I think Cheney's artificial heart will outlive him, until somebody remembers to shut it off. That thing has to be hard on your cerebral arteries. Stroke time?

I live on a hill overlooking Camp Pendleton Marine Base, and they have a bunch of helicopters flying every day. You can always tell the Chinooks, from miles away. Nothing sound like one of them. That's a minor annoyance. Much worse is the mortar practice that seems to run into late night. Not to mention they keep setting the damned place on fire and this is a red flag high fire risk area.