Lol! I was going for a 'don't look at me, damned if I know" sort of shrug. I figured you were teasing.
I can see why some parts are appealing. Like if it is one that enforces a lawn maintenance type thing so no one's yard looks unruly? I dunno.
I also feel like I'm biased since I live in the boonies and we only have one neighbor. HOA party of two?
I'm also biased because I like wild eccentric stuff. If my neighbor had an overgrown yard with sculptures and chickens all over it I'd love it. I would draw the line at hazardous stuff I guess.
When I go down to my parents I pass a house that has a GIANT BLACK ROOSTER in the front yard.
Every time we go by we're like "Hey, there's the big black cock again" and die laughing like the 13 year olds we are.
As per usual, I'm grumpy and impatient during tech lab.
Same couple from last week (who were bickering) are back. They spent 1.5 hours trying to get a map on their laptop. They finally get it. Then they ask if they can print it. They're pissed off when I told them you can only print from the lab computers and demand to know why I didn't tell them.
Um, 1. there are signs everywhere. 2. How am I supposed to know how you wanted to print something?
I've got nothing today except for the fact that the shoes I bought for work two weeks ago are already falling apart. I'm debating if I should go to DSW and complain or just buy new shoes.
I would complain for sure. Maybe get a replacement pair. I had to do that with a pair from Kohls. Got the same shoes as before and no problems with second pair. Must have been a fluke.
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I've got nothing today except for the fact that the shoes I bought for work two weeks ago are already falling apart. I'm debating if I should go to DSW and complain or just buy new shoes.
I would complain for sure. Maybe get a replacement pair. I had to do that with a pair from Kohls. Got the same shoes as before and no problems with second pair. Must have been a fluke.
I just feel like such a jerk because I have no receipt or shoebox. Do you think they'll still be okay with it?
That's awesome that your uncle owns a display! The bands I mentioned have never been inducted into the HoF! They have books and shirts that show the artists/people inducted by the year, and they aren't there!
ETA: if they were inducted, they would be on the shirt or in the book right?
The induction process is stupid in my mind. The band has to have released an album a minimum of 25 years ago and then there's a whole list of criteria they must meet, then the induction board votes on it, and they only induct like 5 bands/artists let year. But green day was inducted in 2015. I think the bands ou mentioned have NOT been inducted. There's a whole list on the rock hall website you can look at. They also list all of the upcoming displays and stuff.
My uncle is a big Devo fan. He's weird. He is the Devo promotion manager so he has tons of collectible clothes, props, albums, etc. Of all the bands to be obsessed with Devo would be myasthenia choice lol.
They also induct artists like Madonna who aren't rock and roll. That one confused me.
I would complain for sure. Maybe get a replacement pair. I had to do that with a pair from Kohls. Got the same shoes as before and no problems with second pair. Must have been a fluke.
I just feel like such a jerk because I have no receipt or shoebox. Do you think they'll still be okay with it?
They should be able to look up when you paid for it if you used a debit/credit card. It can't hurt to try.
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My neighborhood has a fb page and there are several people saying that some of our HOA rules are dumb and they refuse to follow them because, ya know, my property, my rights, 'Murica! We all know the rules before buying in the neighborhood. If you think they're stupid, buy a house somewhere else. These people make me want to get on the board when they open it up to the homeowners (we're a new neighborhood so the HOA is run by the developer for now).
... do you live in my HOA?
Seriously. People are just... so stupid. "What do you mean this is a HOA, I never got any paperwork with the rules, so I don't have to follow them." Dude. Did you miss the signs driving in? Did you miss the statement of "private community" in the house listing? You sure as shit got a copy of the bylaws when you signed, trust me. Just because you now don't like a rule doesn't mean that you can claim ignorance.
I've got nothing today except for the fact that the shoes I bought for work two weeks ago are already falling apart. I'm debating if I should go to DSW and complain or just buy new shoes.
There's a neighborhood near here where the rules seem crazy. They have the tree rule, a rule about how many windows face the road (like if you ever wanted to build an addition...), what day you cut the grass (what if it's raining???), parking cars in the driveway vs garage. I don't know the specifics, but I'll take my country living with one neighbor.
That said... I'm sure there are plenty of benefits and the area does look really nice.
Everything looks the same?
Little boxes on the hillside, little boxes made of ticky tacky...
That's awesome that your uncle owns a display! The bands I mentioned have never been inducted into the HoF! They have books and shirts that show the artists/people inducted by the year, and they aren't there!
ETA: if they were inducted, they would be on the shirt or in the book right?
The induction process is stupid in my mind. The band has to have released an album a minimum of 25 years ago and then there's a whole list of criteria they must meet, then the induction board votes on it, and they only induct like 5 bands/artists let year. But green day was inducted in 2015. I think the bands ou mentioned have NOT been inducted. There's a whole list on the rock hall website you can look at. They also list all of the upcoming displays and stuff.
My uncle is a big Devo fan. He's weird. He is the Devo promotion manager so he has tons of collectible clothes, props, albums, etc. Of all the bands to be obsessed with Devo would be myasthenia choice lol.
Your uncle has a really cool job! He must have a lot of great stories!
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HOAs are the norm in a lot of Florida. Some are definitely more strict than others and I think ours is middle of the road. The reason I think they're good here is that the houses are very close together (10' between houses is common). So if someone doesn't keep up the appearance of their house and property, I think it affects their neighbors more than if there was ample space between houses. Now I do think that things like no parking on the street overnight and no trucks or SUVs with work advertisements allowed unless they're in the garage is stupid.
Our HOA's only rules on parking are that 1) you can't be in the road, 2) you can't park an RV/Trailer/Boat in front of your house for more than 3 days at a time and 3) all cars park outside your garage must be in working order and have their registration/licensing kept up to date. Someone tried to petition recently to get a rule added as to how many cars you can have parked in front of your house on the regular. It didn't go far, because most people don't care enough.
We're a little stricter about trees and large plants, partly because we have a lot of really steep hillsides in the community, and if people just started taking out trees and plants whenever they wanted, we'd have some issues with soil erosion that would impact people at the bottom of the hill.
CD1 started right after I got out of the shower this morning. Then I checked my work email and mid-year performance reviews start today. I sent that annoying director those case studies yesterday, and of course got zero thank you for them today. My new work mobile arrived yesterday with no instructions and isn't working, so I get to spend at least part of my day dealing with help desk.
On the plus side, someone made a fresh pot of coffee just as I was getting there. AND I totally forgot I bought myself a piece of cake at the bakery yesterday and didn't eat it. So I might not kill anyone today.
My eyes glazed over after the first ten posts about HOA. (Country bumpkin with nobody to tell me how to cut my grass here). And then I came upon roastytoasty's signature, and my eyes started to hurt.
to the bolded: same here. Where I live there is no HOA only blight complaints and it has to be really bad in order to file a blight complaint. We have neighbors that leave trash outside for weeks and I called the landlord, he was no help. I called blight complaint and told me that if the trash is in the backyard there's nothing they can do.
Can't wait to put my 6' privacy fence up next spring.
CD1 started right after I got out of the shower this morning. Then I checked my work email and mid-year performance reviews start today. I sent that annoying director those case studies yesterday, and of course got zero thank you for them today. My new work mobile arrived yesterday with no instructions and isn't working, so I get to spend at least part of my day dealing with help desk.
On the plus side, someone made a fresh pot of coffee just as I was getting there. AND I totally forgot I bought myself a piece of cake at the bakery yesterday and didn't eat it. So I might not kill anyone today.
Who buys cake and doesn't eat it? WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!?!
Same. Now I only write down the dosage/timing if she has to give him medication.
I may or may not have laminated instructions glued to both the dog food and cat food bins. And they are similarly ridiculous...
"Don't feed Bella too close to Dave" "If Bindi doesn't eat all of her food in 20 minutes, pour it back in the food bin or the cats will eat it." "Bernie and Bella are door dashers, listen for bells before opening door" "Bindi can play with dog next door but NOT dog two doors down"
I also have laminated copies that include a photo and description of each animal for the rare occasions that we have to hire professional pet sitters rather than just have family stop by to help.
LOL I do the same thing. MIL and FIL are the only people who really watch our dogs, and I always leave a list like:
Dozer eats his food pretty fast. When's he's done, make him "sit" and wait for Luna to get done. He should obey since this is routine. If you don't, he will push her aside and eat her food too.
Don't leave the dog bag where Dozer can get it. He will eat anything inside.
..etc..
The list also includes microchip numbers, vet phone number, and anything else I know about my dog. I have no idea why I include these things.
It's pretty ridiculous. But I left them overnight a couple of weeks ago and didn't leave a list since it was only 14 hours at most and woke up to a text from MIL that Dozer had gotten into the dog bag overnight and eaten both of the breakfasts and a whole bag of treats...so I find the list absolutely necessary.
CD1 started right after I got out of the shower this morning. Then I checked my work email and mid-year performance reviews start today. I sent that annoying director those case studies yesterday, and of course got zero thank you for them today. My new work mobile arrived yesterday with no instructions and isn't working, so I get to spend at least part of my day dealing with help desk.
On the plus side, someone made a fresh pot of coffee just as I was getting there. AND I totally forgot I bought myself a piece of cake at the bakery yesterday and didn't eat it. So I might not kill anyone today.
Who buys cake and doesn't eat it? WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!?!
I had a huge lunch! The big slice of cake was too much.
Or maybe, subconsciously, I knew I would need that cake today.
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