Sounds very much like Mrs KKA. We haven't even finished repainting the window frames, metal fencing and the huge French windows, and she's talking about re-paving the drive, re-decorating the maid's room (that's a standard in most Venezuelan houses and apartments), replacing the shower fixtures in two bathrooms, setting up extra work space in the washer/dryer area, pruning a 40ft mango tree and cleaning up the "green zone" (1,500 sq ft) .
What happens in the maid's room? Or is that something best left in the maid's room.
It's a curious thing. Every house and (many) apartment has a "maid's room". It's a small room, with a shower, for the live-in maid; in some cases, not so small, for the live-in couple, usually next to the kitchen. The maids(and perhaps their husbands) clean, cook, sometimes drive, do the gardening, fix things, etc. I have no idea whatsoever why Venezuelans have maids; it seems such a Victorian thing!
So you have a maid?
Nope. We did when the kids were small (we had 3, between the ages of 1 and 6, one of whom has cerebral palsy) because we were both working and maids were cheap - let's guess, $60 a month. I still found them highly intrusive, but I'd get home around 7-8pm every day, so they were a necessary evil.
Sounds like a good excuse to invest in NODs or thermal.Flippin' coyotes are prowling around. Used to be a .338 Lapua would scare them off but now it seems I'm just blowing $3 out of the tube...
They're too far away, like a field over through some woods about 30 yards thick. No visibility but you can hear them right there. The Lapua has the reach but they're behind cover.Sounds like a good excuse to invest in NODs or thermal.
Then may I suggest some strategically placed Tannerite at your woodline. Tape a glow stick on them for an aiming point with that Lapua. That should certainly vacate any in the area, and maybe thin out some of those woods, too.They're too far away, like a field over through some woods about 30 yards thick. No visibility but you can hear them right there. The Lapua has the reach but they're behind cover.
Good idea! I haven't played with that in a minute.Then may I suggest some strategically placed Tannerite at your woodline. Tape a glow stick on them for an aiming point with that Lapua. That should certainly vacate any in the area, and maybe thin out some of those woods, too.
Most years right after Halloween, a buddy invites a bunch of people over to his farm, where we all bring our left over pumpkins, plus after-season ones that we buy up cheaply to core out and pack with Tannerite to blow up with rifles in his field. We usually start out with handguns shooting steel plates and targets for a couple of hours, before we begin a giant group effort to core out the pumpkins and mix the Tannerite immediately beforehand, and it's always a blast! Everyone brings their best gear, and people are pulling all kinds of guns out of back seats, trunks, truck beds, and waist bands. It's pretty awesome, and the sound of pumpkin guts raining down on the tin barn roof is something you just have to be there to describe! It's one of the most entertaining afternoons/evenings of the year! Of course, there's a big BBQ with fire pits going into the night afterwards. God, I love this Country!Good idea! I haven't played with that in a minute.
