The Bad Neighbor (Freeport, Camden: to rent, houses, purchase)

[Maineah]

Originally Posted by Nor'Eastah

You know, I didn't want to say anything here, but someone touched on it a few posts up, that we all have choices of where we buy and where we live. This has a lot to do with property rights. Those are being trampled on in this country, right now. Too bad. Maineah, you sound like a person that anyone on this forum should be glad to have as a neighbor. If people want protective covenants and such, against target shooting or something as stupid as whether you keep your barn painted or not, there are places they can move to where they will be 'protected'.

Trust me, if you were able to get the paint to stick somehow, somebody somewhere would take exception to the color. Or they wouldn't want you painting when the house was being shown. Or...oh, why go on, you get the message...which is, if you move out to the country, expect people to do as they see fit with their own property. It belongs to them. If you want to spend $10 grand on landscaping and such to sell the house, all because you want it to look like an upscale 'city' place, why'd you buy there in the first place??? I guess some folks just sit on their brains.

OK, now you can call me a 'curmudgeon'. Anybody?

You got my vote for curmudgeon....welcome to the club!

[RANGER.101ST]

Originally Posted by Maineah

An interesting aside to this thing is my barn. I have a moisture problem with my barn. It will not hold paint no matter what I do to it. I was a painter years ago and even with everything I have experienced over the years I have never seen a barn lose paint as quickly as this one. I have to paint two sides of it every spring. The paint will not stick to the cedar clapboards and no matter how mucjh I sand it, bleach it,rough it up, whether I use oil primer, alcohol based primer,latex stain blocking primer, you name it in six months from the time I put it on it will peel off in sheets as if it had been applied to teflon.
This spring I did the usual peeling of the paint to expose the wet boards but decided I have had enough of this and have dragged in the contractor who built the barn, the siding manufacturer, the Tyvek people from Dupont and the paint manufacturers to see if someone will stop passing the buck and figure out why paint won't stick to this barn.
It's only 8 yeras old.
The different manufacturers all have excuses as to why their product in not the cause yet no one can come up with a solution.
Meanwhile the barn sits with a bunch of paint stripped off it and looks awful.
The people across the street who are selling the house wanted to know when I was going to repair it as it detracts from the over all look of the area and may be putting off potential buyers.
After telling them of my problem they asked me whan I was planning to fix it....
I give up. I may leave it looking like that all summer now.

my wife was reading your post and she said you aot to go down and visit mainah . i said why she said remember the barkers ,no who are the barkers?
you do to she said the people that use to live up the road the ones from ohio.
oh them yup i rember.they use to come down every weekend to see if i would
have time to mow my lawn becouse when it gets tall it made their place look bad they live 1/2mile up the road. finealy i got sick of them comeing down so one weekend they had company like a big party with all kinds of yuppys.
i went in the shop and found an old pare of greasy coveralls.smeard greas on my face and grabed my cooler of beer and a lawn chair.
walked down to the edge of the lawn and just sat there .drinking my beer and waveing to every one who drove by .i did that all day.

[mollysmiles]

Can anyone else get a good laugh out of the image of Ranger going down there and him and Maineah sitting there all greased up drinking beer.....lawn chairs at the edge of the road.....

lol....I sure can!!

[msina]

LOL Molly!! You have to put the old couch and a couple old recliners out there.

[mollysmiles]

omgosh yes!! LOL....love it!!!

[RANGER.101ST]

if i had an old couch it would have been down there.
thats what i will do when i go over to mainah's house.

[Maineah]

It would probably make the front page of the paper down here. "Beer swilling low lives foil neighbor's bid to sell luxury home!"

[RANGER.101ST]

Originally Posted by Maineah

It would probably make the front page of the paper down here. "Beer swilling low lives foil neighbor's bid to sell luxury home!"

now that s!@# funny right their .

[Bandit]

Originally Posted by Maineah

An interesting aside to this thing is my barn. I have a moisture problem with my barn. It will not hold paint no matter what I do to it. I was a painter years ago and even with everything I have experienced over the years I have never seen a barn lose paint as quickly as this one. I have to paint two sides of it every spring. The paint will not stick to the cedar clapboards and no matter how mucjh I sand it, bleach it,rough it up, whether I use oil primer, alcohol based primer,latex stain blocking primer, you name it in six months from the time I put it on it will peel off in sheets as if it had been applied to teflon.
This spring I did the usual peeling of the paint to expose the wet boards but decided I have had enough of this and have dragged in the contractor who built the barn, the siding manufacturer, the Tyvek people from Dupont and the paint manufacturers to see if someone will stop passing the buck and figure out why paint won't stick to this barn.
It's only 8 yeras old.
The different manufacturers all have excuses as to why their product in not the cause yet no one can come up with a solution.
Meanwhile the barn sits with a bunch of paint stripped off it and looks awful.
The people across the street who are selling the house wanted to know when I was going to repair it as it detracts from the over all look of the area and may be putting off potential buyers.
After telling them of my problem they asked me whan I was planning to fix it....
I give up. I may leave it looking like that all summer now.

Maineah
I own a tent rental company and if My old brain is correct , I can buy from My Ca. wholesaler , the old standby "Blue Tarps " for .0055 cents a sq. Ft.
Bob

[Maineah]

Originally Posted by Bandit

Maineah
I own a tent rental company and if My old brain is correct , I can buy from My Ca. wholesaler , the old standby "Blue Tarps " for .0055 cents a sq. Ft.
Bob

Thanks.... but I think they're outlawed in Freeport anyway. (though I have them on my wood pile SHHH!!!). Yes... here is the law:

Be it known by all ye citizens of Freeport that hence forth this day July 2 1998 the use of common blue colored plastic tarpaulins (referred to herin as blue tarps) shall be strictly forbidden. Anyone who uses these "blue tarps" in plain view of the public is in violation of said law which is punishable by a fine or imprisonment or both. Harumph Harumph! Your FreeportTown Counsel "Working to beautify your beautiful town a bit more!"