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I've really got to learn to just do the damage and get out of town. It's the 'stay and gloat' that gets me every time.

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Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This

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.

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Theodosia - Sep 23, 2013 11:41:41 am PDT #6345 of 30000

'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Given the bizarre lease situation, I'd be tempted to let myself get "evicted" and not pay for the next three months. Note that I am not a legal-type person. At least you could point out that letting you off the hook would keep them from having to file legal documents and go without rent income for an extended period. Whereas, if they let you out when you want, they'll get the apartment back sooner and be able to fix it and fill it up sooner.

Depends on how big a management company they have, if they have a lawyer-person on staff/retainer. But MA tenant law makes it hard to easily evict.

Dana - Sep 23, 2013 11:48:04 am PDT #6346 of 30000

I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Jesse, can you try to emotionally blackmail them with your situation?

Jesse - Sep 23, 2013 11:48:45 am PDT #6347 of 30000

Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Dana! I never think of that kind of thing! We'll see if he writes back saying "no" to my request to reduce the amount.

le nubian - Sep 23, 2013 11:51:24 am PDT #6348 of 30000

"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I like Dana's suggestion. Theo's as a backup.

Fred Pete - Sep 23, 2013 11:56:47 am PDT #6349 of 30000

Ann, that's a ferret.

Yikes, msbelle! I can only hope that you at least get a good story out of this.

DavidS - Sep 23, 2013 12:00:54 pm PDT #6350 of 30000

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Jesse, I wonder if you could find somebody on Craigslist that would want to stay there for a less than full year. Especially in Boston with all the hospitals you're always going to be doctors coming in for residencies and shit like that for part of a year.

Theodosia - Sep 23, 2013 12:17:32 pm PDT #6351 of 30000

'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Heh -- you could probably sign up for Air BnB and make money on it, what with it being right in Harvard Square.

le nubian - Sep 23, 2013 12:30:03 pm PDT #6352 of 30000

"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Theo doesn't lie. Hell, aren't there NFL/Hockey and holidays around this time?

P.M. Marc - Sep 23, 2013 12:35:03 pm PDT #6353 of 30000

So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

So what does all of this mean for people who want to, well, "call a spade a spade"? I urge caution. Mieder concludes his case study with the argument that "to call a spade a spade" should be retired from modern usage: "Rather than taking the chance of unintentionally offending someone or of being misunderstood, it is best to relinquish the old innocuous proverbial expression all together."

Hmph. RACISTS ARE THE REASONS WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS. I feel like giving up on innocuous phrases is letting the racists win.

meara - Sep 23, 2013 12:45:55 pm PDT #6354 of 30000

RACISTS ARE THE REASONS WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS. I feel like giving up on innocuous phrases is letting the racists win.

Yeah, sadly USING the phrases is ALSO a win for the racists. It's almost like the game is rigged...

I highly highly recommend those of you with a Trader Joe's get you some pumpkin cream cheese and then dip cinnamon sugar pita chips into it. OM NOM NOM NOM NOM

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