Posted on 11/19/2008 7:19:18 AM PST by Daffynition
Your analogy is not correct.
She hired this person personally. He said he knew what he was doing, and had the proper permits. With that, she should have asked for copies of said permits (specific permits are required to transport these homes on public roadways, not just general business permits, and escorts are required). She also should have asked for a reference or two just to ensure "Pancake" was up to the job.
We have a friend like that. One of our ‘greatest adventures” was several years ago when the city where he lives extended the city limits to his place and began to hound him to clean up. In his usual fashion he waited it out until they began to fine him a large amount per day. Then he had a fire sale but of course didn’t sell everything so a bunch of us had to help him move what was left to his new place further in the country. What a fun weekend that was- load after load of junk. Now his new place looks like your uncle’s.
If we do actually get into a real depression- just look at the trade goods they will have. We will feel like the foolish ones for not having all the junk.
You’re right, it could do with more window boxes.
Do you know where this place is? I wonder how they got those trailers up there, and what they are supported by. That is really incredible.
I want to retire there. Mr. P will be thrilled.
Funny you should say that ... my uncle was elected to the zoning board of his small town and *somehow* manages to keep being re-elected ... and the zoning laws *magically* don’t seem to apply to him. I wonder what his heirs will do .... the cost of the removal will eat up all of his estate.
And speaking of *fire sales* ...one of his barns burned to the ground and he collected a huge amount of money from his insurance policy.
I wonder if we are related and don’t know it? LOL
I have no idea where this is! Mr. P might not like all those stairs though ....especially if it is in an earthquake zone. ;-P
You both seriously lack perspective of someone that lives in a $5000 home.
$200 is the equivalent to $10,000 for someone else living in a $250,000 home.
These people are barely surviving they are certainly not going to have the where with all to follow or have the luxury of doing things in both of your black & white world view.
If you call a tow truck company and the truck shows up to tow your car are you going to ask them for their insurance papers, a couple of references...
You should really try to put yourself in this lady’s shoes and think about the daily challenges she faces. Unfortunately it is unreasonable to expect that with their extremely limited resources they are able to do things that others would find easier.
The Sheriff really blew this one. He treated them like trash and tossed their entire existence into a heap on the side of the road. It is a disgrace and disgusting.
Regardless of a person’s financial position in life they should be treated with respect. It isn’t always the person’s fault for their predicament.
You might both do well to spend some time with some really really poor folk and see what is thrown against them just to make simple daily choices.
I am sure if it were the Sheriff’s property he would have figured out a solution.
“Crews of illegal Mexican drywallers live more spaciously than that.”
The difference is, they are making $20-25 cash with no deductions.
$500 for gator loafers? Dude, you have to tell me where you shop!
If there’s a lesson to be learned .... don’t ever hire someone to move you with a name like “Pancake.” <<<
In 1977 I paid a National Mobile home mover, to move my mobile 237 miles, from Yuma County to Kingman.
I had to pay before it would be moved.
Days, weeks went by and and I got nasty.
The Local County Attorney made a few phone calls and the mobile was brought to Kingman, but to a storage yard.
The County Attorney got on the phone and they brought it to my property here.
But they called and wanted additional money , double what I had paid in the beginning..
I called the Sheriff and told them that I was fearful that I was going to have troubles, so a young Sheriff came out, looked at my paperwork and told me to not say a word, that he would do the talking.
He talked and the mobile was parked, inside the property line, barely.
A week later, Planning and Zoning showed up, wanting to cite me for attempting to park 2 mobiles on one lot [3 acre lot].
The moving company man also told me to put every thing that I owned in the mobile, not to worry it would be here in 3 days, that if I left the aquariums hooked to the electric supply, he would unplug it, when he moved and all my tropical fish would survive the trip....etc.
Not true weeks later.
It was my luck to get a crooked driver, who cashed my check and several others and went on a big party, or so the company said.
Ping.
I'm a big Pen#s.
No, but there is a difference between hiring someone to tow your car and hiring someone to move your house and all of your worldy possessions. It would seem that if you want to have someone do the latter, you'll engage in a little more due diligence.
The Sheriff really blew this one. He treated them like trash and tossed their entire existence into a heap on the side of the road. It is a disgrace and disgusting.
What more could the Sheriff have done? The wheels popped off the trailer carrying the house. The home was already damaged. A professional towing company could not move it. After 9 hours of dealing with a house blocking a major thoroughfare, it seems like he was out of options here.
Only if the dollar is backed by real estate.
However, it isn't.
I have no idea what her income is - but if you are going to pick one thing not to cut corners on despite a limited budget, it would be moving your home.
These people are barely surviving
You don't know that. It is a rare able-bodied 35 year old in America indeed who is "barely surviving."
If you call a tow truck company and the truck shows up to tow your car are you going to ask them for their insurance papers, a couple of references...
I am going to call an AAA-approved operator, who is guaranteed by my AAA membership to be insured and licensed.
If I have a contractor install a boiler - let alone move my home down a highway - I check his papers and insurance.
Unfortunately it is unreasonable to expect that with their extremely limited resources they are able to do things that others would find easier.
I don't care how poor you are, you can still check to see if someone is insured.
Asking doesn't cost a dime.
The Sheriff really blew this one. He treated them like trash and tossed their entire existence into a heap on the side of the road. It is a disgrace and disgusting.
What's a disgrace and disgusting is the sense of entitlement possessed by someone who believes the public road should be blocked indefinitely for her personal convenience.
The sheriff stood in the pouring rain directing traffic and trying to help her out for almost ten hours before he did the only thing he reasonably could do: get the home she ruined off the road so everyone else in the community could go about their business.
Regardless of a person’s financial position in life they should be treated with respect.
I agree. An example of disrespectful behavior: blocking the road and expecting everyone in the world to drop whatever they're doing so a mistake you made can be fixed at taxpayer expense. That's the height of disrespect.
You might both do well to spend some time with some really really poor folk and see what is thrown against them just to make simple daily choices.
You have no idea where I grew up, how much money I grew up with and what folk I grew up around.
Do you have any idea what Lenox Ave (now Malcolm X Blvd) and 143rd Street in Manhattan was like in 1977?
Find out and get back to me.
We REALLY need a picture of "Pancake" Meyers.
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