We lived in the country and our nearest neighbor lived a quarter of a mile away. He had big dogs that were random barkers at night: woof………….woof….woof………………….woof. One night (late) my father got out his 16-gauge, double barrel shotgun, walked to the road, aimed the gun so the pellets would come down on the neighbor’s roof, and let fly: BAM BAM. The dogs were gunshy and shut up. 30 seconds later the phone rang. All things considered, I preferred he barking to the shotgun.
I report without embarrassment that I used to read the last pages first, so I knew how it came out, then read from the beginning, for the enjoyment. It worked for me (don’t do that now).
We lived in the country and our nearest neighbor lived a quarter of a mile away. He had big dogs that were random barkers at night: woof………….woof….woof………………….woof. One night (late) my father got out his 16-gauge, double barrel shotgun, walked to the road, aimed the gun so the pellets would come down on the neighbor’s roof, and let fly: BAM BAM. The dogs were gunshy and shut up. 30 seconds later the phone rang. All things considered, I preferred he barking to the shotgun.