OT: Neighborhood Mailing Lists

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Jess is Automatic.

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I'm using my third OT card in 20 years.

How many of you belong to neighborhood association/home-owner mailing
lists?

Do you post to them? (are they open forums?)

Do you find them useful? What do they talk/bitch about?

Have you ever told all your neighbors they're a bunch of whiny-assed,
gabbing, do-nothing pussy farts?

ObDinner: Black Buffalo Blue Burger from:

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-sw
 
"Sqwertz" wrote


Me, though it's not an HOA.


Yes I post, but it is not an open list.


Yes, we use them to plan our various picnics and other meals including an
annual 'big bash' where we arrange with the city to legall block off our one
street for a big group. Those of us on the street get donated parking spots
just out of the zone or use the middle school just behind my street (easy
walking distance, parties are on a Saturday and the school doesn't mind as
long as we warn them).

We talk mostly food and planning little fun things locally and sometimes one
will ask for some volunteers to help.

Many are older and have wood ramps that need repairs (especially after a
hard winter). Don just got back earlier in the week from measuring
Estelle's which has 3 panels that need to be replaced. Some of the PT wood
from 2 years ago wasn't properly hard cured so they are getting uneven. It
will take us about 15 mins to cut new ones and about same for Tom to use his
good pressure nailer to get them in place.

Don's known for having the good cutting tools so folks bring us the wood and
we measure and do that part. Last count, there are 11 wood ramps we either
made, or maintain within a 4 block radius (some back and front of house to
make 11). That and I am not sure how many wedge ramps just for that 3 inch
difference between kitchen and garage common here.

If you want to think of it like an HOA, it's not your normal one. No fees
and no obligation. Just neighbors helping out or having a picnic.


Nope, because they aren't.
 
"cshenk" wrote in
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And you would be damn good neighbours for anyone to have!!

I'm sure your friends and neighbours tell you, but....... people like you
and Don are few and far bewteen. You're an asset to your community, and a
benchmark for all those 'wasted spaces' of society to aspire to.

Well done C&D.







And now you know why that particular 'wasted space' is in my killfile.


--
Peter Lucas
Hobart
Tasmania

"As we weep for what we have lost, and as we grieve for family and friends
and we confront the challenge that is before us, I want us to remember who
we are.

We are Queenslanders.

We're the people that they breed tough, north of the border.

We're the ones that they knock down, and we get up again."
 
On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 08:41:03 -0800, sf wrote:


By "Open forum" I meant that everybody in the neighborhood could post
to it unmoderated. Rather than it being moderated or only used for
announcements by officers.

Most mailing lists of that sort are going to require a "join" process
to avoid spam and to allow people like me to be banned for saying the
word "shit".

-sw
 
"Sqwertz" wrote



You got only nicknames and first names. You asked how they were used.
*Obviously* it boggles your mind that there may be a positive and you
expected a bunch of 'oh how horrible they all are' and didn't get that back
so you could commiserate.
 
On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 12:40:15 -0500, cshenk wrote:


Uh no. I was looking for uses and their usefulness whether positive
or negative. Nobody cares about your neighbors lives. I'm sorry if
that disappoints you, narcissist.

-sw
 
"Sqwertz" wrote in message
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My current HOA has finally figured out I own this house. So they sent me a
letter insisting I join a club. No, I don't think so. It took them three
years to figure out I own the house. I've been paying the HOA dues since
2008. I figure it will take them another 3-4 years before they realize I
shredded that letter along with the application for "membership".

HOA's are bullshit. They don't do anything for you but you pay them out the
wazoo to live there.

Jill
 
On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 15:46:56 -0500, jmcquown wrote:


Some HOA's do serve purposes such as maintaining private parks and
recreation centers (swimming pools, clubhouses, playgrounds, stocking
fish in the lake, cleaning the lake, etc). Some even work as to not
be a profit center - all monies get put back into the community with
very few reasonably salaried staff.

Of course truly useful ones are probably rare these days. And you
always have the bitchers that whine, "I don't fish or have kids who
use the playgrounds". Well, hate to remind you that everyone pays
city/county/state taxes that pay for schools and parks, that's just
life. You pay for clubhouses and pools and playgrounds when you live
in many apartments, too.

-sw
 
Sqwertz wrote:

Reminds me of a story I heard on NPR several weeks ago.
It was about a company that already was doing DNA testing
on dogs for dog breeding and police forensic purposes that
was doing trials of a new service: DNA typing dogs as a
condition for living in some condominium complex or something
so they could identify residents that violated the rules
on dog feces, by also DNA typing the feces.
 
On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 12:40:15 -0500, "cshenk" wrote:


This thread pretty much explains how his neighborhood mailing list got
to be so negative. He's obviously the catalyst.

--

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
In article ,
"jmcquown" wrote:



HOA stands for HomeOwners Association. It's simply the people who live
in your development. The people who run it are elected by YOU. They
are accountable to YOU, since it's YOUR money. If you aren't part of
the solution, then you are part of the problem.

Having said that, in practice, they can be pretty terrible. If nobody
else wants to step up to the plate, the control freaks take over. If
there is a lot of turnover in ownership of the houses, absentee owners
or houses in foreclosure; then it's a disaster for everyone.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA
[email protected]
 
On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 13:52:46 -0500, cshenk wrote:


OH NO! NOT THE CHAT CABAL!

Fuck, I'm doomed now

As I just said, none of you know exactly what I've done in my
neighborhood. All you can do is make childish speculations. And as
usual, you're childishly wrong.

-sw
 
"Dan Abel" wrote in message
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Yes, I elected them. I don't know them, but they send around ballots with
curriculum vitaes (like that means anything since I've never met these
people in my life). So I just pick and choose because hey, they expect me
to. Apparently I elected the wrong people. Control freaks is what I'm
talking about. I pay annual dues to live here. They've been taking my
check since 2008. Sorry if I don't want to swim in your pool or play golf
or tennis. I don't want to be a "social" member of anything.

I keep my yard neat and the shrubs trimmed. I haven't painted my house
purple or pink with polka dots or done anything to offend the neighbors. I
pay my property taxes and live quietly. Why do they insist I join a "club"?
And HOA doesn't mean you can control my life.

Most people consider this a retirement community. There isn't a lot of
turnover (unless you die). The house across from me is a second home, empty
9 months out of the year. The one next door has been on the market for 3
years and the owner did die and the kids are apparently claiming they live
there to get a tax break; they live in Belize. (Don't ask me how I know
that).

I don't know what they expect from me but I'm not joining one of their
"clubs" any time soon. I just want to kick back here, read books and enjoy
cooking :)

Jill
 
On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 13:57:42 -0800, Dan Abel wrote:


I asked what your neighborhood mailing lists were used for and then I
later gave examples of how my mailing list was used. I have no
control over what they do or how they act. Just like you or any of us
on RFC.

So tell me, Dan, how the fuck that oblidges me to tell you (or anyone)
how I've helped (or hindered) my community?

So here: I have been much more productive than the average person in
the neighborhood, which is why I get pissed off about the whining
bullshit on the lists and have resigned from any further duties and
commitments.

So now that part is settled. Does that satisfy you, Carol, and Mrs.
Llorente?

Now I see why people are complaining about all the OT/Non-Food shit
lately. You guys eat this shit for dinner.

-sw
 
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