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02/26/2009 15:06 #47895
Stone cold fashion02/22/2009 22:02 #47864
My favorite Shoes So FarCategory: shoes
So, I admit I have a slight shoe addiction. I think I have like 10 pairs now. Its not that I love each pair, its just that I have been desperately seeking to replace a really comfortable pair I had before and each pair, while awesome in its own way - from gold sparkle trim, to neon orange letters, to being waterproof - just doesn't live up.
Last week while buying another pair of shoes I found these boots but didn't buy them because they were too expenive. They were like retail $279, then $129 at DSW. Then when I went back they were $99 with an additional 30% off at register and I had a $25 gift certificate and a $10 off coupon. It came to like $34 for a really nice pair of boots.
The fancy leather engraved and wood bottoms look really cool but they are slippery. Especially on ice. I think leather soles get more traction after they are scuffed up a bit.
Okay so maybe the addiction is worse than I thought. I went to the timerland site to see if I could find those shoes and I found these which are all leather and have traction
and these which just look comfy.
Last week while buying another pair of shoes I found these boots but didn't buy them because they were too expenive. They were like retail $279, then $129 at DSW. Then when I went back they were $99 with an additional 30% off at register and I had a $25 gift certificate and a $10 off coupon. It came to like $34 for a really nice pair of boots.
The fancy leather engraved and wood bottoms look really cool but they are slippery. Especially on ice. I think leather soles get more traction after they are scuffed up a bit.
Okay so maybe the addiction is worse than I thought. I went to the timerland site to see if I could find those shoes and I found these which are all leather and have traction
and these which just look comfy.mike - 02/24/09 17:12
i'm glad i could be there when you purchased such life changing shoes!
i'm glad i could be there when you purchased such life changing shoes!
mrdeadlier - 02/24/09 09:49
you were wearing those yesterday at work, right? i was going to mention that i liked them but then got distracted talking about php training and stuff :)
you were wearing those yesterday at work, right? i was going to mention that i liked them but then got distracted talking about php training and stuff :)
tinypliny - 02/23/09 21:08
They look great. I especially like the sole design. Though I wonder what purpose they serve. They can't possibly mark on snow or sand. Hmmm.. maybe mud but why would you want to slosh around in mud in such nice shoes?
I used to have a shoe collection back home but impoverished states here call for guarded budgets. And somehow the phrases "shoe collection" and "guarded budgets" don't really go well together.
They look great. I especially like the sole design. Though I wonder what purpose they serve. They can't possibly mark on snow or sand. Hmmm.. maybe mud but why would you want to slosh around in mud in such nice shoes?
I used to have a shoe collection back home but impoverished states here call for guarded budgets. And somehow the phrases "shoe collection" and "guarded budgets" don't really go well together.
brit - 02/23/09 21:03
those are fucking beaut! I can;t wait to spill beer in them ;)
those are fucking beaut! I can;t wait to spill beer in them ;)
heidi - 02/23/09 18:33
Love the new boots! I like link 1 over link 2. I have two pairs of Timberland boots and love them. One pair looks like I stole Santa Claus' boots - they have white fur around the top.
Love the new boots! I like link 1 over link 2. I have two pairs of Timberland boots and love them. One pair looks like I stole Santa Claus' boots - they have white fur around the top.
jason - 02/23/09 16:08
I'm about to admit something I probably shouldn't, but I've been in the market for some boots. More like cowboy boots than hard hat wearer boots. Yeah, cowboy bootish. Should I have admitted that? I think they would be fuggin awesome. And I really like the pair you got.
I'm about to admit something I probably shouldn't, but I've been in the market for some boots. More like cowboy boots than hard hat wearer boots. Yeah, cowboy bootish. Should I have admitted that? I think they would be fuggin awesome. And I really like the pair you got.
paul - 02/23/09 15:55
You should see the scuffy soles after running through salt ;(.
You should see the scuffy soles after running through salt ;(.
02/22/2009 18:18 #47863
The lotto machineHow is it the lotto machine accepts dollars any way but like every
drink and snack machine can only do it one specific way.
trisha - 02/28/09 14:34
omg at our store we sell so many. it's staggering. BUT--man oh man, we also sell so many cans o pop. i dunno. people love a soda with their scratchers?
omg at our store we sell so many. it's staggering. BUT--man oh man, we also sell so many cans o pop. i dunno. people love a soda with their scratchers?
tinypliny - 02/23/09 21:10
It is a mandatory subliminal message to us all to not gamble?
It is a mandatory subliminal message to us all to not gamble?
theli - 02/22/09 21:53
Maybe because despite the fact that soft drinks cost < 50 cents a can to produce (for cola anyway), lottery tickets have even less value?
And I suppose there's always the chance that they might be able to prove that a jackpot winner stole a ticket if a particular machine got a lot of bum-bills at a certain time.
Just throwing ideas out there...
Maybe because despite the fact that soft drinks cost < 50 cents a can to produce (for cola anyway), lottery tickets have even less value?
And I suppose there's always the chance that they might be able to prove that a jackpot winner stole a ticket if a particular machine got a lot of bum-bills at a certain time.
Just throwing ideas out there...
paul - 02/22/09 21:46
Who needs change when in worst case scenario you get an additional 19 lottery tickets?
Who needs change when in worst case scenario you get an additional 19 lottery tickets?
zobar - 02/22/09 20:01
Because they want your money, bad. I wonder what kind of machine is sophisticated enough to accept four different denominations in any orientation but can't give change. I think if a machine can potentially shortchange you by more than $1 it should be required to give change.
- Z
Because they want your money, bad. I wonder what kind of machine is sophisticated enough to accept four different denominations in any orientation but can't give change. I think if a machine can potentially shortchange you by more than $1 it should be required to give change.
- Z
02/22/2009 15:59 #47859
Our Tenant Nicole Clemmons in BuffaloCategory: housing
Ya, another tenant I should have never rented to. We had/have this tenant named Nicole Clemmons who seemed like a perfectly good tenant at first. She didn't have a lot of stuff so we gave her a bunch of things that my mother had stored in the attic. Like a bed and a TV and a bunch of other stuff, curtain, etc.
It started out good. She paid her rent for the first two months. She was really pregnant with her third kid and I figured she would probably try and continue to pay rent with a new baby and all. Plus she got some sort of public assistance that helped her with her rent. It wasn't section 8 though, becaus ethen I wouldn't be having this problem.
So when January rolled around, we had finally finished work on the downstairs apartment. With the new baby she wanted to move downstairs ebcause their were less stairs to go up and it also had a nicer bathroom. We agreed because we are nice and felt bad for her having to go up the stairs and all. It kind of sucked because downstairs is easier to rent out and we lost out on two months rent because of it while trying to find someone.
When she left upstairs she left a mess, piles of clothes, garbage, carpet etc. This was aprt of the reason that we couldn't rent it very easily. She kept promising to take her stuff and didn't. I continued to feel bad for her because she just had a baby etc.
Then she stopped paying rent and disconnected her phone.
On like Feb 10th we gave her a motion to evict notice. When delivered it, she was not home but the heat was set to 82 degrees. Seemed like she hasn't been there in a week at 82 degrees. I mean (e:terry) had stopped by everyday for a week and not seen her. How is it that I a would never turn the heat up that high and I am not on public aassistance. Maybe that is why. Anyway, we couldn't get ahold of her so (e:terry) taped the notice to her inside apartment door.
In the meantime the upstairs apartment got rented but they wanted her stuff out, so today, not only has she not paid rent in a month, we had to finsih her moving for her.
I took this one giant pile of clothes she left on the floor upstiars and had to transfer it to her apartment downstairs. Serioulsy, look at this pile. How on earth could you leave your closet like this when moving out? Did she really not want them. Legally, we can't throw them out - so I had to transfer it all to her new apartment downstairs.
That plus tons of other gargabe a carpet, pizza boxes, shoes, a lamp, a TV, chairs, etc. (e:terry) was nice and threw out the pizza boxes instead of transfering. If it was up to me it would be a straight tarnsfer.
This makes like 5 people in a row that I helped out only to have them screw me over in one way or another.
Has anyone gone through the eviction process before?
It started out good. She paid her rent for the first two months. She was really pregnant with her third kid and I figured she would probably try and continue to pay rent with a new baby and all. Plus she got some sort of public assistance that helped her with her rent. It wasn't section 8 though, becaus ethen I wouldn't be having this problem.
So when January rolled around, we had finally finished work on the downstairs apartment. With the new baby she wanted to move downstairs ebcause their were less stairs to go up and it also had a nicer bathroom. We agreed because we are nice and felt bad for her having to go up the stairs and all. It kind of sucked because downstairs is easier to rent out and we lost out on two months rent because of it while trying to find someone.
When she left upstairs she left a mess, piles of clothes, garbage, carpet etc. This was aprt of the reason that we couldn't rent it very easily. She kept promising to take her stuff and didn't. I continued to feel bad for her because she just had a baby etc.
Then she stopped paying rent and disconnected her phone.
On like Feb 10th we gave her a motion to evict notice. When delivered it, she was not home but the heat was set to 82 degrees. Seemed like she hasn't been there in a week at 82 degrees. I mean (e:terry) had stopped by everyday for a week and not seen her. How is it that I a would never turn the heat up that high and I am not on public aassistance. Maybe that is why. Anyway, we couldn't get ahold of her so (e:terry) taped the notice to her inside apartment door.
In the meantime the upstairs apartment got rented but they wanted her stuff out, so today, not only has she not paid rent in a month, we had to finsih her moving for her.
I took this one giant pile of clothes she left on the floor upstiars and had to transfer it to her apartment downstairs. Serioulsy, look at this pile. How on earth could you leave your closet like this when moving out? Did she really not want them. Legally, we can't throw them out - so I had to transfer it all to her new apartment downstairs.
That plus tons of other gargabe a carpet, pizza boxes, shoes, a lamp, a TV, chairs, etc. (e:terry) was nice and threw out the pizza boxes instead of transfering. If it was up to me it would be a straight tarnsfer.
This makes like 5 people in a row that I helped out only to have them screw me over in one way or another.
Has anyone gone through the eviction process before?
james - 02/22/09 20:42
Man, when I think of all the times i have been a perfectly good tenant but was screwed over by my landlord I begin to sympathize with them a little better.
Man, when I think of all the times i have been a perfectly good tenant but was screwed over by my landlord I begin to sympathize with them a little better.
paul - 02/22/09 19:23
Ya, in this case we even let her only pay half the security deposit up front because she didn't have it all when she moved in. We taped it to the door and took a time stamped pic of it. I think we need to mail a copy tomorrow.
Ya, in this case we even let her only pay half the security deposit up front because she didn't have it all when she moved in. We taped it to the door and took a time stamped pic of it. I think we need to mail a copy tomorrow.
zobar - 02/22/09 18:44
Man what is wrong with people? I've read all of your rental-nightmare posts and I can't believe people would do that to their landlord. Even if I had an iffy relationship with my landlord I'd leave the place spotless so they didn't have anything on me.
I think the worst thing I ever did was to leave a dresser I didn't want [at the same time taking a dresser that had been left by the previous tenant that I did want]. Accidental damage is one thing, and I don't think there's any way to avoid that - but leaving a mess is inexcusable. When somebody tells me they're not going to bother cleaning because they don't expect to get their deposit back anyway I weep for America.
At my one apartment in Jersey City the landlord [who lived in the building] evicted the paranoid schizophrenic upstairs because he was seriously delinquent in his payments. I don't know how long it took to get the eviction judgment, but when the day came, the county sent a guy to do it.
Here's a WNY tenants-rights page that describes when you can get evicted and how to avoid it. :::link::: It looks like you're OK so far, but you'll have to go to court, and she may get out of it if she can pay you in full immediately, or if you haven't made necessary repairs. That page says she may also be able to get out of it if she wasn't served in person [she wasn't] and she doesn't show up to court [she won't] - however, this :::link::: says it's sufficient to tape the notice to her door and mail her a copy.
- Z
Man what is wrong with people? I've read all of your rental-nightmare posts and I can't believe people would do that to their landlord. Even if I had an iffy relationship with my landlord I'd leave the place spotless so they didn't have anything on me.
I think the worst thing I ever did was to leave a dresser I didn't want [at the same time taking a dresser that had been left by the previous tenant that I did want]. Accidental damage is one thing, and I don't think there's any way to avoid that - but leaving a mess is inexcusable. When somebody tells me they're not going to bother cleaning because they don't expect to get their deposit back anyway I weep for America.
At my one apartment in Jersey City the landlord [who lived in the building] evicted the paranoid schizophrenic upstairs because he was seriously delinquent in his payments. I don't know how long it took to get the eviction judgment, but when the day came, the county sent a guy to do it.
Here's a WNY tenants-rights page that describes when you can get evicted and how to avoid it. :::link::: It looks like you're OK so far, but you'll have to go to court, and she may get out of it if she can pay you in full immediately, or if you haven't made necessary repairs. That page says she may also be able to get out of it if she wasn't served in person [she wasn't] and she doesn't show up to court [she won't] - however, this :::link::: says it's sufficient to tape the notice to her door and mail her a copy.
- Z
tinypliny - 02/22/09 17:42
Phew. That's awful. :/ Sue the tenant.
Phew. That's awful. :/ Sue the tenant.
janelle - 02/22/09 16:42
I know this will sound incredibly cynical, Paul. But I work in social services and I have had a lot of experience with people in need who when you give them a little, they just keep pushing for more and exploit the situation. I would have never loaned/given her your mom's stuff. I would not have felt sorry for her because she had a baby. People have babies. It's not a debilitating condition. Don't do favors for people with whom you have a financial relationship. Refer them to social services if they need assistance. There are people out there who know how to take advantage of others who feel sorry for them for any number of reasons. Social service agencies are a little bit better at figuring out who is a scammer and who genuinely needs help.
All of your posts on your tenants have convinced me to never own property for the purpose of renting it. Have you had any good tenant situations?
I know this will sound incredibly cynical, Paul. But I work in social services and I have had a lot of experience with people in need who when you give them a little, they just keep pushing for more and exploit the situation. I would have never loaned/given her your mom's stuff. I would not have felt sorry for her because she had a baby. People have babies. It's not a debilitating condition. Don't do favors for people with whom you have a financial relationship. Refer them to social services if they need assistance. There are people out there who know how to take advantage of others who feel sorry for them for any number of reasons. Social service agencies are a little bit better at figuring out who is a scammer and who genuinely needs help.
All of your posts on your tenants have convinced me to never own property for the purpose of renting it. Have you had any good tenant situations?
02/21/2009 19:05 #47854
Stop trying to control me appleCategory: mobile
Apple recently challenged an exemption to the DMCA proposed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which would guarantee the legality of jailbreaking iPhones and other handsets
I really think we as consumers need to fight the possibility of limiting what we do with the hardware we buy. Limiting what you can do with hardware your purchase is dangerous path to go pursue. It will trickle down into all electronics if it happens. Openness and freedom promote creativity.
I am not saying that apple should have to support warranties that has non-sanctioned software on it, I am just saying that we should never allow them to make it illegal to do what we want with the electronics we buy.
If this goes through I am getting rid of my iphone. I am pretty sure I am switching back to nokia soon anyways as I am tired of all the limitations of no copy paste or file uploads.
metalpeter - 02/22/09 10:42
I will admit I don't know much about phones since I don't have one. But I have a theory as to why they might do this. I would like to hear what you think about this.
You see all these ads for things that you can do with aps. I assume that if what I heard is correct that there is some type of fee for these aps. From what I have seen on the phone ads the aps are what make the Iphone better then the other phones. The touch screen idea has been around for a long time but is kinda new to all these phones. Black Berry's from what I understand used to just hold data and not be a phone at one point. I think apple doesn't want to take the chance of their aps not working. I think the other thing they are scared of is what if in this process some one figures out how to use the apps on some other brand of phone. I'm not saying what they are doing is right or wrong just guessing at there perspective. I'm guessing that when the apps are made they are made for one service company (att&t maybe) and I'm sure if they made a deal of some kind with apple they don't want other companies you get service with the Iphone either.
I will admit I don't know much about phones since I don't have one. But I have a theory as to why they might do this. I would like to hear what you think about this.
You see all these ads for things that you can do with aps. I assume that if what I heard is correct that there is some type of fee for these aps. From what I have seen on the phone ads the aps are what make the Iphone better then the other phones. The touch screen idea has been around for a long time but is kinda new to all these phones. Black Berry's from what I understand used to just hold data and not be a phone at one point. I think apple doesn't want to take the chance of their aps not working. I think the other thing they are scared of is what if in this process some one figures out how to use the apps on some other brand of phone. I'm not saying what they are doing is right or wrong just guessing at there perspective. I'm guessing that when the apps are made they are made for one service company (att&t maybe) and I'm sure if they made a deal of some kind with apple they don't want other companies you get service with the Iphone either.
I think it looks so cool!
ugh i noticed that the other day.
Retail women's clothing store it looks like.
Why do men so often get left out of this boutique nonsense? Meh.