Of course, in some other places under water restrictions, they might beat and arrest people for not halting the yard watering.
If this old lady had good neighbors, instead of self-centered busybodies who happened to live on the same street, the problem would have long since been solved.
I used to shovel the driveway and sidewalk of the old widow lady next door after snowfalls. That's just what was done out in our part of the country when I was a young man, and my parents would really let me have it if I didn't take care of old Mrs. Clark when I was doing our own driveway.
But now, God forbid any of the local teenage layabouts should have to drop the Game-Boy for twenty minutes' honest sweat looking after an elderly neighbor's yard.
-ccm
agreed