And, considering the cultural gulf, fairly entertaining. We're all the same! Except completely different!

I was totally entertained. Because, yeah, all the same but so very different. The way he'd just merge from one language to another was lovely too.

Except I really did keep thinking I understood Arabic and clicked away to check a progress bar on another screen. All of the sudden I have delusions that I am Antonio Banderas in 13th Warrior and instantly am fluent in other languages.

Anyone have suggestions on what I can do about the car alarm going off for two days, next door? It's on private property, so the police say all they can do is ticket it. I left a voicemail for the apartment management company, but I'm sure they won't get it until Monday. Don't know why the building residents aren't up in arms, but omg I am going insane.

Ugh. I mean, get it ticketed but can they ensure that it's actually a resident's car?

No idea. It's parked in a resident spot. (If it were on the street I might be able to get it towed!)

This may be completely untrue, but I heard the alarm goes off once the car is tilted to a certain angle -- such as would happen when being towed.

Cassiepants, can she shut this thing up with some black clothing and a jack under the front bumper?

Timelies all!

Nova is in my lap, as usual, tenderizing my bathrobe.

Devi~ma.

Yeah, that car thing would make me nuts.

Two days? By that point I'd be considering solutions like building a fire on a skateboard and rolling it under the car's engine.

Devi~ma!

What an annoyance, Cass. That happened on our street once. One of our neighbor's parked his car in his driveway while he went on vacation. Car alarm shorts and goes off, and the rest of us have to hear it go off at regular intervals for a week! Luckily for us, it only went nuts for the first few hours and for the next few days it was just a brief 5 minute burst every hour or so. Still annoying as all get out, but bearable, even funny after a while.