steinrokkan posted:

This kind of boat



or this kind of boat

SchnorkIes posted:

Wouldn't you just sue a tenant who skipped out on the lease and owed you money? It doesn't seem like a great strategy for the tenant unless you're penniless and the landlord couldn't get anything from you at all no matter what.

SchnorkIes posted:

Wouldn't you just sue a tenant who skipped out on the lease and owed you money? It doesn't seem like a great strategy for the tenant unless you're penniless and the landlord couldn't get anything from you at all no matter what.

Antonymous posted:

I had a landlord send me a bill when I did that for 'cleaning fees'

happyhippy posted:

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Turns out the landlord got his mistress pregnant, and to cover it up so the wife wont hear, he has to let someone go from the company.
And it was this employee, this was her last day.

The Nastier Nate posted:

I know this isn’t the point of the story but...what?

He knocked up his mistress and had to fire a random employee? How does that work?

Maya Fey posted:

ok but can yo ulive on a train

Maya Fey posted:

ok but can yo ulive on a train

Maya Fey posted:

ok but can yo ulive on a train

3D Megadoodoo posted:

Some people have lived on the Stockholm ferries. I don't think it's cheap and you have to disembark every time the ship comes to shore, but you don't need credit.



e: in 2015 they estimated it as costing 20 000–50 000€ a year.

happyhippy posted:

To use the money from his own company he owned to pay for the kid and keep the mistress from telling his wife, from what I assume.

quote:

COLOGNE, Germany — When others get off the train to finally go home, Leonie Müller stays behind. That's because she already is home: The train is her apartment, and she says she likes it that way.

The German college student gave up her apartment in spring. "It all started with a dispute I had with my landlord," Müller told The Washington Post via e-mail. "I instantly decided I didn't want to live there anymore — and then I realized: Actually, I didn't want to live anywhere anymore."

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Müller washes her hair on trains. (Credit: Leonie Müller)
Instead, she bought a subscription that allows her to board every train in the country free. Now, Müller washes her hair in the train bathroom and writes her college papers while traveling at a speed of up to 190 mph. She says that she enjoys the liberty she has experienced since she gave up her apartment. "I really feel at home on trains and can visit so many more friends and cities. It's like being on vacation all the time," Müller said.

The 23-year-old's unusual housing choice has gained her media attention in Germany and appeared on national news sites such as Spiegel Online. "I read, I write, I look out of the window and I meet nice people all the time. There's always something to do on trains," Müller told German TV station SWR in an interview. Since risking the move, Müller's life fits into a small backpack in which she carries clothes, her tablet computer, college documents and a sanitary bag.

So far, her experience contradicts studies that have recently claimed that "long commutes are killing you." And financially, she benefits from living on a train: The flat-rate ticket costs her about $380, whereas she had to pay about $450 for her previous apartment. However, living cheaper is not the only goal she has in mind.

"I want to inspire people to question their habits and the things they consider to be normal," Müller told The Post. "There are always more opportunities than one thinks there are. The next adventure is waiting just around the corner — provided that you want to find it."

Müller frequently travels late at night, although she tries to sleep at the apartments of relatives or friends. Often, she is accommodated by her boyfriend, her mother or grandmother.

"Normally, we would have to have a long-distance relationship, but living on a train enables me to see him all the time," Müller told German TV station SWR regarding her boyfriend. "Most of my friends really like the idea, although some consider it to be quite adventurous. Others, however, have reacted more negatively: They feel offended by the fact that I question the ordinary way of life and living."

Living on a train is also supposed to have an academic purpose: Müller is documenting the unusual experiment on a blog. Her final undergraduate paper will be based on her experiences as a modern train-nomad. The only problem? "Possessing a headset that mutes most surrounding noises is crucial," she said.

Maya Fey posted:

alright. cool

BonHair posted:

This also lets you give your life to Google and Facebook, since you have no privacy to lose. Seriously, where do you masturbate?

quote:

Müller frequently travels late at night, although she tries to sleep at the apartments of relatives or friends.

BonHair posted:

This also lets you give your life to Google and Facebook, since you have no privacy to lose. Seriously, where do you masturbate?

quote:

Müller frequently travels late at night, although she tries to sleep at the apartments of relatives or friends. Often, she is accommodated by her boyfriend, her mother or grandmother.

Elman posted:

BonHair posted:

This also lets you give your life to Google and Facebook, since you have no privacy to lose. Seriously, where do you masturbate?

Maya Fey posted:

there used to be train tickets you could buy to travel all over europe with no restrictions and people would sleep in the night train instead of paying for hotels but it's not like a permanent thing obviously

BonHair posted:

This is called interrail and is still a thing you can do. It's not cheap though, mostly because trains are ridiculously expensive.

BIG HORNY COW posted:

A friend of mine took the Alaska Ferry from Bellingham WA to back up here one time when he moved back from Portland. If you don't want to pay the insane cost for a stateroom they will let you just pitch a tent on one of the upper decks and sleep in it for the 3 or 4 days it takes to get up here. Super cheap but you might be in a tent on the deck of a boat in super rough seas and lovely weather in Alaska for days on end.

Don't know if that's still an option or if the ferry even goes to WA anymore.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/life...e40e_story.html

Len posted:

https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/i-hope-i-make-it-7-year-old-alabama-girl-selling-lemonade-to-fund-her-own-brain-surgeries/

Len posted:

https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/i-hope-i-make-it-7-year-old-alabama-girl-selling-lemonade-to-fund-her-own-brain-surgeries/

Len posted:

https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/i-hope-i-make-it-7-year-old-alabama-girl-selling-lemonade-to-fund-her-own-brain-surgeries/

Len posted:

That's just called being homeless

Failed Imagineer posted:

It's important when stiffing your former landlord that you don't leave any kind of forwarding information

Iron Crowned posted:

I left a brochure packet for one of the other apartment complexes that I had looked at on the counter to throw them off my trail

Maya Fey posted:

alright. cool

quote:

So far, her experience contradicts studies that have recently claimed that "long commutes are killing you."

Len posted:

https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/i-hope-i-make-it-7-year-old-alabama-girl-selling-lemonade-to-fund-her-own-brain-surgeries/