My parents have sold about 50 acres (out of 80) since my dad retired. There are new houses being put up on some of the land. It seems wrong to me - I wanna tell them, "You're supposed to grow stuff on this land, not dig it up and build houses!"
Jayne: Here's a little concept I been workin' on. Why don't we shoot her first? Wash: It is her turn.
'Serenity'
Natter 36: But We Digress...
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Jul 12, 2005 6:35:44 am PDT #9041 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Jessica - Jul 12, 2005 6:36:59 am PDT #9042 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
My parents' goal for the land they bought in Canada (my generation was getting too big for the existing cabins, and it was easier to just buy more land and build on it than to try and haggle ownership rights of the current properties) is to have one main big cabin and several satellite cabins that are basically just bunkhouses, maybe with little kitchenettes. It's going to be AWESOME.
(I'm also angling for a waterslide from the main cabin down to the lake, but I'm not sure that's going to happen. Maybe I'll build one when I inherit.)
Connie Neil - Jul 12, 2005 6:37:01 am PDT #9043 of 10001
brillig
It's not even ten o'clock here and I need a nap.
§ ita § - Jul 12, 2005 6:39:43 am PDT #9044 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
We had what we called a greenhouse (structure with very low walls built against the property-dividing walls, and with metal pipes that came up and over, like oversized croquet hoops all lined up neatly, with planks lying atop them. Inside said greenhouse (probably 6' by 20') was an aquarium with cracked glass, three steps up to a platform by the wall, and flowerbeds. It was all ours. It didn't need to make sense.
We also had what we called an outhouse which was really a big shed (20' x 20'? maybe bigger) where garden stuff went. And where the dog was locked when she was in heat, and when that failed, where she had her litter. There was also a bathroom in it. God forbid the gardener should come inside to pee.
And then there was an attached apartment. The door off our kitchen had a deadbolt, and on the other side was a pantry/small kitchen, laundry room, TV room, bedroom and bathroom. God forbid the helper should live in our house proper.
-t - Jul 12, 2005 6:43:38 am PDT #9045 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Grandma developed the land a couple of decades ago. Her house is still there, but the "little houses", as we called them, and barn and everything are gone. It's a small subdivision, now.
Lee - Jul 12, 2005 6:49:33 am PDT #9046 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Is slightly less than three months on a new job too soon to take a sick day?
§ ita § - Jul 12, 2005 6:50:01 am PDT #9047 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Are you sick?
tommyrot - Jul 12, 2005 6:50:41 am PDT #9048 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Is slightly less than three months on a new job too soon to take a sick day?
Hey, if you're sick, you're sick. And if you're not sick - well, they don't have to know that....
-t - Jul 12, 2005 6:51:34 am PDT #9049 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Is slightly less than three months on a new job too soon to take a sick day?
Did you start accruing sick time as soon as you started or was there a waiting period?
Lee - Jul 12, 2005 7:00:01 am PDT #9050 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Are you sick?
I'm at the almost tail end of a migraine that just won't go all the way away.
Did you start accruing sick time as soon as you started or was there a waiting period?
It starts accruing right away, but there is a line in the policy about "employees should try not to take sick days for x months". I just can't remember if x is 2,3, or 6.
Feh.