A nor'easter reaches Adams Shore before it reaches most of Quincy, and it arrives sideways, wet, with the tide pushing up under it. Forde & O'Malley Son's works the snow end of that weather — plowing drives and lots, opening the walks and steps, cutting the ridge the city plow leaves across the mouth of every driveway. Down near the water the storms drop the heavy stuff, so the pass is slower and the piles get set well back from the pavement where they won't slide in again. First light on the morning after is the payoff: a street of dark, open driveways with the wind finally dropping off the bay. Getting a neighbor out to work on time is a plain enough goal, and it is enough.