The Vent

[Ban Hammer 13,334]

well, there is definitely still something wrong with the car.. so back it goes tomorrow...

what's it doing?

[thetreble 19]

Here's my vent for the day !

About a month ago, one of my friends got his car towed because he apparently parked his car on the wrong side of the street when there was "no parking" signs for snow removal. He insisted on the fact that he checked for the "no parking" signs when he parked his car and there was none ! Next morning his car was missing. So he called the police and indeed they towed his car. The police officer told him that this year, the law apparently changed in Montreal allowing them to put the signs 3 hours before the actual towing .. freaking ridiculous of them to do something like that ! i mean how the hell do they expect people to check the street during the night in case they decide to put the freaking signs ??? HELLO people are sleeping at night !!!

So anyway he had to pay 82$ to get his car back !

A few days after that event, when I was coming back home from work around 12:30am (I work second shift, 3pm till 11:30pm), I saw the city guys putting the "no parking" signs .. ####### ??? I mean putting the signs at 12:30am for a snow removal starting at 7:30 am ? It sure does not make any sense at all !!! so I parked my car on another street. Well, next morning, I hear the towing trucks sirens, so I get out of bed and go check at the window. A LOT of cars where still parked on the street .. of course nobody realized since the signs where not there when they parked their cars the day before ! Turned out they towed everyone !!! the whole freaking street !

So yesterday I parked my car (still around 12:30am) and as usual made sure there was NO "no parking" signs on the street. Indeed there was none.. Woke up this morning around 8:00am and checked by the window and ... my car was missing !!

Checked on the street and found my car a little bit farther on the the same street but on the other side with a nice ticket of 92$.

I mean ####### Montreal, found a new way to steal people's hard earned money ???

#######, mate? I mean, I work in trasportation and parking so usually I would side with police on this but this is not right! I can't believe the put up signs in the middle of the night and then tow cars like that. That is BS and I'd be taking that up with the city of Montreal.

[Emancipation 2]

My vent for the day..

We moved to our current apt. which is owned by a friendly Dr. who actually put in the wording of the lease words like peace, and respect, and quiet. By the wording in the lease we were "sold" a very quiet and peaceful apt. What we got was a completely different thing.. We have what we can only describe as hooligans upstairs who come and go literally all hours of the night and day, who wear big boots and walk around on wood floors at 3am (above our heads in the bedroom) and who park in our parking space, overflow our garbage can (they have their own), and run a day care from their apt. At any given time there can be 4-10 kids running, wrestling above our heads.. at one point we had water coming down the wall from the ceiling in the bathroom, we called the landlord immediately and it was a WEEK before he sent anyone.. when they did arrive they realized the seal on the toilet above us wasn't sealed and the toilet had seeped down the wall for a WEEK. They have never fixed it.. there is mold and a brown ring on our ceiling. WE had a list of things we wanted done before we moved in here (painting etc) which has NEVER been completed, and we are tired. WE've complained, we have begged we have called and called and called and our landlord always said they'd take care of it but it never happened.

Last night for example I heard this (adult screaming): WHY are you always crying like a girl.. STOP IT STOP IT (insert thumping sounds) child whimpering.. I hear this stuff ALL THE TIME and it drives me NUTTERS!!!!

Then he put the house up for sale in the summer.. we heard about a month ago the house had been sold, but the new owners wouldn't sign documents until the upstairs tenants were gone (their lease has been up since the 1st of December and are squatting right now). Our current landlord hired a lawyer and began eviction process.. TODAY is the closing day and they haven't packed a box!!!! they are STILL Up there, STILL making noise and if the new owner has changed his mind and we have to live in this chaos another month I'm going to run screaming for the hills.. OHHHHH it's soooooooooooooooooo frustrating.. we are good tenants and we pay GOOOD money for this apt..

Edited February 26, 2009 by Emancipation

[thetreble 19]

ah that's such bs! That is one thing I hated about living in apartments, you never know who you are going to get stuck with in the building. I hope someone knocks down their door, like the police, and tells them to leave the premises. That is who the new owner should be contacting at this point.

[trailmix 77]

ah that's such bs! That is one thing I hated about living in apartments, you never know who you are going to get stuck with in the building. I hope someone knocks down their door, like the police, and tells them to leave the premises. That is who the new owner should be contacting at this point.

Yeah that's terrible Em, the only upside is that hopefully they will soon be moving out! I hope you get really nice neighbours.

[trailmix 77]

well, there is definitely still something wrong with the car.. so back it goes tomorrow...

what's it doing?

It was overheating when they got it back from the shop.

Oh and Ozone - what the heck is up with that. That's about the most blatant ripoff by the city I have heard of - letter to the editor time!!

Edited February 26, 2009 by trailmix

[Emancipation 2]

ah that's such bs! That is one thing I hated about living in apartments, you never know who you are going to get stuck with in the building. I hope someone knocks down their door, like the police, and tells them to leave the premises. That is who the new owner should be contacting at this point.

Yeah that's terrible Em, the only upside is that hopefully they will soon be moving out! I hope you get really nice neighbours.

I've never wished for grad students so hard in all my life.. hopefully ones that are so bogged down with work they either stay in the lab all day & night or are studying so hard they never party

We were told that the new landlord was not interested in section 8 which the building is now.. it will either be a family (ick) or grad students.. but the rent is $1500.00 a month so it will probably be a group of students I figure..

[thetreble 19]

Grad Students! Grad Students! Grad Students!

[JillA 2]

Em, that's ridiculous.... I would be terribly pissed off too. I hope you get good neighbours. The apt below us was recently for rent and I was hoping for a nice family or couple. Luckily it's a single Mom and her 14 year old daughter (plus DOG hehe) and they are super sweet and nice, quiet too. I hope you luck out as well!

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

It doesn't appear to be retroactive unfortunately. Although I plan to read more into it.

We bought in Washington, NJ. North-West in Warren County. 10 minutes away from Pennsyl-tucky. Nice, big new townhouse. It didn't cost us a fortune but we really wanted to keep the taxes under control. Only thing that sucks is that I work at Montclair State and my commute is awful.

That's a beautiful area. My wife really likes the idea of living in Hackettstown or Mansfield one day but the taxes scare me and she doesn't dig the idea of the long drive to work (although yours is much worse).

Who was your builder?

And congrats on your new home!

[Emancipation 2]

Em, that's ridiculous.... I would be terribly pissed off too. I hope you get good neighbours. The apt below us was recently for rent and I was hoping for a nice family or couple. Luckily it's a single Mom and her 14 year old daughter (plus DOG hehe) and they are super sweet and nice, quiet too. I hope you luck out as well!

We'll never live below anyone again.. that's for sure.. we'll always be 2nd floor people from here on out.. I'd rather noise from below than noise from above!!

[thetreble 19]

Yes the area is great! No stress, no lines, etc. I can go grocery shopping any time of the week and I don't have to sit in traffic.

I'm not sure who the builder was. It was built 2005 and we were the second owner.

The taxes though are low comparatively to what people pay in essex/union county. We are paying $5,600.00 and I think my father law is paying about 10K in Hillside.

But then again I have no yard because it doesn't belong to me so..

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Yes the area is great! No stress, no lines, etc. I can go grocery shopping any time of the week and I don't have to sit in traffic.

I'm not sure who the builder was. It was built 2005 and we were the second owner.

The taxes though are low comparatively to what people pay in essex/union county. We are paying $5,600.00 and I think my father law is paying about 10K in Hillside.

But then again I have no yard because it doesn't belong to me so..

What a ripoff for living in Hillside. I'm not knocking Hillside, wait yes I am

My taxes went up to near 7k. On a townhouse along that massively congested I-287 corridor from Bridgewater to Edison. I can go to the grocery without hitting traffic, a bakery and a quick chek... but not much else

[Marilyn. 340]

well, there is definitely still something wrong with the car.. so back it goes tomorrow...

what's it doing?

it still wants to overheat .... and the car just drives funny.. the engine is sounding really rough.... and when I stop at red lights etc.. it idles really rough, almost sounds like the car is going to stall...

[Emancipation 2]

Do people not do research? Do people not READ?