Thread: OT: Neighborhood Mailing Lists

"Sqwertz" wrote

> How many of you belong to neighborhood association/home-owner mailing
> lists?

Me, though it's not an HOA.

> Do you post to them? (are they open forums?)

Yes I post, but it is not an open list.

> Do you find them useful? What do they talk/bitch about?

Yes, we use them to plan our various picnics and other meals including an
annual 'big bash' where we arrange with the city to legall block off our one
street for a big group. Those of us on the street get donated parking spots
just out of the zone or use the middle school just behind my street (easy
walking distance, parties are on a Saturday and the school doesn't mind as
long as we warn them).

We talk mostly food and planning little fun things locally and sometimes one
will ask for some volunteers to help.

Many are older and have wood ramps that need repairs (especially after a
hard winter). Don just got back earlier in the week from measuring
Estelle's which has 3 panels that need to be replaced. Some of the PT wood
from 2 years ago wasn't properly hard cured so they are getting uneven. It
will take us about 15 mins to cut new ones and about same for Tom to use his
good pressure nailer to get them in place.

Don's known for having the good cutting tools so folks bring us the wood and
we measure and do that part. Last count, there are 11 wood ramps we either
made, or maintain within a 4 block radius (some back and front of house to
make 11). That and I am not sure how many wedge ramps just for that 3 inch
difference between kitchen and garage common here.

If you want to think of it like an HOA, it's not your normal one. No fees
and no obligation. Just neighbors helping out or having a picnic.

> Have you ever told all your neighbors they're a bunch of whiny-assed,
> gabbing, do-nothing pussy farts?

Nope, because they aren't.

"cshenk" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected] :


>
> Many are older and have wood ramps that need repairs (especially after a
> hard winter). Don just got back earlier in the week from measuring
> Estelle's which has 3 panels that need to be replaced. Some of the PT
> wood from 2 years ago wasn't properly hard cured so they are getting
> uneven. It will take us about 15 mins to cut new ones and about same
> for Tom to use his good pressure nailer to get them in place.
>
> Don's known for having the good cutting tools so folks bring us the wood
> and we measure and do that part. Last count, there are 11 wood ramps we
> either made, or maintain within a 4 block radius (some back and front of
> house to make 11). That and I am not sure how many wedge ramps just for
> that 3 inch difference between kitchen and garage common here.
>
> If you want to think of it like an HOA, it's not your normal one. No
> fees and no obligation. Just neighbors helping out or having a picnic.




And you would be damn good neighbours for anyone to have!!

I'm sure your friends and neighbours tell you, but....... people like you
and Don are few and far bewteen. You're an asset to your community, and a
benchmark for all those 'wasted spaces' of society to aspire to.

Well done C&D.




>
>> Have you ever told all your neighbors they're a bunch of whiny-assed,
>> gabbing, do-nothing pussy farts?
>
> Nope, because they aren't.
>
>



And now you know why that particular 'wasted space' is in my killfile.


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Hobart
Tasmania

"As we weep for what we have lost, and as we grieve for family and friends
and we confront the challenge that is before us, I want us to remember who
we are.

We are Queenslanders.

We're the people that they breed tough, north of the border.

We're the ones that they knock down, and we get up again."

On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 08:57:52 -0500, cshenk wrote:

> We talk mostly food and planning little fun things locally and sometimes one
> will ask for some volunteers to help.

Ours is used to bitch about other neighbors. And building lawsuits to
sue them for various reasons (home businesses, driving fast, uglay
yards). And even accusing others of illegal activity such as stealing
mail and robbing houses.

But heaven forbid you should type the word "****" (which is what I was
"disciplined" last night). I told them if they didn't like it, then
to go get ****ed.

-sw

"I'm back." <[email protected]> wrote
> "cshenk" wrote in

>> Many are older and have wood ramps that need repairs (especially after a
>> hard winter). Don just got back earlier in the week from measuring
>> Estelle's which has 3 panels that need to be replaced. Some of the PT
>> wood from 2 years ago wasn't properly hard cured so they are getting
>> uneven. It will take us about 15 mins to cut new ones and about same
>> for Tom to use his good pressure nailer to get them in place.
>>
>> Don's known for having the good cutting tools so folks bring us the wood
>> and we measure and do that part. Last count, there are 11 wood ramps we
>> either made, or maintain within a 4 block radius (some back and front of
>> house to make 11). That and I am not sure how many wedge ramps just for
>> that 3 inch difference between kitchen and garage common here.
>>
>> If you want to think of it like an HOA, it's not your normal one. No
>> fees and no obligation. Just neighbors helping out or having a picnic.

> And you would be damn good neighbours for anyone to have!!

Not just me! While I was typing recipes here, Anna Lynn (a new renter in
Joe and Angela's house while they are in Guam with the kids) went into
labor. Her husband is in Afghanistan. She posted then called her Mom but
Art got over right away as he said first ones are not always slow to arrive.
Anna Lynn's 2 little pekes are relocated for the day or next few with
Maylene who lost her labrador recently. She wants her Mom with her but
she's got a clowder of grandmom sorts all sitting about including 'Momma
Teresa' (local name, not the famous one). Momma Teresa's older than god at
96 but home birthed 14 children of which 11 made adulthood.

As I typed this, Anna Lynn's Mom arrived and took her to the Portsmouth
Naval hospital after timing contractions. Looks like I have a new little
neighbor!

No, I didn't do anything in this case. I'm just watching the community
effect of a group that we have here.

> I'm sure your friends and neighbours tell you, but....... people like you
> and Don are few and far bewteen. You're an asset to your community, and a
> benchmark for all those 'wasted spaces' of society to aspire to.

Not just me. You just hear of it 'from me'. I just bought this house in
1995 from a fellow who was well respected and hosted picnics and kept it up
because the house was almost built with that in mind. 44ft by 13 ft fully
screened porch and great lighting all along the back yard. It grew to an
email group and we know each other from it.

HOA's i've heard of are not a good thing, or at least reach not the same
levels. Nieghborhood mailing list maybe fits us best?

"Sqwertz" wrote
> cshenk wrote:

>> We talk mostly food and planning little fun things locally and sometimes
>> one
>> will ask for some volunteers to help.

> Ours is used to bitch about other neighbors. And building lawsuits to
> sue them for various reasons (home businesses, driving fast, uglay
> yards). And even accusing others of illegal activity such as stealing
> mail and robbing houses.

It takes work to make things happen in a community. It is not gifted to you
automatically so if you have done nothing to make it work, then you got what
you put into it.

What have you put into making your community work? If nothing, then quit
bitching.

On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 11:20:57 -0500, cshenk wrote:

> Not just me! While I was typing recipes here, Anna Lynn (a new renter in
> Joe and Angela's house while they are in Guam with the kids) went into
> labor. Her husband is in Afghanistan. She posted then called her Mom but
> Art got over right away as he said first ones are not always slow to arrive.
> Anna Lynn's 2 little pekes are relocated for the day or next few with
> Maylene who lost her labrador recently. She wants her Mom with her but
> she's got a clowder of grandmom sorts all sitting about including 'Momma
> Teresa' (local name, not the famous one). Momma Teresa's older than god at
> 96 but home birthed 14 children of which 11 made adulthood.
>
> As I typed this, Anna Lynn's Mom arrived and took her to the Portsmouth
> Naval hospital after timing contractions. Looks like I have a new little
> neighbor!

Soap Operas on Saturday? TMI.

-sw

On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 08:57:52 -0500, "cshenk" <[email protected]> wrote:

> "Sqwertz" wrote
>
> > How many of you belong to neighborhood association/home-owner mailing
> > lists?
>
> Me, though it's not an HOA.
>
> > Do you post to them? (are they open forums?)
>
> Yes I post, but it is not an open list.
>
> > Do you find them useful? What do they talk/bitch about?
>
<snip>
>
> We talk mostly food and planning little fun things locally and sometimes one
> will ask for some volunteers to help.
>
<snip>
>
> If you want to think of it like an HOA, it's not your normal one. No fees
> and no obligation. Just neighbors helping out or having a picnic.
>
> > Have you ever told all your neighbors they're a bunch of whiny-assed,
> > gabbing, do-nothing pussy farts?
>
> Nope, because they aren't.

Mine is a closed group, focused on neighborhood affairs... monthly
meetings, safety, what's happening in the greater area that impacts us
as a neighborhood, asking who has a recommendation for x (plumber,
painter, electrician, daycare and preschool)... down to the little
things like helping a kid print a paper because her printer wasn't
working, kids looking for babysitting jobs, a mother looking for more
copies of a certain newspaper because her sons photo was in the
business section and people giving away things like crockpots. One of
the last blasts was looking for volunteers to sign up for the
city-sponsored graffiti abatement team called "Graffiti Watch" so we
can police our own neighborhood. I find it very useful and unlike
usenet in all respects.


--

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

"Sqwertz" wrote
> cshenk wrote:

>> As I typed this, Anna Lynn's Mom arrived and took her to the Portsmouth
>> Naval hospital after timing contractions. Looks like I have a new little
>> neighbor!

> Soap Operas on Saturday? TMI.

Then do not ask about neighborhood mailing lists. You specifically *asked*
about them.

On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 11:57:19 -0500, cshenk wrote:

> "Sqwertz" wrote
>> cshenk wrote:
>
>>> As I typed this, Anna Lynn's Mom arrived and took her to the Portsmouth
>>> Naval hospital after timing contractions. Looks like I have a new little
>>> neighbor!
>
>> Soap Operas on Saturday? TMI.
>
> Then do not ask about neighborhood mailing lists. You specifically *asked*
> about them.

I didn't ask about the names and personal lives of all your neighbors.
I asked how they were used.

That was weird.

-sw

On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 08:41:03 -0800, sf wrote:

> Mine is a closed group, focused on neighborhood affairs...

By "Open forum" I meant that everybody in the neighborhood could post
to it unmoderated. Rather than it being moderated or only used for
announcements by officers.

Most mailing lists of that sort are going to require a "join" process
to avoid spam and to allow people like me to be banned for saying the
word "****".

-sw

"Sqwertz" wrote
> cshenk wrote:

>> Then do not ask about neighborhood mailing lists. You specifically
>> *asked*
>> about them.

> I didn't ask about the names and personal lives of all your neighbors.
> I asked how they were used.

You got only nicknames and first names. You asked how they were used.
*Obviously* it boggles your mind that there may be a positive and you
expected a bunch of 'oh how horrible they all are' and didn't get that back
so you could commiserate.

On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 12:40:15 -0500, cshenk wrote:

> "Sqwertz" wrote
>> cshenk wrote:
>
>>> Then do not ask about neighborhood mailing lists. You specifically
>>> *asked*
>>> about them.
>
>> I didn't ask about the names and personal lives of all your neighbors.
>> I asked how they were used.
>
> You got only nicknames and first names. You asked how they were used.
> *Obviously* it boggles your mind that there may be a positive and you
> expected a bunch of 'oh how horrible they all are' and didn't get that back
> so you could commiserate.

Uh no. I was looking for uses and their usefulness whether positive
or negative. Nobody cares about your neighbors lives. I'm sorry if
that disappoints you, narcissist.

-sw

On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 09:27:16 -0600, Sqwertz wrote:

> On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 08:57:52 -0500, cshenk wrote:
>
>> We talk mostly food and planning little fun things locally and sometimes one
>> will ask for some volunteers to help.
>
> Ours is used to bitch about other neighbors. And building lawsuits to
> sue them for various reasons (home businesses, driving fast, uglay
> yards). And even accusing others of illegal activity such as stealing
> mail and robbing houses.
>
> But heaven forbid you should type the word "****" (which is what I was
> "disciplined" last night). I told them if they didn't like it, then
> to go get ****ed.
>
> -sw

won't somebody please think of the children?!?!!

your pal,
helen

On 2/12/2011 10:27 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
> But heaven forbid you should type the word "****" (which is what I was
> "disciplined" last night). I told them if they didn't like it, then
> to go get ****ed.

Yeah, the locals on these mailing lists are nothing like peeps on
Usenet. I got booted out of a local yahoo group for something really
minor, no cussing involved. SOBs. lol

"Sqwertz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
> I'm using my third OT card in 20 years.
>
> How many of you belong to neighborhood association/home-owner mailing
> lists?
>
> Do you post to them? (are they open forums?)
>
> Do you find them useful? What do they talk/bitch about?
>
> Have you ever told all your neighbors they're a bunch of whiny-assed,
> gabbing, do-nothing pussy farts?
>
> ObDinner: Black Buffalo Blue Burger from:
>
> http://www.blacksheeplodge.com/
>
> -sw

My current HOA has finally figured out I own this house. So they sent me a
letter insisting I join a club. No, I don't think so. It took them three
years to figure out I own the house. I've been paying the HOA dues since
2008. I figure it will take them another 3-4 years before they realize I
shredded that letter along with the application for "membership".

HOA's are bull****. They don't do anything for you but you pay them out the
wazoo to live there.

Jill

On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 15:46:56 -0500, jmcquown wrote:

> HOA's are bull****. They don't do anything for you but you pay them out the
> wazoo to live there.

Some HOA's do serve purposes such as maintaining private parks and
recreation centers (swimming pools, clubhouses, playgrounds, stocking
fish in the lake, cleaning the lake, etc). Some even work as to not
be a profit center - all monies get put back into the community with
very few reasonably salaried staff.

Of course truly useful ones are probably rare these days. And you
always have the bitchers that whine, "I don't fish or have kids who
use the playgrounds". Well, hate to remind you that everyone pays
city/county/state taxes that pay for schools and parks, that's just
life. You pay for clubhouses and pools and playgrounds when you live
in many apartments, too.

-sw

jmcquown wrote:
>
> "Sqwertz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]..
>> I'm using my third OT card in 20 years.
>>
>> How many of you belong to neighborhood association/home-owner mailing
>> lists?
>>
>> Do you post to them? (are they open forums?)
>>
>> Do you find them useful? What do they talk/bitch about?
>>
>> Have you ever told all your neighbors they're a bunch of whiny-assed,
>> gabbing, do-nothing pussy farts?
>>
>> ObDinner: Black Buffalo Blue Burger from:
>>
>> http://www.blacksheeplodge.com/
>>
>> -sw
>
> My current HOA has finally figured out I own this house. So they sent
> me a letter insisting I join a club. No, I don't think so. It took
> them three years to figure out I own the house. I've been paying the
> HOA dues since 2008. I figure it will take them another 3-4 years
> before they realize I shredded that letter along with the application
> for "membership".
>
> HOA's are bull****. They don't do anything for you but you pay them
> out the wazoo to live there.
>
> Jill
You can always move.

Sqwertz wrote:
>
> Some HOA's do serve purposes such as maintaining private parks and
> recreation centers (swimming pools, clubhouses, playgrounds, stocking
> fish in the lake, cleaning the lake, etc). Some even work as to not
> be a profit center - all monies get put back into the community with
> very few reasonably salaried staff.

Reminds me of a story I heard on NPR several weeks ago.
It was about a company that already was doing DNA testing
on dogs for dog breeding and police forensic purposes that
was doing trials of a new service: DNA typing dogs as a
condition for living in some condominium complex or something
so they could identify residents that violated the rules
on dog feces, by also DNA typing the feces.

On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 12:40:15 -0500, "cshenk" <[email protected]> wrote:

> "Sqwertz" wrote
> > cshenk wrote:
>
> >> Then do not ask about neighborhood mailing lists. You specifically
> >> *asked*
> >> about them.
>
> > I didn't ask about the names and personal lives of all your neighbors.
> > I asked how they were used.
>
> You got only nicknames and first names. You asked how they were used.
> *Obviously* it boggles your mind that there may be a positive and you
> expected a bunch of 'oh how horrible they all are' and didn't get that back
> so you could commiserate.

This thread pretty much explains how his neighborhood mailing list got
to be so negative. He's obviously the catalyst.

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.