We live in a twenty unit apartment building whose lease prohibits pets although there are several dogs on the premises one of whom barks incessantly while the owner is away. I am reminded of the following which may have occurred in a Manhattan rental building: This fellow who worked nights slept days. His next door neighbor who worked days had a dog of unspecified breed. He noticed that when his phone rang it excited his canine who ran throughout the limited space and he devised a routine that every day at noon he would call his apt. - let it ring eight times knowing his dog would be getting his daily exercise. This gambit particularly annoyed neighbor No. 1 who thereupon approached the building super and on a pretext was admitted to his neighbor's domain. Precisely at noon the phone rang - after six rings he picked up the instrument and breathed heavily into it and replaced it on the cradle. The pet owner was dumbfounded and I would like to think they lived happily ever after. However, I think I will have a word with my super tomorrow.
tjs
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