So it all started yesterday evening, with a quick little IM to a certain someone saying that I had just mutilated 3 miles by listening to techno while walking, the response was "Wow." followed quickly by "Dumpster Diving." That was all.. the end no more explanation needed, the child seriously meant that she was in a dumpster going through it's contents and could not talk at the moment.
I am sure that the most logical response to such a statement would be "WHAT THE HELL???" however mine was "Cool.. buy me something pretty." After a moment or two of silence I was posed with a question.. "If you find something in dumpster A and take it then in dumpster C find something better and want an exchange do you have to take the first thing back to dumpster A?" My long thought out conclusion to this was "Nah.. just dump it in dumpster C garbage is garbage unless you are the dumpster diver looking for non garbage." I don't know it just seemed logical. Now this is not your poll of the day however I wouldn't mind if you gave your thoughts on the matter as well.
All of this "would it be ok to do blah blah blah" talk got me to thinking last night as I laid in bed trying to enjoy the sounds of the birds, and little night critters, and little baby frogs (shutter), while the sounds were right on queue the lighting was way off for my taste. You see I live in the middle of no where.. seriously if you go by my house more than a half a mile you are in the water period. The end of the Earth. I do not live on a city street, I live in the country, it SHOULD be dark outside. It isn't. Someone (again I am not naming names to protect the innocent as I am sure they had some kind of good reason for performing such an untasteful act) many years ago put a friggin street light right in the middle of my damn yard! You heard me right a FRIGGIN STREET LIGHT.. not on a corner or an intersection (cause there isn't one of them around here) IN MY YARD! It is never dark, I never get to enjoy the light of the moon and when we do have lightening storms which I ADORE they are dulled by the glow of this monstrosity right in the middle of MY YARD.
Did I mention I get to pay $11 a month for the said monstrosity?? Did I mention that one time something happened to the wiring and it went out and the Waterman was on the phone with the damn light company that day to have it fixed?? Did I mention I HATE THIS STUPID ASS LIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF MY YARD????
Now for the polling part.. Would you think it is illegal to shoot out your own street light if it is in the middle of your own yard?????? Part B. Do you think the act of shooting out ones own street light would scare the Waterman into realizing it would not be a good idea to have the stupid ass thing fixed???
Signed,
I hate that damn street light.
Father’s Day 2023
9 months ago
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ReplyDeleteBe not afraid and shoot that mother out.
ReplyDeleteShoot it out. I'm sure us bloggers can scrape together the funds to bail ya out if it turns out to be illegal... :-) Besides, the stars have been crazy brilliant...ya gotta see 'em!
ReplyDeleteA 'Street light' belongs on the street. You would just be cleaning up your yard. I'm good with a chain saw. We can really fix the issue.
ReplyDeleteBy all means shoot out that sucker and then put a note on the water meter informing the good Samaritan that it is not his responsibility to report the friggin light being out. I guess you probably shouldn't threaten him.
ReplyDeleteWell, I say if I had to pay money for the darn thing every month, I sure would be hot on the phone to get it fixed. How come the power co won't come take it away?
ReplyDeleteThanks to Anonymous, I've got that Parliament Funkadelic song stuck in my head...!!
ReplyDeleteBe afraid Waterman...very afraid! ;)
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Shoot it out. When we moved into our home 11 years ago, we noticed that we had a street light in front of our house on the side of our bedroom. For the first year and a half, while the development was under construction, the light wasn't connected and it was nice and dark. Then the fateful day came and they guys arrived to connect the light - I offered them a bribe to not connect it. Unfortunately, they didn't bite. So I bought lined drapes to make our room dark at night.
ReplyDeleteShoot it, and take the falling pieces to the dumpster in exchange for whatever was taken out. That way, you're giving back to the dumpster, and hiding the parts from the Waterman and any Vepco people who might show up to fix it.
ReplyDeleteThen, put a platform on the top and call it an osprey nest.
Shoot the dam thing out..worth paying the bill each month not to have a streetlight shining in a country window. I would bury the evidence, but of course, I live in WV...Sell all the junk you find dumpster diving on eBay and use the money to pay the streetlight bill.
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