home theater invasion
Our neighbors across the street put on a big addition sometime in the last year or so, more than doubling the size of their existing dwelling. All that new space was useless, however, up to last week, when they became the proud owner of a giant flat-screen tv and five-foot-high home theater speakers to match. How do we know about these new acquisitions? Well, we did see the boxes in their trash, which helped with the specifics, but that wasn't necessary. Indeed, on movie nights it's apparent even from across the street that they're pulling some major wattage, or ampage or something, over there; we can both see and hear the effect. It's fairly impressive! Especially the sound, which rattles our floor during the explosions. And this isn't Arlington either, where we could throw something out the window and hit our neighbor's house—we're out in the country here! Those towers have to be 80 or 90 feet away, and we can still hear every gun shot and car crash like it was... um, somewhat closer than 80 or 90 feet. It's loud, you see.