I am sitting here listening to muffles bangs from somewhere
outside. It sounds kind of like a fireworks display is being set off. I don’t
remember hearing about a fireworks demonstration for tonight and for the life
of me I can’t think why there would be fireworks in the middle of February.
It is possible that the city is celebrating the 25th
anniversary of the 1988 Winter Olympics. They have been going on and on about
the Olympics for the past week or two. It was a great time, and I’d like to see
another winter Olympics granted to Calgary .
We did do a great job, and more than likely would again. That still wouldn’t
explain the fireworks.
I suppose that there could be a gun battle of sorts going on
in the neighbourhood. I wouldn’t find out about it until the 11:00 o’clock News. No, it couldn’t be a gun
battle because I don’t hear any sirens and there would surely be sirens if
there was a gun battle. Eventually…
My next door neighbour is a kind of backyard mechanic. He
does a fair amount of body work and I suppose that he could be pounding out
some dents, but generally speaking he is quite thoughtful about the time and
the noise he makes. There was another body guy on the other side of me. I call
him Bob the Asshole. It seems that his wife felt the same way and kicked his
sorry ass out of the house a few months ago. That doesn’t mean he isn’t back
and doing body work in the garage, but somehow I doubt it.
I’m going with the fireworks. Let’s say that they are
celebrating a combination of the past glory days of the Olympics and a
celebration of Family Day. Now I suppose the question is “Why didn’t anyone
tell me?” Perhaps I am on some list somewhere that wants to keep me in the
dark. I wouldn’t have gone out anyways, but I would have liked to know. It
seems that I only find out about the cool activities after they have happened.
I’ve complained about this before to the kids and they all seem to have known
about what is happening. It must be me. I just don’t give a shit about these
city things because they tend to draw crowds and I tend to avoid crowds.
Fireworks, gunfire or
auto body, I don’t care just so long as they shut the hell up by the time I go
to bed!
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