Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[MoonSong]

The moment you're glad with your lot in life and not having to give a concrete answer to a philosophical question because it is a life or death answer since you live with a self-imposed burden that does nothing for you or anybody else.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I just feel no need to give my neighbors quasilegal abilities to harass me because they don't agree with aesthetics or function. If they have a problem, talk to the city or county about it.

With some stuff- at least down here- you really do need to get HOA approval first because the contractors won’t start the job without clearance. That was the case with our fence replacement.

Unfortunately for us in that case, the combination of getting that clearance and being good neighbors by pushing the job back a month. They had a visitor from the UK who was staying for 3-4 weeks, and we didn’t want to sour that with the noise of a work crew. But unbeknownst to us, that changed starting time meant that the city’s new building code for fences had changed. The contractor had to get new permits and actually alter the construction plan & techniques.

 

[payn]

With some stuff- at least down here- you really do need to get HOA approval first because the contractors won’t start the job without clearance. That was the case with our fence replacement.

Unfortunately for us in that case, the combination of getting that clearance and being good neighbors by pushing the job back a month. They had a visitor from the UK who was staying for 3-4 weeks, and we didn’t want to sour that with the noise of a work crew. But unbeknownst to us, that changed starting time meant that the city’s new building code for fences had changed. The contractor had to get new permits and actually alter the construction plan & techniques.

I deal enough with this a construction PM for a corp. I dont want to be dealing with this on my own. If the cobblers kids have no shoes, I guess this PM's kids have no fence.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Well, I am at least self-aware enough to correct my mistakes, some of the time.

Now, to avoid making those mistakes in the first place? HA!

Think of it as a public service, helping other people learn from your mistakes, instead of their own. Why, you're practically a philanthropist!

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Why, you're practically a philanthropist!

Practically? I have often been accused of being a serial philanthropist by my significant others!

One of these days, Ima get dictionary.

 

[Cadence]

With some stuff- at least down here- you really do need to get HOA approval first because the contractors won’t start the job without clearance. That was the case with our fence replacement.

Unfortunately for us in that case, the combination of getting that clearance and being good neighbors by pushing the job back a month. They had a visitor from the UK who was staying for 3-4 weeks, and we didn’t want to sour that with the noise of a work crew. But unbeknownst to us, that changed starting time meant that the city’s new building code for fences had changed. The contractor had to get new permits and actually alter the construction plan & techniques.

We don't have an HOA, it's original covenants expired well before we bought our house. But the successor (voluntary with no power) neighborhood association was named the ___ HOA.

When I was president we used to randomly get emails and letters from lawyers and real estate agents asking for information or approval, and I was always glad I just had to write back, "no, we're just a neighborhood association" - and also glad that I never had to worry about it either for my own home.

On the other hand, it feels like some people don't realize that just because we don't have an HOA that doesn't mean the city itself doesn't have zoning laws and code enforcement.

 

[el-remmen]

It depends on the specific scenario.
It depends on the game.
It depends on the table culture.
It depends on the GM.
It depends on individual players.
It depends on your mood.
It depends. . .
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[prabe]

On the other hand, it feels like some people don't realize that just because we don't have an HOA that the city doesn't mean the city itself doesn't have zoning laws and code enforcement.

I know that A) our HOA's reach is constrained by county and state law (for instance, they had no power to prevent us from adding solar panels to our house, that's a state law here) and B) many of the things people around here (by which I mean the neighborhood I live in, not this website) might complain about as "HOA overreach" are county or maybe even state law. It's just that our HOA uses those, or at least responds sometimes to complaints about people violating them.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

It depends. . .
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Alex*, what was going through that astronaut's mind when she was driving to go attack another woman for gettin' with her man?

Do I win Jeopardy?


*Yes, I know. But Jeopardy will always be Alex to me.

 

[prabe]

Alex*, what was going through that astronaut's mind when she was driving to go attack another woman for gettin' with her man?

Do I win Jeopardy?


*Yes, I know. But Jeopardy will always be Alex to me.

I'll stop using Alex in the format when someone else has hosted as many episodes of the show as he did. Or when I'm dead, which will probably happen first.