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It's a bitch that Mercedes-Benz and BMW don't make pickup trucks.Originally Posted by TheGrey
Our neighborhood is a mix of blue collar and white collar households, and I like it that way.
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I wish technology solved people issues. It seems to just reveal them.
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Time to park "Miss Agnes" in the driveway.
Fans of the John D. MacDonald literary character Travis McGee have wondered for decades what a real Miss Agnes -- McGee’s Rolls-Royce pickup truck -- might look like. But for all those concepts, drawings and imaginary exercises that never got made, there is at least one that made it into reality.
If you are a Travis McGee fan you know this isn’t really Miss Agnes. Its the wrong color. Miss Agnes, who appears in each of the 21 McGee novels is a 1936 electric blue Rolls Royce pickup truck. Here’s how she is described by Travis in Bright Orange for the Shroud.
"Because of the boat errands, I had Miss Agnes parked nearby, my electric blue Rolls pickup truck, an amateur conversion accomplished by some desperate idiot during her checkered past. She is not yet old enough to vote. But almost. She started with a touch, and I went along the beach to where…"
So some hoa’s Don’t allow the homeowner to park a pickup truck on the street or in the driveway?
You sir, are a specialist in the art of discovering a welcoming outcome of a particular situation....not a mechanic.
My feedback add 11-12 ish before the great servpocaylpse of 2012
Yeah. I remember a story from a few years ago where people were upset that the owners of Lincoln Blackwoods weren't getting into trouble, but people with F-150's were.
"There are no finger prints under water."
HOAs became popular as people started realizing they could no longer afford flight to keep themselves in a good neighborhood. So they created an artificial system (more gov) and it's been modestly successful--but it is voluntary which is key. Our house is now 20 years old and the neighborhood is very desirable. Compare to Aurora where I grew up and in 20 years ('77-95ish) it went completely downhill.
HOAs have certainly gone full potato in some places! WC is full of closeted and not-so-closeted Lib statists who love this kind of stuff.
HR isn't that bad as long as you don't intentionally test the rules. There are many violations, some on my own block, that have gone unnoticed. Other odd things do get noticed but are minor (leaving the trash cans out too long).
If you compare some HOAs to some city's ordinances, the HOAs are sometimes better, and you have more legal protection.
But it's not for everyone. If I had all the toys/time I wanted I probably wouldn't live here. Since I am money/time limited, all I need for now is a house in a safe neighborhood for the family, and decent resell value.
Last edited by Skip; 08-12-2018 at 18:47.
Always eat the vegans first
Our neighborhood has a voluntary HOA; not many people in the neighborhood belong to it. We've got very few covenants- stuff like easements for cable, etc no mining or oil operations shall be conducted on the property and so on.
No HOA was one of our criteria in purchasing our home. I personally bristle at the very idea of anyone telling us what to do with property we have paid for.
"There is nothing in the world so permanent as a temporary emergency." - Robert A Heinlein The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
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Park this in front of your house!
https://www.mercedes-benz.com/en/mer...hicles/trucks/
Or this
https://www.mercedes-benz.com/en/mer...-cars/x-class/
The chair is against the wall has a long mustache.
In the book "The Millionaire Next Door", the authors found that the most common vehicle of millionaires is an older Ford F-150
https://www.fool.com/personal-financ...ext-doorq.aspx
Last edited by mb504; 08-12-2018 at 20:49. Reason: missed a comma
The chair is against the wall has a long mustache.
That argument is on par with "Repeal the Second Amendment to stop mass shootings!"
Modern liberalism is based on the idea that reality is obligated to conform to one's beliefs because; "I have the right to believe whatever I want".
"Everything the State says is a lie, and everything it has it has stolen.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
"Every time something really bad happens, people cry out for safety, and the government answers by taking rights away from good people."
-Penn Jillette
A World Without Guns <- Great Read!
You really think thats what your neighborhood would look like without an HOA?
No HOA here, and doesn't look like a shithole. And property values are climbing crazy here too... 3 houses on my block have sold for over list price the day they went onto the market.
Last edited by DenverGP; 08-12-2018 at 21:24.
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