On 7/4/2015 9:57 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> The rain might be soft water but the water from my shower isn't.


I'm sure it runs pure vinegar, as befits you.

"graham" > wrote in message
...
> On 05/07/2015 9:42 AM, Cheri wrote:
>>
>> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 7/4/2015 8:21 PM, Cheri wrote:
>>>>
>>>> "Nancy Young" > wrote
>>>
>>>>> It's only considerate. You should think how it impacts your
>>>>> neighbors, whatever it is.
>>>
>>>> In our town, they really don't allow it if it blocks others.
>>>
>>> That's a nice law.
>>>
>>>> I have a
>>>> friend who built a big RV garage right next to his neighbor (no permit
>>>> type of thing) which blocked the entire window of her house on the
>>>> side,
>>>
>>> What would make the guy think he could get away with that, I wonder.
>>
>> The fact that he's lived in the house for 50 plus years and thinks he
>> owns the street, whereas these newcomers have only been there about 8
>> years. He's a nice man in most ways, but he can be a twit at times.
>> After the city made him take it down, he went all over town looking for
>> illegal type dwellings and reported them. The city inspector actually
>> wrote an article in the paper about him, without naming him, saying this
>> *disgruntled man* was causing a lot of man hours for the city. LOL
>>
>> Cheri
> My son was building an infill house and one of the neighbours was a young
> lawyer who was forever calling the city to complain about something to do
> with any minor inconvenience to him.
> My son couldn't do anything about it but one day, he took his laser
> surveying equipment and found out that this lawyer had mounted something
> on his roof that was above code limits.
> A beaming city inspector derived great pleasure in ticketing the pesky
> lawyer.

Sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander and all that ...)

Did it quieten him down?


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>

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On 7/5/2015 6:17 AM, Bryan-TGWWW wrote:
> On Saturday, July 4, 2015 at 8:03:06 AM UTC-5, pltrgyst wrote:
>> On 7/4/15 3:48 AM, Troll Disposal Service wrote:
>>>
>>> Your SO stupid!
>>
>> ^^^^^
>>
>> Pot, kettle, {plonk}.
>>
> The "Troll Disposal Service" is too stupid

Just your fit then, enjoy. Troll.

On 2015-07-05 12:13 PM, Nancy Young wrote:

> Boats are beautiful, but I don't want one blocking the
> view out my window. RVs, I'm sure someone somewhere thinks
> they're gorgeous but they are an eyesore and I don't want
> to see one in my neighbor's driveway. Or a tractor trailer.


There is a house about a mile and a half town the road from me in the
residential area that always has at least one stock car in the driveway.
The garage is for the other pieces of scrap he is turning in to stock cars.

"graham" > wrote in message
...

> My son was building an infill house and one of the neighbours was a young
> lawyer who was forever calling the city to complain about something to do
> with any minor inconvenience to him.
> My son couldn't do anything about it but one day, he took his laser
> surveying equipment and found out that this lawyer had mounted something
> on his roof that was above code limits.
> A beaming city inspector derived great pleasure in ticketing the pesky
> lawyer.
> Graham

LOL, funny how that happens.

Cheri

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 7/5/2015 11:42 AM, Cheri wrote:
>> The fact that he's lived in the house for 50 plus years and thinks he
>> owns the street, whereas these newcomers have only been there about 8
>> years. He's a nice man in most ways, but he can be a twit at times.
>> After the city made him take it down, he went all over town looking for
>> illegal type dwellings and reported them. The city inspector actually
>> wrote an article in the paper about him, without naming him, saying this
>> *disgruntled man* was causing a lot of man hours for the city. LOL
>>
>> Cheri
>
> Sounds a bit like Sheldon.
>
> Jill

LOL, yes it does.

On Sat, 04 Jul 2015 21:01:43 -0400, Nancy Young
> wrote:

>
> I had the same situation. Not only did my former neighbor put a
> shed too close to the property line, he didn't realize my lot actually
> went past my fence. It was actually on my property.

What did you do? They can actually gain the rights to your property
if you don't make some sort of a legal note of their encroachment.

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sf

On 05/07/2015 11:18 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "graham" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 05/07/2015 9:42 AM, Cheri wrote:
>>>
>>> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On 7/4/2015 8:21 PM, Cheri wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> "Nancy Young" > wrote
>>>>
>>>>>> It's only considerate. You should think how it impacts your
>>>>>> neighbors, whatever it is.
>>>>
>>>>> In our town, they really don't allow it if it blocks others.
>>>>
>>>> That's a nice law.
>>>>
>>>>> I have a
>>>>> friend who built a big RV garage right next to his neighbor (no permit
>>>>> type of thing) which blocked the entire window of her house on the
>>>>> side,
>>>>
>>>> What would make the guy think he could get away with that, I wonder.
>>>
>>> The fact that he's lived in the house for 50 plus years and thinks he
>>> owns the street, whereas these newcomers have only been there about 8
>>> years. He's a nice man in most ways, but he can be a twit at times.
>>> After the city made him take it down, he went all over town looking for
>>> illegal type dwellings and reported them. The city inspector actually
>>> wrote an article in the paper about him, without naming him, saying this
>>> *disgruntled man* was causing a lot of man hours for the city. LOL
>>>
>>> Cheri
>> My son was building an infill house and one of the neighbours was a young
>> lawyer who was forever calling the city to complain about something to do
>> with any minor inconvenience to him.
>> My son couldn't do anything about it but one day, he took his laser
>> surveying equipment and found out that this lawyer had mounted something
>> on his roof that was above code limits.
>> A beaming city inspector derived great pleasure in ticketing the pesky
>> lawyer.
>
> Sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander and all that ...)
>
> Did it quieten him down?
>
>
It certainly did!
Graham

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On 7/5/2015 11:04 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Saturday, July 4, 2015 at 1:19:23 PM UTC-4, sf wrote:
>> On Fri, 03 Jul 2015 21:48:33 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>>
>>> Hard to say who is dumber. The HOA board or the people that live in a
>>> neighborhood governed by an HOA. Like living in a little dictatorship.
>>
>> I like HOAs because I can live in a house for decades and never see a
>> boat parked in the driveway next door.
>
> I don't think you'd like to live next to me. We have two utility trailers.
>
> One is parked in front of the workshop, and the other is parked behind it.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>
Could I borrow one?

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 7/4/2015 11:02 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On 7/4/2015 10:04 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> This being a holiday weekend, the local water authority doesn't have the
>>> crews to start the repairs until "early next week". They're hoping for
>>> Monday. Meanwhile, we're all dealing with *greatly* reduced water
>>> pressure.
>>>
>>> I wrote to the Dataw Net suggesting maybe it would help with the water
>>> pressure issue if maybe people didn't run their automatic sprinklers
>>> until the problem is fixed.
>>>
>>> Oh. My. God. You'd have thought I suggested they cut off their thumbs!
>>> Not run the sprinklers?! How dare you!
>>>
>>> One guy actually replied to me, it is our OBLIGATION to the Association
>>> to have pretty lawns... must run the sprinklers. Yeah, sure.
>>>
>>
>>
>> You could not write better fiction than what real life gives you.
>
> Truth is often stranger than fiction. Must water the lawn. Even though
> it has rained every night for a week and the ground is already soaking
> wet. Not very bright, are they?
>
> Jill

A lot of people do that, so much so that they have banned watering after a
rain here now, but the homeowners are supposedly worried about acid type
rain sitting on their yards. LOL

Cheri

On Sat, 04 Jul 2015 22:07:59 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

> On 7/4/2015 6:29 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
> > On 7/4/2015 6:18 PM, taxed and spent wrote:
> >> "Jeßus" > wrote
> >
> >>> On Sat, 04 Jul 2015 15:46:51 -0400, Dave Smith
> >>> > wrote:
> >
> >>>> There is that to it. My brother lives in a nice neighbourhood and
> >>>> one of
> >>>> his neighbours parks a big camper trailer there all summer. The people
> >>>> right next door look out their kitchen window and all they see is that
> >>>> trailer.
> >>>
> >>> They should move to a low density area if they don't like that sort of
> >>> thing, IMO. If the neighbour wants to park a trailer or boat in their
> >>> yard, then they should be able to. Where else are they supposed to
> >>> park them?
> >>
> >> There are storage yards available for such things.
> >
> > It's only considerate. You should think how it impacts your
> > neighbors, whatever it is.
> >
> > nancy
>
> There are places to park boats (dry-dock), camper/trailers, RV's where I
> live. HOA or not, no one really wants to look at them just sitting there.
>
A man who lives about a block away owns some sort of a construction
company and is always parking the (very nice looking) trailer he uses
to carry equipment to job sites on city streets. He can obviously
afford to pay for off street parking (plus it would be a business
deduction), but he chooses not to. Local law says that vehicles can't
park on the street more than 3 days in one location. He knows the law
and moves the vehicle on the third day, but it doesn't make him any
less despicable in my book.


--

sf

On 7/5/2015 11:46 AM, sf wrote:
> On Sat, 04 Jul 2015 22:07:59 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 7/4/2015 6:29 PM, Nancy Young wrote:
>>> On 7/4/2015 6:18 PM, taxed and spent wrote:
>>>> "Jeßus" > wrote
>>>
>>>>> On Sat, 04 Jul 2015 15:46:51 -0400, Dave Smith
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> There is that to it. My brother lives in a nice neighbourhood and
>>>>>> one of
>>>>>> his neighbours parks a big camper trailer there all summer. The people
>>>>>> right next door look out their kitchen window and all they see is that
>>>>>> trailer.
>>>>>
>>>>> They should move to a low density area if they don't like that sort of
>>>>> thing, IMO. If the neighbour wants to park a trailer or boat in their
>>>>> yard, then they should be able to. Where else are they supposed to
>>>>> park them?
>>>>
>>>> There are storage yards available for such things.
>>>
>>> It's only considerate. You should think how it impacts your
>>> neighbors, whatever it is.
>>>
>>> nancy
>>
>> There are places to park boats (dry-dock), camper/trailers, RV's where I
>> live. HOA or not, no one really wants to look at them just sitting there.
>>
> A man who lives about a block away owns some sort of a construction
> company and is always parking the (very nice looking) trailer he uses
> to carry equipment to job sites on city streets. He can obviously
> afford to pay for off street parking (plus it would be a business
> deduction), but he chooses not to. Local law says that vehicles can't
> park on the street more than 3 days in one location. He knows the law
> and moves the vehicle on the third day, but it doesn't make him any
> less despicable in my book.
>
>
Fatuous cheaters suck.

On Sat, 04 Jul 2015 23:34:26 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> On 2015-07-04 22:17, wrote:
>
> >>> It's only considerate. You should think how it impacts your
> >>> neighbors, whatever it is.
> >>>
> >>
> >> There are places to park boats (dry-dock), camper/trailers, RV's where I
> >> live. HOA or not, no one really wants to look at them just sitting there.
> >
> > That's a good idea.
> >
> My redneck neighbour has only lived there for a few years but has
> accumulated two out of service vehicles, his two working cars and pickup
> truck, a camper trailer, a plastic garage/tent affair housing his lawn
> tractor and mini backhoe. There is also a collection of crates out
> there. Luckily, the former owner of the house between us had the god
> sense to plant some small evergreens to block the scene from our eyes.
> If his flag pole was a little shorter I would not see the Confederate
> flag he flies.

That's exactly why I am not against HOAs. They keep the neighborhood
from looking like Tobacco Road.

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sf

On 2015-07-05 1:35 PM, sf wrote:

>> I had the same situation. Not only did my former neighbor put a
>> shed too close to the property line, he didn't realize my lot actually
>> went past my fence. It was actually on my property.
>
> What did you do? They can actually gain the rights to your property
> if you don't make some sort of a legal note of their encroachment.
>


We used to have a jackass neighbour who knew all about squatters rights.
He was a farmer with a several parcels of land along this street and at
one time had 6 lawsuits going with neighbours. He would plant trees
right up to and sometimes over the property line. After the requisite
number of years he would go to court and try to claim the land that he
had been working.

He tried it on me but it never got to court. He had trees planted right
up to the line. I had cut down some trees and left the trunks piled
along the property line for a while. Later on, after I had removed them
he was disking his orchard and coming across my property. I went out and
hammered in some stakes with an axe. He just ran right over them. When I
stood in front of his tractor he yelled at me to get out of the way or
he would run me over. He then popped the clutch. I had the axe in my
hand. The axe was swung... at the tractor. He called the police and
wanted me charged with attempted murder. When the police heard my side
of the story he was the one who got the warning. The best part of the
encounter was there was no a police record of me keeping him off my
property so any hops of claiming that strip of land were dashed and I
was a hero to the other neighbours.

On 7/5/2015 11:51 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> I had the axe in my hand. The axe was swung... at the tractor. He
> called the police


You just can't manage to get along with people, you asshole.

"graham" > wrote in message
...
> On 05/07/2015 11:18 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>
>> "graham" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On 05/07/2015 9:42 AM, Cheri wrote:
>>>>
>>>> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> On 7/4/2015 8:21 PM, Cheri wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Nancy Young" > wrote
>>>>>
>>>>>>> It's only considerate. You should think how it impacts your
>>>>>>> neighbors, whatever it is.
>>>>>
>>>>>> In our town, they really don't allow it if it blocks others.
>>>>>
>>>>> That's a nice law.
>>>>>
>>>>>> I have a
>>>>>> friend who built a big RV garage right next to his neighbor (no
>>>>>> permit
>>>>>> type of thing) which blocked the entire window of her house on the
>>>>>> side,
>>>>>
>>>>> What would make the guy think he could get away with that, I wonder.
>>>>
>>>> The fact that he's lived in the house for 50 plus years and thinks he
>>>> owns the street, whereas these newcomers have only been there about 8
>>>> years. He's a nice man in most ways, but he can be a twit at times.
>>>> After the city made him take it down, he went all over town looking for
>>>> illegal type dwellings and reported them. The city inspector actually
>>>> wrote an article in the paper about him, without naming him, saying
>>>> this
>>>> *disgruntled man* was causing a lot of man hours for the city. LOL
>>>>
>>>> Cheri
>>> My son was building an infill house and one of the neighbours was a
>>> young
>>> lawyer who was forever calling the city to complain about something to
>>> do
>>> with any minor inconvenience to him.
>>> My son couldn't do anything about it but one day, he took his laser
>>> surveying equipment and found out that this lawyer had mounted something
>>> on his roof that was above code limits.
>>> A beaming city inspector derived great pleasure in ticketing the pesky
>>> lawyer.
>>
>> Sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander and all that ...)
>>
>> Did it quieten him down?
>>
>>
> It certainly did!


Reeeeesult!!!


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On Sun, 5 Jul 2015 10:04:00 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

> On Saturday, July 4, 2015 at 1:19:23 PM UTC-4, sf wrote:
> > On Fri, 03 Jul 2015 21:48:33 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
> >
> > > Hard to say who is dumber. The HOA board or the people that live in a
> > > neighborhood governed by an HOA. Like living in a little dictatorship.
> >
> > I like HOAs because I can live in a house for decades and never see a
> > boat parked in the driveway next door.
>
> I don't think you'd like to live next to me. We have two utility trailers.
>
> One is parked in front of the workshop, and the other is parked behind it.
>
I certainly would NOT. I wouldn't even consider buying in a
neighborhood where I saw something like that.

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sf

On Sun, 5 Jul 2015 05:17:08 -0700 (PDT), Bryan-TGWWW
> wrote:

> On Saturday, July 4, 2015 at 8:03:06 AM UTC-5, pltrgyst wrote:
> > On 7/4/15 3:48 AM, Troll Disposal Service wrote:
> > >
> > > Your SO stupid!
> >
> > ^^^^^
> >
> > Pot, kettle, {plonk}.
> >
> The "Troll Disposal Service" is too stupid to know the difference between
> your and you're.
> >

You're too stupid to know a frogger when you see one.

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sf

On 2015-07-05 1:35 PM, sf wrote:

>
> What did you do? They can actually gain the rights to your property
> if you don't make some sort of a legal note of their encroachment.
>


Best story I ever heard about that was from one of my professors whose
stories were very credible. A friend of his had built a fence along
the property line. His neighbour complained because a by law required
the fence to be a certain distance in from the property line.

His revenge was to move the fence quite a bit further than he had to.
He new the neighbour was planning to build something. He waited until
the building was finished. It seems that the neighbour had made an
assumption about the property line based on the location of the fence,
but had actually built it extending onto the friend's property. When
the building was finished he went to the city to complain about his
being partly on his property and the guy had to tear it down. He got
the last laugh on that one.

On 7/5/2015 11:56 AM, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Jul 2015 05:17:08 -0700 (PDT), Bryan-TGWWW
> > wrote:
>
>> On Saturday, July 4, 2015 at 8:03:06 AM UTC-5, pltrgyst wrote:
>>> On 7/4/15 3:48 AM, Troll Disposal Service wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Your SO stupid!
>>>
>>> ^^^^^
>>>
>>> Pot, kettle, {plonk}.
>>>
>> The "Troll Disposal Service" is too stupid to know the difference between
>> your and you're.
>>>
>
> You're too stupid to know a frogger when you see one.
>

Bwyan ain't the sharpest shovel in the shed..

On Sat, 04 Jul 2015 17:42:34 -0400, Nancy Young <replyto@inemail>
wrote:

> On 7/4/2015 4:33 PM, wrote:
> > On Saturday, July 4, 2015 at 2:57:46 PM UTC-5, Nancy Young wrote:
>
> >> He's gone now, and my mother won't
> >> turn it on unless it's really unbearable. I don't know if it's
> >> that depression era mentality or some sort of perverse pride in
> >> being tough.
>
> > My mother's kitchen faced west/southwest and it would be an oven
> > in there during the summer. She had a room size a/c in one
> > of the kitchen windows but she'd never turn it on UNTIL she
> > went in there to cook and it was already like a sauna.
>
> Ugh! It'll never cool it off at the point, never mind she's
> adding heat.
>
> > I told
> > her she needed to turn it on well before she did any cooking
> > which resulted in many heated arguments.
>
> Heh.
>
> > She was scared to
> > death that electric bill would go up $5 for the month;
>
> Oh, does that sound familiar.
>
> > it
> > was the depression era mentality. Save! Save! Save! Don't
> > spend a dime unless it's becomes a life threatening situation!
> > Hoard that dollar!
>
> I remember as a teenager, frustrated about some crazy way
> she'd some up with to save money and I said You'd do Anything
> to save a dime! The look on her face was so puzzled, Of Course!
> I can laugh about that now.
>

Depression Era thinking was burned deeply into the psyches of those
who grew up during those hard times.

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sf

On 7/5/2015 11:59 AM, sf wrote:
> On Sat, 04 Jul 2015 17:42:34 -0400, Nancy Young <replyto@inemail>
> wrote:
>
>> On 7/4/2015 4:33 PM, wrote:
>>> On Saturday, July 4, 2015 at 2:57:46 PM UTC-5, Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>>>> He's gone now, and my mother won't
>>>> turn it on unless it's really unbearable. I don't know if it's
>>>> that depression era mentality or some sort of perverse pride in
>>>> being tough.
>>
>>> My mother's kitchen faced west/southwest and it would be an oven
>>> in there during the summer. She had a room size a/c in one
>>> of the kitchen windows but she'd never turn it on UNTIL she
>>> went in there to cook and it was already like a sauna.
>>
>> Ugh! It'll never cool it off at the point, never mind she's
>> adding heat.
>>
>> > I told
>>> her she needed to turn it on well before she did any cooking
>>> which resulted in many heated arguments.
>>
>> Heh.
>>
>>> She was scared to
>>> death that electric bill would go up $5 for the month;
>>
>> Oh, does that sound familiar.
>>
>>> it
>>> was the depression era mentality. Save! Save! Save! Don't
>>> spend a dime unless it's becomes a life threatening situation!
>>> Hoard that dollar!
>>
>> I remember as a teenager, frustrated about some crazy way
>> she'd some up with to save money and I said You'd do Anything
>> to save a dime! The look on her face was so puzzled, Of Course!
>> I can laugh about that now.
>>
>
> Depression Era thinking was burned deeply into the psyches of those
> who grew up during those hard times.
>

For darned good reason too!

On Sun, 5 Jul 2015 09:58:43 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

> In Ann Arbor (and I'm glad I actually live just outside of town)
> if you don't mow your lawn, the city will come around and mow
> it, and bill you. Mind you, the weeds have to be pretty tall
> and I think your neighbors have to rat you out before the city
> pays attention.

I think all cities do that - it's for fire prevention.

> Same with snow removal.

They should plow the streets as a basic city service, are you saying
they plow driveways?

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sf

On Sat, 04 Jul 2015 18:33:47 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:

> Julie Bove wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
> >
> > Yes. You can find window units even at some drug and grocery stores.
> > You can't find portable ones in too many places and if you want one
> > you might have to go online. When I did look at Amazon, many of
> > those units take 2-5 months to ship. Now you could get lucky like my
> > friend did. She got one for cheap at the store where her husband
> > works. But normally they are not even something you'd see in a store
> > here.
>
> Try that again. I got one off Amazon.com, used the free shipping and
> it was here in 4 days. I do not see ANY that take 2-5 months to ship.
>
> Post the URL of one that does take that long or retract that statement
> because you are lying. Even if you CAN find one that slow, it will take
> you a long time to find one.
>
Honestly, Carol - I think the only time she uses Amazon is for
groceries. She uses Swagbucks for everything else, including as a
search engine.

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sf

On Saturday, July 4, 2015 at 3:57:46 PM UTC-4, Nancy Young wrote:

> You would be amazed ... well, maybe I'm just amazed ... at how many
> people turn the air on in May sometime and never turn it off all
> summer. It could be the most beautiful cool and breezy spring-
> like day but those windows are shut tight. I'm sure some people
> must have allergies, but I've heard people say it's more efficient
> to leave it on rather than let the house warm up at all.

That's us. Husband has allergies/asthma. Keeping the allergens
out and the humidity down helps him a lot.

I've become a total wuss about the heat. Air-conditioned house,
car, and office. I never get used to the heat anymore.

Cindy Hamilton

"Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
...
> On Saturday, July 4, 2015 at 3:57:46 PM UTC-4, Nancy Young wrote:
>
>> You would be amazed ... well, maybe I'm just amazed ... at how many
>> people turn the air on in May sometime and never turn it off all
>> summer. It could be the most beautiful cool and breezy spring-
>> like day but those windows are shut tight. I'm sure some people
>> must have allergies, but I've heard people say it's more efficient
>> to leave it on rather than let the house warm up at all.
>
> That's us. Husband has allergies/asthma. Keeping the allergens
> out and the humidity down helps him a lot.
>
> I've become a total wuss about the heat. Air-conditioned house,
> car, and office. I never get used to the heat anymore.
>
> Cindy Hamilton

Yes, people with breathing issues have a hard time with heat.

Cheri

On Sat, 04 Jul 2015 22:04:07 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 7/4/2015 3:46 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> There is that to it. My brother lives in a nice neighbourhood and one of
>> his neighbours parks a big camper trailer there all summer. The people
>> right next door look out their kitchen window and all they see is that
>> trailer.
>>
>>
>You can't park a boat or a trailer or an RV in the driveway for any
>length of time where I live. There is an area for parking them. No one
>really wants to look out the window every day and see them.
>
>Change of subject: I just got into an "argument" (of sorts) with a
>couple of men on the Dataw Net. There is a break in the water main on
>the island.
>
>This being a holiday weekend, the local water authority doesn't have the
>crews to start the repairs until "early next week". They're hoping for
>Monday. Meanwhile, we're all dealing with *greatly* reduced water pressure.
>
>I wrote to the Dataw Net suggesting maybe it would help with the water
>pressure issue if maybe people didn't run their automatic sprinklers
>until the problem is fixed.
>
>Oh. My. God. You'd have thought I suggested they cut off their thumbs!
> Not run the sprinklers?! How dare you!
>
>One guy actually replied to me, it is our OBLIGATION to the Association
>to have pretty lawns... must run the sprinklers. Yeah, sure.
>
>My answer was: Look out the window. It's been raining for the last two
>hours. It has rained every night for the last week, off and on
>throughout the night. It's supposed to rain again tomorrow. I really
>don't think the lawn needs your help.
>
>I'd much prefer having enough water pressure to rinse shampoo out of my
>hair without it taking 15 minutes.
>
>These people certainly have some strange priorities.
>
>I should have said I suppose I could stand outside in the rain every
>night to take a shower. They do say rain water is good for hair.
>
>Jill

I'll bet there is a bus load of ******* lawyers who would gladly take
the water department to court for "waiting until next week" to start
digging up that leaking pipe. That is unsatisfactory. I bet the state
would pull their permit to sell water if you let them know the idiots
told you they can't start until next week. Tell them you want to see a
backhoe out there digging NOW!

William

On Saturday, July 4, 2015 at 11:34:21 PM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:

> If his flag pole was a little shorter I would not see the Confederate
> flag he flies.

A Confederate flag in Canada? That's just weird.

Cindy Hamilton

On Sat, 04 Jul 2015 23:46:19 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

> On 7/4/2015 11:02 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> > On 7/4/2015 10:04 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> This being a holiday weekend, the local water authority doesn't have the
> >> crews to start the repairs until "early next week". They're hoping for
> >> Monday. Meanwhile, we're all dealing with *greatly* reduced water
> >> pressure.
> >>
> >> I wrote to the Dataw Net suggesting maybe it would help with the water
> >> pressure issue if maybe people didn't run their automatic sprinklers
> >> until the problem is fixed.
> >>
> >> Oh. My. God. You'd have thought I suggested they cut off their thumbs!
> >> Not run the sprinklers?! How dare you!
> >>
> >> One guy actually replied to me, it is our OBLIGATION to the Association
> >> to have pretty lawns... must run the sprinklers. Yeah, sure.
> >>
> >
> >
> > You could not write better fiction than what real life gives you.
>
> Truth is often stranger than fiction. Must water the lawn. Even though
> it has rained every night for a week and the ground is already soaking
> wet. Not very bright, are they?
>
This is good enough for Jerry Seinfeld. Seriously!


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sf

On Sunday, July 5, 2015 at 1:41:42 PM UTC-4, Acme Bully Control wrote:

> Could I borrow one?

Sure. You can borrow the one that's full of junk that needs to be
taken to the dump. No need to thank me.

Cindy Hamilton

On 7/5/2015 12:43 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Saturday, July 4, 2015 at 11:34:21 PM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
>
>> If his flag pole was a little shorter I would not see the Confederate
>> flag he flies.
>
> A Confederate flag in Canada? That's just weird.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>

It is indeed.

On 7/5/2015 11:42 AM, Cheri wrote:
>
> "Nancy Young" > wrote

>> On 7/4/2015 8:21 PM, Cheri wrote:

>>> I have a
>>> friend who built a big RV garage right next to his neighbor (no permit
>>> type of thing) which blocked the entire window of her house on the side,
>>
>> What would make the guy think he could get away with that, I wonder.
>
> The fact that he's lived in the house for 50 plus years and thinks he
> owns the street, whereas these newcomers have only been there about 8
> years.

Ah.

> He's a nice man in most ways, but he can be a twit at times.

Apparently.

> After the city made him take it down, he went all over town looking for
> illegal type dwellings and reported them. The city inspector actually
> wrote an article in the paper about him, without naming him, saying this
> *disgruntled man* was causing a lot of man hours for the city. LOL

What a kook! I'm surprised they even take his calls any more.
Chronic whiner on the line.

Reminds me of a guy I once worked with, he was always watching
everyone, making sure they clocked out, reporting to the boss.
I came to find out he got snagged coming in to work on the
weekends to play checkers or something with some other employee
and putting in for overtime.

Getting caught turns them into vengeful little hall monitors.

nancy

On Sunday, July 5, 2015 at 1:55:16 PM UTC-4, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Jul 2015 10:04:00 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
> > On Saturday, July 4, 2015 at 1:19:23 PM UTC-4, sf wrote:
> > > On Fri, 03 Jul 2015 21:48:33 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hard to say who is dumber. The HOA board or the people that live in a
> > > > neighborhood governed by an HOA. Like living in a little dictatorship.
> > >
> > > I like HOAs because I can live in a house for decades and never see a
> > > boat parked in the driveway next door.
> >
> > I don't think you'd like to live next to me. We have two utility trailers.
> >
> > One is parked in front of the workshop, and the other is parked behind it.
> >
> I certainly would NOT. I wouldn't even consider buying in a
> neighborhood where I saw something like that.

We're on a road of one- and two-acre lots. People keep up their
properties, but the occasional extra car or trailer or something
is pretty much par for the course. I really can't see much of
my neighbors' yards from mine, and vice versa. We cut down some
overgrown shrubs in the front last year, so we're pretty exposed
to the road until their replacements grow up a bit.

Cindy Hamilton

On 7/5/2015 12:49 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Sunday, July 5, 2015 at 1:41:42 PM UTC-4, Acme Bully Control wrote:
>
>> Could I borrow one?
>
> Sure. You can borrow the one that's full of junk that needs to be
> taken to the dump. No need to thank me.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>

LOL!

At least you were neighborly.

On 7/5/2015 1:35 PM, sf wrote:
> On Sat, 04 Jul 2015 21:01:43 -0400, Nancy Young
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> I had the same situation. Not only did my former neighbor put a
>> shed too close to the property line, he didn't realize my lot actually
>> went past my fence. It was actually on my property.
>
> What did you do? They can actually gain the rights to your property
> if you don't make some sort of a legal note of their encroachment.

I did think about that, but decided it wouldn't be a problem
unless I decided to move the fence. Losing that strip of land
would make my property non-conforming, and I don't think it
would be permitted.

Hurricane Sandy fixed all that in one fell swoop. Took down
the tree that was the reason my fence was inside my property
line by so much to start with, and crushed that shed to
splinters. Heh. By then we had new neighbors, and we told
them we're getting a new fence and it will be closer on their
side. They just said okay, but I do have the survey if they
called me on it.

nancy

On Sunday, July 5, 2015 at 2:08:34 PM UTC-4, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Jul 2015 09:58:43 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
> > In Ann Arbor (and I'm glad I actually live just outside of town)
> > if you don't mow your lawn, the city will come around and mow
> > it, and bill you. Mind you, the weeds have to be pretty tall
> > and I think your neighbors have to rat you out before the city
> > pays attention.
>
> I think all cities do that - it's for fire prevention.

Fires in town are pretty much limited to structure fires.
It's nice and juicy here. It's definitely an appearance
issue, and to a certain extent, about traffic safety.
A few years ago, there was a kerfuffle about gardens in
the space between the sidewalk and the street; the city
didn't want them to block the sightlines of people pulling
out of driveways.

> > Same with snow removal.
>
> They should plow the streets as a basic city service, are you saying
> they plow driveways?

Sorry, I wasn't clear. Snow must be removed from the sidewalks
within 24 hours of a snowfall of X inches. I don't think the city
cares about people's driveways.

Cindy Hamilton

On 05/07/2015 11:54 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>

>
> Reeeeesult!!!
>
>
And another one!
My late father's neighbour was a chronic letter writing complainer. He
even threatened my father with a lawyer's letter if he didn't cut the
shared hedge on HIS side!
The dead-end lane at the back of their houses was wider at one spot to
allow cars to turn around but everyone used it to park their cars
instead. He complained repeatedly to the council and eventually they
painted double yellow lines there, which really ****ed off the other
neighbours.
Then one day his daughter visited. He told her it was OK to park in that
spot!!!!!! But some neighbour called the authorities and she got a
parking ticket!
Graham
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On 7/5/2015 2:33 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Saturday, July 4, 2015 at 3:57:46 PM UTC-4, Nancy Young wrote:
>
>> You would be amazed ... well, maybe I'm just amazed ... at how many
>> people turn the air on in May sometime and never turn it off all
>> summer. It could be the most beautiful cool and breezy spring-
>> like day but those windows are shut tight. I'm sure some people
>> must have allergies, but I've heard people say it's more efficient
>> to leave it on rather than let the house warm up at all.
>
> That's us. Husband has allergies/asthma. Keeping the allergens
> out and the humidity down helps him a lot.

I get that. Why be miserable if you don't have to?

People have told me they shut the house for the summer because
they think it's more efficient, those are the people I dn't
get.

> I've become a total wuss about the heat. Air-conditioned house,
> car, and office. I never get used to the heat anymore.

True. I will walk in the heat, but it had better be cool
when I get back home. I tolerate some heat but when it
starts getting uncomfortable and there's no relief in sight,
on goes the a/c.

nancy

"Cheri" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Saturday, July 4, 2015 at 3:57:46 PM UTC-4, Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>>> You would be amazed ... well, maybe I'm just amazed ... at how many
>>> people turn the air on in May sometime and never turn it off all
>>> summer. It could be the most beautiful cool and breezy spring-
>>> like day but those windows are shut tight. I'm sure some people
>>> must have allergies, but I've heard people say it's more efficient
>>> to leave it on rather than let the house warm up at all.
>>
>> That's us. Husband has allergies/asthma. Keeping the allergens
>> out and the humidity down helps him a lot.
>>
>> I've become a total wuss about the heat. Air-conditioned house,
>> car, and office. I never get used to the heat anymore.
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>
> Yes, people with breathing issues have a hard time with heat.

Yes and also with cold. I have the same problems as Cindy's husband.



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"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
...
> On 7/5/2015 11:42 AM, Cheri wrote:
>>
>> "Nancy Young" > wrote
>
>>> On 7/4/2015 8:21 PM, Cheri wrote:
>
>>>> I have a
>>>> friend who built a big RV garage right next to his neighbor (no permit
>>>> type of thing) which blocked the entire window of her house on the
>>>> side,
>>>
>>> What would make the guy think he could get away with that, I wonder.
>>
>> The fact that he's lived in the house for 50 plus years and thinks he
>> owns the street, whereas these newcomers have only been there about 8
>> years.
>
> Ah.
>
>> He's a nice man in most ways, but he can be a twit at times.
>
> Apparently.
>
>> After the city made him take it down, he went all over town looking for
>> illegal type dwellings and reported them. The city inspector actually
>> wrote an article in the paper about him, without naming him, saying this
>> *disgruntled man* was causing a lot of man hours for the city. LOL
>
> What a kook! I'm surprised they even take his calls any more.
> Chronic whiner on the line.

I don't find him to be a kook. If there is a law that is imposed on me, I
expect it to be imposed on all, or better yet repealed. How else to get it
repealed than to make others subject to it too.