But this is a test to see if I can post using this account.

Becca and I have been missing from rfc since we moved because of a
change in ISP and the fact that I couldn't figure out how to configure
this so it works.

If you see this, it means I figured it out and please forgive me for the
OT post. If you can't see this, well, you won't have anything to bitch
about.

Thanks,

George L

On 4/22/2012 7:39 AM, George Leppla wrote:
> But this is a test to see if I can post using this account.
>
> Becca and I have been missing from rfc since we moved because of a
> change in ISP and the fact that I couldn't figure out how to configure
> this so it works.
>
> If you see this, it means I figured it out and please forgive me for the
> OT post. If you can't see this, well, you won't have anything to bitch
> about.

And this one is from Becca's computer to see if this works.

And yes, I know there is an alt.test but half the posts I make there
never show up.

Sorry again.

George L

On 4/22/2012 8:58 AM, Ema Nymton wrote:
> On 4/22/2012 7:39 AM, George Leppla wrote:
>> But this is a test to see if I can post using this account.
>>
>> Becca and I have been missing from rfc since we moved because of a
>> change in ISP and the fact that I couldn't figure out how to configure
>> this so it works.
>>
>> If you see this, it means I figured it out and please forgive me for the
>> OT post. If you can't see this, well, you won't have anything to bitch
>> about.
>
> And this one is from Becca's computer to see if this works.
>
> And yes, I know there is an alt.test but half the posts I make there
> never show up.
>
> Sorry again.

I can see that you want to test your ISP but I've used alt.test.test for
years without ever losing a post. Unless of course I'm testing a filter
that is to delete some designated post.


--
Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

Extraneous "not" in Reply To.

In article >,
says...
>
> But this is a test to see if I can post using this account.

Nope, you're invisible. Whoever you are. Hard to tell through the grey
fog of usenet. Jingle the gold coins, that might help.
>
> Becca and I have been missing from rfc since we moved because of a
> change in ISP and the fact that I couldn't figure out how to configure
> this so it works.

Becca? Can't see her either. Is she your imaginary friend?
>
> If you see this, it means I figured it out and please forgive me for the
> OT post.

Only God can do that.

> If you can't see this, well, you won't have anything to bitch
> about.

I can't see it, and if I feel like bitching I will :-)

Janet

On 4/22/2012 8:39 AM, George Leppla wrote:
> But this is a test to see if I can post using this account.
>
> Becca and I have been missing from rfc since we moved because of a
> change in ISP and the fact that I couldn't figure out how to configure
> this so it works.

I was thinking the other day, did they say they were going on
a long cruise? It's been a while.

> If you see this, it means I figured it out and please forgive me for the
> OT post. If you can't see this, well, you won't have anything to bitch
> about.

I'm sure I can come up with something. Heh.

nancy

"George Leppla" > wrote in message
...
> But this is a test to see if I can post using this account.
>
> Becca and I have been missing from rfc since we moved because of a change
> in ISP and the fact that I couldn't figure out how to configure this so it
> works.
>
> If you see this, it means I figured it out and please forgive me for the
> OT post. If you can't see this, well, you won't have anything to bitch
> about.
>
> Thanks,
>
> George L


I'm glad you're back, George Trying to configure ngs with a new ISP can
be particularly annoying. Especially if you have to call them for "help".
Most of those youngsters have never heard of a newsgroup. At any rate, you
made it!

Other than that, how was the move? I hope everything (other than the
newsgroup thing) went smoothly. Moving is such a PITA. I'm considering
moving and absolutely dread the thought.

Jill

On 4/22/2012 9:30 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> Other than that, how was the move? I hope everything (other than the
> newsgroup thing) went smoothly. Moving is such a PITA. I'm considering
> moving and absolutely dread the thought.

The move itself was OK. Not everything fit in the biggest truck I could
rent so we had to make a second trip a week later to get the rest. (4
hours each way). Got smart this time and hired a couple of day laborers
to do all the heavy lifting and carrying... I'm getting too old for this
kind of work.

The biggest problems are in fixing this place up. It is 70 years old
and it seems like every time I fix one thing, two others break. This
morning the sewer pipe is clogged. It is always something. But we found
a buyer for our house in Shreveport and are waiting for a closing date.

Don't have much time for Usenet. Been reading the rfc group on Facebook
but haven't been posting much... just not enough time.

George L

On Sun, 22 Apr 2012 07:39:45 -0500, George Leppla
> wrote:

> But this is a test to see if I can post using this account.
>
> Becca and I have been missing from rfc since we moved because of a
> change in ISP and the fact that I couldn't figure out how to configure
> this so it works.
>
> If you see this, it means I figured it out and please forgive me for the
> OT post. If you can't see this, well, you won't have anything to bitch
> about.
>
Waving at George - you made it! I use alt.binaries.test for my
testing. Hopefully we'll see Becca soon too.

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On Sun, 22 Apr 2012 07:58:20 -0500, Ema Nymton >
wrote:

> And yes, I know there is an alt.test but half the posts I make there
> never show up.

<laugh> It's probably because the news reader wasn't configured
properly. Well, you're here now and that's what counts.

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On Sun, 22 Apr 2012 10:30:51 -0400, "jmcquown" >
wrote:

> I'm considering moving and absolutely dread the thought.

I think Christine D and probably others will testify to PODS there are
many companies that rent them these days. They back a POD up to your
garage and you fill it at your leisure. Call them when it's full and
they store it until you need it. Having had problems with a major
cross country moving company many years ago and knowing that
regulations still haven't changed enough to give the consumer enough
power to fight them because "insurance" is a farce to give you a false
sense of security, I think PODS are the way to go. Those people are a
bunch of thieves and what they don't steal, they damage.


--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

I sure know the feeling of relieeeeeef when something finally works.
If I cudn't post to my many groups, I'd probably get a lot more done.

In the words of the song, "It's a hard habit to break"

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 22 Apr 2012 10:30:51 -0400, "jmcquown" >
> wrote:
>
>> I'm considering moving and absolutely dread the thought.
>
> I think Christine D and probably others will testify to PODS there are
> many companies that rent them these days. They back a POD up to your
> garage and you fill it at your leisure.

I checked on PODS when I made the move to SC. Prohibitively expensive! It
was cheaper to rent a Penske truck and hire a couple of guys to load it up
for us. John drove the truck and we took our time (three days). When we
got here I called a friend who sent over a couple more guys to unload it for
us.

One of the reasons I'm considering moving is all the damn restrictions the
HOA imposes. They wouldn't let me have a PODS container sitting in my
driveway. Hell, you're not even allowed to put a For Sale sign in your
yard. I remember my mother was in a panic because her automatic garage door
broke. She couldn't close the door and she was afraid someone from the HOA
would notice. (I was able to close and raise it manually for her until we
found a repairman.) Nit-picky stuff like this is about to drive me crazy.

Jill

On Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:06:22 -0400, "jmcquown" >
wrote:

>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Sun, 22 Apr 2012 10:30:51 -0400, "jmcquown" >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I'm considering moving and absolutely dread the thought.
> >
> > I think Christine D and probably others will testify to PODS there are
> > many companies that rent them these days. They back a POD up to your
> > garage and you fill it at your leisure.
>
> I checked on PODS when I made the move to SC. Prohibitively expensive! It
> was cheaper to rent a Penske truck and hire a couple of guys to load it up
> for us. John drove the truck and we took our time (three days). When we
> got here I called a friend who sent over a couple more guys to unload it for
> us.
>
> One of the reasons I'm considering moving is all the damn restrictions the
> HOA imposes. They wouldn't let me have a PODS container sitting in my
> driveway. Hell, you're not even allowed to put a For Sale sign in your
> yard. I remember my mother was in a panic because her automatic garage door
> broke. She couldn't close the door and she was afraid someone from the HOA
> would notice. (I was able to close and raise it manually for her until we
> found a repairman.) Nit-picky stuff like this is about to drive me crazy.
>
Didn't you say the HOA board was dysfunctional? You're going to have
a hard time finding a buyer with problems like that because buyers do
their due diligence and will buy or not buy based on how the HOA
functions - which means you'd better fix that place up to be
attractive or price it attractively to sell. If it's priced to sell,
you'll get multiple offers. I know of a little two bedroom house
(beautifully renovated) that was priced at $550,000. They showed it
for a week and had 15 offers; 3 were all cash at asking price and
above. That was just last week.


--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

"jmcquown" wrote:
>
> I'm considering moving and absolutely dread the thought.

Moving to where? I didn't realize you sold your house, that was fast.

>> I think Christine D and probably others will testify to PODS there are
>> many companies that rent them these days. They back a POD up to your
>> garage and you fill it at your leisure.
>
> I checked on PODS when I made the move to SC. Prohibitively
> expensive! It was cheaper to rent a Penske truck and hire a couple of
> guys to load it up for us.

Us? I thought you lived in TN alone.

I know several people who have moved with PODS and said it was the
most convenient and least expensive than any other method save DIY
with your own vehicle. If you rent a truck you have to work fast as
you rent by the day, with PODS you have a month to load, have it
moved, and unload at destination. The PODS costs less for the month
than renting a truck for a day. Depending on distance moving the PODS
typically costs less than driving the truck. And then you have to pay
your hired help regardless. Personally I found using a professional
moving van service (Mayflower) the best value. If you do your own
packing it's well worth the few dollars more for professional movers.
Mayflower even supplies cartons, cushioning material, and tape. My
move here cost me $1,100 (w/ins) and nothing was damaged or lost. I
packed and unpacked my cartons but the movers wrapped furnishings (in
padded shrink-wrap and blankets), set everything in the proper rooms
and unwrapped. I own a lot of stuff, I'd not consider moving myself.
Watching these guys work is like watching a well rehearsed orchestra,
never missed a beat... it's easy to see they've done this before. I've
made many moves, always professionally except once when I rented a
small U-Haul van... everything that could go wrong did... one of its
recapped tires fell apart and broke the gas fill tube... I could no
longer put gas in so I rented another truck from a nearby private gas
station, transfered all my stuff, and left the U-Haul by the side of
the road. I would never again attempt to move myself. So where are
you moving to?

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:06:22 -0400, "jmcquown" >
> wrote:
>
>>
>> "sf" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On Sun, 22 Apr 2012 10:30:51 -0400, "jmcquown" >
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> I'm considering moving and absolutely dread the thought.
>> >
>> > I think Christine D and probably others will testify to PODS there are
>> > many companies that rent them these days. They back a POD up to your
>> > garage and you fill it at your leisure.
>>
>> I checked on PODS when I made the move to SC. Prohibitively expensive!
>> It
>> was cheaper to rent a Penske truck and hire a couple of guys to load it
>> up
>> for us. John drove the truck and we took our time (three days). When we
>> got here I called a friend who sent over a couple more guys to unload it
>> for
>> us.
>>
>> One of the reasons I'm considering moving is all the damn restrictions
>> the
>> HOA imposes. They wouldn't let me have a PODS container sitting in my
>> driveway. Hell, you're not even allowed to put a For Sale sign in your
>> yard. I remember my mother was in a panic because her automatic garage
>> door
>> broke. She couldn't close the door and she was afraid someone from the
>> HOA
>> would notice. (I was able to close and raise it manually for her until
>> we
>> found a repairman.) Nit-picky stuff like this is about to drive me
>> crazy.
>>
> Didn't you say the HOA board was dysfunctional?

I do believe they are. However, my neighbors don't think so. And these are
people who don't live here full time. They visit their "vacation homes"
(Yes! Just like on HGTV!) a few months out of the year. Heh.

> You're going to have
> a hard time finding a buyer with problems like that because buyers do
> their due diligence and will buy or not buy based on how the HOA
> functions

There are new people here all the time! Why, they've just installed new
"welcome" signs on the gates LOL Frankly, I don't know who has the money to
pay all the exhorbitant fees. They ignored me for a while, then suddenly
discovered I lived here. OH! We forgot we haven't charged you. Arrrgh!
(snippage)

Yeah, yeah. I'm still NOI upgrading the kitchen to sell the place. It's
listed as a fixer upper. Some people like projects

Jill

"Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
...
> "jmcquown" wrote:
>>
>> I'm considering moving and absolutely dread the thought.
>
> Moving to where? I didn't realize you sold your house, that was fast.
>
I didn't. It's listed and you know it is because we talked about this.

>> I checked on PODS when I made the move to SC. Prohibitively
>> expensive! It was cheaper to rent a Penske truck and hire a couple of
>> guys to load it up for us.
>
> Us? I thought you lived in TN alone.
>
You know better.

Jill

On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:13:34 -0400, "jmcquown" >
wrote:

>
>"Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
.. .
>> "jmcquown" wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm considering moving and absolutely dread the thought.
>>
>> Moving to where? I didn't realize you sold your house, that was fast.
>>
>I didn't. It's listed and you know it is because we talked about this.

Yes, but people don't even consider how they'll move until the house
is sold AND they know where they are going. You may not be able to
sell that house for several years.

>>> I checked on PODS when I made the move to SC. Prohibitively
>>> expensive! It was cheaper to rent a Penske truck and hire a couple of
>>> guys to load it up for us.
>>
>> Us? I thought you lived in TN alone.
>>
>You know better.

Oh yeah, I know you lived with a cat and a bird.

PODS is actually the least expensive way to move, I'd have done that
myself only I really didn't want to load and unload all my heavy/bulky
furnishings for the few hundred dollars more than the price of PODS.
My neighbor across the road moved with PODS, in fact he had two
containers sitting on his property for three months until his house
was completed. But he has four grown sons who arrived to schlep all
his belongings. My next door neighbor is moving on 05/18, they are
having professional movers, they are moving back to CA. They've been
here five years and couldn't sell their house in CA so they are moving
back. Oddly the person who bought their house here is the last owner.
He sold because his eyes were failing to the point that he could no
longer see well enough to care for the house or for himself so he
moved in with his elderly mother who lives nearby. Finally he risked
the surgery and now he can see again, not perfect but well enough to
care for himself. He called and asked to buy the house back and it
was like a gift to the present owners because they were struggling to
maintain two abodes (two mortgages). I'm sorry to see the present
owners leave as they are a friendly retired couple with no kids, just
an old dog and two old cats. The old owner was kind of a recluse.

From all the negatives you've described about where you live I doubt
you will sell for a very long time unless you accept a very low price.
Often it pays to sell low just to be rid of what is obviously an
expensive burdon and move on with ones life. In your case since the
house cost you nothing (and has no mortgage) whatever you net will be
a gift. I think it's way too much house for a single person anyway.
You really can't afford to live there and since you don't play golf
and you don't socialize with the other residents living in that
situation is of no benefit to you, it's just a big drain financially
and emotionally... it sounds to me that you really aren't living
there, you're isolated, you're lonely and you're barely surviving. My
advice is to price it for a quick sale, but know with certainty the
situation where you are going... be very careful you *don't trade
black dog for monkey*, if you get my drift (old Belize saying #21).
Some may find these enlightening:
http://socrates.usfca.edu/~dillon/Be...leproverbs.pdf

On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:10:02 -0500, Andy > wrote:

>Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
>
>> Yes, but people don't even consider how they'll move until the house
>> is sold AND they know where they are going. You may not be able to
>> sell that house for several years.
>>
>
>When we bought this place, my real estate agent called us saying the
>original owners asked if they could stay in the house for a few days after
>closing so they could close on their new condo and not have to stay in a
>hotel. Without hesitation I said "Sure for $10,000 a night!" It could've
>been problematic if they decide to overstay their welcome. Plus it's our
>first home! I felt that is akin to buying a new car and let a stranger
>drive it for the first few days.
>
>They didn't stay! They were pretty mad because they took some things they
>said we could have. We didn't pursue the matter.

Didn't you notice items missing during the walk through, I definitely
would have brought it up at the closing. One should never allow the
old owner to stay after the walk through and then the closing. If you
let anyone stay after closing you have no legal recourse if anything
is damaged or missing, and if they or any of their guests get hurt
there they will sue you.

On 26/04/2012 3:16 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:

> Didn't you notice items missing during the walk through, I definitely
> would have brought it up at the closing. One should never allow the
> old owner to stay after the walk through and then the closing. If you
> let anyone stay after closing you have no legal recourse if anything
> is damaged or missing, and if they or any of their guests get hurt
> there they will sue you.

I was a softie when we bought this place. The old owner asked if he
could leave his four horses in the barn for a few days because they did
not yet have the barn set up at their new place. I agreed, provided that
he clean it out when they were done. They mucked out the stables while
the horses were here, leaving a big pile of shit covered straw, and when
they took the horses they did nothing to clean out the barn. That left
me in the position of having four filthy stalls and never even having
owned a horse.

On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:55:47 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 26/04/2012 3:16 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
>> Didn't you notice items missing during the walk through, I definitely
>> would have brought it up at the closing. One should never allow the
>> old owner to stay after the walk through and then the closing. If you
>> let anyone stay after closing you have no legal recourse if anything
>> is damaged or missing, and if they or any of their guests get hurt
>> there they will sue you.
>
>I was a softie when we bought this place. The old owner asked if he
>could leave his four horses in the barn for a few days because they did
>not yet have the barn set up at their new place. I agreed, provided that
>he clean it out when they were done. They mucked out the stables while
>the horses were here, leaving a big pile of shit covered straw, and when
>they took the horses they did nothing to clean out the barn. That left
>me in the position of having four filthy stalls and never even having
>owned a horse.

Consider yourself very lucky that all they did was leave you some
horseshit, did you compost it and plant a garden? They could have
caused great damage to your barn and other property and you'd have no
recourse because you invited them, they were your guests.

Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
> On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:13:34 -0400, "jmcquown" >
> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
> .. .
> >> "jmcquown" wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I'm considering moving and absolutely dread the thought.
> >>
> >> Moving to where? I didn't realize you sold your house, that was fast.
> >>
> >I didn't. It's listed and you know it is because we talked about this.
>
> Yes, but people don't even consider how they'll move until the house
> is sold AND they know where they are going. You may not be able to
> sell that house for several years.
>
> >>> I checked on PODS when I made the move to SC. Prohibitively
> >>> expensive! It was cheaper to rent a Penske truck and hire a couple of
> >>> guys to load it up for us.
> >>
> >> Us? I thought you lived in TN alone.
> >>
> >You know better.
>
> Oh yeah, I know you lived with a cat and a bird.

I remember well her "beloved budgie." She got mad at me for teasing her
about it (and rightly so). I was out of line there. :-(

Gary