The Top Ten Reasons Why We Won’t Miss Living In Mechanicsville
10. Having to drag our laundry outside to the back of the house to use the washing machine and dryer.
9. Listening to our housemate’s loud surround sound system and smelling smoke coming up through the vents at all times of the day and night!
8. The local varmints that continually got into our garbage the night before garbage day and spread it all over the sidewalk. (The most memorable incident included JP finding our neighbour’s used “womanly plugs” as he calls them, at the bottom of the steps leading up to our front porch!)
7. The fuel guzzling oil furnace that cost approximately $500 a month to run, which barely raised the temperature to above freezing in our apartment. (“Discussing” the heat situation with our housemate, usually at 1 am, also fits into this category!)
6. The centipedes that always like to appear early in the am when I was stepping into shower, scaring me half to death!
5. Trying to park in the narrow driveway, when there were 4 other cars parked there as well. Getting out usually involved a 56 point turn.
4. The flashing lights of the local fire truck in the middle of the night, as it made its monthly visit to the group home next door.
3. The neighbours that lived in their van smoking pot all the time!
2. Trudging through the snow in the winter, because our street was always the last one to be ploughed!
1. The underwear that has been hanging in the tree next door, for the entire winter. Somebody must have had a cold bum this winter!
9. Listening to our housemate’s loud surround sound system and smelling smoke coming up through the vents at all times of the day and night!
8. The local varmints that continually got into our garbage the night before garbage day and spread it all over the sidewalk. (The most memorable incident included JP finding our neighbour’s used “womanly plugs” as he calls them, at the bottom of the steps leading up to our front porch!)
7. The fuel guzzling oil furnace that cost approximately $500 a month to run, which barely raised the temperature to above freezing in our apartment. (“Discussing” the heat situation with our housemate, usually at 1 am, also fits into this category!)
6. The centipedes that always like to appear early in the am when I was stepping into shower, scaring me half to death!
5. Trying to park in the narrow driveway, when there were 4 other cars parked there as well. Getting out usually involved a 56 point turn.
4. The flashing lights of the local fire truck in the middle of the night, as it made its monthly visit to the group home next door.
3. The neighbours that lived in their van smoking pot all the time!
2. Trudging through the snow in the winter, because our street was always the last one to be ploughed!
1. The underwear that has been hanging in the tree next door, for the entire winter. Somebody must have had a cold bum this winter!
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