That reminds me of my favorite Elmer Fudd cartoon. When the cartoon starts, for about the first 30 seconds he's busily running all over his house hanging up lots of Easter decorations. He suddenly stops and looks at what would be the camera position and says, "I'm waitin' on the Easter Bunny and when he gets here BWAM!
I fixed two more strings, and the Christmas tree's up, and operational. Everything looks pretty decent at this point. I'm just hoping that we have a good January thaw so I can get all this crap back down in reasonable time...
Anybody know how to tone down the sensitivity on Douglas Fir? He keeps shooting his mouth off every couple of minutes or so, and I think I've already figured out how to get him to fly straight with an H for power...
"Hi! I'm Douglas [ignition] Fiiiiiirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!"
I still say a big ol' Tesla Coil would be cooler...
But, of course, I thought the Pentagram with Santa in the middle that I did last year would be a hit too. The neighbors kept trying to set fire to my house...
Tod "OK KIDS! IT'S THE CHRISTMAS VAN DEGRAFF!" Hilty
It's true. I've seen a segment on the local news about it. People get paid for putting up other people's lights. There's something just plain wrong 'bout that.
You got tons of money, and no time because you work 70 hours a week to get the money, and you want to keep up with the Joneses, in order for you to look like a normally adjusted social creature, and not a borderline psychotic mess...
I still say Tesla Coil. Nothing says "Christmas" more than a big Tesla Coil...
I'm sure a lot of the market for this service is people with more money than time, but there's also the seniors who want lights but are getting too old to put them up themselves. Also, in some cases it's a matter of safety and having the right equipment.
I've been tempted to hire someone to put lights along the edge of the roof on the second story of our house. It would look great to have lights up there but I can't reach it even with my neighbor's 18' extension ladder. Actually, if I could just get some hooks installed, maybe I could hang the lights myself using a really long pole.
BTW, to deter the vandals, this year I switched to rope lights in the areas nearest the sidewalk. It wouldn't stop someone really determined but should cut down on the casual bulb-breaking and bulb-stealing, which were the problems I had last year.
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