tommyrot, I think they want to make sure that you pay the rent on time, don't trash the place or bother your neighbors, and are generally a Very Good Tenant. If your current landlord isn't a lying dick, you'll be fine.
My heart expands / 'tis grown a bulge in't / inspired by / your beauty effulgent.
William ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
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.
Kathy A - Jul 16, 2009 9:15:17 am PDT #29446 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
DavidS - Jul 16, 2009 9:19:06 am PDT #29447 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I fell asleep in front of the TV during the moon landing and my Dad woke me up just in time to watch Neil step down onto the moon.
Three things I watched on TV at an early age that colored my expectations about the world: race riots, Vietnam, moon landings.
Thank you Walter Cronkite.
tommyrot - Jul 16, 2009 9:20:02 am PDT #29448 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
tommyrot, I think they want to make sure that you pay the rent on time, don't trash the place or bother your neighbors, and are generally a Very Good Tenant. If your current landlord isn't a lying dick, you'll be fine.
Well, my current landlord blames me for the bedbug infestation of the building. Which I disagree with, and experts say there's just no way of telling how the bedbugs got in the building, but my landlord still insists it's all my fault.
Polgara - Jul 16, 2009 9:22:43 am PDT #29449 of 30000
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS
tommyrot, he wants you out, doesn't he? He'd be shooting himself in the foot if he gave you a bad recommendation.
tommyrot - Jul 16, 2009 9:23:13 am PDT #29450 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
tommyrot, he wants you out, doesn't he? He'd be shooting himself in the foot if he gave you a bad recommendation.
That's what I'm thinking/hoping.
tommyrot - Jul 16, 2009 9:23:53 am PDT #29451 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Oh, I'm going to look at a place here in Evanston tonight. I could be living a 20 minute walk away from work.
brenda m - Jul 16, 2009 9:25:24 am PDT #29452 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Chances that they would actually call are pretty slim. Chicago's rental market is not like the East Coast cities where they can pick and choose.
megan walker - Jul 16, 2009 9:27:01 am PDT #29453 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Chances that they would actually call are pretty slim.
This. They are probably just asking to see if you'll provide it without question (i.e., implying there's no problem).
tommyrot - Jul 16, 2009 9:30:10 am PDT #29454 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Chicago's rental market is not like the East Coast cities where they can pick and choose.
Yeah, I've been surprised at the number of "deals" in the craiglist listings - like no security deposit, half-month rent free and whatnot.
DavidS - Jul 16, 2009 9:30:48 am PDT #29455 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hmmm, I just got spam from Azalee Panis.