Thread: Peeps contest

On 4/24/2011 11:39 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> This link was sent to me by a Syracuse resident. Some good innovation on
> some of them.
>
> Happy Easter, everyone. here is our local Peeps contest. Enjoy, and
> don't forget to vote.
>
> http://photos.syracuse.com/post-stan...es_cho_17.html
>
>
>
I loved the penguins.

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"Ed Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> This link was sent to me by a Syracuse resident. Some good innovation on
> some of them.
>
> Happy Easter, everyone. here is our local Peeps contest. Enjoy, and don't
> forget to vote.
>
> http://photos.syracuse.com/post-stan...es_cho_17.html
>
>
Cute! I love the Abbey Road peeps. Peeps should be going on sale now that
Easter is almost over. Time to start thinking/planning for next year's
peep-o-ramas

Jill

jmcquown wrote:
>
> Cute! I love the Abbey Road peeps. Peeps should be going on sale now that
> Easter is almost over. Time to start thinking/planning for next year's
> peep-o-ramas

Get your landlord's permission first.

http://www.loweringthebar.net/2010/0...eps-trial.html

"Mark Thorson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> Cute! I love the Abbey Road peeps. Peeps should be going on sale now
>> that
>> Easter is almost over. Time to start thinking/planning for next year's
>> peep-o-ramas
>
> Get your landlord's permission first.
>
> http://www.loweringthebar.net/2010/0...eps-trial.html


Gee, I guess I'll have to ask myself permission before I make one What a
silly thing to go to court about! People hang hideous things on their front
doors all the time. I'm talking about some of the door-wreaths I've seen
True, the HOA here might have a problem with peeps hanging on my front door
(if anyone even noticed) but I sure wouldn't go to court over it; I'd just
take it down.

Jill

On 2011-04-25, jmcquown <[email protected]> wrote:

> silly thing to go to court about!

Waay beyond silly. Downright stupid.

They shoulda all ....from the judge on down to the guy mopping the
hallway.... been confined to Holiday Inn conference room and sentenced
to watching non-stop Jerry Springer reruns for a period of no less
than 90 days. No doubt half the people sentenced would gladly welcome
such a sentence, but, mercifully, would be beaten to death by the
other half within the first month. The remaining ppl would gradually
lose their minds and expire within the second month, the last one
gladly ramming his skull through the tv screen, in a bloody exploding
screaming death.

nb

"notbob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On 2011-04-25, jmcquown <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> silly thing to go to court about!
>
> Waay beyond silly. Downright stupid.
>
> They shoulda all ....from the judge on down to the guy mopping the
> hallway.... been confined to Holiday Inn conference room and sentenced
> to watching non-stop Jerry Springer reruns for a period of no less
> than 90 days. No doubt half the people sentenced would gladly welcome
> such a sentence, but, mercifully, would be beaten to death by the
> other half within the first month. The remaining ppl would gradually
> lose their minds and expire within the second month, the last one
> gladly ramming his skull through the tv screen, in a bloody exploding
> screaming death.
>
> nb
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I read the article. The landlord complained she was evicted because she
wasn't paying her rent. She claimed she stopped paying rent "in protest"
when they complained about the Peeps. I don't care who you are, no one
leasing an apartment is entitled to live rent-free. So obviously there was
more to it. Still, take down the damn diorama if the landlord objects. I
rented apartments and houses for many, many years. The defendant claimed
there was nothing specific in the lease about "decorating". Excuse me?
I've never read a lease that mentioned decorating. Altering the property
(like painting), sure. But IMHO hanging something on the front door doesn't
consitute "decorating". It was a lame excuse, and certainly not a legal
one. I'm surprised she was surprised. I'm surprised she found a lawyer to
take the case!

Jill

On 2011-04-25, jmcquown <[email protected]> wrote:

> when they complained about the Peeps. I don't care who you are, no one
> leasing an apartment is entitled to live rent-free.

Forty years ago, four of use rented a house. During the Winter, the
roof leaked so bad, water was coming in at the rate of 1 qt every 5
mins. The entire kitchen was flooded and unusable. Destroyed a lot
of our stuff and landlord refused to deal with it until we stopped
paying rent and forced the issue into court. We won.

nb

"notbob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On 2011-04-25, jmcquown <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> when they complained about the Peeps. I don't care who you are, no one
>> leasing an apartment is entitled to live rent-free.
>
> Forty years ago, four of use rented a house. During the Winter, the
> roof leaked so bad, water was coming in at the rate of 1 qt every 5
> mins. The entire kitchen was flooded and unusable. Destroyed a lot
> of our stuff and landlord refused to deal with it until we stopped
> paying rent and forced the issue into court. We won.
>
> nb


And I can certainly appreciate that scenario. One house I rented, the lease
specifically stated if there were problems with the appliances, etc. I'd
have to have them repaired myself then submit the bill to him for
reimbursement. I thought that was a terrible way to do business but that's
the way it was. He did take care of the few minor issues (after the fact)
but I only lived there for a year. Your guy just sounds like a jackass. I
hope he had to pay the court costs!

Jill

On Mon, 25 Apr 2011 11:22:29 -0400, "jmcquown" <[email protected]>
wrote:

> The defendant claimed
> there was nothing specific in the lease about "decorating". Excuse me?
> I've never read a lease that mentioned decorating. Altering the property
> (like painting), sure. But IMHO hanging something on the front door doesn't
> constitute "decorating". It was a lame excuse, and certainly not a legal
> one.

I'm pretty sure she wanted to break the lease - this was one way to do
it and get free rent too.

>I'm surprised she was surprised. I'm surprised she found a lawyer to
> take the case!

I'm not; but I am surprised the judge didn't throw it out of court as
a frivolous lawsuit and make her pay the court costs.

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"sf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 25 Apr 2011 11:22:29 -0400, "jmcquown" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> The defendant claimed
>> there was nothing specific in the lease about "decorating". Excuse me?
>> I've never read a lease that mentioned decorating. Altering the property
>> (like painting), sure. But IMHO hanging something on the front door
>> doesn't
>> constitute "decorating". It was a lame excuse, and certainly not a legal
>> one.
>
> I'm pretty sure she wanted to break the lease - this was one way to do
> it and get free rent too.
>
>>I'm surprised she was surprised. I'm surprised she found a lawyer to
>> take the case!
>
> I'm not; but I am surprised the judge didn't throw it out of court as
> a frivolous lawsuit and make her pay the court costs.
>
She's not the one who brought the suit; the landlord did. So why should she
have to pay the court costs?

There are lots of legal ways for a tenant to break a lease. If the lease
promises the landlord will maintain appliances in working condition and the
landlord doesn't do it, there's an out. But you still have to give notice.
The whole thing was handled badly and turned into a case about Peeps! LOL

Jill

On Tue, 26 Apr 2011 04:19:38 -0400, "jmcquown" <[email protected]>
wrote:

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> "sf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> >
> > On Mon, 25 Apr 2011 11:22:29 -0400, "jmcquown" <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> The defendant claimed
> >> there was nothing specific in the lease about "decorating". Excuse me?
> >> I've never read a lease that mentioned decorating. Altering the property
> >> (like painting), sure. But IMHO hanging something on the front door
> >> doesn't
> >> constitute "decorating". It was a lame excuse, and certainly not a legal
> >> one.
> >
> > I'm pretty sure she wanted to break the lease - this was one way to do
> > it and get free rent too.
> >
> >>I'm surprised she was surprised. I'm surprised she found a lawyer to
> >> take the case!
> >
> > I'm not; but I am surprised the judge didn't throw it out of court as
> > a frivolous lawsuit and make her pay the court costs.
> >
> She's not the one who brought the suit; the landlord did. So why should she
> have to pay the court costs?
>
> There are lots of legal ways for a tenant to break a lease. If the lease
> promises the landlord will maintain appliances in working condition and the
> landlord doesn't do it, there's an out. But you still have to give notice.
> The whole thing was handled badly and turned into a case about Peeps! LOL
>


I read it wrong then. I thought she brought the suit.

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Sometimes I even put it in the food.

In article <[email protected]>,
"jmcquown" <[email protected]> wrote:

> "sf" <[email protected]> wrote in message

> > I'm not; but I am surprised the judge didn't throw it out of court as
> > a frivolous lawsuit and make her pay the court costs.
> >
> She's not the one who brought the suit; the landlord did. So why should she
> have to pay the court costs?

I haven't read the lease agreement in question, but I've read a lot of
papers for loans and leases. They always have a clause that says that
if you don't pay and the person you were supposed to pay has legal
expenses, you have to pay those.

> There are lots of legal ways for a tenant to break a lease. If the lease
> promises the landlord will maintain appliances in working condition and the
> landlord doesn't do it, there's an out. But you still have to give notice.
> The whole thing was handled badly and turned into a case about Peeps! LOL

The tenant can't complain *too* much. She was only ordered to pay half.

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