A few weeks ago the wife and I were watching a movie and we had the doors and windows open to let some fresh air in. Out of nowhere I hear this Bwannnnng sound. I hear it a few minutes later. And it continues every now and then. I finally get out of my chair and start trying to figure out what it was. I thought it might be some pipe or something that was getting ready to go out and we’d be shelling out the money for having someone come and dig up or front yard. And then it stopped.

Fast forward to this last Wednesday night when I got home from work. There’s the sound again. So I go and sit by the window because it seems to be coming from outside. I think it possibly might be the foundry from down the hill, but they usually knock off at around 5pm. It continues for a few minutes and I step outside. Lo and behold there’s this bird sitting on the satellite hitting it every so often. Don’t ask me why he’s doing it, but he is. Perhaps it some new mating call he’s came up with and he’s getting all the ladies that way. My theory is that he’s a stupid bird and he thinks he’s working on some wood or something.

And I should add that the German neighbors are about to have some dead dogs on their hands. Every morning at about 6:30 or so they put them outside. And they start yipping like someone was beating them. I’ve put up with it so far, but if they start up on Monday morning (vacation day) I think I’ll call the cops on them or I may purchase a pellet gun and start taking up target practice from the roof!