Tundras live: A Bunch of Idiots And A Bunch of BS- Resume discussion group

I told y'all my HOA horror story.

There's a bit of corporate audacity that serves the equation. HOA's are a business, and there are management companies that run them. In order to do business at all, an HOA management company has to get in bed with builders and politicians in order to establish an HOA-friendly environment. They're less likely to do that in less dense areas, because the fees they could collect won't net them the kind of revenue that could keep them in business. So they infect dense areas like suburban Dallas. Once an HOA is established in a neighborhood, at least in Texas, it's a tough prospect to pry them out.

I'm sure there are good ones - - we have a wholly corrupt one at the moment. Our HOA management company gets more than 1/3 of our neighborhood's ~$250k in fees every year; all for the onerous tasks of poorly managing our pool, hosting 4 meetings, and encouraging our elected HOA people to break the law.

Sorry for the long rant.

Go to your county government and encourage them to make HOA's illegal.

 

They should be fine painting their house any color they want. I don't want a neighbor close enough that I care about their house color.

 

That's tough in Texas too. There's always going to be at least two Joe Dirt families in a neighborhood. Moving out to semi-rural nets you lake people (no offense to anyone living near a lake...) who have a visible dump in their yard, full of old TVs and warshing machines (spelling correct).

I just want a little piece of land with my house in the middle - - far enough away from everyone that my .50BMC won't reach their fence. Is that too much to ask?

 

My neighbors are buffalo, so.... yeah.

 

Quiet up in here!
Just woke up to this.

 

Been without power and internet all day.

 

My driveway today about about 10am

 

One more

 

all you people with your April snow

 

It's crazy how many more trees go down over there. We don't see that until we get like 18" and then it rains.

 

Got plenty of land and open spaces out here (just wish I was in that part of the state ). Come on down.

 

Pool was 84 yesterday!

 

Wrapit before you tap it?

 

Better snow that duck butter.

Speak for yourself! I love it when we get a June snow storm. People lose their minds and it's hilarious.

Chlorine and pee.... I'll pass.

What kind of wrappers?

 

I mean, at least it’s my pee……

 

If the chlorine is right it cancels out the pee. No problem.
And WTF is duck butter?

 

Urban dictionary it.

 

I think I'll increase the chlorine level in my pool.

 

I’m a lifeguard and a water dog thru and thru, it don’t matter, I’ll get in it!
The one place I haven’t swam is the lake we always go to, I’m always slayin trout…… growing up we didn’t have money……. I would always fill up a leaf trash can and have my own personal pool for an hour or so, the best part was tipping it over while inside to let all the water out. Also my parents have told us many stories; and showed prom dates, of “mud puddle parties” when we were kids, im not sure how well that would fly now with other parents…….. hahah that’s pretty much every afternoon in our backyard


No more than 55 degree water, we got in!

 

Somebody get @GODZILLA a Snickers!

 

I was thinking a blow up doll would fix the first problem on the list but a snickers is probably a better cure all.

 

Losing the @50Buck name designation seems to have brought out the anger.

 

Some version of dark chocolate combined with caramel and/or toffee, and zero other ingredients, is a good candy bar. I can't think of any other good candy bar at the moment. Snickers is survival food at best. Like boiled meat or canned spinach.