OFC, i thot ya buzzed 'er all off? see how a book get s judged by it's cover??

As for DUI enforcement up here; we have MAJOR road blocks, gov't funding, gov't ins. company funding, etc.. It is NOT taken lightly. But at least we make sure we nail the real ones, and notthe borderline cases. Conviction rate is an entirely different story, but making a guy spend $10-20 K on a defence is just as good as a conviction (if there's no MVA).

 

OFC, you's been cooped up at home for WAAAAYYYYY too long, watching pornos and eating cheezies. BE very careful you don't end up with orange pnus syndrome!!

 

oh, BTW, HOWDY FOLKS![img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

I'm with OFC on August being a horrible month. We rented a second house on our property to a SWF in February. I knew $$ would be tight for her for rent, but I told her she could board extra horses. She had 2 of her own. I said she could keep her 2 for free, and board up to 3 more, but it'd cost an extra $100 for the extra 3. She's getting $150-200 PER horse, so I thought it was generous of me, and it would give her a chance to lower her rent. She actually said I should get all the board $$, but I insisted that wasn't necessary, and that she should use the $$ to just survive. She said she'd clean up after them and rent a dumpster. She'd been in the hospital several months earlier for depression but assured me that was under control. I thought she was a really good person despite her past problems, and that she just needed a break. STOO-PIDLY, I rented to her.

First, she wants to be an animal rescue center cuz she loves animals. She has 2-3 dogs at any one time, a cat, lizard, tarantula, bird that flys around,etc... She's an animal lover, but an AWFUL trainer. The dogs are incorrigible. THEN, we have extra horses on our property that we're NEVER paid for. THEN, we have 7 horses that we'd expressly capped at 5. I find her another field from my neighbor, to use for grazing, for FREE. She also rents a field from a different neighbor. She's got at least 12 horses she's rotating around, all made possible by my property, but she never has more than 5 on my property at any one time. THEN, rent is ALWAYS late, and paid twice per month in halves, instead of once at the beginning of the month. THEN, the first half of July is paid with 2 cheques, 1 of which bounces. The second half never comes. August, we get 1/2, but we apply that to July, which still hasn't been fully paid. We apply for eviction (this is where we're WAAAAY too socialistist. The system takes at least 3-4 months ++ before you can have a bailiff or sheriff physically remove them). I sorta guess that we were "lucky" she moved out Aug 31. She leaves the house and barn a disaster/pig sty. And the various horse owners were obnoxious to us. I now have a new-found HATE (and I RARELY use the word HATE) for horse boarders/owners. WHat a flakey bunch (that doesn't include you OFC or LJ). AND... we were nothing but civil and nice to her the entire time. My son would cut her grass, we gave her food cuz we knew she was struggling, we delivered to her ALL her moving boxes. We allowed her additional use of our property, I got her an extra field for free, etc....

After she leaves, there are 2 trailer loads of trash to take to the dump. Broken furniture, old table, tv stand, etc. The carpets reek of dog pi$$. I tore out all the carpet and pad. Ceilings need painting, walls washing (she didn't lift a finger to clean anything). I am trying to recover unpaid rent and a PORTION of my expenses. Despite all this, I'm still trying to be reasonable and treat it like business. WHile she was moving, I had to serve her papers notifying her of an arbitration date. She wasted a FULL day trying to avoid me. Her friends told me she was in the house, and I knew she was there cuz I saw her. I thot I'd be just as stubborn and waited on the doorstep. She wouldn't come out. I told her and her friends i didn't want to talk or lecture her, just hand her an envelope.

So I adverstise the place and get at least 30 phone calls. I find what seems to be a nice family. Dad, wife, 8 y/o and 1 to be born at the end of this month. Oct 1 will be perfect timing for them. Only 1 horse, 2 well trained dogs.

So here's the icing on the cake. This second house is really nice inside, but was built on top of a barn. It wasn't supposed to be built for occupancy, but everything is to building code and safe. Technically, it's not supposed to be lived in. But none of my neighbors care as long as I keep tabs on the renter, and keep someone decent in there. And the process is only complaint driven. The city doesn't monitor it. She has the audacity to call the city by-laws people to complain that I'm renting this place. They come and lecture me, tell me NO RENTING!! I have no idea if they're coming back. They did tell me the system is complaint driven, and they don't routinely monitor it. Also, I'm not allowed to know identity of complainant. I spoke to all my neighbors, and know it's not them. WHat do I tell the nice family? I'll tell them the truth. I actually told them ahead of time that it was an unauthorized accomadation, but there'd been no problems or complaints so far.

Can you believe she'd be vindictive enuf to try and screw us out of being able to rent our place, when we were nothing but kind and generous? sorry for the long rant, but I've been needing to vent this one. And we need the rental to afford our place. And she knows that too. EVIL![img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-mad.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-frown.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/img]

 

No good deed goes unpunished.

 

I sure hope yer right, but unfortunately, we're the ones being punished for our good deeds. Oh yeah, she still has 8 horses in the pasture next to us, so she can monitor the status of our rental. This person should not be in the gene pool.

 

Yuuuuup. Sounds like a ***** owner. haha Actually the ones i hate the most are ferriers.. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-mad.gif[/img]

 

Um so, anyone wanna buy a cursed Mustang? After last night im gonna put a car cover on it and not drive it ever again.. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img] Only a DAY after i get it back, half my BRAND NEW exhaust and the side skirt gets ripped off by a dead cat or something in the road.. I couldnt miss it.. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-mad.gif[/img]

 

No thanks...I already have a cursed Banshee. That's enough for me!

 

Damn dead cats stealing exhaust systems.

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