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  • George KG George K

    Reading this reminds me that I should be grateful for the HOA of our condo.

    22 units, mostly geezers older people. No one seems to have an agenda, and no one is a "condo commando." Everyone just wants to get along and make life simple and good. In my 14 years (!) here, I don't think we've ever had a disagreement among the owners.

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    @George-K said in For Horace:

    Reading this reminds me that I should be grateful for the HOA of our condo.

    22 units, mostly geezers older people. No one seems to have an agenda, and no one is a "condo commando." Everyone just wants to get along and make life simple and good. In my 14 years (!) here, I don't think we've ever had a disagreement among the owners.

    You're fortunate. Count your Blessings...

    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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      I effin hate HOA’s. I still can’t believe that I had to join one. I like the community but the steps they try to take?

      My grass is cut, my property looks fine. On 3 occasions they have tried to push me on an issue. My response each time has been “Are you sure that you want to go to war over that point?” and each time they’ve backed down.

      I did rush the paver patio finale just because I didn’t want to deal with them. They ran the inspection, saw the obvious work that had been done, and said nothing.

      The Brad

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      • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

        I effin hate HOA’s. I still can’t believe that I had to join one. I like the community but the steps they try to take?

        My grass is cut, my property looks fine. On 3 occasions they have tried to push me on an issue. My response each time has been “Are you sure that you want to go to war over that point?” and each time they’ve backed down.

        I did rush the paver patio finale just because I didn’t want to deal with them. They ran the inspection, saw the obvious work that had been done, and said nothing.

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        @LuFins-Dad said in For Horace:

        I effin hate HOA’s.

        +1.

        Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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        • 89th8 Online
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          89th
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          Hahaha yeah that is some Aqua level shenanigans. Love it.

          We had a condo HOA where we lived in Virginia, and now have one for our neighborhood. I don’t mind them at all…they manage the common area landscaping, pools, and in general make sure the houses don’t go to crap.

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          • AxtremusA Away
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            I know of an HOA that bans bamboo entirely.

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            • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

              I effin hate HOA’s. I still can’t believe that I had to join one. I like the community but the steps they try to take?

              My grass is cut, my property looks fine. On 3 occasions they have tried to push me on an issue. My response each time has been “Are you sure that you want to go to war over that point?” and each time they’ve backed down.

              I did rush the paver patio finale just because I didn’t want to deal with them. They ran the inspection, saw the obvious work that had been done, and said nothing.

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              89th
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              @LuFins-Dad said in For Horace:

              My grass is cut, my property looks fine. On 3 occasions they have tried to push me on an issue. My response each time has been “Are you sure that you want to go to war over that point?” and each time they’ve backed down.

              What were the 3 issues? <leans in>

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              • 89th8 89th

                @LuFins-Dad said in For Horace:

                My grass is cut, my property looks fine. On 3 occasions they have tried to push me on an issue. My response each time has been “Are you sure that you want to go to war over that point?” and each time they’ve backed down.

                What were the 3 issues? <leans in>

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                @89th said in For Horace:

                What were the 3 issues? <leans in>

                1. Decrepit Winnebago on blocks in the driveway.

                2. Collection of old appliances in the front yard

                3. Dealing crack on evenings and weekends.

                Only non-witches get due process.

                • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                  1. Toddler pool in the front yard.

                  2. When our tree started coming down, I had to move some of the larger branches to common area out of the way from walkways until the tree removal company could arrive, which took 2 days.

                  3. the exact shade of dark brown on the back of our patio doors.

                  The Brad

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                  • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad
                    1. Toddler pool in the front yard.

                    2. When our tree started coming down, I had to move some of the larger branches to common area out of the way from walkways until the tree removal company could arrive, which took 2 days.

                    3. the exact shade of dark brown on the back of our patio doors.

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                    @LuFins-Dad said in For Horace:

                    the exact shade of dark brown on the back of our patio doors.

                    FFS

                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                    • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad
                      1. Toddler pool in the front yard.

                      2. When our tree started coming down, I had to move some of the larger branches to common area out of the way from walkways until the tree removal company could arrive, which took 2 days.

                      3. the exact shade of dark brown on the back of our patio doors.

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                      @LuFins-Dad

                      Wow, should've gone with Equity Brown

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                        Nah. Put in an approval for Turdmuckle Dunn...

                        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                          We currently have a big pile of crappy old lumber on our front lawn that was left behind by the guy who replaced the awful wooden support for the flower bed with a nice stone wall. I see this guy walk past every day, looking at it and wishing there was an HOA.

                          At some point we'll hire a skip.

                          I was only joking

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                          • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                            We currently have a big pile of crappy old lumber on our front lawn that was left behind by the guy who replaced the awful wooden support for the flower bed with a nice stone wall. I see this guy walk past every day, looking at it and wishing there was an HOA.

                            At some point we'll hire a skip.

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                            @Doctor-Phibes said in For Horace:

                            We currently have a big pile of crappy old lumber on our front lawn that was left behind by the guy who replaced the awful wooden support for the flower bed with a nice stone wall. I see this guy walk past every day, looking at it and wishing there was an HOA.

                            At some point we'll hire a skip.

                            No HOA? A container of barbecue briquet lighter and a match ought to do it...

                            “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                            Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                              Someone suggested “HOA” as the term of venery for Karens.

                              “An HOA of Karens”

                              Only non-witches get due process.

                              • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                              • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                Someone suggested “HOA” as the term of venery for Karens.

                                “An HOA of Karens”

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                                @jon-nyc said in For Horace:

                                Someone suggested “HOA” as the term of venery for Karens.

                                “An HOA of Karens”

                                That checks out.

                                Also glad to see you've come around to accepting Karen in the vernacular, as a word that describes something we all understand.

                                Education is extremely important.

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                                • MikM Away
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                                  Pretty much perfect.

                                  “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                  • HoraceH Horace

                                    @jon-nyc said in For Horace:

                                    Someone suggested “HOA” as the term of venery for Karens.

                                    “An HOA of Karens”

                                    That checks out.

                                    Also glad to see you've come around to accepting Karen in the vernacular, as a word that describes something we all understand.

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                                    @Horace

                                    I accept it - in the sense that I find the memes funny - but frankly I don’t like the idea that the culture decided we can have a running joke about people of a certain phenotype just because those phenotypes (white females of a certain age) are disfavored in the intersectional hierarchy.

                                    Imagine an analogous memetic complex concerning “Laqishas” and whether or not it would get the same play.

                                    Only non-witches get due process.

                                    • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                    • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                      @Horace

                                      I accept it - in the sense that I find the memes funny - but frankly I don’t like the idea that the culture decided we can have a running joke about people of a certain phenotype just because those phenotypes (white females of a certain age) are disfavored in the intersectional hierarchy.

                                      Imagine an analogous memetic complex concerning “Laqishas” and whether or not it would get the same play.

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                                      @jon-nyc said in For Horace:

                                      @Horace

                                      I accept it - in the sense that I find the memes funny - but frankly I don’t like the idea that the culture decided we can have a running joke about people of a certain phenotype just because those phenotypes (white females of a certain age) are disfavored in the intersectional hierarchy.

                                      Imagine an analogous memetic complex concerning “Laqishas” and whether or not it would get the same play.

                                      Middle age white female is necessary for Karen but hardly sufficient. The resonance is about personality characteristics. Which are of course not exclusive to the phenotype.

                                      Education is extremely important.

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