I have ordered the part we need to try to fix the vent ourselves.
Right. Sir. Honey.
Zoe ,'The Train Job'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
sj - Jun 21, 2011 5:03:46 am PDT #23726 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Strix - Jun 21, 2011 5:13:50 am PDT #23727 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
It came out honest, Barb, but now I REALLY wanna slap yo mamma!
And go back and pat Teen!Barb on the head...
Barb - Jun 21, 2011 5:19:16 am PDT #23728 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
God love Mom, she's just so amazingly narcissistic and just doesn't get it.
And yet, what kills me is she manages to charm absolutely everyone she meets within moments. I can't tell you how many of my friends and acquaintances want to adopt her.
It's a gift, I tell you.
Strix - Jun 21, 2011 5:26:00 am PDT #23729 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Charisma -- It Doesn't Mean You're Smart
Toddson - Jun 21, 2011 5:27:10 am PDT #23730 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
And, from observing my own mother, you really can't fool all the people all the time.
sj - Jun 21, 2011 5:35:40 am PDT #23731 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Barb, that was beautiful written, and I also want to slap your mother on behalf of your younger self.
I called the police department, and they will send a police officer to the house if we want to file a report and name a suspect. I really really don't know what to do. I have called my landlord, who of course is going to do nothing, and I am worried about escalating the situation. I hate living below these people.
Strix - Jun 21, 2011 5:43:46 am PDT #23732 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I dunno, sj. I might just make a copy of the bill and polic report and tape an evelope with a note to the neighbor's door:
"Hi, I just thought you should be aware that we have vandals near our building. They damaged by AC to the tune of $X; if you see anyone lurking or damaging stuff, please call the police, as they have been notified. I would hate for this to happen to your property, so if we all keep an eye out, maybe we can prevent any more costly damage."
That way you don't blame (it might not be their fault, maybe) but if it is, then you are just being neighborly...and the kids know they are busted, that it cost money, and that cops were called. Hopefully, they won't do anything more.
sj - Jun 21, 2011 5:46:11 am PDT #23733 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Well, the neighbors are upstairs, so they don't have to worry about their windows broken, screens slashed, AC damaged, all of which have happened here but months and sometimes years apart. I know the AC is a relatively small matter, but I'm still shaky and upset.
ETA: And I'm worried if we even file the police report and they go upstairs to question them, it will just escalate the situation.
Barb - Jun 21, 2011 5:50:17 am PDT #23734 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Gah, sj, what a shitty situation. I really wish you guys could live elsewhere-- or that the crappy neighbors would, yanno, disappear.
Perhaps in that sleeping wit da fishes sort of way. (Forgive me, I took a header down my deck ramp and banged the hell out of my arm, so I'm not feeling all that charitable at the moment.)
Strix - Jun 21, 2011 5:56:46 am PDT #23735 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Ugh, sj, that sucks.
I had shitty neighbors once -- it was a crack house -- and it's extremely stressful to feel disturbed and unsafe in your own home.
Barb, you need to stop falling down around your house! Ow!