Posted on 01/08/2015 10:13:19 AM PST by zeugma
i’ve been in an HOA for 10+ years. all was fine... until last june when a new guy took over as president.
now they’er pushing for a legal battle because i won’t allow the HOA to be listed as additionally insured on my home owners policy.
for those that don’t know, if you receive a check from your insurance company... before you can cash it, those listed as additionally insured must sign off. which could open you up to extortion (ie: get $1000 for water damage inside your home, HOA springs $500 fees in order to cash the check)
For the record, let me state how much I hate HOAs.
I love the episode where you saw Daleks in Germany. EXTERMINAGEN! EXTERMINAGEN!
Some day I'll build a ringtone with as many different languages as I can find.
No HOA here. As long as the neighbors don’t gripe about our yard then I won’t holler about the neighbor’s little 24/7 yappy dog. It all evens out.
Agreed. The problem with HOAs is “personal preference” of those in charge. If my neighbor dare think about whining about my dog - well, your dog yaps all day when you leave it outside when you are at work. Someone is always doing something someone else finds offensive. You deal with it, no need for an HOA.
You’re worried about a window unit? Are you sure you’re a born and raised Texan?
The amount of freedom someone enjoys is largely a function of the population density around them. If someone highly values traditional American freedoms they need to stay away from high population density areas. Someone that chooses to live in a skyscraper has to give up owning a barbecue, stereo system, gun, a normal sized dog, and tolerate being surrounded by communists in 3 dimensions. The need for HOAs starts in higher density suburbs and gets worse from there.
I think if all that evenly clipped grass, perfect shrubs and lack of individuality on every property is of primary interest to someone, then living on a city lot under HOA edicts is perfect for them-personally, I prefer the openness, tolerance and variety of the boonies-you get to know everyone, and know who to ignore if they are an ass...
I lived in a neighborhood with an HOA once, when my husband and I were just starting out-never, ever again. I returned to the country as soon as I could, where I’m free to live as I choose-as is everyone else.
I don’t give a damn how many running or non running vehicles, or whatever else you have on the front of your property-since all is acreage property, it is usually livestock or horses anyway-and I don’t care about the racket your rooster makes at 6AM as long as you don’t care if I take my Husky outside with me on Winter nights to howl at the moon with the coyotes-to each their own, and leave everyone alone...
Window units bother you? You’d really go apes*** around here-those things are far more practical and economical for dwellings with rooms that are not used all the time. And paved driveways don’t exist-you drive in the gate and park the truck or SUV in the yard under the trees-garage is for storage or your workshop...
Every homeowner in an HOA is one NAZI away from having an HOA from hell.
It's also funny how these 'contractual' relationships are compelled. The only way I know of to buy a new house any where near where I live that is not in an HOA is to build my own on my own land. As a matter f fact, in the town I live in you can't build a new house that is not a part of an HOA.
That hardly seems voluntary.
It's interesting that you can't sell a house with a "no muslims" stipulation in the deed, yet you can sell a house with a "you must associate with this group and subject yourself to their arbitary decisions" stipulation.
I hope you don’t mind if I borrow your “one Nazi away” remark-I want to use it next time I talk to a townie friend of mine...
Understood.
But I don’t do hour after hour barking dogs. And if they keep me awake, then it gets nasty. I consider that an invasion of my privacy.
I’m considerate of my neighbors and I expect the same from them.
Although I had one Ahole who used to come home from work at 3 am every morning with his windows down and his stereo booming. It was explained to him that my wife and our friend next door had health issues that made it impossible to get back to sleep after he woke them up every night. Still did it. So I got up every morning at 6:30 and ran my leaf blower for 1/2 hour. Drove the bastard nuts.
When we sold recently, I made the realtor agree to fly the American flag and allow pig and dog figurines to stay on the front porch. I did not tell her why. Worked out fine.
“desirable neighborhood”.
That’s the whole point. The nicer neighborhoods have HOAs. People want to live there because it looks nice, and then they move in and act like a bunch of losers.
A perception filter would work as well or some big sheets of psychic paper.
My kids LOVE Dr. Who. I am an old Trekkie, but Dr. Who never appealed to me. What am I missing?
Regarding HOA’s - you buy the house, you agree to the covenants. I disagree with some of them in my neighborhood but I contracted to abide by them so they stand - all are reasonable tradeoffs for a good, quiet neighborhood.
The latest incarnation of Dr. Who is pretty good IMO. They sometimes try to get too cute by far in thier plot twists, but it's still worth watching. There have been some really astoundingly good individual episodes. (Blink is an awesome stand-alone episode that anyone can watch without having to know a lot of backstory).
I actually have the entire show from 1964 on my computer. It is definitely a different show now than it used to be. In the early days it was much cheesier. These days they have enough money to spend on the episodes that you get real FX as opposed to cheesy guys in rubber suits. Causality was taken a bit more serious in the old days. I still think Baker is among the best Doctors. Just the right amount of cheek.
HA! No problem. Feel free to use without attribution!
I still think Baker is among the best Doctors. Just the right amount of cheek.
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My kids and I (they’re nearly 8) recently started watching both the new Dr. Who, and old Tom Baker episodes I get from Netflix. They like the new guy (I actually think he’s great — a real throwback to the irascible Doctor days of Baker and Pertwee) but they LOVE Tom Baker. They LOVE the cheesy SFX. There was one episode we watched where the monster was made of bubble wrap. Bubble wrap!!! My kids were still scared to death, in the most pleasurable way. They both got replica sonic screwdrivers for Christmas and were delighted! LOL!
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