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Bob Terwilliger[_1_] Bob Terwilliger[_1_] is offline
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Clueless AOL newbie Sheldon "Pussy" Katz wrote:

>>On Sat 12 Jun 2010 05:49:45p, Larry told us...
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>>>> I was on that board for four years and encountered a personal
>>>> dispute during that time. We purchased and had installed a very
>>>> high quality solid copper weathevane. Prior to doing so we
>>>> scoured the CC&R for any reference to the installation of such an
>>>> item. There was none. Our neighbor two houses away practically
>>>> had a stroke at our having done this and insisted that it be
>>>> removed. She was also on the board. I pointed out that nothing
>>>> like this was addresssed in the CC&R and she called to have a
>>>> homeowners' vote to include it. Later the same evening I
>>>> discovered that the CC&R did provide for the installation of TV
>>>> antennas and/or shortwave radio antenna towers not to exceed 20
>>>> feet above the roof line. I called for a special meeting of the
>>>> board a couple of days later and said that I would be happy to
>>>> remove the weathevane at the same time that I installed a 20 ft.
>>>> TV tower in its place. The matter was dropped.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Nice!

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> Would be nicer if Larry posted a picture of his house with that very
> high quality copper weathervane.


Wayne's the one who posted about having the weathervane. You ****ed up the
attributions. It's a typical mistake for a newbie; just be more careful in
the future or you'll look like a complete idiot.

Bob