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2 hours ago, Gfted1 said:

Who casts the votes? The other residents of your neighborhood?

Yes. I know a decent chunk at this point, so hopefully that helps. The HOA is run by some corporation, so the transparency kinda sucks. They keep scheduling meetings for 1:00 PM on Wednesdays and I'm like, don't people need to work to pay for these townhomes?

45 minutes ago, melkathi said:

What is a HOA board?

Does it hover?

Homeowners Association. It is more likely to sink than it is to hover.

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Ugh. You volunteer for that?

Do you need us to mount a rescue operation?

Are you in trouble?

 

I am selling my apartment to get out of that.

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Posted
2 hours ago, Hurlshort said:

I applied to be on my HOA board, since I have no idea what is happening with it and I figure that is a good way to stay in the loop. There are 2 spots and 4 candidates running. I am the only one who wrote up a candidate statement. We will see if that hurts or helps. Yay democracy!

If you lose, we can all storm the HOA offices.

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I still think we'd be better friends if we storm the offices if he wins.

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Hah, my dad told me the same thing. He said I'm basically inviting my neighbors to complain to me about everything. 

As a middle school teacher, I do have a pretty high threshold for patience, so hopefully that will help. I appreciate all of the support. :lol:

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To make matters worse, there will be two people who did not win but know things would be better if they were on the board.

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Posted
12 hours ago, Hurlshort said:

Yes. I know a decent chunk at this point, so hopefully that helps. The HOA is run by some corporation, so the transparency kinda sucks. They keep scheduling meetings for 1:00 PM on Wednesdays and I'm like, don't people need to work to pay for these townhomes?

Homeowners Association. It is more likely to sink than it is to hover.

We call them rate payers association (RPA) and I assume its the same thing? People that live in the areas have monthly meetings and they discuss issues that are relevant to everyone 

But in our case you pay a small fee to be a member and then RPA handles general issues with the municipality like a burst pipe or some update around security. And then you get SM updates and they keep minutes after the meetings so you can track issues and concerns

Its a good initiative to be part of if you want to understand whats going on in the community you live in 

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Tried out the fairly new lebanefe reftaurant.

Broke a toof.

Obvioufly all the dentiftf I know are on holiday.

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2 hours ago, melkathi said:

Tried out the fairly new lebanefe reftaurant.

Broke a toof.

Obvioufly all the dentiftf I know are on holiday.

I broke a molar last year and was worried it was infected or something, but I got into my dentist and he was like "nope, your teeth are all perfectly healthy, bone density looks good, no infections, you're doing great, and we'll fix that one up in a couple of months". So I was like "okay...uh, so why did that one break?", and he posited that I probably bit on something hard and these things sometimes happen, the freakish brute power of our jaws combined with our imperfect nature can sometimes result in strange things happening...and then I told him that it broke when I was just eating some ruffles, just about the softest potato chips you can eat. He went "oh, hmm" and didn't give me any other theories. Alright, cool, guess I lost part of a tooth for no apparent reason.

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This tooth had a very old filling which had to be changed a few times.

So it was the problem tooth anyway.

The good thing is the nerve is already dead because all dentists I know said "Yeah, this tooth will cause trouble again eventually".

 

It wasn't completely unexpected. Still annoying.

At least it doesn't hurt.

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12 hours ago, Bartimaeus said:

I broke a molar last year and was worried it was infected or something, but I got into my dentist and he was like "nope, your teeth are all perfectly healthy, bone density looks good, no infections, you're doing great, and we'll fix that one up in a couple of months". So I was like "okay...uh, so why did that one break?", and he posited that I probably bit on something hard and these things sometimes happen, the freakish brute power of our jaws combined with our imperfect nature can sometimes result in strange things happening...and then I told him that it broke when I was just eating some ruffles, just about the softest potato chips you can eat. He went "oh, hmm" and didn't give me any other theories. Alright, cool, guess I lost part of a tooth for no apparent reason.

Even the softest potato chips might have a little corner that's extra crispy.

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Beautiful weather in LaCrosse the past few weeks. But you can feel the air getting drier. Winter will be here soon. We're planning a trip to Big Bend National Park in November. Already have a campsite reserved in Cottonwood. We will spend the winter in West Texas. Looking forward to it. Hope you guys are doing well.  @Azdeus hope your foot is doing better.

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Good to hear from you @Guard Dog! I'm doing well, I can feel both 40mm screws doing their job 😄

Hope you and yours are doing great!

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Posted

Neighbour has been blasting Ace of Base most of afternoon. 

 

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27° C outside at five minutes to midnight. FML.

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No mind to think. No will to break. No voice to cry suffering.

Posted
1 hour ago, majestic said:

27° C outside at five minutes to midnight. FML.

Yeah, that is a sleepless night for sure.

Cant fall asleep myself, its impossible to get comfortable at the moment, my feet and legs are doing their normal jittery stuff they do before i fall asleep and that jives badly with stitches. 

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It was twenty degrees here at midnight yesterday, which was weird.

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Posted
10 hours ago, Malcador said:

Neighbour has been blasting Ace of Base most of afternoon. 

 

Report him to Hurlshot. Let's see what the Homeowners Association will do about it!

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Posted
5 hours ago, Pidesco said:

It was twenty degrees here at midnight yesterday, which was weird.

That would explain why I was féeling worse than usual 😅

Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken

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On 8/22/2024 at 9:20 PM, melkathi said:

What is a HOA board?

Everything I've ever heard about HOA make them seem like some weird American Suburbanite Cult Thing.

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I managed to faint while giving myself an imhotep injection. I'm kind of proud that I managed 3 injections before it happening.

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Those two posts are surprisingly fitting.

Once Hurlshot joins the HOA cult, Azdeus will give him an imhotep injection as well, and both will shamble down the street in Hurlshot's neigbourhood chanting "Imhotep. Imhotep."

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