite a character. He passed away from cancer
about a month ago. Just a case of not going to the doctor soon enough! The
neighbor lost her husband and her 11-year-old Pug dog within 10 days. I
will miss little Tangie. She always barked at me if she heard me out in the
yard and couldn't see me, but if I'd squeeze through the evergreen hedge,
then she was all wiggles and snorts, so glad to have me talk to her and pet
her. She was a little sweetie. Mary P.

----- Original Message -----
From: "ETM" <>
To: "grace w gathman" <>
Cc: <>; <>
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 8:30 AM
Subject: Re: [ML] weather report


> That used to be such an issue when I was growing
> up and when a young married with a home. Now, it
> is not unusual to find businesses that make no
> effort to clear snow and ice. And few homeowners
> here seem concerned about people suing them over a
> fall. I don't understand. My mother and fathe
> were out at daybreak clearing the sidewalk in
> front of their home so passers-by did not slipa nd
> fall.
>
> Are we now legally "assuming the risk" when we
> walk on the street and sidewalks or park in a
> grocery store lot and therefore the worries about
> being sued are no longer being considered? What
> about human decency and neighborliness? I don't
> even bother to shop one grocery store in snow/ice
> weather. I know it won't be cleared for its
> customers (I hope it operates in the red the whole
> winter!).
>
> Elaine
>
>
> > Money isn't an issue, just common sense. They
> > will tramp down the snow and slip and slide
> > until the sun melts it in the spring. Grace
>
>
>
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