All I needed to know about projects, I learned as a kid shoveling snow: Earning a motorcycle

[...] it didn’t matter, because one word, “sure” in the context of motorcycle ownership, gave Pete permission to buy one. All he had to do now was earn the money. [...]

When Ms. Strickland answered the door she looked at the stoop and noticed that it had been shoveled. Since they were both holding shovels, the first thing she said in a rhetorical tone was “Did you guys do that? Thank you!” Before they could get a word out, she continued with “I guess you are here to shovel my drive! Or did...