Posted on 08/01/2013 4:42:35 AM PDT by secret garden
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
lenitive \LEN-uh-tiv\ adjective
alleviating pain or harshness : soothing
Example sentences:
Peppermint, chamomile, and ginger are all reputed to have a lenitive effect on the digestive system.
"They sing of thunder and driving rain, upon occasion, but thelenitive electro pop of Canadian boy-girl duo Purity Ring is decidedly more calming."
— From an announcement by Jason Bracelin in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, April 7, 2013
Etymology:
"Lenitive" first appeared in English in the 15th century. It derived from the Latin verb "lenire" ("to soften or soothe"), which was itself formed from the adjective "lenis," meaning "soft" or "mild." "Lenire" also gave us the adjective "lenient," which usually means "tolerant" or "indulgent" today but in its original sense carried the meaning of "relieving pain or stress." Often found in medical contexts, "lenitive" can also be a noun referring to a treatment (such as a salve) with soothing or healing properties.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
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it’s something [talismanic phrase] that Hobbes repeats to himself, as he attempts to come to grips with the fact that he loves a purse dog....
The other incident that is upsetting my life right now is that I got a phone call from the police in my old home town last Friday. Some of you may know that my mother (who will be 100 Aug. 21) has been in Assisted Living for the past year. After removing what she needed in her new apartment and her papers and her table silver, we just locked her house up tight and went back to Wisconsin.
We intended to go back sooner, but one thing after another has prevented it — not the least being my recent surgery. Well, despite sending money to a Vietnamese gardener to “mow the lawn” once a week, the lawn is dead and people have been camping in the back yard. They have managed to break into the house and have been looting it.
We already have our tickets for our trip out there on the 20th of this month. I can’t imagine what I’ll find. People have turned on the AC (bill went up from $72 to $312 in one month) and have made coffee in the kitchen.
Any advice?
Did she know her neighbors there? not well enough to have them checking on the house for her? My husband was lucky, my father-in-law’s neighbors were very kind to my FIL and kept close watch on his house when he was alive and even after he was gone. They would have called my husband were anything untoward to go on, and in fact have. They had the auction and before the title passed to the new owner[there is a month lag time i forget why], there was someone in the house and my husband immediately got a call from the neighbor and my husband called the auction company to find out who was in there and why [house was empty, but my hub was still responsible for insuring it for that month]. He heard back promptly from the auction guy and it was resolved, but he was concerned because as he said, what’s to prevent someone from just going in and torching the place.
As far as advice, i guess i would call the local police dept and ask them to go and check it out!
Set it on fire and claim the insurance money.
Father-priest 2: Is there one aspect of the faith that you find particularly attractive?
George: (he thinks) I think the hats. The hat convey that solemn religious look you want in a faith. Very pious.
Exactly.
Unfortunately, Mom’s neighborhood is heading south and has been for the last 20 years. All the neighbors she knew have died, or moved. Those remaining would try to reach out to her, but she kept very much to herself.
One neighbor was being paid to water her lawn, but he died a couple of months ago. That is why the grass is dead (dormant). The houses on either side (whose residents would be in a position to spot someone in the back yard) have both turned into rentals and boast revolving casts of occupents who get evicted for non payment of rent on a rgular basis.
I need to clean out what remains in the house. Where should it go? Furniture to consignment? Salvation Army?
Dishes to? (if her Spode is still there). Silver Tea Service to? Books to? Paintings to? Clothes? So much to do and so little time.
I guess my fear is discarding something and having her ask for it later. I haven’t told her about the break in, and I don’t want to.
Do you think her homeowner’s insurance would pay to get someone in there to clean things up? I don’t mind cleaning up my mother’s mess, but I’m not going to clean up th emess thieves may have left. Should I put in a claim before I’ve sen the damage?
I’m really at a loss to know how to handle it. I’ve contacted 2 property managers recommended by family members who are in the real estate business in that state (CA) but 200 miles from her home. Neither has called us back, despite the fact that we should have an entre to both men. They’e done business with members of my family previously.
They’ve already done that. But they don’t know how I left it.
We had just moved her into assisted living and set up her apartment. Then, we had to leave to come back here. I left unpacked boxes in the middle of the living room floor. I had taken the drawers out of her dresser that we were moving to her new apartment and just dumped them on her bed where I was sorting through the clutter, retrieving coins, jewelry, etc. What we didn’t take, I left on the top of the bed.
There were 3 other dressers and a linen closet that I didn’t even open. I have no idea what was in them. I expected to return within a month, but it was not to be.
The problem is that I don’t even want to go in there the first time without a police escort. Can I ask for that?
What if someone is hiding in there? I don’t want to confront an intruder.
well i don’t think you can make any sort of claim until you see the damage, you would be better served by documenting the damage with photos etc. if there is anything of value, maybe you could call someone interested in estate items etc. if it’s just random stuff, like i said, my husband used an auction company. the real estate is auctioned separately from the contents. my husband was distressed because the entire contents of the house, garage etc. brought $1600. The furniture was obviously dated, but quality stuff from back in the day [not remotely my taste, i wanted none of it]. If he had attempted to sell the stuff independently, or as he was advised, to haul it down HERE to sell, it would have brought considerably more. it’s pure capitalism, the worth of anything is precisely what someone else is willing to pay for it. in upstate NY, no one was willing to pay much for ANYTHING [marble topped tables went for $5], down here, there would have been a market for that stuff, but you do a cost/benefit analysis and figure in the monumental hassle of— hauling it here, looking for antique/estate buyers etc. to sell it to, etc, and then decide. He knew that his time and effort were worth more, and his priority was being done with it and rid of the stuff. Selling the house conventionally would have entailed paying for repairs, updating etc. and cleaning out the unbelievable amount of stuff his dad had in there.
well that would be the dago/mafia way to deal with it! did i tell you what xshub learned in talking to one of the RE or auction types up there when he was trying to decide what to do with it? One mafia type said that the method they used was to raise rats specifically for this purpose, dip them into gasoline and light them up and then set them free, they will go into every nook and cranny and crawlspace and the place will go up and at the end all they find is rat carcasses [guess they mostly used this in warehouses etc. where rats would be expected].
if you don’t know what was in the dressers and closets, i don’t know how you can make a claim. You really can’t make claims on suppositions of loss.
you can ask for an escort, don’t know if they will comply, but it doesn’t hurt to ask, and i sure wouldn’t want to chance upon someone in there either! if they won’t do it, ask their advice on how to handle going in there, in case there is someone there.
If you have it documented that there were squatters in there, it makes it even easier to make it look like one of them caught it on fire.
The police have recovered some of the goods. I am supposed to identify them. Of course it’s been many, many years since I lived in that house, but I have attempted to clean it several times over the past 15 years. And I went through it fairly thoroughly last summer. I can identify some of the stuff.
The list I have from the PD, so far, is not explanatory. “Jewelry, (costume, I’m sure) ceramics, silver coins, and a fake pistol”. (a stage prop) I thought that I had all the coins, but she had small packets of coins squirreled all over the house. Ceramics? I have no idea what they are talking about unless they are talking about her 12 place settings of Spode china. Naturally I had all of the china in zippered china covers just waiting for a thief! sarc/off The rest of the contents are clothes, (I don’t care) shoes, books and paintings and furniture.
My attempts to get a better list have bee to naught. “The pawn shop is still transcribing it.”
I think the perps are in jail, unless they posted bond. But, I don’t know if they are the only intruders. Somebody has been living in the house the past month, according to the electric bill.
can you have the power turned off? that might flush them out, if it’s hot there.
I thought about that, but then there will be no security lights, etc. for me when I get there. I’ll know better what to do when I get out there on the 20th. I was just wondering what steps to take in the mean time.
Dadgumit, I need a property manager. I wish those guys would call back.
i could never set anything on fire. what if someone were to be injured or God forbid, die, because of it? you have no idea what can happen once something is burning. I think there was a case, i don’t think it was local, but rather a national story, where someone set a townhouse on fire for the insurance and a bunch of houses in the neighborhood went up, and the arsonist is liable for that damage and i don’t recall if there were deaths/injuries.
Definitely Ice.... 3 cubes.
Over some Absolut.
Do not drive or operate heavy machinery while using this prescription.
The effects of this prescription may be magnified, by a really good album.
I know its still OTC, but...
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