1974 1. OF BEING AWAKENED EVERY WORKING DAY JUST AFTER 5AM BY THE CAR WHOSE
HORN IS
INSISTENTLY BLOWING, TELLING SOMEONE IN OUR BLOCK
THAT HE IS THERE TO PICK THEM UP
FOR WORK.
INDUSTRIOUS PEOPLE - YES
CAR-POOL - YES
WONDERFUL!
2. OF BEING KEPT IN GOOD PHYSICAL CONDITION BY PICKING UP BOTTLES AND
CANS AND PAPER
EVERY MORNING FROM YOUR FRONT YARD.
3. OF HAVING CARS PARK IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE LATE AT NIGHT WITH THE
RADIO TURNED UP
HIGH AND THE HAPPY PEOPLE INSIDE THE CAR SINGING
LOUDLY TO THE JIVE TUNE.
4. OF BEING SUDDENLY AWARE OF A BIG DOG BREATHING DOWN YOUR NECK AS
YOU PULL A FEW
WEEDS IN YOUR YARD. GERMAN SHEPHERD, OR GREAT DANE,
OR SPRINGIER SPANIEL OR POODLE
OR HOUND OR COLLIE? YOU NAME IT WE HAD IT.
5. OF HAVING TO CLEAN YOUR YARD WITH A SHOVEL BEFORE YOU CAN LET YOUR
GRAND-CHILDREN PLAY IN THE YARD.
6. OF TRYING TO KEEP YOUR PICKET FENCE ALONG THE ALLEY - WHOLE.
7. OF NOT BECOMING TOO UPSET WHEN YOU OPEN YOUR BACK DOOR SOME MORNING
AND FIND A
DOG HAS PULLED OVER YOUR GARBAGE CAN DURING THE
NIGHT AND SPREAD THE CONTENTS
AROUND.
8. OF COMING HOME SOME EVENING AND FINDING THAT SOME STRAY SHOTS FROM
A B-B GUN
HAVE BROKEN YOUR LIVING ROOM WINDOW.
9. OF FINDING WHEN YOU ARE TURNING THE SPOT LIGHT ON TO LIGHT YOUR GARAGE,
THAT
SOMEONE HAS TAKEN THE BULB.
10.OF SITTING ON YOUR PORCH OF A SUMMER EVENING AND FINDING THAT YOU
CAN'T HEAR A
PERSON TALK THREE FEET AWAY FROM YOU BECAUSE OF
ALL THE RADIO'S TURNED ON IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
11.OF HAVING TO DO WITHOUT A DAILY NEWSPAPER BECAUSE NO ONE IS WILLING
TO DELIVER IN
YOUR AREA.
12.OF HAVING YOUR GUESTS BE AWAKENED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT BY THE
YELLING GOING
ON NEXT DOOR.
13.OF HAVING YOUR WATER TURNED OFF BECAUSE YOUR NEIGHBOR HASN'T PAID
HIS WATER BILL.
14.OF HAVING YOUR BUSHES BROKEN AND TRAMPLED BECAUSE THE BOYS ARE HAVING
SUCH FUN
SEEING IF THEY CAN JUMP OVER THEM.
15.OF HAVING YOUR DRIVEWAY BLOCKED BY A PARKED CAR, WHEN YOU ARE HURRYING
TO GO TO
WORK.
FUN - FUN - FUN. NEVER A DULL DAY. |