Pay Back

I should have seen it coming . . . my wife never complains about my pipes, TAD or in-house smoking. Saturday was the official 'payback" day.
We collect antiques and love the 20's and 30's stuff. Sure enough, my wife found a 1930's mohair sofa on craigslist located in the worst part of Seattle possible. The price was a give-away, so off we went in the farm truck, looking like country bumpkins going to the big city.
Driving a disel truck through the narrow streets of Seattle isn't fun, especially when you're listening for gunshots (I'm not kidding, it was in a REALLY bad of neighborhood). We found the address eventually, and the guy was a great guy. We paid the man, loaded the sofa that weights 300 lbs, and is going to cost about $2000 to re-cover, into the truck.
After we were out of Seattle, I thought it was safe to mention that I was carrying (did I mention it was in a REALLY, REALLY bad neighborhood???). My wife smiled and informed me that she was carrying also, guess that dumb blonde thing doesn't apply to her.
The sofa is now residing in my shop waiting for the upholstery material decision - books of that stuff are everywhere. My wife smiles everytime she thinks about our "adventure" - it was a REALLY, REALLY, REALLY bad neighborhood.

Tacoma still has them, but Seattle has them too. There are shootings in Pioneer Square all the time.
Frankly, the only place in Tacoma I will go to is Hosmer Street to the Tinderbox and downtown to the County City Building for my gun permit. Seattle is usually only a once a year thing to go to the 5th Avenue Theatre.

My wife was an only child, and her dad decided she was going to be well-rounded - quite advanced thinking for the 50's. She has handled guns since she was 8 years old and is a great shot. When we were married, she came with her own pistol and shotgun.
I have a feeling that West Coast "bad" is not up to the same rating as East Coast "bad". When I told the guys at work where we'd been they asked if insanity ran in our family, so West Coast is bad enough for me.
The first batch of upholstery books went back to the shop - not right - and a second batch of books are all over the livingroom floor. This might be a long process since it has to be period correct, high quality, and priced right. As long as she's happy, I'm happy.