{"id":7419,"date":"2018-10-17T20:25:55","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T03:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=7419"},"modified":"2020-07-01T02:54:50","modified_gmt":"2020-07-01T02:54:50","slug":"stapleton-man-quietly-hoping-neighbor-continues-to-shovel-his-walk-this-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=7419","title":{"rendered":"Stapleton Man Quietly Hoping Neighbor Continues to Shovel His Walk This Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/man-hoping-neighbor-shovels-walk-768x433-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7793\" width=\"384\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/man-hoping-neighbor-shovels-walk-768x433-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/man-hoping-neighbor-shovels-walk-768x433-1-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Keith Plakke does a respectable job at keeping a nice home. He mows his lawn, does some weeding, waters the flowers, and so on. But the winter is a different story. \u201cI hate the cold,\u201d says Plakke. \u201cI don\u2019t like to work in it, drive in it, or be outside when it\u2019s cold at all.\u201d So, as Plakke looks towards the upcoming winter months with disdain, he was quickly reminded of how much he hates it after the recent fall snow. \u201cEven getting dressed is more of a pain in the ass,\u201d said Plakke. \u201cNot to mention getting clothes on the kids. I mean, talk about adding time on to your day.\u201d The one nice thing for Plakke about the winter is that he has a nice neighbor who typically shovels his sidewalk. \u201cIt\u2019s a great deal,\u201d says Plakke. \u201cI patiently wait for him to go out and start shoveling, and then I walk out towards the very end, acting as if I was going to help. I\u2019m always very thankful, of course. But, it\u2019s Denver. That snow was going to melt in a few hours anyway, right? Plakke is really hoping the goodwill of his neighbor continues. \u201cIf he just stops doing my shoveling, that could completely ruin my winter. I\u2019m not even sure I own a shovel,\u201d said Plakke. Plakke knows that the dead of winter is some months off, but worrying about the situation does cause him angst. \u201cThe waiting is the hardest part. Not knowing if I am going to have to do my own work or not. I almost want to just bring him a couple bottles of decent whiskey and sit down and talk about it. That way, it would finally be over.\u201d Unfortunately for Plakke, winter is not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7419","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-issue-160","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7419"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7794,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7419\/revisions\/7794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}