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Post by Minnesotagirl7 on Jul 24, 2023 19:10:48 GMT -5
nidena, good point. She has not explicitly asked for help. I took her comments about credit cards and the “extravagant” charges as her asking.
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Post by muffyinthered on Jul 25, 2023 10:34:29 GMT -5
I agree with nidena. If she doesn't ask for any more help, she feels like she has it. But if she comes back down the road and asks for help, then you have the problem. Do you help then or not.
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Post by debthaven on Jul 25, 2023 15:06:47 GMT -5
she said she didn't feel like getting into itMinnesotagirl7 I agree, she doesn't seem to want more help. If you're close, or if it comes up again, you can always say something like "I'm here if you change your mind". She said she doesn't get it, she doesn't make extravagant purchases. I told her it doesn't need to be one big thing, but a lot of little things will add up and have the same effect.
You responded very well to that. Hopefully she'll think about that. Caveat: What I say stands as long as she doesn't ask you for money ... if she does, that changes things. But it doesn't sound like she did. lark1964 that's an awful situation with your roommate. I have no advice, but I wish you the best. I DO think you can explain that if you don't have a paying renter, you risk losing your home. (Even if that's an exaggeration, I think you'd be entitled to say that.)
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Post by lark1964 on Aug 1, 2023 13:00:30 GMT -5
Has anyone gotten caught by a "membership" they can't discontinue? I started a membership - eh, I don't know, about a year ago, for a friend, it was supposed to be sending him monthly deliveries of makeup (he's a makeup artist), and it sent him stuff for a couple of months, and then - stopped sending anything. So after about 4-5 emails and cancellations of the membership, they stopped.
But today, I have a charge from them of $64.95, the "annual" renewal. That I canceled.
And now I'm getting caught in this bot nightmare - I tried to call them, and was told to go to the help.url.com website, the phone unmanned and unmonitored, I have to tell the account through the account page that I want to cancel. Only it doesn't let you cancel, it says it will delay for a month. or two. Or three. You get to a chat bot that will say, "You have to cancel on your membership page". You can't cancel on the membership page, you can only delay for a month, or two, or three. Follow the rabbit hole to this cancelation steps page which then send you to the bot, which then sends you to your membership page to delay for a month. Or two. Or three.
Basically, it's specifically designed to absolutely prevent anyone from canceling the membership. No human interaction, bots only. What is the solution? The credit card bank says they can try to cancel the charge I was hit with today, but they have no control on them re-submitting the charge, the absolute desperation method would be for me to 1) cancel the card, or 2) change the account number. I'm just... wow. It's really screwed up and irritating.
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Post by chiver78 on Aug 1, 2023 13:07:04 GMT -5
Has anyone gotten caught by a "membership" they can't discontinue? I started a membership - eh, I don't know, about a year ago, for a friend, it was supposed to be sending him monthly deliveries of makeup (he's a makeup artist), and it sent him stuff for a couple of months, and then - stopped sending anything. So after about 4-5 emails and cancellations of the membership, they stopped. But today, I have a charge from them of $64.95, the "annual" renewal. That I canceled. And now I'm getting caught in this bot nightmare - I tried to call them, and was told to go to the help.url.com website, the phone unmanned and unmonitored, I have to tell the account through the account page that I want to cancel. Only it doesn't let you cancel, it says it will delay for a month. or two. Or three. You get to a chat bot that will say, "You have to cancel on your membership page". You can't cancel on the membership page, you can only delay for a month, or two, or three. Follow the rabbit hole to this cancelation steps page which then send you to the bot, which then sends you to your membership page to delay for a month. Or two. Or three. Basically, it's specifically designed to absolutely prevent anyone from canceling the membership. No human interaction, bots only. What is the solution? The credit card bank says they can try to cancel the charge I was hit with today, but they have no control on them re-submitting the charge, the absolute desperation method would be for me to 1) cancel the card, or 2) change the account number. I'm just... wow. It's really screwed up and irritating. call your credit card company and dispute, that sounds like an easy one to argue. the CC will chase it and get it straightened out.
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Post by nidena on Aug 1, 2023 19:54:06 GMT -5
Has anyone gotten caught by a "membership" they can't discontinue? I started a membership - eh, I don't know, about a year ago, for a friend, it was supposed to be sending him monthly deliveries of makeup (he's a makeup artist), and it sent him stuff for a couple of months, and then - stopped sending anything. So after about 4-5 emails and cancellations of the membership, they stopped. But today, I have a charge from them of $64.95, the "annual" renewal. That I canceled. And now I'm getting caught in this bot nightmare - I tried to call them, and was told to go to the help.url.com website, the phone unmanned and unmonitored, I have to tell the account through the account page that I want to cancel. Only it doesn't let you cancel, it says it will delay for a month. or two. Or three. You get to a chat bot that will say, "You have to cancel on your membership page". You can't cancel on the membership page, you can only delay for a month, or two, or three. Follow the rabbit hole to this cancelation steps page which then send you to the bot, which then sends you to your membership page to delay for a month. Or two. Or three. Basically, it's specifically designed to absolutely prevent anyone from canceling the membership. No human interaction, bots only. What is the solution? The credit card bank says they can try to cancel the charge I was hit with today, but they have no control on them re-submitting the charge, the absolute desperation method would be for me to 1) cancel the card, or 2) change the account number. I'm just... wow. It's really screwed up and irritating. In many cases, canceling the card won't do any good. MC, Visa, and AmEx have it so that auto-charges automatically convert to the new card. What I did for that sort of subscription--ancestry.com requires you have a CC number on file (long story but similar to your issue)--is to input the # on a Visa giftcard that was empty. So, you could change the CC number on the subscription and THEN dispute the charge with your actual credit card company.
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Post by nidena on Aug 2, 2023 9:46:59 GMT -5
HELOC has been cleared to close. Just waiting to hear from the banker to schedule signing all the paperwork.
The payoff on my HVAC is good through Aug 17th. They also just processed the regular monthly payment yesterday. I didn't want to not be current when I get it paid off.
Would they send back any difference if they receive the payoff amount well before then?
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Post by muffyinthered on Aug 2, 2023 12:07:57 GMT -5
nidena - I believe it is against the law not to return anything that is paid that is more than you owed.
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Post by chiver78 on Aug 2, 2023 18:36:20 GMT -5
my 2nd bonus vested this week, and I pulled the trigger on same-day sale. I should see the proceeds by this time next week. I'm glad I gave myself some mental leniency in planning some things, because the number under the "available" column was different than the one on my annual pay update sheet. I'm still okay with wiping out the recently reset smaller CC balance, and I can also comfortably pay off a cruise I booked a couple weeks ago for next spring, while throwing the rest into that HYSA. yesterday's update message says their interest rate is now 4.15%. works for me! I'll post my regular update once the dust settles on this stuff. and then, just expect me to hang out with minimum payments on that one card til I pay off the projects on promo rates.
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Post by nidena on Aug 2, 2023 21:46:54 GMT -5
Closing is scheduled for Friday. My banker (and friend) said the funds that aren't going to the payoff will be deposited by Wednesday so I'll email the property survey company and get that started for them to come out. I also have an electrician coming out on Monday to provide an estimate for removing power from the shed in the back yard. I plan on demolishing it and really don't want it "live" when I do. lol.
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Post by lark1964 on Aug 3, 2023 17:44:49 GMT -5
chiver78, ymam.proboards.com/post/3457678Nope. The CC bank said they had no control over it, and I would have to straighten it out with the damned idiot subscription house. But I did send them yet another email, and yet another, and yet another, and I think about the eighth time when I told them to cancel the membership before I sic my attorney on them, they finally listened. I'm waiting. They said they'll refund the fee, in 5-7 days. I'll see if by, say, Monday, then maybe, yes, I'll be contacting them again... oy...
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Post by chiver78 on Aug 3, 2023 17:49:17 GMT -5
chiver78, ymam.proboards.com/post/3457678Nope. The CC bank said they had no control over it, and I would have to straighten it out with the damned idiot subscription house. But I did send them yet another email, and yet another, and yet another, and I think about the eighth time when I told them to cancel the membership before I sic my attorney on them, they finally listened. I'm waiting. They said they'll refund the fee, in 5-7 days. I'll see if by, say, Monday, then maybe, yes, I'll be contacting them again... oy... yeah, that's a shitty CC bank, too. I'd cancel them as well.
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Post by nidena on Aug 4, 2023 16:21:59 GMT -5
Closing is all taken care of but my banker is going to be looking into a mystery that she couldn't answer. They're cutting a check to pay off the HVAC and I provided the payoff letter that details the amount along with the "good through Aug 17, 2023 with a $5.xx per diem". Well, in the paperwork, the underwriter had calculated a different amount. It's only $23 different but I couldn't understand why the UW felt the need to calculate a payoff when I provided a letter. In any case, I'll probably get that $23 back along with the payment I made on the first and any per diem amount between when they receive it and Aug 17th.
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Post by chiver78 on Aug 7, 2023 9:56:52 GMT -5
woot! stock proceeds landed today, and they are already accounted for. I paid off the smaller balance, the statement balance on my daily use card (earlier than planned for) and threw the rest in the HYSA. I'll probably have a few $ of interest once this statement cycle closes, but that's fine. I'll clear that when it posts. now, all that is left is the one lingering card at 5.99% for the life of the balance. as I said last month, my plan for now is to pay down some projects hanging out on promotional rates. those will reset next spring, to much higher than 5.99% . I probably won't be all that aggressive with it, while I'm still figuring out the work situation. once I know what I'm going to be when I grow up, I can get back to hacking away at s chiver78 8/7/23 $10,000.02 (5/9/20 $138,495.31)
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Post by snapdragon on Aug 7, 2023 12:42:17 GMT -5
How-do, All! OK, I'm going to bitch and moan for a bit, I'm very frustrated, did I make progress? Of course, but I had setbacks and I'm pissed off about them. Care Credit 350.00 -50.00 0.00% 300.00 Mattress 590.00 -90.00 0.00% 500.00 Wayfair. 935.23 -60.00 38.99% 900.45 Citibank 3,013.95 -100.00 26.74% 2,959.64 Toyota 6,016.92 -375.00 4.65% 5,664.91 NCL - BofA 1,844.65 -75.00 29.99% 1,813.81 Lowe’s 16,745.24 -500.00 26.99% 16,545.02 Discover 17,732.67 -435.00 25.74% 17,678.57 Target 10,675.79. -360.00 27.15% 10,689.81 Home Depot 1,404.78 -60.00 26.99% 1,366.72 Trumark 17,832.97 -453.38 7.99% 17,875.95 77,142.20 -2,558.38. 76,294.88
So, continuing the turtle mode, I was offered the "skip-a-pay" for the month of July from my Trumark loan, so $35 later, I just earned some interest. This should have given me roughly $450 to spend, yes? HA! I had to replace my thermostat. But because it wasn't enough, I wound up having to buy two window units, and basically, $450 was eaten up and thensome. Meanwhile, I made the mistake of going to the grocery store - oh, we all need to stop eating, it just is not financially feasible anymore! And laundry detergent, toilet paper, and that stuff we consume, that food stuff? Yeah, it costs a lot! And then just to add insult to injury, I got a speeding ticket ($100) and then had to spend some money on a tire. So here we are, July 13, I'm out of money, and Lyft isn't paying well because it's summer, and Lyft isn't great in summer. I knew this, but it's only putting gas in the car and keeping the car moving right now, it's not giving me even the extra $100/week I thought it might, it's more like $50, and that's squeezing it. Then, there's my roommate situation. I let a friend move in last fall, and she was doing well and then - she got sick. And hasn't paid rent since February. She has cancer. She's on welfare, now, has no job, the state is dragging their feet getting her the money they keep promising, she's got six kids who all live nearby, and only one is willing to take her in, but every deal she's tried to close on a new house has been outbid. So she's trying, but not succeeding. Meanwhile, while she's a lodger in my house (this is the Pennsylvania definition), and I had given her a written warning that she owes me rent, and I can technically take her to court and evict her, now she has cancer, she's on disability (unpaid as of yet), medicaid, etc., and it becomes me being a jerk for wanting to evict her. And I really could use the rent she was paying and is no longer. Plus she's using my electricity and water... *sigh* And then - my prescriptions changed, my doctor ordered new and more expensive goodies for me to take, and... I had to use my Discover card to pay for them. If I'm really pushing myself, I'm hoping I'll at least be able to get Lyft to pay for the new prescriptions so that my payment next month to Discover actually pushes Discover down some more. Bigger and more despondent *sigh*. And yet there were bright spots: the play I did in June received critical acclaim here in Philadelphia, and a producer saw it, and he's going to make it the opening production in the 2,800 seat theater he's renovating in the city. And he wants the Philadelphia cast to be the opening week's cast. This is a great thing, and it will pay well, but I'm still waiting for the other shoe to drop and for them to say, "Well, we want the whole cast... except YOU!" I know, I'm being silly. But I'm also just - really feeling the weight of things, you know? We shall prevail. Rah! Rah! Sis! Boom! Bah! Hugs -- that all sounds really frustrating. Congrats on the play recognition!
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Post by lark1964 on Aug 8, 2023 8:15:41 GMT -5
Ah. The latest and the greatest. I have a new headache, THIS month? I have a broken windshield. It was cracked just a little bit Sunday, maybe 3-4 inches long, they do that come to your house and repair the glass service. Only Monday morning - it was about a foot long. And after last night's storms (and they were HUGE), it's halfway across the whole and threatening to cross over into the driver's side. No more repair possible, I have to replace the whole thing. And it's in the middle of my view, not top or bottom, it would be right across what I see. Thank goodness I have a $250 deductible, it could be worse - it could be $500! btw, I don't know if this holds true for anyone under 55? (whoever thought I'd be praising getting older? ) My insurance difference for $250 vs. $500 deductible? Is $10 a month. Thanks, I'll pay the extra $10 premium. Care Credit 350.00 -50.00 0.00% 300.00 Mattress 500.00 -90.00 0.00% 410.00 Wayfair 900.45 -60.00 38.99% 872.39 Citibank 3,026.61 -100.00 26.74% 2,926.61 Toyota 5,664.91 -375.00 4.65% 5,312.28 NCL - BofA 1,813.81 -75.00 29.99% 1,784.10 Lowe’s 16,883.36 -525.00 26.99% 16,392.71 Discover 17,678.57 -435.00 25.74% 17,842.99 Target 10,677.25 -360.00 27.15% 10,584.86 Home Depot * 1,366.72 -60.00 26.99% 1,393.01 * 1 year interest free is over... *sigh* Trumark 17,875.95 -453.38 7.99% 17,748.87 76,737.63 -2,583.38 75,567.82
I'm just holding my breath at this point for October 3, and then I'm going to take some of my Roth retirement! Penalty free at age 59.5! Oh man, how many times have I said to people, "Don't wish your life away!" I'm not wishing it away! I'm just - impatient!
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Post by nidena on Aug 9, 2023 10:17:20 GMT -5
Aww...thank you, jdnstl ! Sometimes I feel like I may overshare but typing things out helps me to work through my decisions. Coincidentally, I was going to share about my road trip. It cost more than I expected but my two weeks on the road cost less than the 10 days that I was home last October. And this trip included me taking a large-busted friend bra shopping. Her only income is SSDI so it isn't much and there's no way she can afford to spend ANY money on proper fitting bras, let alone $300 on five so that she has enough for a week's worth of wearing. I also bought some pottery and other small art from an Artists Co-Op in Tucson. These things aren't the unnecessary spending that I referred to above. THAT is the three bags that I bought at Vera Bradley last week. I'm taking the two that were regular price back this week. My other spending was a result of my city sending me a letter to tell me that my grass is too tall. Granted, I haven't mowed this year but the plan was to tackle the front yard this summer and get it started on its way to being a pollinator and vegetable/fruit garden. Those plans got sped up and I bought a bunch of stepping stones, pea gravel, and no-dig edging last week. Unfortunately, we also had a huge storm on Thursday and I was without power for two days. With it raining off and on most of the weekend, I didn't get as far as I hoped with the yard project. I'm hoping the evidence that I have STARTED on my yard will deter the city from penalizing me for the grass. Grass that is now laying mostly flat and not standing tall. lol.All that to say, I now have a balance on my CC that will take more than one month to pay off. Mentally, feeling like I HAVE to pay it off each month is very stressful. That is the goal and I was successful for four months. Now, the goal is to be able to do that even if I take a road trip and/or buy someone a bunch of bras--this tends to be my most common gift. In the interest of paying down the CC, I do have a number of www.damselcorsets.com items that I have bought over the last year that I no longer like or I bought the wrong size so I will be trying to get those sold within the ReSale group on FB. I've already sold one piece for the same amount that it cost me. Her stuff really does hold its value so selling them again just requires patience until it's sold. In the meantime... Happy 4th, y'all! I made quite a bit of progress on the yard but it wasn't enough to deter the city. They came out on July 30th and mowed the grass down below 8". They did it with no care for the edging that I laid down nor with any discernment for plants vs grass in the areas where there was both. They left grass clippings wherever they landed. I could grouse and grumble some more but I've done a ton of that over the past week with friends here so I will pay the invoice--which I received two days ago--on the day it's due. They are charging $435: - Administrative fee -- $200
- Fine 1st Offense -- $75
- Labor 1 -- 1 Man -- $160
Govt contracting at its finest since it costs only $35-$50 to mow my size yard in these parts.
Anyhoo, after being my best petulant "I don't wanna" four year old, I'm pressing on with the yard makeover. Don't you hate it when someone tells you that you're not getting to your goal fast enough or in the right way? I bought more stones and pea gravel and was able to procure a ton of cardboard from work. I've also had a fence guy come out to give me a quote for a fence around the whole back and between the properties on each side of me. Right now, it's waist high chain link and I need a REAL fence.
In other news, classes start in two weeks and I'm looking forward to the diversion.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Aug 9, 2023 16:53:34 GMT -5
Any time the city has to do your snow or lawn, it is definitely expensive. It's not going to be at market rate. They told you what needed to be done and it wasn't done.
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Post by chiver78 on Aug 9, 2023 18:42:57 GMT -5
this sort of shit pisses me off. was the overgrown lawn egregious enough to be harboring rodents? if not, what's the damn problem? this sounds like something out of a bullshit busybody HOA, not a town government. nidena - can you hire some HS kids to mow while you're still working on your vision? I WFH and am pretty much always here, but I still pay some HS kids to come mow my lawn because I just don't want to deal with it.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Aug 9, 2023 19:34:09 GMT -5
I pay someone to do my lawn and snow for this very reason. My small town has an ordinance about both snow removal and lawns. I don't do either, so I hire it done. It's much cheaper than a fine.
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Post by nidena on Aug 9, 2023 20:37:52 GMT -5
Mowing the lawn destroys the ecosystem of the lawn. They provide nothing back to the survival of the world and that's why I'm working towards not having one. Honestly, I don't trust HS kids or anyone else with JUST a lawnmower to do any better than the shit job that the city did, chiver78 . (Please like when you've seen this) It wasn't harboring rodents but it was definitely tall. Edited: removed link.
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Post by chiver78 on Aug 9, 2023 20:49:07 GMT -5
that's entirely fair.....and I know that HOAs vary across the country. I'm a lifelong New Englander, and HOAs aren't a thing here except condos/townhouses. but at the end of the day, any yahoo was only going to cost you $40, instead of whatever the invoice was *and* now you have to clean up the remnants? ugh.
but if you're okay going forward, I'll stop asking questions.
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Post by lark1964 on Aug 10, 2023 15:33:17 GMT -5
*Nidena*, I would get some railroad ties (or decking posts), put together some "boxes" two rails high, make two or three of them, taking over the spaces on the yard. And then do whatever you're going to do inside those boxes. They can't come in and mow it all down if things are boxed. I still would send a bill to the city for the costs of whatever plants you had planted which they mowed down. They want their $400, but you spent some cash, too, and they purposely overran just to be pigs. And you know it was your neighbors who reported you... ymam.proboards.com/post/3459539/threadI have a dude who not only does my lawn, when I *do* finally start my planting (next summer), I'm going to pay him to help me.
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Post by moneynerd on Aug 10, 2023 20:45:20 GMT -5
this sort of shit pisses me off. was the overgrown lawn egregious enough to be harboring rodents? if not, what's the damn problem? this sounds like something out of a bullshit busybody HOA, not a town government. nidena - can you hire some HS kids to mow while you're still working on your vision? I WFH and am pretty much always here, but I still pay some HS kids to come mow my lawn because I just don't want to deal with it. What nidena describes is a normal municipal process where I live. 1. City regulations define grass over X tall as a violation. I don't know the height, but it's not a week or three of missed yard mowing. It is seriously tall. 2. City becomes aware of a possible violation- neighbors complain, a city worker notices it while driving by, etc. 3. Someone from the city inspects. If the grass meets or exceeds the height in the regulation, the property owner is cited and given until X date to bring it into compliance. 4. If the grass is still noncompliant at X date, the city has it mowed and bills the property owner. If the homeowner fails to pay the bill, the city applies a lien to the property. The city wants to mow your yard even less than you want them to mow it. I am sure at least part of why they charge so much is to encourage people to resolve the issue without the city having to do it. Someone suggested billing the city for any plants they may have mowed down: all that will do is waste your time and perhaps bring a spot of laughter to any city employee who reads the complaint. The neighbors who used to live behind and one house over from me were "those neighbors". I know for a fact that other neighbors called the city on them (source: the spouse of one of the neighbors who called). Their grass was routinely 12" tall. The couple that lived there was perfectly capable of mowing the grass, it just obviously wasn't a priority for them. I agree with nidena that yards really are a waste. However, I don't miss the former neighbors. The new ones keep their grass at a much more manageable.
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Post by minnesotapaintlady on Aug 11, 2023 9:04:13 GMT -5
Our city has ordinances about mowing and shoveling too. Not mowing the entire year would definitely get you fined...and here it would be a ton of work to mow it if it was left that long. Having said that, I don't think they care about the back yard, so maybe you can just let your backyard go?
I like a nice mowed yard, but I see why some would feel they are a waste. However, I have 10 acres of this behind my 2 acres of mowed. The snakes and bees can hang out there while the bunnies enjoy the snake-free mowed parts.
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Post by nidena on Aug 11, 2023 11:10:00 GMT -5
Oh, they mowed the back yard, too. Nevermind that the house directly behind them has grass just as tall. lol. And, yeah, my grass was TALL. I hadn't mowed it all this year and it started getting noticeable at the end of April in that my neighbors, all over the block, had already mowed once by then. Considering that I'm burying it under cardboard, I just didn't see the point of double-work. So, now, it looks like this: Latest Progress.I had a fence estimator out earlier this week. It's going to cost a pretty penny but I'm hoping to get the fence up next month along the back of my yard and in between me and the busy-body neighbors. ETA: "all year" means April to mid-June when they drafted the letter
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Post by chiver78 on Aug 11, 2023 11:40:23 GMT -5
Oh, they mowed the back yard, too. Nevermind that the house directly behind them has grass just as tall. lol. And, yeah, my grass was TALL. I hadn't mowed it all this year and it started getting noticeable at the end of April in that my neighbors, all over the block, had already mowed once by then. Considering that I'm burying it under cardboard, I just didn't see the point of double-work. So, now, it looks like this: Latest Progress.I had a fence estimator out earlier this week. It's going to cost a pretty penny but I'm hoping to get the fence up next month along the back of my yard and in between me and the busy-body neighbors. ETA: "all year" means April to mid-June when they drafted the letter oh, hell no. nobody's setting foot in my backyard unless I invite them there. the city doesn't own my backyard, I do. well, my bank does , but it's not the damn city.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Aug 11, 2023 11:47:13 GMT -5
The city has every right to mow both the front and back yard as that if that is what the ordinance states.
That cardboard is ugly as hell and looks like the beginnings of a homeless camp.
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Post by chiver78 on Aug 11, 2023 11:48:28 GMT -5
I have never lived anywhere that the city had the right to come in and destroy my property. please tell me where this ass-backward land is, so that I never move there.
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Post by nidena on Aug 11, 2023 12:28:45 GMT -5
Oh, they mowed the back yard, too. Nevermind that the house directly behind them has grass just as tall. lol. And, yeah, my grass was TALL. I hadn't mowed it all this year and it started getting noticeable at the end of April in that my neighbors, all over the block, had already mowed once by then. Considering that I'm burying it under cardboard, I just didn't see the point of double-work. So, now, it looks like this: Latest Progress.I had a fence estimator out earlier this week. It's going to cost a pretty penny but I'm hoping to get the fence up next month along the back of my yard and in between me and the busy-body neighbors. ETA: "all year" means April to mid-June when they drafted the letter oh, hell no. nobody's setting foot in my backyard unless I invite them there. the city doesn't own my backyard, I do. well, my bank does , but it's not the damn city. The fence around the backyard will include a gate adjacent to the driveway where there is a gap between my detached garage and house.
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