next door neighbor
My next door neighbor, guy in his late 40’s early 50’s, have been talking more since the covid thing has happened. Nice guy started doing contract work for one of the big military suppliers locally. He goes to work around 2:30 PM. I see him almost every morning when he goes out to exercise and when he returns around noon.
He mentioned that he just dropped getting the newspaper because there is so little in it and the price has gone up so much. I told him that I get it Thurs. thru Sun. but never open it because I read it online. Told him he could have my hard copies. He likes to do the crossword puzzles.
I started just handing it to him, but there would be days that I didn’t see him, so he didn’t always get it.
I started just leaving it on the back of my pickup truck bed cover and told him to just come over and get it.
I got the bright idea to leave a few of my wife’s pictures laying on a bench in my garage and have left the door open so he can see in. I’ve been out in the garage working when he has come over to pick up the paper and have noticed him getting a quick look as he walked by the work bench. I know he’s seen them because he gives a quick look every time now that he walks by.
Today I just left the door open, the paper on the back of the truck, pictures out and I stayed in the house. I figured if I wasn’t there, he might take a longer look. I arranged the pictures in such a way that I would know if they had been moved. I heard him come back from his exercise and waited about 5 minutes. When I went out the paper was gone, and the pictures had been moved slightly. He had definitely looked at them.
I’m going to do the same thing tomorrow to see if he looks at them again.
I am plan to eventually ask if he’d like to see a few more. Will keep you posted if you’re interested.
Here’s a couple of quick pics. Of the photos laying out. You can see my truck's bumper and how he has to pass by the pictures to get to the paper. I place the paper so that he has to walk the width of the truck to get it. Also how close he is to where they are laying.
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