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Dirt Road Junglist posted:Didn't the old one get closed recently? There's a new one.
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I knew if I asked, someone would provide  Thanks!
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Oct 30, 2017 18:20
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Dirt Road Junglist posted:Didn't the old one get closed recently? Yes, because of a post-count bug. The new one is here: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3837778 efb
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Oct 30, 2017 18:30
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Dirt Road Junglist posted:Didn't the old one get closed recently? There's a new one here - https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3837778&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1 They killed the old one due to the indexing problem. e:f;b and rebeaten.
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Blue Footed Booby posted:You rent apartments and own condos. As far as I know that's it. Generally, yes, though condos are sometimes rented out by their individual owners (older properties are often more rental than owner-occupied, especially as neighborhoods turn ugly). Condos almost always have a HOA that maintains the exterior of buildings and the common grounds, while the landlord handles all of that in apartments. Apartments and condos can transition from one to the other (usually from condos to apartments), but it doesn't happen often. Most of the condos in my immediate area transitioned to apartments, though. There's one "condo" building down the road that's owned 100% by one person; in my eyes they should be called apartments, but for whatever reason he's chosen to keep the word "Condos" in the name. For whatever reason, condos (older ones I've looked at anyway) are sometimes cheaper to rent than a traditional apartment, even though they're essentially the same.
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Oct 31, 2017 13:20
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That's where they keep the holy grail nowadays.
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Oct 31, 2017 13:26
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Jerry Cotton posted:That's where they keep the holy grail nowadays.
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Oct 31, 2017 16:39
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My home insurance company hired some electricians to fix some fire damage. They rewired part of the master bathroom with 14 gauge wire (rated for 15 amps) even though it is a 20 amp circuit. I pointed out that the wire was undersized for the circuit, so they 'fixed' it... By putting the bathroom plugs on the kitchen lighting circuit... The switched side of the kitchen lighting circuit... And leaving the 14 gauge wire in the 20 amp lighting circuit. 
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Oct 31, 2017 17:52
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I would have bitched your insurance company out something fierce.
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Oct 31, 2017 17:57
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They just wanted to be able to do more fire-damage repairs later.
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Oct 31, 2017 18:00
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Sir_Lagsalot posted:My home insurance company hired some electricians to fix some fire damage. They rewired part of the master bathroom with 14 gauge wire (rated for 15 amps) even though it is a 20 amp circuit. I pointed out that the wire was undersized for the circuit, so they 'fixed' it... By putting the bathroom plugs on the kitchen lighting circuit... The switched side of the kitchen lighting circuit... And leaving the 14 gauge wire in the 20 amp lighting circuit. I'm not an electrician, nor do I know anything about wiring, but gently caress how stupid...did they not check their wires or what?
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Oct 31, 2017 18:11
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Sir_Lagsalot posted:My home insurance company hired some electricians to fix some fire damage. They rewired part of the master bathroom with 14 gauge wire (rated for 15 amps) even though it is a 20 amp circuit. I pointed out that the wire was undersized for the circuit, so they 'fixed' it... By putting the bathroom plugs on the kitchen lighting circuit... The switched side of the kitchen lighting circuit... And leaving the 14 gauge wire in the 20 amp lighting circuit. How much do you wanna bet if the house burned down they'd try to avoid paying out because you calling up complain proves you knew about the problem they didn't fix?
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Oct 31, 2017 18:17
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quote:I'm not an electrician, nor do I know anything about wiring, but gently caress how stupid...did they not check their wires or what?  *notices the wiring in the house pre-dates being color coded by gauge* "You know why they color code wires now? So Mexicans can wire houses." *screws up wiring*The insurance company has actually been really good overall, they've agreed to have me get it fixed and send them the bill. They'll take the cost out of what the 1st guy gets paid. I also plan on writing the licencing board about the electrician.
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Sir_Lagsalot posted:
If you're going to write the licensing board, take pictures (with a ruler or scale for the wire gauge). Give him as little wriggle room as possible. I loving hate guys that half rear end poo poo that can be dangerous.
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Oct 31, 2017 20:19
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http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink/rumpus-cosy-closed-because-sewage-702707 I happen to know someone who lives above this place. The "fix" was jetting the pipes which made the pipes just blow. Apparently that hasn't been solved properly.  quote:That's raw sewage. And my stove. They got a cleaning team in! Without uh... without... solving the problem properly, yes. They cleaned the room without cleaning out the electrics. quote:Just been up to the flat. Cleaning team is gone - overwhelming smell is now bleach, with an undercurrent of sewage still. Foul water still running freely down one wall - the wall with the trip/breaker switch box on it. It's coming out of the box and running down the wall into the freshly cleaned carpet. No dehumidifier though. I'm assuming because they can't plug one in...
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Nov 1, 2017 00:07
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HOAs.txt:reddit.com/r/legaladvice posted:WA. HOA says our indoor pool is an outdoor pool. Every room with a window or skylight is now outdoors, apparently. OP clarifies that the pool was there when they bought the house, it has curtains, and it is on the floorplan.
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Nov 1, 2017 22:11
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Gonna sue the HOA. gently caress them.
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Nov 1, 2017 22:22
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Nov 1, 2017 22:35
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Run for HOA president and then make life a living hell for the former president by making the existence of his house, driveway, and land illegal.
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Nov 1, 2017 22:42
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 make him illegal
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Nov 1, 2017 22:43
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I'd like to get a clearer picture of what those are made of, but I suppose the only answer that matters is "not strong enough." GreenNight posted:Gonna sue the HOA. gently caress them. ..and make sure that they're sued for every penny they've ever been paid by the homeowner, plus legal costs, plus a bit for just being assholes and wasting the homeowner's time. edit: sneakyfrog posted:
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Nov 1, 2017 22:46
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Every time I read about HOAs I'm glad they don't really exist here.
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Nov 1, 2017 23:19
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The neighborhood I grew up in was governed by a HOA. My family bought our house before the neighborhood was done and the HOA was a thing so we never signed on to the HOA and were exempt. This did not stop the HOA from trying to enforce their rules on us. My favorite was when they came into our fenced in backyard to take pictures of an "illegal" shed that could not be seen unless you were in the backyard. We went to the meeting as asked for all of the information they had on our shed to include pictures, names of the person or persons who took the pictures, etc... so that we could fill out our police report for trespass. The HOA tried to drop the issue because they realized they had implicated themselves in a criminal act, but my parents kept pushing the issue because at this point it had been years of harassment over many different petty things. The HOA eventually lost in court and was fined enough that they had to dissolve the HOA. We got a letter from the HOA the day they were dissolved telling us we had to replace our grass with a HOA approved variety or face fines, including pictures of the grass in our backyard.
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Nov 1, 2017 23:36
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frozenphil posted:The neighborhood I grew up in was governed by a HOA. My family bought our house before the neighborhood was done and the HOA was a thing so we never signed on to the HOA and were exempt. This did not stop the HOA from trying to enforce their rules on us. My favorite was when they came into our fenced in backyard to take pictures of an "illegal" shed that could not be seen unless you were in the backyard. We went to the meeting as asked for all of the information they had on our shed to include pictures, names of the person or persons who took the pictures, etc... so that we could fill out our police report for trespass. The HOA tried to drop the issue because they realized they had implicated themselves in a criminal act, but my parents kept pushing the issue because at this point it had been years of harassment over many different petty things. The HOA eventually lost in court and was fined enough that they had to dissolve the HOA. We got a letter from the HOA the day they were dissolved telling us we had to replace our grass with a HOA approved variety or face fines, including pictures of the grass in our backyard.  the best story. They keep trying to form one around here and im pretty much like lol  every time they come by.
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Nov 1, 2017 23:39
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frozenphil posted:The neighborhood I grew up in was governed by a HOA. My family bought our house before the neighborhood was done and the HOA was a thing so we never signed on to the HOA and were exempt. This did not stop the HOA from trying to enforce their rules on us. My favorite was when they came into our fenced in backyard to take pictures of an "illegal" shed that could not be seen unless you were in the backyard. We went to the meeting as asked for all of the information they had on our shed to include pictures, names of the person or persons who took the pictures, etc... so that we could fill out our police report for trespass. The HOA tried to drop the issue because they realized they had implicated themselves in a criminal act, but my parents kept pushing the issue because at this point it had been years of harassment over many different petty things. The HOA eventually lost in court and was fined enough that they had to dissolve the HOA. We got a letter from the HOA the day they were dissolved telling us we had to replace our grass with a HOA approved variety or face fines, including pictures of the grass in our backyard. My fight wasn't that good, but I did get to use Google street view to show, that no we had not added that edging and in fact was there when we moved in. So glad Google timestamps all of their photos.
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The problem with suing your HOA is that they can assess their legal fees on residents, so you can indirectly be paying both sides.
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Nov 2, 2017 00:02
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Darchangel posted:I'd like to get a clearer picture of what those are made of
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Midnight Voyager posted:http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink/rumpus-cosy-closed-because-sewage-702707 I will bet you this is either nappies or tampons being flushed and blocking a single waste that the whole building runs into or something along those lines. Plus obviously incompetent work by whoever was "fixing" the problem there because jfc who tries to resolve a blockage on that scale by just blasting the pipes?
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Nov 2, 2017 00:15
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TBH if I could get our co-op board to mandate that everyone had to use the same (not ugly) curtains I’d be over the moon. Co-ops and HOAs get a bad rap on here but they can be a force for good.
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Nov 2, 2017 00:18
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Powerful Two-Hander posted:I will bet you this is either nappies or tampons being flushed and blocking a single waste that the whole building runs into or something along those lines. Sounds like someone needs a Muffin Monster™ 
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Nov 2, 2017 00:27
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drgitlin posted:TBH if I could get our co-op board to mandate that everyone had to use the same (not ugly) curtains I’d be over the moon. Co-ops and HOAs get a bad rap on here but they can be a force for good. If you think enforcing matching curtains is a 'force for good' I hope you never have a seat on an HOA. My parents actually formed one themselves, but it's only role was to deal with garbage dumping in public areas and repaving the streets that the city refused to bother with. There's one in their current place that just maintains the community pool and does beach cleanup.
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drgitlin posted:TBH if I could get our co-op board to mandate that everyone had to use the same (not ugly) curtains I’d be over the moon. Co-ops and HOAs get a bad rap on here but they can be a force for good. What type of curtains are so bad that you feel the need to have a rule outlawing them and why don't you just not look at them instead?
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This is art.
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Powerful Two-Hander posted:I will bet you this is either nappies or tampons being flushed and blocking a single waste that the whole building runs into or something along those lines. Apparently they've decided the whole thing is safe to inhabit now! Even though the electrics are still full of piss and sewage is still running out of the wall. This is gonna be a long, annoying trek to getting this place fixed.
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Nov 2, 2017 00:45
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tell me more about that muffin monster
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drgitlin posted:TBH if I could get our co-op board to mandate that everyone had to use the same (not ugly) curtains I’d be over the moon. Co-ops and HOAs get a bad rap on here but they can be a force for good. I want to move into your co-op just to put ugly curtains in my windows now.
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Nov 2, 2017 00:53
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Variable 5 posted:I want to move into your co-op just to put ugly curtains in my windows now. Not empty-quoting this.
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Nov 2, 2017 01:05
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Gosh no it's totally cool and good for your neighbors to have the legal and financial power to enforce their arbitrary standards of taste upon you
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It’s not like I’ll even see them because I’ll just put my pretty curtains up behind the outside-facing ones
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