why does your snark bark at the lark?

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granitestateofmind said:
I don't think you did anything wrong, Steve. People are idiots anyways...some of them - and usually they are the most vocal.

My morning drive yesterday. Near whiteout conditions at times. Slow going, more than a few people off the road and rolled over.

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Ended up we got another foot or so of snow on top of what we already had. Haven't had a winter like this in a while. Fun fun fun.
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Thanks, that's one heck of a nice looking bridge you got there
 
granitestateofmind said:
I don't think you did anything wrong, Steve. People are idiots anyways...some of them - and usually they are the most vocal.

My morning drive yesterday. Near whiteout conditions at times. Slow going, more than a few people off the road and rolled over.

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Ended up we got another foot or so of snow on top of what we already had. Haven't had a winter like this in a while. Fun fun fun.
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there's over three feet in the backyard, had to buy a snow shovel! two actually. a good enough one NOW, and a mail order one (all metal)

and a roof rake. there's over 2 feet on the front roof

nice winter

i heard boston was a C*F today, between the T system being shutdown by the "extreme weather" (what?) and bad plowing, total grid lock
 
james terrio said:
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I am going to have to take a long look at my life and see where I went wrong to end up here and whether I ever want to come back to this place. I THINK I'M BLIND NOW!!!



granitestateofmind said:
My morning drive yesterday. Near whiteout conditions at times. Slow going, more than a few people off the road and rolled over.

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Ended up we got another foot or so of snow on top of what we already had. Haven't had a winter like this in a while. Fun fun fun.
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That's brutal. Y'all stay safe out there in that stuff.
 
james terrio said:
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james terrio said:
Some chick who's been hitting me up on FaceBook. She's kinda cute in a granny kinda way, but there's something... not quite right about her :confused:
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Sounds like the start to a beautiful relationship JT!
Something.....not quite right you say? Hmm, I don't see it.
Anyway, good luck on this mysterious newly kindled love affair!
From here on out it's Bengay, Efferdent, and electric recliners for you my friend!

Wait just a damn minute!!.... Is that Rip Taylor?!!!



 
worldwood said:
Well actually i havent heard if it will be month to month or a 6 month lease or what... My lease ended 3 days ago but she hasnt been by with the new one yet. She called to let me know she would be coming by to take pictures and stuff and i asked her about the lease and she said the owner is re-doing it.... So im waiting to see how it turns out, but since she is coming by im guessing they are going to work out something for me to leave in July... Thankfully!!
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I think the landlord is a real chicken poop for not manning up and giving you an answer BEFORE the lease was up since you originally asked them about it WAY before the lease was close to being up. IANAL, but I think you are technically already in a month to month (m2m) lease situation, based on my family's and my own 40+ years of rental experience. But that's based on TEXAS law.

You oughtta contact a real estate lawyer or maybe Philadelphia's "Renters' Association" or "Tenant Council" (many big cities do have them for the expressed purpose of advising renters about their rights). The laws vary from state to state (and even sometimes by city if they have specific ordinances relating to rental units). Take your copy of the lease for them to look over. Sometimes the legal mumbo-jumbo in a lease has references to end of lease / m2m transitions.

Many state laws on rentals is such that if a lease expires without renewal and the renter pays the last valid lease's specified amount on time, the lease "converts" to a "m2m" lease that then just requires a 30 day notice to vacate, with the definition of "when does the 30 days start" being variable. So in that scenario, if you paid the Feb rent on time, if the landlord wants to boot you out, that would take you to the end of March. Don't know how the eviction process runs up there, but down here in Texas that can take anywhere from 2 to 4 weeks - how long to get a court date set, the time for appeals, when the constable's office can provide a constable to oversee the boot out, etc.

Lots of variables, which is why I stated first - talk to a lawyer.

Worst case? Sign a 1 year's lease and then bail in 6 months. God knows my parents had more than one of those happen in the 40 years they had rentals. Which is why they finally went to an all "month to month" system 20 years ago. If the landlord is real bitchy, they might ding your credit report but they're not gonna follow you all the way to FL to get unpaid rent - would cost them more than they would get.
 
TMHunt said:
Don't blame me, Terrio started the shit! Lol.
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Like hell I did!! You're the one who started the whole Bruce-Jenner-becoming-a-woman-appreciation-thread that popped up on my FB feed, and then your glamour pics started rolling in.

I just figured I'd go ahead and share the joy with the fine folks here. Hate to have 'em miss out. :D

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Lots of variables, which is why I stated first - talk to a lawyer.
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Right on. Landlords can be a huge pain in the neck, mostly because they think they've got you over a barrel, and they know most tenants have no clue what their rights are, nor can they afford to fight for 'em. More than once I had serious problems with landlords, who told me to basically go do to something very unpleasant to myself. Because "I have lawyers on staff that will make your life hell."

Oh yeah tough guy? We'll see about that... What they didn't know was that my closest aunt just happened to be the regional managing attorney for HUD at the time. You bring in a bigshot Fed to start making calls and sending angry letters on official letterhead... things get cleared up real quick ;)
 
This could be the best, no BS vid review on the 7 out there. It sure cracked me up.

[video=youtube;B4wSFXQSW4Y]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4wSFXQSW4Y[/video]
 
james terrio said:
Like hell I did!! You're the one who started the whole Bruce-Jenner-becoming-a-woman-appreciation-thread that popped up on my FB feed, and then your glamour pics started rolling in.

I just figured I'd go ahead and share the joy with the fine folks here. Hate to have 'em miss out. :D

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I would have been perfectly content with missing out... :D
 
zzyzzogeton said:
I think the landlord is a real chicken poop for not manning up and giving you an answer BEFORE the lease was up since you originally asked them about it WAY before the lease was close to being up. IANAL, but I think you are technically already in a month to month (m2m) lease situation, based on my family's and my own 40+ years of rental experience. But that's based on TEXAS law.

You oughtta contact a real estate lawyer or maybe Philadelphia's "Renters' Association" or "Tenant Council" (many big cities do have them for the expressed purpose of advising renters about their rights). The laws vary from state to state (and even sometimes by city if they have specific ordinances relating to rental units). Take your copy of the lease for them to look over. Sometimes the legal mumbo-jumbo in a lease has references to end of lease / m2m transitions.

Many state laws on rentals is such that if a lease expires without renewal and the renter pays the last valid lease's specified amount on time, the lease "converts" to a "m2m" lease that then just requires a 30 day notice to vacate, with the definition of "when does the 30 days start" being variable. So in that scenario, if you paid the Feb rent on time, if the landlord wants to boot you out, that would take you to the end of March. Don't know how the eviction process runs up there, but down here in Texas that can take anywhere from 2 to 4 weeks - how long to get a court date set, the time for appeals, when the constable's office can provide a constable to oversee the boot out, etc.

Lots of variables, which is why I stated first - talk to a lawyer.

Worst case? Sign a 1 year's lease and then bail in 6 months. God knows my parents had more than one of those happen in the 40 years they had rentals. Which is why they finally went to an all "month to month" system 20 years ago. If the landlord is real bitchy, they might ding your credit report but they're not gonna follow you all the way to FL to get unpaid rent - would cost them more than they would get.
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Thanks for the info brother!!

If the results are unbearable i will for sure contact a real estate lawyer... But i really dont want to have to spend my last months here fighting the realtor/owner. If its just 25-50 more a month ill bite the bullet for these last few months... If its like 150-200 more a month ill likely contact someone... Even if its just a random number from the phonebook to complain HAHA
 
Our landlord is so good that we honestly haven't looked at buying a house. We've rented the upstairs of their house for 12 years, now, and the rent has stayed the same. This was all based on a handshake and he said "The rent is $xxx as long as you're here". Now they built a new house and he's having us move downstairs (slightly larger, plus garage space) for the same rate as long as I take care of the yard in the summer and shovel the sidewalks in the winter. The first place we rented, it went up $150 in the first two years and they wanted another $150 increase to sign on the 3rd year. Fortunately, at that point, the place my friend owns was open for a few months and he waited two more for us to take it. He wouldn't even take rent from us while he held it, ever though we offered.
 
I can't help it...

[video=youtube;nf0oXY4nDxE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf0oXY4nDxE[/video]
 
Thinking about heading to the cabin this weekend. Supposed to get up to 57° Saturday, and 61° Sunday.
 
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