Cleaning the roof
I was sitting in my apartment this afternoon when I started hearing this strange scraping and banging noise. I ventured over to the window and peered out at the apartment complex next door, and see nothing… (they’re usually the ones making the obnoxious noises). So I start looking around my own apartment complex and I notice this. They’re trying to get the icicles off of the roof… I’m still not sure what they rigged up to get that “tool” they’re using. In retrospect, I should have tried to get a video, but I had to open the window to get this picture and it was COLD!
The guy on the left is my uncle, so I don’t feel bad about spying on them, photographing it, and posting it to my blog. 
Another slightly funny thing that happened today… The same two guys were going around the complex checking smoke detectors and faucets to comply with the city fire code. I knew when they were coming, but I laid down about 2 hours before that… was still sleeping when they got here and didn’t hear them knock on the door. Since I didn’t answer, I think they assumed I wasn’t home, so they came in to check the things they needed to. They flicked on the hallway light and pushed the button on the smoke detector… I think that’s when they glanced into the bedroom and saw me “sleeping”. They beat a hasty retreat– I’m not sure they even checked the faucets!! I was so tired I just rolled over and went back to sleep. Now that I’m up though, I’m seriously amused!! I’ll have to ask Gwen about it when I go to pay my rent.
January 29th, 2007 at 11:29 pm
That’s a lot of snow!