Useless Conversation

[Yegolev]

Be sure to tell them you have a latex allergy.

[Evildrider]

Be sure to tell them you have a latex allergy.

That's what I tell the ladies.   

[Sand]

You guys are horrible.

[ghost]

Well, it looks as thought I have a Nerf situation on my hands.  One of my offices is infested with mold and I've been telling the owner of the building for over a year that he needs to get the leaks fixed and problems cleaned up.  Now I can't see patients there and may be dropping a huge money burning bomb on his ass.

[MuffinMan]

[Lantyssa]

It's not really a Nerf situation until you go crazy fighting an even crazier landlord and post all the details for us to laugh at.

Sorry you have to go through the hassle though.

[MuffinMan]

You have to take it there, do it for us. It's Nerf or nothing.

[Paelos]

You have to take it there, do it for us. It's Nerf or nothing.

I don't think ghost is anywhere near crazy enough for that. I mean we're talking secret webcams and lawn fights.

[Morat20]

It's not really a Nerf situation until you go crazy fighting an even crazier landlord and post all the details for us to laugh at.

Sorry you have to go through the hassle though.

It was sad when that thread disappeared.

[Der Helm]

It was sad when that thread disappeared.

But we were promised an update  and a tread revival when all was settled, right ? I am still waiting. 

[Paelos]

The legal system here is slow even if you aren't batshit, with a batshit guard dog.

[Merusk]

You have to take it there, do it for us. It's Nerf or nothing.

Brilliant use.  Bravo.

[bhodi]

You're not gonna see a thread revival, unfortunately. The ending is nerf's to explain, but there isn't really closure in the way we all hoped.

[Der Helm]

 

[Morat20]

You're not gonna see a thread revival, unfortunately. The ending is nerf's to explain, but there isn't really closure in the way we all hoped.

If it went to the courts? Undoubtably not. Frankly, I'm just rather happy he got out -- mold can't be good for your health, and fueding with your landlord is just pointless stress.

[Talpidae]

Amen to that.

[Lantyssa]

My hometown got named as the number two affordable place to live by CNN Money.  Wohoo!

[Viin]

My hometown got named as the number two affordable place to live by CNN Money.  Wohoo!

A median income of 91k/year? Yowziers.

[Paelos]

You're not gonna see a thread revival, unfortunately. The ending is nerf's to explain, but there isn't really closure in the way we all hoped.

Well, where is his ass?

CLOSURE!

[Rasix]

Well, if you had played Rift with us, you'd know.   Like bhodi said, it's his story to tell.  Not one with a happy ending, so it's really up to him to let it be known or not.

[Morat20]

My hometown got named as the number two affordable place to live by CNN Money.  Wohoo!

lol. Mine is number #10.

They do mention that it's pretty much because of the giant fucking refineries, which means everyone from blue to white collar guys can work within a few miles of where they live. (No mention of the downsides of living next to a giant refinery. In all fairness to Shell, enough workers live there that the shenanigans they can pull are more limited).

Pretty heavy union presence, solid school system.

And of course, housing prices aren't bad because of Texas Constitutional limits and regulations that more or less prevented the worst of the housing bubble. (We had a nasty one in the 80s, and the subsequent legislation was never repealed.)

[Paelos]

Well, if you had played Rift with us, you'd know.   Like bhodi said, it's his story to tell.  Not one with a happy ending, so it's really up to him to let it be known or not.

Having to play a crappy game to get the big reveal is like having Cairne die in the WoW novels! I feel cheated!

CLOSURE! WITH DOG PICS!

[Merusk]

At this point I'm suspicious that the dog was a casualty.

That's the only unhappy outcome I can think of that wasn't predictable.

[ghost]

Oh, mine will definitely have an unhappy ending.  I'm in a hard spot.  I had to get the mold inspection, it wasn't an option.  The owner may not have money to fix the problem (or the desire) and that would leave me without a place to practice.  Fitting out a dental office is very, very expensive and I was hoping to have another two or three years to prepare for this eventuality of moving.  As such, I  may just be out a place to work in that area, which is a big problem because I have a lot of patients that use that office.  So really I either get rid of a shitty landlord and lost my office or I keep my office and keep a shitty landlord.  It's a lose-lose situation.

[Paelos]

At this point I'm suspicious that the dog was a casualty.

That's the only unhappy outcome I can think of that wasn't predictable.

Fiance dumping his crazy ass is another.

[Ingmar]

edit: Nebu is right.

[Nebu]

Can we show enough humanity to refrain from kicking someone when they're down?

[Paelos]

Can we show enough humanity to refrain from kicking someone when they're down?

Sure, I mean if something really bad happened in his personal life, it's not like we're going to say he deserved it. I'd just be sad the story didn't end with him standing on top of his vanquished landlord like Captain Morgan.

[Lantyssa]

A median income of 91k/year? Yowziers.

Half the town works at the local chemical plants.  Mostly Dow, but BASF and a few others.  So you've got engineers, scientists, or specialized blue collar work.  Given that quite a few of those households have two people which work there, it's pretty easy to reach that total.

[Merusk]

Can we show enough humanity to refrain from kicking someone when they're down?

You're assuming a lack of empathy that isn't there.  I'd care if the dog died. I'd care if Luda dumped him. Hell I'd even care if he'd wound-up in jail for breaking all kinds of crazy Texas real-estate laws. 

I was just stating it's pretty easy to draw your own conclusions outside of one improbable. (Luda leaving him wasn't an improbable, Paelos)  No need to get him to share the actual details.

[Strazos]

It's like he showed us the goods, and then took them away. 

[Paelos]

It's like he showed us the goods, and then took them away. 

Every good story needs an ending. Even if it's not a happy one.

[Morat20]

A median income of 91k/year? Yowziers.

Half the town works at the local chemical plants.  Mostly Dow, but BASF and a few others.  So you've got engineers, scientists, or specialized blue collar work.  Given that quite a few of those households have two people which work there, it's pretty easy to reach that total.

Heavy unions, too. My info on that's a decade or two old -- but at least back in the 80s, the only plant that wasn't heavily unionized was (I think) Exxon. And they weren't unionized because they kept on eye on union bargaining with the other plants, and made sure their wages and benefits matched.

Probably didn't stay that way, of course. :) I knew a lot of Shell guys -- my dad was one for a long time, started out blue collar and moved to management.

He made, by the times, solid money for not having a degree. The local school districts tend to be pretty flush, since the bulk of funding comes from local property taxes -- and those plants pay a LOT in property taxes. Which means solid schools, in the top 5% or so for Texas -- with good teachers, solid extras (fine arts, sports, dual-credit classes, theater, etc) -- and if you can get past the "live next to a chemical spewing refinery" makes it a decent place to live.

And for all the godawful weather, Houston's not exactly a cultural wasteland. :) It's not Austin, but it ain't bad either.

[Merusk]

It's like he showed us the goods, and then took them away. 

Every good story needs an ending. Even if it's not a happy one.

The Lady or the Tiger must have REALLY pissed you off in school.

[Talpidae]

The UK printing of the Way of the Tiger Books fucked me off.

The Inferno one was misprinted and choosing the ending had the wrong number so it sent you back to somewhere in the middle of the story.

For a year, I thought it was just Hard.