Random Rants LXIX: Life is a Dismal Chore

[Takhisis]

Plan B then: do you want to go to the LAN party?

I hope no bad people show up.

 

[Birdjaguar]

Did you really think I'm giving up, just because I've already had excuse after excuse after runaround from someone earlier this year about wanting to rehome her kittens but not even so much as complying with a request for a photo first? Yes, I want a new kitten, but due diligence is necessary as well. I won't buy from a kitten mill, and there have been some that have caught a first glance on social media but then I see the dirty conditions they're living in, dirty ears, watery eyes... I reported one of those places.

I kept on, and on, day after day... found someone who would have worked out perfectly, spoke to the foster mom, and then she pulled this "oops haha" crap.

I think I'm damn well entitled to rant about people who don't deal in good faith.

Adopting a cat is a lifetime commitment. You have to be willing to put in at least 12-15 or more years into this. I don't make inquiries unless I think I may have found the new family member for whom I'm willing to do this.

Right now I'm feeling a bit emotionally kicked around, so if you can't say anything supportive, please don't bother saying anything.

Losing cats is no fun. We adopted our first two cats in 1969 and since then have had over 25 different cats (not counting kittens born into the household and given away) and of those over 15 were adopted. Probably 20. Some lived to 17 and 18; others died young. We have three now; two adopted and one found by some dumpsters at 5-6 weeks old.

Ranting is not a remedy to loss.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Ranting is not a remedy to loss.

You'd make a hell of a counselor, Birdjaguar. "Be kind." "Only kindness matters."

Except it doesn't when it's applied to me. I get lectured or treated like I'm a child, or told I'm "not remembering ____ correctly."

I am fighting battles you don't know about. So please take your own advice. If you find yourself unable to do that, than by all means feel free to skip over my posts.

 

[Cutlass]

My across the street squaters are back.

 

[The_J]

I think you win the price for worst neighborhood to live in.
mmhh... or do I remember that someone here had shootings around his/her house... in that case you'd be number 2.

In contrast to that, I only had drug dealers as neighbors (which only became apparent when their house got swatted).

 

[Snerk]

That does sound annoying. Did you at least get a neighbourly discount from the dealers?

 

[Commodore]

My across the street squaters are back.

Call the police. Or, if you don't want to be the jerk, find out who owns the property and let them know so they can call the police. Sure, they'll get thrown out on the street, but that's what they get for breaking the law. And they should feel lucky if they only get thrown out. In my 30 seconds of Googling, I didn't see anything about the US, but in the UK squatting can be punished with up to 6 months in prison and a £5,000 fine.

After some more Googling, certain "stand your ground laws" in certain states (Nevada being one) it may in fact be legal for the property owner to open fire on squatters.

 

[Cutlass]

Call the police. Or, if you don't want to be the jerk, find out who owns the property and let them know so they can call the police. Sure, they'll get thrown out on the street, but that's what they get for breaking the law. And they should feel lucky if they only get thrown out. In my 30 seconds of Googling, I didn't see anything about the US, but in the UK squatting can be punished with up to 6 months in prison and a £5,000 fine.

After some more Googling, certain "stand your ground laws" in certain states (Nevada being one) it may in fact be legal for the property owner to open fire on squatters.

The problem here is that when a house is in the foreclosure process, then legally it's hard to say who owns it. So that makes it hard to say who has the legal right to charge who with trespassing. The cops know that they are there. The company which mows the lawn and does maintenance on the place knows they are there. Neither have taken action to remove the people.

 

[shadowplay]

I've had cold-like symptoms the last few days, nothing that bad ... but then suddenly last night, i developed severe pinkeye in both eyes. While I had conjunctivitis about a decade ago, this time it's much more painful. They both hurt like hell, and I'm really sensitive to light. Seeing the doctor in a few hours.

 

[metatron]

Ok, so my rent went up 15% this year.

And now the campaign posters have gone up.
And by the looks of the posters in my neighborhood i live in a two-party presidential system and it's all about whether Mutti or this Wagenknecht lady is going to be the great leader.
This would be indicative of a low class neighborhood where the rent wouldn't rise.
I'm just saying, something here doesn't add up and i feel vaguely cheated one way or the other.

 

[Takhisis]

it's all about whether Mutti

Dei?

 

[metatron]

Dei?

No, no, she's going to vote for her beloved old twink-pornography-criminalising party, as per usual.
Because, hey, what else is retrograde "social justice" good for?

Jebus, 98% of the OT crowd has no chance of getting that...
Well, Hygro maybe. He understood the laser pointer thing, after all.

 

[Cutlass]

The bad thing about ordering stuff online is that now I have to wait for it, rather than already having it!

 

[Samson]

The bad thing about ordering stuff online is that now I have to wait for it, rather than already having it!

You know this is a point that makes me not understand how the online shopping thing has taken off. Most people with money to spend work 9 - 5 or thereabouts. Most deliveries come between 9 and 5. If you are not there you have to go to the depot, which is usually harder than going to a shop. How do people solve this?

 

[Cutlass]

You know this is a point that makes me not understand how the online shopping thing has taken off. Most people with money to spend work 9 - 5 or thereabouts. Most deliveries come between 9 and 5. If you are not there you have to go to the depot, which is usually harder than going to a shop. How do people solve this?

Actually most deliveries don't require anyone to be home. They just drop the parcels. Unless it's a bad neighborhood, or apartments. But most Americans live in places where all the major carriers just drop any parcel that isn't specifically labeled as needing a signature. Which is to say, most of them.

 

[Akka]

You know this is a point that makes me not understand how the online shopping thing has taken off. Most people with money to spend work 9 - 5 or thereabouts. Most deliveries come between 9 and 5. If you are not there you have to go to the depot, which is usually harder than going to a shop. How do people solve this?

Easy : ask the delivery to be done to the address of your company. Where you are, since you're working. Problem solved.

 

[Samson]

Easy : ask the delivery to be done to the address of your company. Where you are, since you're working. Problem solved.

My employer does not like this, as it takes up time of the goods in department.

 

[Akka]

My employer does not like this, as it takes up time of the goods in department.

Well, it does depend on the situation, obviously, but for many people it works, and it answers the question of "how people solve this ?" ^^

 

[Lexicus]

Actually most deliveries don't require anyone to be home. They just drop the parcels. Unless it's a bad neighborhood, or apartments. But most Americans live in places where all the major carriers just drop any parcel that isn't specifically labeled as needing a signature. Which is to say, most of them.

I just get stuff delivered to my work building if I'm worried about not being at home to receive it.

 

[Commodore]

The problem here is that when a house is in the foreclosure process, then legally it's hard to say who owns it. So that makes it hard to say who has the legal right to charge who with trespassing. The cops know that they are there. The company which mows the lawn and does maintenance on the place knows they are there. Neither have taken action to remove the people.

Then start doing subtle little things that make life near intolerable for them so they leave on their own.