On 08-26-18 22:49, Denn wrote to All <=-
I guess I should read the stuff my wife puts on my desk, now she will razz me for eternity :(
OK, this has nothing to do with BBS'es of computers I'ts just a sad story with a lesson hard learned.
Nightfox wrote to Denn <=-
Regarding your water leak, that does sound like a pain. Sometimes I
wish I was still renting an apartment rather than owning a house, so I wouldn't have to deal with house maintenance.
Regarding your water leak, that does sound like a pain. Sometimes I
wish I was still renting an apartment rather than owning a house, so
I wouldn't have to deal with house maintenance.
Until you have a neighbor upstairs that throws random crap on their floor at 4 A.M. while you're trying to get some sleep. Or they yell at each other from the balcony.
Regarding your water leak, that does sound like a pain. Sometimes I
wish I was still renting an apartment rather than owning a house, so
I wouldn't have to deal with house maintenance.
Until you have a neighbor upstairs that throws random crap on their floor at 4 A.M. while you're trying to get some sleep. Or they yell at each other from the balcony.
Nightfox wrote to Chai <=-
in where the neighbor across my apartment wall would play loud music
late at night, and I could hear the bass from the music (which would
wake me up) at around 2 AM. One night I decided to go out and ring his doorbell to talk to him about it, and another neighbor was out at his
door doing the same thing. He kept doing it, so I called the police
one night when it was happening. The police went in and talked to him,
and he stopped doing it but only for a couple weeks and it started up again. That same apartment complex had parking spaces right outside
the bedroom windows, and there was someone who parked a (loud) diesel truck outside my bedroom window and would start it up around 5:30AM and let it sit for about 15 minutes before leaving.
The apartment I moved out of just before I bought my current house was decent. My first upstairs neighbor was nice and friendly, but he moved
out soon after I moved in. The guy who moved in had a fish tank in his apartment that apparently burst open one evening when I wasn't home,
and it started spilling water into my apartment through the ceiling. I came home and found he was nice enough to have left a note on my door,
and he helped move some stuff out of the way of the water. I still had
to call the apartment maintenance so they could bring in their fans for
a few days to dry the carpets in my apartment and patch the ceiling
where the water had damaged part of the ceiling. The water was
dripping onto one of my music instruments (a synthesizer) in my
apartment, but thankfully it wasn't damaged.
There was also a neighbor across the walkway in that apartment who
would talk on his cell phone outside, and I could hear him in my
bedroom, which got a bit annoying after a while.
Nightfox wrote to Chai <=-
waking up late at night hearing a really strange noise. I realized
later (after I moved out, which was soon after) it sounded like it may have been a cat playing with a spring door stopper mounted to the wall.
I've had some annoying neighbors in apartments, though the last apartment I lived in was fairly good. There was one apartment I lived in where the neighbor across my apartment wall would play loud music late at night, and I could hear the bass from the music (which would wake me up) at around 2 AM. One night I decided to go out and ring his doorbell to talk to him about it, and another neighbor was out at his door doing the same thing. He kept doing it, so I called the police one night when it was happening. The police went in and talked to him, and he stopped doing it but only for a
decent. My first upstairs neighbor was nice and friendly, but he moved out soon after I moved in. The guy who moved in had a fish tank in his apartment that apparently burst open one evening when I wasn't home, and it started spilling water into my apartment through the ceiling. I came home
It's amazing how many people just don't care. I'd like to find a house that's sort of rural, but close enough it still has all the Internet perks of the city available to me.
I haven't experienced that one. Although, we have a 20 something that likes to do wheelies on his sport bike at 3 A.M.
I try to go by a fairly strict code of conduct living in an apartment. I find that the favor is not always returned. But, at least I am putting into practice for myself for what I'm expecting of them.
Well that's better than the other things you listed, at least. Are you sure you'd rather live in an apartment? Haha.
i had a guy that would blast music super lound all the time [people that get high like to do that] so i just jumped at the wall and hit it with my body hard as hell[i was 280lbs], and then i landed on my bed. i'm pretty sure i knocked over everything that was up against the wall. he turned it off and didnt give me any more trouble.
fishtanks dont really burst open[unless there's physical trauma like someone hitting it with a hard object]. he was probably doing a water changed and dropped water or he was filling it up and let it overflow.
On 08-28-18 09:22, Nightfox wrote to Chai <=-
Yeah, it seems a lot of people just don't care. I do like being in the city though, conveniently close to things.
Motorcycle/dirt bike engine revving is one of my peeves. I've lived
next to people who have motorcycles who like to start them up and just
rev the engines for whatever reason. I had a neighbor like that while living in a house a long time ago, and I was in college, so it was especially annoying because the neghbor would rev his engine while I
was trying to study. I think he had a Harley Davidson. Years later, I was staying at someone's apartment for the weekend, and there was a guy
in a house nearby who apparently liked to work on dirt bikes and rev
their engines early in the morning. One Saturday morning the neighbor
was revving an engine at around 8:00 AM, and I heard another neighbor outside yell "Asshole!"
Yeah, I also try not to do things that would bother people. I
generally don't do things that are really loud or obnoxious anyway.
On 08-28-18 09:22, Nightfox wrote to Chai <=-
:) Well I've had some generally good experiences in apartments too. I guess it's a trade-off.
someone hitting it with a hard object]. he was probably doing a water changed and dropped water or he was filling it up and let it overflow.
Yeah, I'm not sure what happened with his fish tank.
MRO wrote to Nightfox <=-
fishtanks dont really burst open[unless there's physical trauma like someone hitting it with a hard object]. he was probably doing a water changed and dropped water or he was filling it up and let it overflow.
Nightfox wrote to Chai <=-
:) Well I've had some generally good experiences in apartments too. I guess it's a trade-off.
Yeah, it seems a lot of people just don't care. I do like being in
the city though, conveniently close to things.
I found that was an illusion, and a larger regional town/small city is actually much more convenient in practice. I used to live in Melbourne (pop 4 million), though in the suburbs, and to engage my interests, I was always driving or taking public transport all over the city, with the average journey being close to 60 minutes (one way). Everything was spread out by the sheer size of the place. Distances travelled were typically 10 - 40km one way for these journeys, 20 being close to the average.
Now I live in what is termed as a "regional city" of 100,000 people. I have more active interests and commitments now, but my average travel time is nearer 10 minutes, and distance travelled closer to 5km. That's when I
If you can manage to get decent neighbors, it's not all that bad. My electric bill last month was $58. I could never achieve that low of a bill in a house.
MRO wrote to Nightfox <=-
fishtanks dont really burst open[unless there's physical trauma like someone hitting it with a hard object]. he was probably doing a water changed and dropped water or he was filling it up and let it overflow.
I had a fish tank that leaked out all the water due to a manufacturing defect in the silicone sealant application they use in the corner, but I can't say I've ever seen one burst open.
Nightfox wrote to Chai <=-
:) Well I've had some generally good experiences in apartments too. I guess it's a trade-off.
If you can manage to get decent neighbors, it's not all that bad. My electric bill last month was $58. I could never achieve that low of a bill in a house.
On 08-29-18 09:40, Nightfox wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Yeah, I live in a suburb, but even the suburbs here have plenty of
things within a short distance. If I want to go into the nearby larger city, the drive can be between 30-60 minutes or so depending on
traffic, and there is public transportation too.
Re: Re: Digging a Hole
By: Chai to Nightfox on Tue Aug 28 2018 10:17 pm
If you can manage to get decent neighbors, it's not all that bad. My electric bill last month was $58. I could never achieve that low of a bill in a house.
Yeah, I suppose I did have fairly low electric bills in my apartment. My house has vaulted ceilings, which I don't think helps with heating and cooling. It seems many houses around here have vaulted ceilings; it's hard to find one that doesn't.
Nightfox
If you can manage to get decent neighbors, it's not all that bad. My
electric bill last month was $58. I could never achieve that low of a
bill in a house.
i havent had a bill that low in 17 years
my power consumption is 90-100 /month
MRO wrote to Chai <=-
I had a fish tank that leaked out all the water due to a manufacturing defect in the silicone sealant application they use in the corner, but I
i'm suprised you even saw that, because usually the weight of the water will press against everything and form a real good seal
MRO wrote to Chai <=-
electric bill last month was $58. I could never achieve that low of a bill
i havent had a bill that low in 17 years
Hawkeye wrote to MRO <=-
Mine is 80 Euro a month which is approx 94 dollar. But I have lots of devices... I'm maried but we have no kids. So a 2 household with a lot
of computers :)
Nightfox wrote to Chai <=-
My house has vaulted ceilings, which I don't think helps with heating
and cooling. It seems many houses around here have vaulted ceilings;
it's hard to find one that doesn't.
I've had some annoying neighbors in apartments, though the last apartment I lived in was fairly good. There was one apartment I lived in where the neighbor across my apartment wall would play loud music late at night, and I could hear the bass from the music (which would wake me up) at around 2 AM. One night I decided to go out and ring his doorbell to talk to him
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