[tallrick]

Originally Posted by riveree

What ever happened to the anonymous note?

"Dear Neighbor,

I hate the look of your car, won't you please consider hiding it from my delicate eyes or getting rid of it altogether?

Signed,
Your Neighbor"

My response:

"Please feel free to repair or replace the vehicle at your expense. You may also come over and help me push it into the backyard"

[Mike1306]

Originally Posted by tallrick

My response:

"Please feel free to repair or replace the vehicle at your expense. You may also come over and help me push it into the backyard"

That is the problem I see with most posting on here.

If I had a car sitting in my yard that looked like it had problems my neighbor would come over and ask if I need help. I would do the same for him, We do not live in a community with any association nazis we are just neighbors.

I have also lived in neighborhoods with associations. Some are good, some are overbearing but the thing is it is all about being neighbors instead of acting like asses.

Most communities are no longer neighborhoods and the person who lives down the street is now just that instead of a neighbor.

[riveree]

Originally Posted by Mike Peterson

Most communities are no longer neighborhoods and the person who lives down the street is now just that instead of a neighbor.

That is the truth.

When people post on my local forum page looking for suggestions for neighborhoods where people are 'neighborly and friendly', I almost want to say "um......nowhere?".

I've been lucky to have good and nice neighbors in each house, and I probably know more of my neighbors in my current house than anywhere before, but I think it's luck of the draw these days.....people move too much and it's hard to get to know anyone for more than a couple of years.

[wacahootaman]

Lordy them city peoples sound like a mess of sourpousses.!

I lives in the sticks and I likes it that way:

Buck and Mabel's Big Adventure: Plannin fer the future wif yore nonferrous IRA


Folks, its time to talk serious.

What are you doin to plan fer yore retirement?


I have been building this account fer my retirement fer years. It is a nonferrous scrap metal IRA. Everythin is aluminun, copper, brass or stainless steel. It wont rust so you dont need a shed to store it in. You can pile it up in the yard if'n the wife will let you-- and your kin wont steal it from you, but I gots a place in the deep woods were I store mine.

Lots of folks jus throws this scrap metal away. Wen I gets the chance I drive thru the neighborhoods in Gainesville on trash day and I usually find half a truck load set out fer the trash man before the day is done. Another good ID is to make friends wif the dump boss and sometimes he will let you pull out the good stuff frum the trash pile.

I used to bring it home and put it in my back yard but my Ex wouldnt have it, so now that I am single again, I gots this secret hidin place to store it wif no mean Exwife to mess up the project.

Now I gots a good truck and a good scrap babe, Mabel, to go junkin wif me. Aint nothing better than to leave Beaulaland wif yore truck empty on a clear country morning and come back thru the gate wif the truck full of old radiators, lawn chairs, outdoor grills, junk air conditioners and aluminun sidin wif country music on the radio and yore hound dog barkin and chasing the truck back to the trailer! I jus dont get any better than that folks!

You is makin money doin what you love wif who you love. And yer hound dog,and your truck loves you too.

Wen I am ready to cash it out, I will build a pole barn with a ceement floor to process this scrap. I will set up my chop saw and get out the torches and clean the steel outa the good metal, separate it and grade it, then haul it down to the recyclin place and get paid.

I gots several accounts and they all is worth more every year and some of it is valuable artwork that is worth more than the scrap! Them pictures above shows my winders account and my awnings account as well as the main account.

Is this a great country or what?

[Prichard]

I'm not laugh'n. There's gold in the scrap metal business. But if you get caught with a bunch of junk on your land, you're going to have to caugh up a bunch of money to get rid of that county lien, or you'll lose your land and your precious junk.

[kort677]

Originally Posted by Prichard

I'm not laugh'n. There's gold in the scrap metal business. But if you get caught with a bunch of junk on your land, you're going to have to caugh up a bunch of money to get rid of that county lien, or you'll lose your land and your precious junk.

in most places junk yards/recycling yards are heavily regulated, I wonder if the respondent is aware of the hurdles ahead of him.

on the zoning note, heavy/strict code enforcement is indicative of a town that is going to be a stable community and I would invest in a town that is heavy handed in their application of zoning regs. before I'd invest in a town where anything goes. Something for the gloom and doomers to check out of they're wondering why some places home values are strong while other places have home values that are tanking

[tallrick]

And yet residential land is worth nowhere near what neighboring junkyard property is worth.

If you like scrap metal start building art out of it. Then get the ACLU to back your lawsuit of the county.

[macguy]

Originally Posted by kort677

in most places junk yards/recycling yards are heavily regulated, I wonder if the respondent is aware of the hurdles ahead of him.

on the zoning note, heavy/strict code enforcement is indicative of a town that is going to be a stable community and I would invest in a town that is heavy handed in their application of zoning regs. before I'd invest in a town where anything goes. Something for the gloom and doomers to check out of they're wondering why some places home values are strong while other places have home values that are tanking

That brings us full circle back to the original posters complaint, how these rules are enforced and the quality of the people who are empowered to do so. There in lies the problem, the people who have these jobs are often very unqualified and unprofessional. They will quote you rules incorrectly. make reference to laws that don't even exist, be abusive and threatening. They generally represent some of the worst idiots you will ever run into and leave you with a feeling of where to they hire these people.

As in my case and the original poster case, too stupid to even look at the car and see it has a current tag. See what he refereed to building supplies stored on the property are pallets of pavers from Home Depot that obviously just from looking you can see were recently delivered. The fruit on the ground is not rotten and came down in the last day or so and the shear amount of fruit on the tree tells you they must be cleaned on a regular basis or you couldn't even walk in the yard.

This doesn't require a MENSA to put all this together just someone who knows how to do their job. I will repeat, these guys are usually somebody's brother-in-law who you will find in a bar somewhere at the end of the day. What is the deal with building inspectors and alcoholism anyway, is that part of the requirements for the job?

[kort677]

Originally Posted by macguy

That brings us full circle back to the original posters complaint, how these rules are enforced and the quality of the people who are empowered to do so. There is lies the problem, the people who have these jobs are often very unqualified and unprofessional. They will quote you rules incorrectly. make reference to laws that don't even exist, be abusive and threatening. They generally represent some of the worst idiots you will ever run into and leave you with a feeling of where to they hire these people.

As in my case and the original poster case, too stupid to even look at the car and see it has a current tag. See what he refereed to building supplies stored on the property are pallets of pavers from Home Depot that obviously just from looking you can see were recently delivered. The fruit on the ground is not rotten and came down in the last day or so and the shear amount of fruit on the tree tells you they must be cleaned on a regular basis or you couldn't even walk in the yard.

This doesn't require a MENSA to put all this together just someone who knows how to do their job. I will repeat, these guys are usually somebody's brother-in-law who you will find in a bar somewhere at the end of the day. What is the deal with building inspectors and alcoholism anyway, is that part of the requirements for the job?

could it be that you just pissed the guy off and he wrote you up for everything he could find? The theory is throw everything on the wall and then see what sticks.
I did planning and zoning in NJ and the applicants attitude always determined how he was treated, I never made up things but there can be a broadening of the interpretations of the code, and unless it is an egregious abuse of authority or an arbitrary and capricious interpretation of the codes, there aren't too many ways for someone to fight back, next time you have to deal with an inspector try some honey, I guess that might be against your ways, but it can save you a lot of problems down the road.

[macguy]

Originally Posted by kort677

could it be that you just pissed the guy off and he wrote you up for everything he could find? The theory is throw everything on the wall and then see what sticks.
I did planning and zoning in NJ and the applicants attitude always determined how he was treated, I never made up things but there can be a broadening of the interpretations of the code, and unless it is an egregious abuse of authority or an arbitrary and capricious interpretation of the codes, there aren't too many ways for someone to fight back, next time you have to deal with an inspector try some honey, I guess that might be against your ways, but it can save you a lot of problems down the road.

You are describing a person who is not qualified for the job. Thank you for making my case. The biggest part of the job is dealing with the public. Making up things because your ego was hurt when you were shown to be wrong and a bit of an idiot is not part of the job.

I had one inspector here to inspect a second story roof who was afraid to climb the ladder and inspect it. He just asked me questions and passed it. Like I said, how do these guys get these jobs?