I always feel that if I can make it to the end of February the worst is over. Its Jan 1-Feb 28 that's the killer. Anyway so I've played video games, read books, gone shooting once or twice, and shoveled snow. The real entertainment though has been the circus going on behind me, across the street, at the gangstas crib.
They've decided to move and I've been watching
First we need to establish that there are 7 of them and their females living in this rental, all of them out of shape from smoking grass and eating salty munchies. They decided to rent a Uhaul truck and go somewhere else this week, works for me!
I was out in the garage a few days ago working on my jeepski when the Uhaul rolls up. My garage opens up right to the street so I had a front row seat. They didn't want to carry the furniture far for physical reasons so they decided to back the truck up to the back porch, 50yrds off the street. They have no driveway so I watched with an idea of what was going to ensue as they floored it and backed through a foot of snow, on a downhill grade. Now this is the good size Uhaul, not the cube van/truck thing. He made a hell of a mess getting back there, slop kicked up by the madly rotating tires coating everything within 15ft, but he made it and they loaded up.
Hours later its time to go but the trucks stuck... surprise. They all file out of the house and watch as he spins the tires for 15 minutes without moving it at all. Even later more people show up and stand around while they watch another guy try to haul it out with a Vietnam era army jeep. He gets no traction though and just slides around at the end of the strap. While he's tugging on the Uhaul the rest of them are just standing around watching, I can see the orange glow of their cigarettes pulsating in the dark. I also happen to notice there is no one in the Uhal and it's wheels are turned in the opposite direction of the pull. This guy tries for a while, but the jeep starts popping and coughing and he has to give it up.
This morning the Uhaul is still planted in the yard. I come home at lunch and a wrecker is there. Not the regular wrecker, oh no we're talking the semi wrecker here, get some. Something happens though and the wrecker has to split after hauling the Uhaul sideways about 20ft. Later another large scale wrecker shows and they finally pull it out and haul it away. Shows over
That's how bad things are here in the heart of winter in MI, we have to peek out our windows hoping for something to pass the time. It was pretty funny though. Several of the individuals gestures and actions reminded me of a dozen Benny Hills doing Chinese fire drills.
If I'd had a 5 tonne wrecker I'd of just hauled 'em out.... but I don't so I got a show instead