Be thankful for the kindness of strangers.

Never underestimate the strangeness of strangers.

MacTheWolf (imported) wrote: Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:29 pm Woo hoo tomorrow the minister from the church at the corner, is coming to my house to survey the junk that needs to be hauled off. He said he'd then send over a crew to clean it up

hmmm maybe they could cart off all the leachs too??? hahahahahaha

serious I am glad that you have ppl that will help

sheep79 (imported) wrote: Sun Apr 11, 2010 2:46 pm hmmm maybe they could cart off all the leachs too??? hahahahahaha

serious I am glad that you have ppl that will help

Since they're church people, they're probably all sheep

MacTheWolf (imported) wrote: Sun Apr 11, 2010 6:23 pm Since they're church people, they're probably all sheep

Code Enforcement was here yesterday about the ash and debris. The officer said she would try to get the Mormon Church to help haul away some of the trash.

The city just now turned OFF my water so no water for the dog, dishes, clothes, flushing toilets, etc. When Code Enforcement was here yesterday, she said if my water was cut off, I could be forced to leave my house.

What do I do now?

I'm not sure I can type as I just had a big brawl with Monty. He refuses to clean up the back porch or his mess in the yard.

MacTheWolf (imported) wrote: Thu Apr 15, 2010 9:39 am When Code Enforcement was here yesterday,

the were mad at me. In their words, "you have people living in your house but they aren't helping clean up the mess."

I should have said to Code Enforcement then, "we can bag stuff up but without a truck or a big city trash bin, there's no where to put it."

I'm in desperate need of a truck to haul junk to the dump. I can pay dumping fees.

The city turned off my water five days ago so no washing dishes, clothes, hands, showering, etc. I've been borrowing water from the neighbors to flush my commode and I bought ice for my DietCokes and a bottle of water for the cats and the dog. Just a few more days.

On the plus side, I finally belong to a new clique:

The Great Unwashed

I just spent the last hour on the phone with Papa_Bear from the chat room.

Helluva nice guy

By hook or crook, I have somehow managed to do without running water for several days now.

A friend is sending me money for the water bill soon

I've borrowed enough water from my neighbors to wash dishes, my hands and flush the commode so far

Strangely, I've also avoided being thrown out of my house too. Code Enforcement informed me I can be evicted from my own house if I don't have water.

Hopefully, by Wednesday or Friday I'll have water and sewage disposal.

Postscript: I just received a letter from Edison. They are demanding $213.83 by the 26th of April. I'm going to call them and (1) ask them how I can be expected to pay them more money in one month as I had already given them $530 this month. (2) to ask for an extension till May 1st when my check comes in.

Ever notice that when it rains, it pours.