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Post by kritter on Oct 13, 2021 18:53:29 GMT
I am too and I am beginning to think that it is a list that does nothing. Well, not beginning but have thought for quite a while that it is just a list that is supposed to make you feel like you have done something to prevent the calls but it is just a big nothing.
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Post by jandsknight on Oct 13, 2021 19:01:16 GMT
By the way, I've heard "toad" strangler for a heavy rain, also. Most people can't tell the difference between toads & frogs, anyway.
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Post by staytuned on Oct 13, 2021 19:26:50 GMT
"turd floater"
I read that and had to stop reading to laugh myself silly for a solid half a minute.
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Post by staytuned on Oct 14, 2021 3:35:42 GMT
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Post by val2525 on Oct 14, 2021 17:19:50 GMT
You should have watched Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood instead on SNL.
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Post by blissfullymiserable on Oct 14, 2021 17:38:12 GMT
LOL at Mister Rodgers.... we've had some things go down in the hood recently so right now this couldn't be more true. We live in a weird location, neighborhood is decent as far as houses go but there's a dumpy tailor park maybe 200 steps away, duplexes down the street and quite a few other trailer parks close by. Lots of stuff goes on and Ring neighborhood alerts are a plenty.
Guy across the street had a gun stolen out of his truck early one morning about a month ago. Cops and forensic van were on site for quite a while. Later that afternoon he was installing security cameras. All of them are pretty much directed right at our house. Now I feel weird going out front to do anything. Including getting the mail but I'm glad they're there incase we ever need them for anything.
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Post by Emerald_Door on Oct 14, 2021 18:39:05 GMT
I worked for the census last year. My experience was that the people who lived in "trailer parks" (and I went to a lot of them) were almost always pleasant to me. A few people were a bit suspicious at first, but I never felt unsafe there. The mobile home neighborhoods covered a wide range. Some were quite nice and some were what you would considered "dumpy." The hostile, angry, threatening people lived in houses, sometimes rural, sometimes suburban, some of which were very upscale.
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Post by val2525 on Oct 14, 2021 20:02:22 GMT
I lived in a trailer park in Florida and it was awesome. I miss how the neighbors would sit outside on the patio and you could stop and chat if you walked by, or they'd stop if I was sitting outside. If someone was grilling, they'd often invite you to come sit and eat (and I did likewise if I was grilling, I'd always buy extra LOL). We had a lot of seniors living there and we'd all chip in and help them when hurricanes were headed our way by tying down what could become airborne, bringing in patio furniture, etc. If someone was out of town, we'd all help hurricane-proof that place too. The community was a co-op with some non-owner rentals, and we also had a section for seasonal campers (RVs). It was a cool place to live. I miss it at times.
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Post by blissfullymiserable on Oct 14, 2021 20:22:57 GMT
We've actually talked about the possibility of living in a trailer park at some point. I know they're not all bad. Maybe it depends on the demographics. I know there are some really nice parks with a lot of great activities for seniors. The one in our hood is not like this. It's honestly pretty trashy and we're hoping at some point it'll get leveled. All the trailers that I can see are very old and some look unsafe to live in. In the morning you never know what you'll find on the side walk and street behind them. Clothes, garbage, etc. It is oddly quiet though. Never hear any noise or disturbances. Maybe a year or so ago there was a random shooting and several members of a family were killed. I just found the story. www.azfamily.com/news/mom-young-son-shot-dead-at-mesa-mobile-home-park-possibly-targeted-police-say/article_e02cb2f6-cde5-11e9-8f20-2ff9ea2eb126.html
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Post by val2525 on Oct 14, 2021 20:41:22 GMT
I should have added that the park in Florida was a co-op, with strict rules on keeping up the units so as not to devalue the park. Older units had to be maintained and repainted periodically, and all units had to be powerwashed every so often. If you can find a park with regs on building condition that enforces the regs, chances are it will be a decent place.
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Post by 57roses on Oct 14, 2021 20:57:01 GMT
You're not far from one of my favorite restaurants, AZ Pho in Gilbert. Vietnameese cuisine. I've missed it so much since Covid. Used to get down there a couple of times a year while attending a convention in Casa Grande. The 'Bun' is so fresh tasting and wonderfully delicious. They also have passion fruit juice, one of my favorites.
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Post by chapeaunoir on Oct 14, 2021 22:42:16 GMT
The trailer parks here (they're clustered up around my area) range from rough to mid-range dumpy, to pleasant, and one is upscale. The last is right along the slough, nice views. The trailer owners all own their own plots in the latter park, but developers had been trying for years to kick the people out to build McMansions until finally they organised, and with the help of a lot of the rest of us, somehow got zoning changed and gave the boot to the developers (I know someone who lives there). The other parks are mostly on kinda wasteland, but the folks living there don't give any trouble. I go by two of them all the time and a lot of the trailers are kind of moss covered, but that's actually kind of normal around here - lots of jalopies, but again, that's pretty normal around here, also. The entire area is mostly protective of the trailer parks due to housing here being ruinously expensive and no one wants to see quiet, law-abiding people thrown out of their homes just for yet more overpriced townhouses and McMansions. Well, Ms Yowly Pants companionably urped up right next to me, so I guess I'll have to clean it up. ETA: Love Vietnamese cuisine - we have a big, longstanding southeast Asian community here and man, you can get some great food!
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Post by val2525 on Oct 15, 2021 1:07:37 GMT
The park I lived in went co-op to stave off the developers. The original owner received multiple offers to sell, so she offered it to the lot renters/residents first, who formed a co-op and bought it from her. Then they got some of land declared as conservation land, which would make it even harder for a developer even if the co-op decided to sell.
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Post by chapeaunoir on Oct 15, 2021 8:12:02 GMT
We've really been battling developers here. Purchases of forested areas by citizens to turn into community parks, and we kicked those astardbays out from seizing a dis-used local golf course by purchasing it with help from the town, for use of the people. It is now a very popular park with rewilded areas, off-leash dog areas and all sorts of little trails for folk to walk on. Even in bad weather you see people enjoying it. We were cool with the golf course, but it closed and no one wanted ticky-tack developments - we have enough of those. It has sensitive wetland areas (which the golf course owners had preserved as part of the features) and salmon streams, also cared for by the golf course owners as features. The developers are already knocking down small homes that people desperately need to get into the housing market and building 6 and 8 crackerbox 'townhomes' in their place with outrageous prices. DH said that his college is losing good employees who are moving out of the area because it has become too expensive to live in.
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Post by staytuned on Oct 15, 2021 13:16:25 GMT
I asked GA friend if "frog strangler" was popular there and she said her grandfather was fond of "frog strangler" as well as "gully washer". Around here, if there's heavy rain, it's usually referred to with an expletive with no imagination.
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Post by RetroMonde on Oct 15, 2021 16:38:37 GMT
My daughter & family live in a very nice manufactured home community and has struggled over the years with the stigma of 'living in a trailer park'. My brother lives IN the dumpy trailer just outside a low income trailer park. Here in Portland we have a huge-and-getting-larger homeless (houseless?) population, many displaced because of our skyrocketing rents, gentrification of low income neighborhoods and the razing of the parks where they lived in their older trailers. We (myself included) need more compassion about other people's Home Sweet Home, even if it's a blue tarp thrown up between 2 shopping carts.
Not calling anybody out for their opinion but class-ism a pet peeve of mine.:-)
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Post by chapeaunoir on Oct 15, 2021 18:34:08 GMT
Something like 40% of the homeless are employed - problem is, many also have mental health and drug issues. There used to be a place down in Seattle called The Jungle. It was a homeless encampment on the side of a hill off the freeway and quite large. It had been there for years and had gotten to the point where they had their own leadership, an arrangement where some of the residents traded tasks (i.e., keep an eye on the tents whose owners left for work or school so nothing would get stolen in return for food or having their places watched), they tried to keep things clean. It provided a structure that many needed. Some folks had lived there for over 10 years. Then one day there was a murder, and the city cleared everyone out. Funny - there are murders all the time in the suburbs but they don't clear everyone out of THEM.
This meant that a couple of hundred people had nowhere to go and spread out all over the place - no structure, no community anymore. Stupid, stupid - they should have simply investigated the crime and left everyone alone - they were in no one's way up on that hillside.
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Post by blissfullymiserable on Oct 15, 2021 22:01:22 GMT
Different strokes for different folks I guess. Shopped today, finding inventory continues to be a struggle. Still struggling with sales, can't get a good roll going. It's aggravating me. Hopefully November is better. Cliff got a raise on Wednesday though so I stopped by the the liquor store on the way home so we can celebrate without having to go anywhere. Adult beverages, turkey burgers and chips for dinner
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Post by pyrexandpearls on Oct 16, 2021 3:55:07 GMT
A few weeks ago we were talking about being suckered into those sometimes questionable websites. Well, I received my Shein order after a few weeks. Overall, I was pleasantly surprised but it is 100% fast fashion. I'd say I buy about 90% of my clothing at the thrift store and can get better quality there. However, it was fun to pick up a handful of items, though you need to size way, way up. For example I am usually an XL and I got some 2X and some 3X pieces. I did get a comically short waisted bathing suit that cannot even be pulled up over the ta tas LOL. I also got this bathing suit and was very surprised. It's nice quality for $10 and I would expect to pay at least $30 for something like that on Amazon. us.shein.com/Plus-Tropical-Print-Hanky-Hem-Bikini-Swimsuit-p-2795576-cat-2231.htmlWill it become my go to place? Surely not but I can see myself ordering a fun piece every now and then. They do have some adorable Christmas pajamas.
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Post by staytuned on Oct 16, 2021 15:25:26 GMT
It's 11am and currently 54 degrees outside and will only go up to around 60 today, then down in the 40s tonight. Fall is definitely here. Time to put a comforter on the bed again. Looks like the rain has moved out but still overcast. Good day to stay home and swap out summer for colder weather clothing. I don't mind cooler weather, just wish we'd ease into it better instead of 20-25 degree plunges.
Pyrex- thanks for the update on Shein purchases. It pretty much confirmed what I was thinking. Glad it pretty much worked out for you and you had a laugh at the same time.
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Post by kritter on Oct 16, 2021 15:59:36 GMT
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Post by kritter on Oct 16, 2021 16:04:42 GMT
We had our first cold front roar through yesterday. Last night hit the 40s and the high today will be low 70s. Fall is definitely here and I am looking forward to Spring already. I am so over cold weather and this is just the first day of it.
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Post by chapeaunoir on Oct 16, 2021 19:45:20 GMT
pyrexandpearls - Shein actually has some pretty cute stuff. I don't buy it for myself (only the kimono things fit), but I sold what was actually a pretty well made top with Japanese cranes on it that was really nice and have one now with a grid pattern, which I wish fit me. I've sold a few other things, too. If you're careful, you can do OK with that brand. We're in our usual fall pattern - rain, drizzle and about 52 degrees. Helping a friend with his marathon today - I said I'd meet him somewhere along the course with more water and some cookies and we'll run together for a while.
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Post by staytuned on Oct 16, 2021 20:58:17 GMT
I finally broke down and turned on the heat. I'm hoping the forecast is wrong showing low down to 39 Friday night and sleet mix Saturday. Bad enough spring only lasts a few weeks, now fall is getting shorter, too.
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Post by kritter on Oct 16, 2021 22:42:34 GMT
When the temp in my house drops below 70 degrees, the heat comes on.
I do not do cold at all.
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Post by chapeaunoir on Oct 16, 2021 22:58:47 GMT
The heat comes on here if it falls below 67 in the house - it doesn't matter what time of year it is - generally around here one has to run the heat about 10 months of the year, anyway. On the up-side, we rarely need air conditioning and most people don't even have it.
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Post by val2525 on Oct 17, 2021 1:48:25 GMT
Sooooooooooo glad it's finally fall. I was ready to give up summer.
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Post by sunsetpainter on Oct 17, 2021 13:36:43 GMT
I finally broke down and turned on the heat. I'm hoping the forecast is wrong showing low down to 39 Friday night and sleet mix Saturday. Bad enough spring only lasts a few weeks, now fall is getting shorter, too. I.Just.Can't.Do.It! We had the A/C on last week, I'm NOT turning the heat on yet! It was 66° in the house this morning, so I told DH to put on a sweater and I'll bake something. That usually heats things up nicely (which is why I rarely bake in the summer). This house has zero ventilation. I'm going to insist harder that we get a whole house fan.
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Post by labbypaws on Oct 17, 2021 14:57:02 GMT
We have a doggie with an upset stomach so we were up all night cleaning the spots in the carpet and cleaning the crate. He normally is not in a crate but it keeps it narrowed to one spot. We had to figure out who was sick first. His tummy should be empty by now so the vomiting should be done. Will feed him tomorrow morning.
all the windows are open and the attic fan is on even though it is rather cool.
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Post by kritter on Oct 17, 2021 15:44:09 GMT
It hit 67 in my house this morning and the heat kicked on. I don't mind being hot but I will not be cold. Not now, not ever.
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