The lift bridge over the canal on Main Street sits at its odd, well-known angle, and in January it is the coldest place to stand in Fairport. Vip Gutters works the winter side of things all around it — plowing driveways and lots, clearing walks and steps, hauling snow back off a property so the place can actually be used. Lake Ontario sends its squalls straight down onto the village and rarely gives notice. Getting out ahead of that, night after night, is what makes a driveway seem effortless the next morning. Effortless is the whole illusion, and it takes a plow at five a.m.