I assume you could order drinks in fluent Spanish. Holidays tend to involve a lot of drinking.

I've seen the horsey drummer. The internet is filled with time-eating trivia and I try to avoid getting into such videos. I do watch a lot of drumming videos in general though. Some are actually educational, but some make you want to give up.

I'm wary of tradespeople who just show up. I'd rather have them recommended to me. We don't have trees overhanging the house, so don't get too many leaves.

I did have a guy show up saying he had a load of 'spare' gravel and our drive did need some fresh. I managed to knock his price right down, so didn't feel too ripped off.