Posted on 01/03/2008 6:35:58 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!
Sing hey! for the bath at close of day
That washes the weary mud away!
A loon is he that will not sing:
O! Water Hot is anoble thing!
O! Sweet is the sound of falling rain.
and the brook that leaps from hill to plain;
but better than rain or rippling streams
is Water Hot that smokes and steams.
O! Water cold we may pour at need
down a thirsty throat and be glad indeed;
but better is Beer, if drink we lack,
and Water Hot poured down the back.
O! Water is fair that leaps on high
in a fountain white beneath the sky;
but never did fountain sound so sweet
as splashing Hot Water with my feet!
Any more rain, and you and the critters are going to have to grow webs between your toes!
Ah well, then. That makes more sense. At least the landlords I’ve dealt with in the past had English as their first language.
okay, I’m really going...any minute now...
Y'all just enjoyed a different kind of culture!
Gotta put The Kingdom on our Netflix list! Our #2 son introduced us to "Babylon 5" over Christmas. We'd never seen it before. We knew what it was, during its first run, but weren't interested in it at the time. SirKit's oldest brother was a big fan, but we weren't watching a lot of TV during the several years it was on. Netflix is taking care of that, and we don't have to sit through commercials or wait between episodes. ;o)
Most of the landlords you’ve dealt with before probably were in the business of renting houses... Rosie’s place kindof just came with the store, he’s never been inside, and didn’t rent it to Rosie, so he has no idea what shape it was in when she moved in.
He might fix it... if she asked... or he might junk it. But I don’t think it’s a valid worry that he’d blame Rosie for it’s condition, so Rosie, I’d stop worrying about that. It’s obviously a very worn out place, and was long before you moved in. It’s needs are not your fault, and you don’t need to feel guilty about them.
Before:
After:
And it dims:
Very nice work!! Looks good. LSA
...and the finish matches the floor lamp! Can’t wait to see how it looks when I go to snip chives, basil, and oregano for my salad this evening. :)
Well...I guess that was sort of progress. Kind of. He couldn’t get it to do what it was doing last night, when it wouldn’t turn off, but he did say it was worn and should be replaced. We couldn’t find the shut off, though. He seems to think the dog house is in the way, though I dunno that it’d really be there. Unfortunately it may be a matter of turning off the water at the pump. :-\ Which, I would think, will still mean some will be in the pipes to make a mess.
I tried to explain some of the other problems to him. We got as far as determining that the only working burners on the stove top (one works, one works some of the time) are the only ones that *can* work. He said there’s nowhere underneath for the other two to plug in. That part’s been cut away or removed. Fun.
Didn’t get farther than that, and didn’t get a time that he plans to come back, though I understand it won’t be until after four, and he *does* have my phone number, so there’s that.
He came early, so I just had to fend off Cisco the best I could. But maybe I could bring him over there later?
The Beer Shampoo sounds interesting ...
You turn on the faucets in the house once the water’s off and wait til they stop and it’s a pretty minimal problem.
Good, glad he saw the problems!
Your shut off, if you have one, is where the outside faucet is. That’s where the main line comes in. It wouldn’t surprise me if you don’t have one, this place didn’t until our handy man put one in, when he was replacing the hot water heater.
In the past, we’ve always just cut off the pump for awhile. It doesn’t take all that long to run the pressure out of it.
He saw *two* of the problems. That’s the tip of the iceberg. *sigh* I didn’t get to explain why my counter looks like it’s covered in food or why my sink looks like it’s dirty and moldy.
And turning off the water at the pump means that Hair and ecurbh and the store will *all* be out of water while he does the faucet repair. However long that takes.
I guess I could go out for a bit so I’m not sitting here staring at the problems, but I dunno where to go or what to do. *thunks head on desk*
It's called "spiking guns." Have your facts, and present them. Either he shuts up about the broken stuff, providing you with "last-nerve" relief; or he takes you up on your offer, which provides you with stuff that works and rent relief; or he argues about your prices, at which point you say, "As my landlord, you are responsible for maintenance on this rental property. If you can fix these things more economically, please do."
He's enjoying a revenue stream that requires next to no effort on his part ... make him work for it a little. You have to work for your rent ... a lot!
I meant “filthy” as in it looks filthy. My word, not his. He’s not really seen it much, and he didn’t say anything this time, but he had to have noticed.
what an un-holy waste of God's precious gift...
Don’t go anywhere yet... I was just over there and he said he had your part and would be turning the water off “in a bit”. I think you just have to hang out and play it by ear for awhile.
Yeah...he’s here.
Also, check out The Lurker's Guide To Babylon 5 ... great stuff!
How far have you gotten? "Signs And Portents" was the first episode that turned our heads around ...
mine?
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