- Galvanized plumbing that barely runs.
- 3 wire outlets on 2 wire circuits, radiating from an outlawed style of circuit panel.
- DIY wiring under the house that was a fire and electrocution hazard.
- A barely functional central AC that is the direct cause of the dry rot problem.
- A kitchen that would have had a date with a sledgehammer upon possession.
- An 8 y.o. water heater that was on it’s last legs, not even halfway through it’s service life, and poorly installed.
- An outdoor pool that was an absolute liability.
But I was deliberately left off because of my aversion to puns.
I really shouldn’t. She’s married - at least, she was at the time, but her husband wasn’t with her. And I had interviewed her a month or so before when she was playing in Richmond, touring on her second album. We really hit it off. She let me hang out with her for awhile after the show (in Richmond), even though her record company/publicist only authorized a 1/2 hour pre-show interview. But when she played Norfolk (where she tried to lure me into the hot tub backstage at the venue), she was quite pleased to see that I came down to see essentially the same show that I had seen in Richmond, and made sure that I knew it. A friend of mine who came with me to the show didn’t believe me at the beginning of the show that I knew her, and almost dropped dead from shock when she, well, said hello, at the autograph table. I was sorely tempted. But I had to be back on the ship in a couple of hours (I was still active duty Navy at the time.)
VBob Sorry about the house. If your heart is set on NC, there’s always Moyock if South Hill is a wash. And I can give you a hand fixing things up if the next one has some things that need done. (Replacing a water heater - check. Replacing an entire kitchen or A/C unit - not so much.)
Well, at least your husband finished high school, right? So he’s one up on the midget.
Guess we know now why the house was so reasonably priced. That stinks, Vunder.
People–I am crabby and just pissed off today. What the hell is wrong with me? (don’t answer that).
I need to finish painting the front hall today, as well as grocery shop a bit and look at grad school stuff. A bit of gardening would be good as well.
I have no motivation and even less ambition. I want to bite someone. From whence is this hostility? And sitting around thinking about it doesn’t get the above list done. AND I hafta go to work tomorrow-again. I think it’s that: I spent an off day working and so I didn’t get my “time”. Arggh.
Whine over. Off to do stuff, still pissed off, but at least I’ll be productive. :rolleyes:
It’s kind of a dog day here at the MMP, isn’t it? I also have Rocket Dogs, just like these only with lime-green stripes: My dogs. I love shoes. Lurve 'em.
Swampy said he might check in this week and he HASN’T. <pout>
Sorry to hear about the house, bobbio, but it sounds like it’s for the best.
Oh my! I made the kale last night! It was FABULOUS. I’m not kidding. I steamed it, then sauteed. I can’t believe how good it was! Eat your kale. It’s good for you.
Damn, Bobbio. I’m sorry to hear about the house. But, like others have already said, it’s so much better to find out these things before it’s too late to back out.
I’m sure you and the wife will find something soon and think, “See, we weren’t meant to buy that first one, this house was just waiting for us”.
Hubby had a late day yesterday because they had a Safety Meeting. Do you want to know why they had a safety meeting. No? Well, I’m gonna tell you anyway. Apparently his ramp has had 17, count them 17 FREAKIN’ accidents since January. Eleven of those accidents were backing accidents. One of those accidents was because the dumb driver didn’t have his trailer ALL the way past the railroad tracks and a train ran into the trailer. As I’m sure you can imagine, the trailer is complete toast. So, $100,000.00 dollars worth of accidents so far. Guess who gets screwed out of his yearly safety bonus, even though he is accident free? Yep, that’s right, the hubby. His company’s philosophy is that the drivers will be more careful if they know OTHERS’ safety bonuses are riding on their ability to stay out of accidents. Eleven of those accidents were also caused by NEWBIE or first year drivers.
Geeze, rigs! Are you on…never mind. That question usually gets my husband slapped. 
I hope your day and your mood improve. It is Friday, after all.
Apparently, we have a bigwig walking through today. I’ve received an e-mail that we should ALL clean our work areas up, because our work areas are a reflection on us. :rolleyes: Know what? That paper that’s on my desk? That’s WORK! Sources of data, etc.
Well, I’ll try to check in later. Have a good day all.
I don’t blame you. I chase the daughter’s dog (Aussie/Chow X) with a shedding rake all the time. Luckily, right now he’s shaved to combat the heat so is getting a reprieve.
I dunno. I hear some people are into that kinda thing.
bobbio, gah! Sounds like “green acres” should be playing in the background.
Hey! You all know what tomorrow is, doncha? It’s the day Billy Joe McAllister jumped off the Tallahasee Bridge!
Great news! My viral load is down to 18,520. It’s working!
Cue Twilight Zone music.
Kewl. How much of a drop is that?
I started at 3.9 million, dropped to 600,000 after 4 weeks, and down to 18,520 at 12 weeks.
We’re puttin some hurtin’ on that dragon!
Wow, that’s fantastic. Congrats!
And the google ads are killing me. Holistic gynecology?? Just the mental image that conjures will make me giggle until lunchtime.
**Drae ** - you seem to be doing much better, too. A kidney stone? would that really have caused all the havoc to your system for that length of time?
A slow-moving stone would have accounted for the pain I had last month, but not the cyst pain before it. The problem is, I’ve had two different problems. First I had the cysts, and now I have something else, but it’s hard to separate one abdominal pain from another. Who the hell knows, at this point. 
I really think that endometriosis is the likely cause, after doing a lot of reading on it. The doctor seemed to think it wasn’t closely tied enough to my cycle, but if he’d had a calendar in front of him, I think he would have changed his mind. 
Anyhow, he’s at least taking me seriously now. If I’m right, the pill and the muscle relaxers should bring me back down to what I think of as the “typical” monthly pain I’ve had for almost twenty years. I can deal with cramps so bad I want to throw up, because that’s the way it’s always been–at least with that, I can still move around.
No kidding. My GF and I call where we live Hooterville, and the part of town just north of where VBob wants to move as Bugtussle. (From Green Acres and Beverly Hillbillies.)
And I missed something. What’s a “viral load”, Drae?
That wasn’t me, that was Dolores. I’ve just got rebellious innards.
A viral load is the amount of Hep C virus I have swimming around in my blood. I started combination Interferon/Ribavirin treatment back in March - around 14 weeks ago.
And it’s working!
**Rebo ** - is this something you’re going to have to be careful of the rest of your life? My cousin had B over 20 years ago - she gets tested regularly
Arrgghhh!! Sugar high!! I’ll be asleep by 2pm
they had a cake for a retiring cow-orker; canolli cream and whipped cream frosting. <sigh>
Dolores, I’m glad your viral load is down. I’ve heard nasty things about Hep C.
I had a dentist’s appointment this morning. Had a cleaning on Monday, and they found that my two oldest fillings were deteriorating and needed to be replaced. Also, that I’m grinding my teeth. So today I got the new fillings and a fitting for a nightguard. Man, those things are expensive! I’m really happy that I don’t have any new cavities, though. I started taking better care of my teeth after reading Dopers’ horror stories of multi-thousand dollar dental bills.
My tongue got really dried out while the dentist was working on my teeth, and her assistant kept suctioning away my saliva. I think some of the Novacane must’ve gotten to my brain, 'cause after a while, I started to get angry that they were stealing my saliva away from my poor, dried-up tongue! Then the dentist stretched out a dental dam over one of the fillings she was working on - I’m not sure what it was there for, and I wasn’t in a position to ask, but I was amused. “Oh, so that’s why they’re called dental dams. Dentists use them, too!”