When I first moved into my house in 1989, there was a youngster who came to the door the first 2 years offering to shovel. He was so small, the shovel was bigger than he was. He didn’t do a good job, but it was entertaining watching him push this huge shovel around. I gave him $5 and you would have thought I had given him a fortune. He was so happy.
Haven’t seen him around since those first couple of years, so I suppose he moved away. Since then, there haven’t been any children offering to shovel snow. It’s just too much work for this younger generation.
After shoveling my parents, god-parents and the elderly couple across the street for free, I used to make a lot of money shoveling the neighborhood sidewalks and driveways. Once I made $108 in one day and that was in the 60s. Big bucks then. I remember the amount because there was a telescope that I wanted and did buy. :)