Jim in Anchorage

Do you have to blow into a mouthpiece to start your computer? How did you overide it?

When I first opened this I thought it was a ad for colon cleansing.

Call in sick.

Need more community organizers

Man, I need to sell here and buy in SF. $7000 up front? To rent a apartment? no wonder California is in the tank.

Two months rent, not three. And never call it "last month" That way they think the last month is paid for. It's a security deposit to cover damages,or to be returned if there is none. And by the way, I cut him some slack because his 65 year old mother lives in the unit below him. But he didn't care, and got evicted As a interesting side note, in the court eviction hearing,the judge gave him 48 hours to vacant the property. That would be 11am on a Friday,so he "axed" me if he could move on Saturday. OK by me, I don't want to deal with your furniture. So he spends all day Sat. moving every thing he owns into a U haul truck, and parks it across the street. And there it sat for a week. Then it was gone. I found out from his step Father that he didn't pay the bill to U haul,so they towed the truck and threw every thing in the box in the Dumpster.

Thank you. Nicely put.

This really needs to be moved to to one of the 1,679 Vick threads.

Saying axe vs a double negative? Please. I am not looking for someone to edit my novel, just someone who understands when street talk is or is not appropriate.

That would be enough for me.

I knew when I started this my every sentence would get scrutinized by the English professor's,and I have not been disappointed.

I have gotten a little stricter in my screening lately. I now run credit checks[didn't before] and most of the"let me axe you" types have lousy/none, and thats a justifiable reason for denial.

What was not cool man was being left holding the bag for 3 months rent and replacing a kitchen floor that looked like someone used a rototiller on it. This is a business and I can't afford not to be critical of who I rent to.

Yeah you are right-74 was the first concert year at Rich[for anybody] so thats what I was thinking of. I think I saw them 3x at Rich in the 70s[little hazy on that decade]

Saw em for the first time at Rich in 1974-Jagger was bouncing around the stage like a Russian gymnast. The consensus among me and my fifteen year old friends was that any body that age who could preform like that must stay away from drugs,and they are living a healthy life style

Try reading the whole thread before you toss out remarks.

I did rent to him. And he did quit paying the rent. Only tenant I have ever had to "axe". He was NOT black by the way. I am not trying to form new prejudices,just trying to learn from past mistake's.

I own rental property and as soon as I hear"axe" I bounce the potential renter.[lets not get into how I legally do this] Is this just my personal opinion,or does that raise red flags to any of you?

Then why did you use the above as a example? Is your point America is hated because it is powerful? You have yet to give me a actual answer to my question except if I have to tell you your stupid. And call off your lap dog-he may stoke your ego but is adding nothing to the discussion.

Poor analogy. The colonists where under direct rule of the British crown,and of course that was the focus of the revolution.Why do you think the average Saudi or Egyptian hates us? Because we are running their country? You seem to have access to historical information I don't. Please enlighten me as how the US is responsible for the oppressive goverments in the middle east.

I don't care if Vick ate live kittens for breakfast. He was a POS QB.

God I can imagine the vitriol you think should be directed at England[they did colonize the middle east,after all-or is that yet another history lesson I misunderstood?] The be all and end all of middle east thinking is Israel[created by the UN] If we didn't support them,the middle east would care less about the US except for the $60 a barrel we pay for their oil[which we told them they have,and showed them how to extract]. Yeah,the US deserves"blow back"

Will you quit talking in metaphors and riddles and tell me just what the hell you are talking about?

Oh the Shah thing. Apparently we didn't"prop" him up very well. Certainly if America hadn't interfered in Iran 50 years ago today they would be a free thinking,Democratic society and the Mullahs would be hiding in the shadows. Believe what you wish.