Teppy, we had our roof redone in Columbus. The roofers came by to take the shingles off, ripped them off, put on a tarp and promptly disappeared for three days.

When my parents' roof was redone they cut down a pussy willow tree thinking it was dead. (They do look pretty barren in the fall/winter.) Not sure if there was any monetary redress, but they reroofed the dog house as an apology.

So much ~ma to Max and his people.

And to Plei and her dad.

To meara's friend, her nephew and whole family... may there be justice, and may there be miracles of healing - of hearts if not of body. I just can't fathom....

Steph, seriously, I'd be demanding to know what company those roofers worked for, and they'd be getting an irate call.

If I hadn't met the owner of the house (he's the one who hired the roofers), I would have been raising holy hell. And, based on what does or doesn't happen tomorrow, I still might.

Crap, lots of ~ma going out. So sorry that so many need it :(

Once we had roofers come by, do half the job, and then leave their truck parked in our yard for a month...backed up to our back door so tight you couldn`t get out. Seriously, the grass died in a neat little rectangle under the truck. And this was a rental, so we could do nothing about it, just relay the problem to our landlord.

Just caught up in the sidebar. That`s such a terrible story, meara. How awful for the family.
 
And health~ma on your behalf too, Plei.

Meara, that's tragic! Like WS says, may there be justice, and may there be miracles of healing - of hearts if not of body.

Fred Pete, sorry to hear about Max. tons of ~ma your way.

~ma to Plei's dad as well!

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ION- the elevator is fixed!!! (again).

Pop Tart

Any LA area folks interested, this Saturday I'm celebrating [day after] birthday by going to see OC Roller Derby. [link] If you wanna join, c'mon along.

That sounds like a blast, omnis. I'm supposed to hang out with my mom on Saturday. Mind if I ask her if she wants to come with?

Much ~ma for all who need it.