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We've got a new resident in town and he's certainly manged to get a lot of people talking about him quickly. I think the first clue was when one of the largest, most expensive homes in the area was sold in an online transaction. No, the new owner didn't buy "sight unseen". Apparently he had some representatives handle inspecting the property and close the deal. However he himself did not appear until three nights ago.
He rolled into town in a chauffeured limousine that was not only the largest one to ever roll through town, it was also the strangest. On the roof of it, instead of the traditional sunroof so common these days, there was two sets of yakima racks upon which were fastened two containers, roughly the size and shape of coffins. This is easily the first time I have ever seen a limousine used to transport luggage, especially such large containers. I only wish that I'd had a camera handy, it would have made an interesting picture for certain.
There's no word yet just who this mystery person is but one thing's for certain. He's got loads of money. I heard that when the deal for the mansion was closed, the Realtor was paid off in cash, delivered by an attorney accompanied by some VERY unpleasant looking bodyguard types who had large telltale bulges under their jackets that were obviously large caliber firearms.
The next day a work crew came in and started erecting a twelve foot high privacy fence with a double gated entryway around the entire premises.
More oddness comes from the fact that the workers were all imported and apparently do not, or at least will not, speak English. Preferring instead to keep to an eastern European sounding language that, while not German, sounds Germanic in it's roots.
I can see that this new resident is going to be interesting at the very least.
The pushy salesman has once again shifted, or perhaps the better word is expanded, his sales angle. It first came to my attention when I heard about a family a few blocks away putting in an actual wood swing set. This time he's going in a kind of retro direction for the stuff that folks put in their yards for their kids to play on.
Now it's true that a million years ago when I was a kid (ok, it wasn't actually that far back but kids today talk like it was) there were such things, it's also true that most people who had swing sets and stuff in their yards had the kind that were made of an assembly of metal pipes, chains and heavy leather seats.
I have to admit that I kinda like the look of these wooden sets. They look a little more like somebody spent some time trying to build something that's actually stable as opposed to those metal tubing things that I remember coming apart and getting overbalanced really easily.
All I can say is that at least this time Mr. Pushy has at least settled (for now anyway) on something that's actually worth having.
The answer to the question posed in the title... They're all in this video. Bob and Sir Gorf have a collection of good videos that have been culled out of the ocean of crap that is so easy to find on youtube. You wouldn't believe how many truly bad and outright stupid videos I had to watch to find these few good ones. Which means that these good ones really are worth watching and thanks to me taking the time to watch hundreds of crappy videos, you don't have to, you can go straight to these good ones.
Links to all of the videos are in the description on youtube, just click this link and then click on the description for links to all of these videos
I'm beginning to get the idea that Mr. Pushy is slowly but surely going crackers. For starters, yesterday afternoon he was selling an assortment of equestrian gear from riding breeches to chaps, riding boots, saddles and similar stuff out of the trunk of his car in front of a restaurant on main street.
The story I heard is that he overheard a group of people talking about their love of horseback riding and their horses for a couple days in a row while in the restaurant. Apparently he decided this meant that there were plenty of people who frequent that restaurant who are horse fanciers. Before you know it, he's loaded up on an assortment of cut rate riding gear and he's literally selling it out of the trunk of his car.
Turns out though that the joke is on him. The people he heard talking were stopping in town to see some relatives and by the time he had all this stuff they were long gone.
Yes, there are a few folks in town that have horses and like to ride but they've all got all the gear they need. I can't wait to find out how he "repurposes" that riding gear and who he ends up selling it to.
Joe has decided that this year he is not going to get caught up in the last minute Christmas rush madness. He's done a lot of planning ahead that he hasn't done before and that, by itself, is great. What isn't so great is that because of this I get to do a bunch of his research for him.
You see, he wants to buy a digital camera for his nephew, a budding young photographer that has shown he's got a pretty good eye but deserves something better than an antique brownie to work with. Especially since in this age of digital photography, actual film is getting harder to find all the time.
The problem is that when it comes to buying things online, Joe has got less than not clue. The last time he tried to buy something online he ended up with a gross of pepper spray when he tried to buy a pepper grinder for his wife. So I've ended up helping him out by searching out digital camera reviews to help him figure out what digital camera would best suit his nephew's needs. I'm probably going to point him in the direction of a good digital SLR camera because it's got enough features to handle a lot of situations including making videos, should the kid head in that direction.
I am definitely not a hamster, most other things may vary without notice.
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