I love the south side culture of " I got a guy."
Needs are fulfilled by word of mouth and respect for the word from a neighbor.
If I were asked by you about stopping seepage in the basement, I bring into my man cave and thrust my finger to east wall and "Behold! Water from the Rock!" Hell, I am not handy.
Ask me about literature, jazz, history, great places to eat, methods of shirking households obligations ( no problem so big, that I can not run away and hide from it), or treating ladies with fair deference in all matters, I'm your guy.
- Want your furnace looked at? Call Karen A Mcquillan, (708) 422-0090 and she'll get her old man, Jim, on it Air-Check Heating & Colling.
- Auto Problems? - Go to Kevin Moriarty at Meineke on Western
- Plumbing? The Kennedy Brothers knock it out of the Park.
- Gutters and Chimneys glutted? Call Sean Keane at Keane Sweep
- Taxes? See Pat Biggane
Now, as to leaking basements, I have had my basement sealed three times inside and out. The CSX line runs twenty feet from my front window and the crib shakes like Oprah on a waterbed. Can't help you. Nothing worked, but the shop vac and Fabrese.
How -some-ever, friends and neighbors, if your snowblower is on the fritz, needs a tune-up or repair, GO AND Call Mike Greene immediately if not sooner. I called Mike in September and Mike and his daughter picked up my giant sized MTD 1994 purchase, which had beaten back lake effect snow in Griffith Indiana and cleared sidewalks, alleys and driveways here in Morgan Park since 1999.
I serviced the machine. Changed oil, repaired the auger and the drive-lines, drained the gas and managed the wheels, but I had not had the whole machine serviced since 1997.
Mike Greene returned (delivered) the snowblower three days later with a modest charge that included straightening the blades, replacement of drive lines, tightening the auger, complete tune up and oil and sparks. Modest charge. I keep it on my icebox and look at it when I'm blue.
I just got back from Mass at Sacred Heart and fired up the MTD for the first time. Last week, it was too wet to plow.
The MTD fired up and purred like a kitten (which I also need to replace since Sophie shed her mortal husk). The plowing was exquisite and I hated to put the thing to rest.
I know that I will have plenty more opportunities today to get behind the plow, but for now, a huge thank you to Mike Greene, a Proud Member of Operating Engineers Local 150 and a great neighbor.
