Another Year, and the fight continues. :^)
Jan. 1st, 2017 10:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
feng_shui_houseI got myself all worked up about the strangers parking in front of my house & spent New Years Eve googling laws and fuming. :^)
So I didn't sleep well, got up after a few hours and marked all the trash days on the 2017 calendar Haldane had sent me, started laundry, left a note (the 'ask your landlord for parking' version) under the windshield wiper of the car still parked there, mowed what I could of the verge without coming near the car, and had my hip go OW so I came in to do a bit of sewing on tiny teddy bears I'd cut out a few days ago & waiting to see if my innards revolt from stress.
Also, I gave up on the order of polyfill (supposed to be here Dec 27 but since they had NO tracking on it, I don't know if it was ever sent at all) and requested a refund from Amazon's A-Z third party guarantee. I had contacted the seller twice, and each time immediately got a request for more information, which I immediately provided, and then heard nothing since. (Also I looked at comments & a significant number of people had the same thing with this seller- no tracking, and no delivery) Amazon says they refunded me. *Fingers crossed* The charge is on the credit card bill I got on Friday, and I think it best to just pay it, that way if there's fuss, I won't be dealing with the CC company, too. (Luckily the company didn't try the scam of 'pay us through Western Union', because if they had, and I fell for that, the A-Z guarantee wouldn't apply.)
On the bright side, while researching laws I found that if I'm still living in Hellhole 5 years from now, I can claim a total exemption from the local real estate taxes on the basis not only of age, but of having stuck it out for 25 years (well, my whole life, so a lot more than the minimum) in this pit of despair. Frankly, I think anyone who lives here more than 25 years deserves a medal and possibly a parade.
Am all nervous jangly, expecting at any moment an irate pounding on the front door, but HOPE the driver of the car will be a Boojum and not a Snark, and will swiftly and silently vanish away.
New Year's Resolution- TRY to be productive. AVOID playing the same pointless on-line computer solitaire games. TRY to be less procrastinatory.
So I didn't sleep well, got up after a few hours and marked all the trash days on the 2017 calendar Haldane had sent me, started laundry, left a note (the 'ask your landlord for parking' version) under the windshield wiper of the car still parked there, mowed what I could of the verge without coming near the car, and had my hip go OW so I came in to do a bit of sewing on tiny teddy bears I'd cut out a few days ago & waiting to see if my innards revolt from stress.
Also, I gave up on the order of polyfill (supposed to be here Dec 27 but since they had NO tracking on it, I don't know if it was ever sent at all) and requested a refund from Amazon's A-Z third party guarantee. I had contacted the seller twice, and each time immediately got a request for more information, which I immediately provided, and then heard nothing since. (Also I looked at comments & a significant number of people had the same thing with this seller- no tracking, and no delivery) Amazon says they refunded me. *Fingers crossed* The charge is on the credit card bill I got on Friday, and I think it best to just pay it, that way if there's fuss, I won't be dealing with the CC company, too. (Luckily the company didn't try the scam of 'pay us through Western Union', because if they had, and I fell for that, the A-Z guarantee wouldn't apply.)
On the bright side, while researching laws I found that if I'm still living in Hellhole 5 years from now, I can claim a total exemption from the local real estate taxes on the basis not only of age, but of having stuck it out for 25 years (well, my whole life, so a lot more than the minimum) in this pit of despair. Frankly, I think anyone who lives here more than 25 years deserves a medal and possibly a parade.
Am all nervous jangly, expecting at any moment an irate pounding on the front door, but HOPE the driver of the car will be a Boojum and not a Snark, and will swiftly and silently vanish away.
New Year's Resolution- TRY to be productive. AVOID playing the same pointless on-line computer solitaire games. TRY to be less procrastinatory.
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Date: 2017-01-01 05:08 pm (UTC)I hope your brave fight will bear some fruit...oh my, you do live in Hialeah so long and I do love that Hellhole thing.
Parking! I hope the driver will creep away without any aggressivity, they can be really unpleasant.
I like your New Year resolutions! I myself gave up many years ago, it is just an every-day-fight with myself, hahahaha!
Hugs and take care!
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Date: 2017-01-01 05:17 pm (UTC)IF the driver/home owner does talk to me, and talks to me reasonably, I might be willing to make an arrangement fair to all parties- like they'd mow the verge every 2 weeks, park no more than one car at a time, and give me a phone number in case I need to have the car moved. I don't think that's too much to ask.
My New Year resolutions almost always have TRY attached, or something like 'Avoid' instead of absolutes, so success doesn't depend on being perfect, but is a reminder that I can do better. :^)
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Date: 2017-01-02 06:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-01-02 06:26 am (UTC)So I can't really deliberately block it. You know, if they'd *asked* me, I would have been willing to compromise- I don't want strangers parking in front of my house, but if they would accept responsibility for mowing the parking area every 2 weeks, limit it to one car at a time, and give me a telephone number in case I needed to have the car moved, I would have agreed to that.
The car did eventually get moved, but I don't know exactly when. The last I looked it was after 4pm, still there, but then a little while after 5pm it was gone.
I don't know if they even SAW the note. Thing is, while anyone has the legal right to park on the verge, I'm pretty sure they're breaking other laws, so if they have any sense at all, they won't want a conflict.