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Following on from yesterday’s post about that island off Miami, here’s an alternative:
As a former city boy, I have to say that I wouldn’t be averse to this kind of setup — just not in NYfC. The thought of restaurants and stores being just an elevator ride away… yeah, I could do it.
And as for the inevitable “privacy” complaints: acceptance of its loss is just part of the compromise one makes when deciding to live downtown.
Okay, I could do this, following an appropriately-sized major crime lottery win:
First improvement I’d make: a clay pigeon station (on the ocean side, away from prying eyes behind binoculars). Second: hang some steel plates between the dock pilings, for some .22 plinking.
Third: some kind of seagoing vessel (screw that helicopter foolishness), for both commuting and fishing purposes:
…and lastly, a Barrett M82A1 rifle, to repel any prospective intruders from distance:
I have the shorter-range issue well covered, as you may imagine.
Feel free to add your suggestions in Comments.
Some chick named Olivia Attwood:
Feel free to add a caption to the above pic, in Comments…
From Reader Mike S., about Granny Salma Hayek:
“I wouldn’t sell my soul for her, but I’d arrange for a long-term lease.”
Considering my advanced age, I’d settle for a lifetime one. Just a quick reminder of the topic under discussion:
From the Bible, Proverbs 24:17-18:
17 Do not gloat when your enemy falls; when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice
18 or the Lord will see and disapprove and turn his wrath away from them.
Or else you could just ignore the Good Book:
When it comes to Commies, Greens, hypocrites and the like tripping on their own dicks / getting hoist by their own petard etc., I’m afraid I am very much of the latter persuasion.
One of the few side benefits of being an atheist, I guess.
