Flies... Crazy People... Car Alarms...

FLIES:

It would appear that the flies are greatly affected by the ocean air and the time zone they live in.

These flies make their way into our apartment (no we don't have screens in our windows - they don't believe in screens here) and then fly in box shaped flight patterns. around and around... that's all... Even if you walk right into them and it doesn't throw them off course... they just continue right back to where they left on.

Must be the ocean air!


CRAZY PEOPLE:

Last nite - but not restricted to last nite as this is a common occurrence - there was this man in our back alley... a crazy man (there are many crazy people here) who was barking like a dog... and yelling... we watched him from the safety of our 10th floor window - as he zig zagged through the alley... just as the barking was fading away... there was another usual sound that filled the nite air.

CAR ALARMS:

There was this car down the street that had its alarm set off... just as we finish listening to crazy barking man we have the ringing of the car alarm. and it didn't stop... it just keep going and going and going... and going and going and going... could have been a great commercial for the energizer battery.

Just before Jan and I both poked our eyes out - the alarm stopped... I yelled out in relief, "THANK GOD"! and then we settled in to go to bed for the nite...

Until the next fire truck went blaring past our street... the next sky train went by...
Then we woke up to the sound of the garbage trucks.

The garbage trucks run like clock work - every morning at 7 a.m. - nope don't need an alarm here!

Next entry will be - why you want to move to Vancouver :)