Happy Birthday America

Though fireworks are illegal in this area, some unknown someones have been celebrating the 4th since early June with fireworks that whistle, some that sound like gunshots and others that sound like exploding bombs.

Last year’s fireworks actually set off a fire that burned half the side of the mountain where the famous Castaway Hill Top restaurant was located. That restaurant is no longer there, nothing to do with the fire, and the facility was turned into another restaurant ─ Hilltop, which now appears to be going under because of the pandemic.

So desperate for business is Hilltop that flyers were recently posted to our doors offering us seniors FREE meals delivered to our doors. Not just free delivery, but free meals.

I didn’t believe it. Must have been a typo or some sort of trick, as I didn’t see how that would work to their advantage.

It looked like the seniors were going to be able to BBQ in the patio area today as management, in one of its previous notices, said that area was open. However, on Wednesday, a notice was posted which reversed the previous notice. LOL. Everything inside the office area is back to being closed and, even though the BBQ grill is outside, management is now saying “at this time, the Barbeque area is closed and may not be used at anytime”.

This is nitpicking but that “anytime” should have been “any time”.

Further nitpicking is how many typos can be made in such a small blurb.

Do the office computers not have spellcheck?

On Thursday, Apache happened to be walking by the Pain Cave, while I was working out, saw my car in the parking lot and stopped in to let me know the seniors will, nevertheless, be having a barbeque today.

“How ... when the BBQ area is off limit?” asked I.

“Out front”, replied he.

Good for the seniors ... I guess ─ to have come up with a workaround, but I won’t be there. I don’t want to needlessly be around a lot of people, which is why I can’t understand what these people who caused the recent virus upsurge were thinking that they just had to hang out in bars and have meals in restaurants. Why couldn’t they drink at home, cook their own meals or order in?

After all is said and done, if management somehow finds out about the out front barbeque, there’s going to be hell to pay. Not because there’s anything wrong with the seniors finding a way to do their own thing, but because Apache is involved and management has it out for him.

It's the ole "by any means necessary" plan of attack. Management will manufacture a reason why something was wrong with it, as they did with Apache's posting to MY residents' facebook page, put the lawyers on him again, threaten him with eviction.

Apache, in return, will point out valid reasons why management does not have the authority to do this that the other, say this that the other, laugh at them and keep on keeping on.

It's an entertaining dance they all do.

Speaking of reversals, Trainer and his partner kissed and made up. Well, not so much as kissed and made up as it was Partner purchased forgiveness by offering Trainer an offer Trainer couldn’t resist ─ a revised partnership agreement to Trainer’s financial advantage.

Though I’d have followed Trainer to wherever, I’m relieved because the current location is just so convenient.