@larry said in So, Our House Inspection Flooded Our Basement.:

@aqua-letifer said in So, Our House Inspection Flooded Our Basement.:

@brenda said in So, Our House Inspection Flooded Our Basement.:

Makes one wonder how ethical the inspector is in the rest of his job. Sounds like any of his inspections could be suspect. We know he's willing to lie, we just don't know what his price is.

On the Md inspection website, they straightup say it's their job to stress test things, and if something breaks in the process so be it; whatever it is, it's something the sellers should have taken care of in the first place.

That's a lot of trust to be placed in somebody, which is a problem because in addition to the above, a lot of these inspectors aren't what people think. Many of them have never, ever been on a construction site in their lives. They aren't necessarily electricians, plumbers, or carpenters, and they sure as hell aren't all three. Yet they're completely at liberty to screw around with these components, and judge the work of tradesmen far more knowledgable than themselves.

I'm never, ever going to let them screw around with my home without me being there ever again.

I think they make around 200-300 bucks for an inspection. I could be wrong, because I would never allow one of them to set foot on a property. I think you can become a "home inspector" by simply paying a fee.. again, I'm not sure, since I never allowed one to set foot on any of my properties. But then... I never allowed a real estate agent to set foot on a property, either. At a few hundred bucks pay, you'll find it difficult to get a "home inspector" to pony up 2 granf...

Buddy of mine is a full-time renovator, doing about 50 properties a year. Based on what he tells me, I'd say you're right on in terms of what they make it and how they get their title.

@catseye3 Boris occasionally hops up onto the pillow above Mrs. George's head.

Maggie sleeps in her bed, at the foot of our bed on a cedar chest.

Bee (yes) still alive, is too frail to hop up on anything.

😆

@lufins-dad said in Carlson to interview Rittenhouse:

Jon answered that question very well the other day. To try on the role of hero in extraordinary events and a historical time. I paraphrased a bit there, and it was the same as the protesters, themselves.

Yes I've been describing the motivation of leftist protesters that way for years here. Jon just saw an opportunity to deploy the observation against a right-leaning person for a change.

No matter the politics, a fair and unbiased judicial system is paramount to the function of society.

Why didn't you say it was Boris in the first place? 😀 Now I am confident he had a good reason. Boris is too intelligent to not have a good reason, and I suspect he is communicating a need for a larger litter box, as in enormous. He's a very big boi!

Really, I wonder if he finds the space too small to maneuver himself easily. We ended up getting a very large bin with high sides to keep one of our girls from peeing over the edge. She was a big girl with no sense of when her bum was extended past the edge of the old litter box, so the high sides worked for her in the new one.

Try a larger and taller box. For the older babies to get inside, the box should probably also have a side entry for them.

Good luck! LOL

@george-k said in Bouncy, bouncy:

And she does it in heels.

I can’t tell you how many times that skill has made the difference in a soccer game…

@doctor-phibes said in Kyle's Law:

@horace said in Kyle's Law:

Here's a thought exercise for the "both sides are equally bad" among us. Does the political right perpetrate these sorts of groundless prosecutions?

If you're not just talking about the United States of America, then obviously the answer is yes.

Yeah when I talk about this stuff I'm talking about American culture and where the pendulum's currently at.

@doctor-phibes said in Caption Competition (brace yourselves...):

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Dagnabbit!

@mik said in Who Dis?:

“He’s not even the best drummer in the band”

@jolly said in Go Fund Me:

I'd say Andy has a point.

More than a point.

I guess we're far past the point of pretending now.

@copper said in All the more reason to have an actual "key.":

@george-k said in All the more reason to have an actual "key.":

"Sorry, honey! I left my phone at home and I can't get it!'

If you left the phone at home, how did the car get here?

There you go, picking nits.