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Post by MJ2.0 on Jul 22, 2016 19:11:42 GMT -5
You flip it. Over and over and over. He also has a set of chains with links that are about 8 inches long. Each chain weighs over 250 pounds. He drags them up and down the property or goes up in the hay loft and lifts them up into the loft. Over and over and over. The pro football player that lives a couple houses down from us has one of these. Sounds like a big drum when he's flipping the tire. It's the siren's call for Aly - she runs out to the very edge of the street to talk to him. She told DH "Daddy, I LOVE the big boys!" Can't say she doesn't have good taste, lol!! I can't wait to see her in 10 years...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2016 21:31:47 GMT -5
Stepdad to the rescue!!! I called him yesterday and brought him all up on what his kid was up to. He knew he was having a hard time, but I was the only one privy to the new "moving back in 2 weeks" info. He called him today to talk to him and told him he doesn't have to burden me with getting the basement ready when they have 3 extra already furnished bedrooms he could use. I'm thinking he'll still try to stay with me instead because he'd probably rather cut off his own arm then move back in with my Mom, but at least dad told him how I have enough on my plate as it is. Anyhow, after talking to my Dad today, I texted my brother "You're not planning on hauling that big ass tire back are you?". He replied. "No, Dad would abandon any means of support if I did." I guess the Pods don't serve Largo and a similar company was going to be $2800!! Dad and I were talking and we can't even imagine he has $2800 in stuff. Dad told him to just get rid of everything and come back with the clothes on his back or maybe rent a tiny uhaul, but it sounds like he might drive down with a truck and trailer to help him bring his stuff. He said that's going to still cost probably a good $600 for gas and hotels (which will not be paid by my brother I'm sure). But...NO TIRE!!!! At least not that one. I imagine he'll be tire shopping when he gets back.
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Post by MJ2.0 on Jul 22, 2016 21:36:37 GMT -5
Stepdad to the rescue!!! I called him yesterday and brought him all up on what his kid was up to. He knew he was having a hard time, but I was the only one privy to the new "moving back in 2 weeks" info. He called him today to talk to him and told him he doesn't have to burden me with getting the basement ready when they have 3 extra already furnished bedrooms he could use. I'm thinking he'll still try to stay with me instead because he'd probably rather cut off his own arm then move back in with my Mom, but at least dad told him how I have enough on my plate as it is. Anyhow, after talking to my Dad today, I texted my brother "You're not planning on hauling that big ass tire back are you?". He replied. "No, Dad would abandon any means of support if I did." I guess the Pods don't serve Largo and a similar company was going to be $2800!! Dad and I were talking and we can't even imagine he has $2800 in stuff. Dad told him to just get rid of everything and come back with the clothes on his back or maybe rent a tiny uhaul, but it sounds like he might drive down with a truck and trailer to help him bring his stuff. He said that's going to still cost probably a good $600 for gas and hotels (which will not be paid by my brother I'm sure). But...NO TIRE!!!! At least not that one. I imagine he'll be tire shopping when he gets back. If by tire shopping you mean apartment shopping, then yes.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2016 21:38:57 GMT -5
He also has to pay $1800 to break his lease. I think that is about the last of his money. He says he came down with lots of money and is leaving in debt. He said even he girl that wrote up his lease termination agreement said she was moving back to PA in Sept because she couldn't make enough there.
Granted. He's a pretty negative guy but getting a decent job was never a problem for him.
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Post by zibazinski on Jul 22, 2016 21:41:55 GMT -5
Charging $1800 and collecting it are two different things. If rents are that high in areas, salaries are as well.
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Post by zibazinski on Jul 22, 2016 21:43:36 GMT -5
Largo? He lives in Largo? I know Largo very well.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2016 21:55:32 GMT -5
Charging $1800 and collecting it are two different things. If rents are that high in areas, salaries are as well. That's two months rent and some other fees. He already paid it because he's not a loser who skips out on a landlord (plus he would have been obligated to pay through May of 2017 had he not). I don't know. Maybe my brother is lying and there are tons of great paying jobs there. I don't know why he would though because he really wanted to stay.
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Post by zibazinski on Jul 22, 2016 21:58:44 GMT -5
I think he wants to come home. Grass always looks greener. It took me about a year and a half to adjust to Florida. Now I'd never be happy living anywhere else.
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Post by zibazinski on Jul 22, 2016 22:00:49 GMT -5
Largo is a very inexpensive area to live in. There are good jobs around but of course I don't know his expertise. PODS was based in Largo area at one time. I knew a guy who worked there.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2016 22:06:41 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure that's not it. He hates MN. He cannot stand winters here and bitches and moans 6 months out of the year...actually more like 8. He lived on the Atlantic side of FL for a few years right out of high school. Not sure why he came back that time. That was pre-cell phones so we didn't keep in very close contact back then.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2016 22:26:08 GMT -5
Largo is a very inexpensive area to live in. There are good jobs around but of course I don't know his expertise. PODS was based in Largo area at one time. I knew a guy who worked there. Maybe he meant they wouldn't deliver to our area, I don't know. We can argue about the availability of jobs until the cows come home, I'm not there so I don't have any idea except for what he says and what you say. I just know he's not a lazy guy that wasn't applying all over. He had several jobs while down there, but they didn't pay enough and he said they treated employees horrible at the places he was at.
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Post by zibazinski on Jul 22, 2016 22:28:32 GMT -5
That's too bad. It's so hard to get drug free and reliable workers anywhere that it seems foolish to treat one so poorly.
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Post by zibazinski on Jul 22, 2016 22:29:59 GMT -5
PODS is a very expensive way to move I always thought. I looked into it and couldn't believe what it'd cost me.
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Post by zibazinski on Jul 22, 2016 22:30:34 GMT -5
Even the guy I knew said not to use them and he was a honcho for them.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2016 22:38:40 GMT -5
I'm also glad there's not going to be a Pod in my driveway!
There's no way he has $2800 in stuff, but this is why he's always broke I guess. Move all that crap down for several thousand then break a lease and move it back a year later.
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Post by dannylion on Jul 23, 2016 12:15:02 GMT -5
Wait! He could still make it work in Florida. That tire could be his salvation. Tire craft
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Jul 23, 2016 13:08:06 GMT -5
Oy vey darlin......that's it, road trip....I'm on my way. Let's go over this again. If you, who are the owner and CEO of your home, don't want to store ANYTHING of your brothers.....then you know what you can do? ......Tell him that. It's not complicated: "I don't want your stuff in my barn" "Sorry, not running a storage facility here, I'm in the process of cleaning that shed out so....NO CAN DO" And guess what you do then. Any crap that you don't want in there....out it goes. It doesn't matter which husband/brother/whatever.....out it goes. I swear MInn.....I'm gonna come out there. I'm gonna do it... So help me, I will sell tickets to this. And I agree with Skubikky. You are only a target of a manipulator if you allow yourself to be one. Clean out the shed, put a lock on the door and a note that says: Nope, sorry...that is the MPL Shed of Dreams. It's clean and tidy and for this space I have a scheme. Two husbands' shitpiles I have disposed, And your stuff, my brother, I will not enclose.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Jul 23, 2016 14:43:25 GMT -5
PODS is a very expensive way to move I always thought. I looked into it and couldn't believe what it'd cost me. I did too, when I was looking into moving my stuff from KY to WA. It really was comparable to a moving truck. I wonder how much it has to do with distance they move the POD? A friend of mine used them, but she was only transporting it about 400 miles and it was very reasonable.
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Post by toomuchreality on Jul 23, 2016 22:31:56 GMT -5
OY! And you thought the bitching was bad before?! You ain't seen nothin' yet! Once he moves in with you, not only will he be around 24/7, venting to you... He's going to be venting about you! Telling you all the things you do that make him crazy. He'd be so much happier,if only you would (fill in the blank). He could move on with his life, if only you would (fill in the blank). Can you PLEASE stop doing (fill in the blank), just until he moves out? ETC. Holy Moly! What are you thinking?! Now that you know dad can and will take him, he's got a place to go/stay and can still go back to his higher paying job. And he can save up some money, for a place of his own. I see no reason for you to have to take him in, unless you WANT to. You said that you don't want to, but maybe you really do? If so, that's okay. But you're kind of playing both sides of the fence right now. I'm confused about what you actually want. I hope it all works out for you.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2016 12:44:54 GMT -5
OY! And you thought the bitching was bad before?! You ain't seen nothin' yet! Once he moves in with you, not only will he be around 24/7, venting to you... He's going to be venting about you! Telling you all the things you do that make him crazy. He'd be so much happier,if only you would (fill in the blank). He could move on with his life, if only you would (fill in the blank). Can you PLEASE stop doing (fill in the blank), just until he moves out? ETC. Holy Moly! What are you thinking?! Now that you know dad can and will take him, he's got a place to go/stay and can still go back to his higher paying job. And he can save up some money, for a place of his own. I see no reason for you to have to take him in, unless you WANT to. You said that you don't want to, but maybe you really do? If so, that's okay. But you're kind of playing both sides of the fence right now. I'm confused about what you actually want. I hope it all works out for you. LOL I have a bit of a passive aggressive streak. The more he complains about something in MY HOUSE, the more I'll make sure I do it. It's so funny, because I was just reading some Facebook posts by my other brother down there. The two are like polar opposites. He is getting dubbed the "Hallmark Guy" for all the words of inspiration and positive thoughts...accompanied usually by a beautiful beach picture or sunset from his daily bike rides. He's still crazy in love with his wife 15 years later, he loves his work, he loves FL, he loves his kids, he loves EVERYTHING (seriously, it's a little sickening, how can anyone be THAT happy?!?)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2016 22:49:10 GMT -5
I'M OFF THE HOOK!!!! Ironically because I was too nice last year. My brother texted me tonight asking if it was still ok he stayed with me because "Dad was making it sound like you don't have the time to be getting the bedroom ready". He said he didn't care if it was just cement floors with no window coverings or anything. I replied that yeah, I haven't even gone down there yet and probably wouldn't be able to until next week after DS takes off on his trip because we've been running around doing last minute things for that and that I haven't even been able to clean up from the birthday bash yet. Plus, I had no furniture at all down there because I gave it all to Ex last year. It would be a while. He said "I'll just stay with Dad then." Apparently, he had to sell his brand new queen size bed and mattress to get everything in a small enough trailer that the bug could pull it and would have no bed when he got here. I told him he'd probably be a lot more comfortable in their basement than mine. Then I danced around the house in my underwear because I can. Because I don't live with my brother.
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Post by CCL on Jul 26, 2016 23:21:58 GMT -5
But is he still gonna store the tire at your place?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2016 7:50:55 GMT -5
But is he still gonna store the tire at your place? He's leaving the tire in FL.
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Post by ginpin on Jul 27, 2016 9:11:26 GMT -5
I'm so happy that it worked out for you. I had to take my mom in a couple of times, and it was miserable. If you somehow still end up taking in your brother, just make sure the rules are clearly defined. I didn't, and I still regret it to this day.
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Post by toomuchreality on Jul 30, 2016 22:45:17 GMT -5
He's one of those that has had money issues his entire life and I can't figure out why. It probably all goes to GNC. That's a money pit right there. After I saw how much that crap cost, I actually felt bad for the guy who left his dolphin oil - or whatever they were - pills out on his desk in the morning and we would poke a hole in it and squirt the dolphin oil on each other so it was just the capsule when he came back from the gym and ate it . That was like a dollars worth of GNC every day right there though. I used to have a neighbor who bought a LOT of stuff at GNC every month. No wonder he was always broke.
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