These are my 'whatever, I do what I want' years. No progeny bugging me for shoes or college funds, parents healthy and independent, hormone levels basically stable. I'm sittin pretty in a plethora of bachelor girl delights. I am aware, however, that there's a tradeoff: my geriatric years will be spent without any guilt-ridden younger people to do things for me. But I'm a responsible adult - I have a plan! I'm gonna need internet, a toilet, a bed, a window, booze, and some neighbourhood kids I can bribe to get me smokes and tins of beans. For the past ten years I've had my eye on the Parkview Arms (above) as the perfect seedy downtown rooming house for my sunset days. Imagine my concern when all the other biggish buildings in the neighbourhood have turned into $400,000 condo blocks! Where are we losers supposed to go? But check it out - the Parkview Arms just upgraded their image to match their fancypants neighbours with a classy new neon sign, and a lick of shiny brown paint. Hang in there Parkeview Arms, my retirement plans are still a go!
Sounds pretty good.
yes indeed. better than the rent to own scheam in nola.
Yeah, but I'm building inequity.
There's a show here on cable called mythbusters. They try and prove or disprove urban legends/common knowlege.
Last night they had put two dead pigs in a corvet, sealed the car in a container box, and left it in the sun for a couple months. The challenge was to see if they could clean the stink out of the car and sell it. It was really really disgusting.
Anyways, they did a pretty good job at the stink part (although they had to tear out the entire interior of the car. They said now it just smells like a horrible barn instead of death.) This sucess makes me think that getting the urine/vomit smell out of a room at the Parkview arms may be doeable. Go for it sal.
Oh my god! I was just walking by yesterday and thinking the very same thing - "hey, that place is looking pretty sharp -- inviting, even." Of course, I was just coming from digging up little pebbles from the ball diamonds in the park, so the betterpeople probably already had me pegged for a local nutter.
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These are my 'whatever, I do what I want' years. No progeny bugging me for shoes or college funds, parents healthy and independent, hormone levels basically stable. I'm sittin pretty in a plethora of bachelor girl delights. I am aware, however, that there's a tradeoff: my geriatric years will be spent without any guilt-ridden younger people to do things for me. But I'm a responsible adult - I have a plan! I'm gonna need internet, a toilet, a bed, a window, booze, and some neighbourhood kids I can bribe to get me smokes and tins of beans. For the past ten years I've had my eye on the Parkview Arms (above) as the perfect seedy downtown rooming house for my sunset days. Imagine my concern when all the other biggish buildings in the neighbourhood have turned into $400,000 condo blocks! Where are we losers supposed to go? But check it out - the Parkview Arms just upgraded their image to match their fancypants neighbours with a classy new neon sign, and a lick of shiny brown paint. Hang in there Parkeview Arms, my retirement plans are still a go!
- sally mckay 12-09-2003 6:38 am
Sounds pretty good.
- jimlouis 12-09-2003 3:08 pm
yes indeed. better than the rent to own scheam in nola.
- bill 12-09-2003 3:49 pm
Yeah, but I'm building inequity.
- jimlouis 12-09-2003 5:03 pm
There's a show here on cable called mythbusters. They try and prove or disprove urban legends/common knowlege.
Last night they had put two dead pigs in a corvet, sealed the car in a container box, and left it in the sun for a couple months. The challenge was to see if they could clean the stink out of the car and sell it. It was really really disgusting.
Anyways, they did a pretty good job at the stink part (although they had to tear out the entire interior of the car. They said now it just smells like a horrible barn instead of death.) This sucess makes me think that getting the urine/vomit smell out of a room at the Parkview arms may be doeable. Go for it sal.
- joester (guest) 12-09-2003 7:47 pm
Oh my god! I was just walking by yesterday and thinking the very same thing - "hey, that place is looking pretty sharp -- inviting, even." Of course, I was just coming from digging up little pebbles from the ball diamonds in the park, so the betterpeople probably already had me pegged for a local nutter.
- germ (guest) 12-10-2003 5:59 pm