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I live in a pretty nice place and it's relatively quiet most of the time but the last week has been trying. As it's been getting colder more and more people have been smoking in the lobby instead of outside. Besides the smell issues I am also bothered because there are no ashtrays meaning they are butting on the floor which is an obvious fire hazard. Worse yet on Thursday night I came home and walked in the door and my floor was all wet. Both of my sinks were full of smelly water. My counters and applieces were sitting in gross yellowish water. After I took a look around I realized that the pipes had backed up. We do not have garbage disposals in my building but apparantly some asshole neighbor thought that washing at least 2 cups of rice and black olives down the pipe was a good idea and being as I live on the ground floor it backed up at my place. I LOVE dealing with other peoples messes. Tonight I was scraping my car window (no garage) getting ready to go to the grocery store when a car came screetching up and some girl got out of the window just screaming. She was yelling at the top of her lungs something like "You fucking asshole I know you got a fucking 13 year-old whore up there". After a minute or two a dude came to teh balcony and started screaming back. I felt like I was watching an episode of David Springer. They were just screaming and every other word was "fuck". It was after 10:00 at night so it was doubly innappropiate. Hopefully Amy is able to buy us a house soon I'm sure other people have even worse or funnier things happen where they live so this is the thread to vent. | |
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Moderator | Sounds like it's time to move, I certainly would. Ohh purple joy oh purple bliss oh purple rapture! REAL MUSIC by REAL MUSICIANS - Prince "I kind of wish there was a reason for Prince to make the site crash more" ~~ Ben |
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lovemachine said: Share your stories...
I live in a pretty nice place and it's relatively quiet most of the time but the last week has been trying. As it's been getting colder more and more people have been smoking in the lobby instead of outside. Besides the smell issues I am also bothered because there are no ashtrays meaning they are butting on the floor which is an obvious fire hazard. Worse yet on Thursday night I came home and walked in the door and my floor was all wet. Both of my sinks were full of smelly water. My counters and applieces were sitting in gross yellowish water. After I took a look around I realized that the pipes had backed up. We do not have garbage disposals in my building but apparantly some asshole neighbor thought that washing at least 2 cups of rice and black olives down the pipe was a good idea and being as I live on the ground floor it backed up at my place. I LOVE dealing with other peoples messes. Tonight I was scraping my car window (no garage) getting ready to go to the grocery store when a car came screetching up and some girl got out of the window just screaming. She was yelling at the top of her lungs something like "You fucking asshole I know you got a fucking 13 year-old whore up there". After a minute or two a dude came to teh balcony and started screaming back. I felt like I was watching an episode of David Springer. They were just screaming and every other word was "fuck". It was after 10:00 at night so it was doubly innappropiate. Hopefully Amy is able to buy us a house soon I'm sure other people have even worse or funnier things happen where they live so this is the thread to vent. bugger | |
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I think my neighbors think I'm gay... | |
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luv4u said: Sounds like it's time to move, I certainly would.
I think that all community living has it's problems and until I am ready to buy a house (Amy get on this ) here is probably as good as anywhere else. Besides moving SUCKS. | |
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People also smoke in my building and ash on the floor. I've seen mailboxes broken into, the glass in the door broken, and a couple of days ago someone broke out the glass of a sign and all the glass is still laying all over the floor because everyone is on holiday break. Plus, I have a psycho neighbor who goes on drinking binges and screams VERY weird things out for hours. Apartment living is fun.
Dean..someday I will have a house and maybe you can live with me and Buff. -Dean is the cheese to my macaroni- | |
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Byron said: I think my neighbors think I'm gay...
Is it all the naked guys coming over | |
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lovemachine said: Byron said: I think my neighbors think I'm gay...
Is it all the naked guys coming over | |
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Moderator | Byron said: I think my neighbors think I'm gay...
You are too cute Ohh purple joy oh purple bliss oh purple rapture! REAL MUSIC by REAL MUSICIANS - Prince "I kind of wish there was a reason for Prince to make the site crash more" ~~ Ben |
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luv4u said: Byron said: I think my neighbors think I'm gay...
You are too cute What, are you saying I'm too cute to be straight, is that what you're saying??...lol | |
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Byron said: I think my neighbors think I'm gay...
Ahh I don't think so hun | |
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Ocean said: Byron said: I think my neighbors think I'm gay...
Ahh I don't think so hun Are you saying I'm not cute enough to be gay, is that what you're saying??...lol | |
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Byron said: Ocean said: Ahh I don't think so hun Are you saying I'm not cute enough to be gay, is that what you're saying??...lol Ahh noooo, I am saying you have had enough female company to be considered not gay!!! | |
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Moderator | Byron said: luv4u said: You are too cute What, are you saying I'm too cute to be straight, is that what you're saying??...lol I was gonna edit but my trigger finger hit the post response button Ya don't have to be cute or ugly. Ohh purple joy oh purple bliss oh purple rapture! REAL MUSIC by REAL MUSICIANS - Prince "I kind of wish there was a reason for Prince to make the site crash more" ~~ Ben |
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Ocean said: Byron said: Are you saying I'm not cute enough to be gay, is that what you're saying??...lol Ahh noooo, I am saying you have had enough female company to be considered not gay!!! ...It's not the amount, it's the type...lol | |
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Byron said: Ocean said: Ahh noooo, I am saying you have had enough female company to be considered not gay!!! ...It's not the amount, it's the type...lol ok tell me the type | |
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Ocean said: Byron said: ...It's not the amount, it's the type...lol ok tell me the type Well, it usually is the type that involves whip cream, horseshoes, duct tape and an inflatable donkey... | |
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Moderator | Byron said: Ocean said: ok tell me the type Well, it usually is the type that involves whip cream, horseshoes, duct tape and an inflatable donkey... You been watching too much Shrek 2 lately??? Ohh purple joy oh purple bliss oh purple rapture! REAL MUSIC by REAL MUSICIANS - Prince "I kind of wish there was a reason for Prince to make the site crash more" ~~ Ben |
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luv4u said: Byron said: Well, it usually is the type that involves whip cream, horseshoes, duct tape and an inflatable donkey... You been watching too much Shrek 2 lately??? | |
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Byron said: Ocean said: ok tell me the type Well, it usually is the type that involves whip cream, horseshoes, duct tape and an inflatable donkey... ahh well there ya go you are safe then | |
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i lived in an apartment with incredibly thin walls. not terrible as long as you only have single people living next to you.
a young couple moved next door and liked to do the screaming fight/makeup sex routine. when they started banging away on the other side of my living room wall i took matters into my own hands. since i was single and had no partner to give them a run for their money... i put my speakers up to the wall and played "orgasm" for them after they were done. my only solitude was the day i moved out i realized they were moving out too. if i couldn't live there any longer neither could they. | |
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emm said: i lived in an apartment with incredibly thin walls. not terrible as long as you only have single people living next to you.
a young couple moved next door and liked to do the screaming fight/makeup sex routine. when they started banging away on the other side of my living room wall i took matters into my own hands. since i was single and had no partner to give them a run for their money... i put my speakers up to the wall and played "orgasm" for them after they were done. my only solitude was the day i moved out i realized they were moving out too. if i couldn't live there any longer neither could they. emm turns ghetto. | |
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Ex-Moderator | I've posted at length before about my crappy apartment situation before I moved last August. The elvator that broke down every other month (luckily I was only on the 3rd floor and most often took the stairs anyway, but it was a 10 story building), the fire alarms being pulled at 3 in the morning on week nights in the dead of winter, the vandalism and the abusive household across the hall (whom my other neighbor and I called the police on several times)...
In my new apartment it has been nothing but roses and sunshine (knock on wood!). Since I'm now living in a building with only 2 other units and only 4 other people living here it has been so nice. I've only met one of the neighbors a few times and she seems nice enough. And the guy who lives directly above me is a sweetheart. A week after moving in and meeting him he knocked on my door, remembered that in conversation about music that I liked the Cure and handed me a stack of Cure singles he'd picked up when he was working at a college radio station. And I got to talking with him and a friend of his in our backyard one night in summer, mentioned I'd like to get a sewing machine in the course of conversation and a week later he's got an old used sewing machine for me from a friend's mom that was no longer using it. It's crazy. I'm gonna haveta think of something nice to return the favors at some point here. In any case, I love my new apartment living. |
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The worst part of apt living is having to deal with everyone elses drama...
Most apt dwellers are young couples or young ppl who bring along young roommates. The key word is "young", because when you're young, you don't have a good sense about what kind of person you are. You're still trying to find yourself. My opinion is that that kind of doubt and instability leads to all the fighting that you hear. Thanks for the laughs, arguments and overall enjoyment for the last umpteen years. It's time for me to retire from Prince.org and engage in the real world...lol. Above all, I appreciated the talent Prince. You were one of a kind. | |
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emm said: i lived in an apartment with incredibly thin walls. not terrible as long as you only have single people living next to you.
a young couple moved next door and liked to do the screaming fight/makeup sex routine. when they started banging away on the other side of my living room wall i took matters into my own hands. since i was single and had no partner to give them a run for their money... i put my speakers up to the wall and played "orgasm" for them after they were done. my only solitude was the day i moved out i realized they were moving out too. if i couldn't live there any longer neither could they. Good for you! As far as my apartment living experiences, shoot, I could fill up a whole page with different stories. RIP, mom. I will forever miss and love you. | |
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Byron said: I think my neighbors think I'm gay...
It's the Coke! | |
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Byron said: Ocean said: ok tell me the type Well, it usually is the type that involves whip cream, horseshoes, duct tape and an inflatable donkey... Really!!!!!....Can you send a few of 'em my way | |
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I live in a basment of a building, that my dad turned into a photography studio about 30+ years ago and about 5 years ago we turned it into an appartement.
Windows are a bit high, like most basements, and it's made of stone, so basically, in the beginning of winter and summer, the place is great, because it takes time until the temperature changes in the appartement. but then in the mid of winter it's freezing, and summer is HOT. The central heating goes through my appartement, so until 2-3 years ago I had the place warm. but they stopped using central heating, so I'm now left with a halogen heater that is stuck to my butt just to keep me warm. Since it's a basement, I get to meet lots on lovely creatures, like all kinds of spiders. and if I keep the windows open, I get visits from cats too. Thank god I'm moving to NY | |
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Muse2NOPharaoh said: Byron said: I think my neighbors think I'm gay...
It's the Coke! Hush!! | |
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Steadwood said: Byron said: Well, it usually is the type that involves whip cream, horseshoes, duct tape and an inflatable donkey... Really!!!!!....Can you send a few of 'em my way You got it...one inflatable donkey in the mail for Steadwood... | |
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