tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7200020151207663833.post3890962259277671928..comments2023-06-23T08:06:43.414-07:00Comments on The Wandering Oak: Apartment Life SucksThe Wandering Oakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10671394417701249927noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7200020151207663833.post-84657529132782010292009-03-03T14:21:00.000-08:002009-03-03T14:21:00.000-08:00Dead, Those stories made me laugh. Glad to know I'...Dead, Those stories made me laugh. Glad to know I'm not the only one!<BR/><BR/>Haphazard, It's nice to be back. Yes a lot has changed, but the cat remains sassy and I still rock out on the guitar from time to time. Nice to see you again too!The Wandering Oakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10671394417701249927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7200020151207663833.post-81190330107408579132009-03-02T06:54:00.000-08:002009-03-02T06:54:00.000-08:00Hey! Wonderful to have you back in Blogland! :)Let...Hey! Wonderful to have you back in Blogland! :)<BR/>Lets see...last thing I remember, you were engaged, working for a phone company that you despised, had a sassy cat, played awesome guitar--and took wonderful pics!<BR/>I see a few things have changed but all for the better it seems :)<BR/>Apartment life does suck. Hang in there--your home time will come! :)Haphazardkathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13111020219050037721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7200020151207663833.post-15824616820763277072009-02-25T16:59:00.000-08:002009-02-25T16:59:00.000-08:00Don't even get me started on my neighbours.. the ...Don't even get me started on my neighbours.. the ones on the left, the ones on the right and the ones across the hall.<BR/><BR/>The ones on my left have 3 children under the age of 10 who constantly run no matter what time of day it is. I have threatened the landlord with legal action if he doesn't deal with them, meanwhile I have public security on speed dial. Then there was the other problem that they have a prayer clock that goes off every 5 hours and it was so loud, the moaning sounded like someone was trapped in the wall. My 5yo was scared to go to sleep at night because of "the ghosts in the wall mom" and this also prevented him from using the toilet (on that same wall) so he was peeing the bed. I took my old boom box with equalizer after several failed attempts to get the landlord to shut them up and put in 3 CDs, Rage against the Machine, NIN and Nirvana, hit shuffle, Mega Bass, and then hit full bass on the equalizer, stuck the speakers against the wall and went out for a few hours. <BR/><BR/>We have been prayer music free ever since. <BR/><BR/>The ones across the hall are just stupid. There is one man, 5 women, 1 teenage boy and 6 younger kids ranging from 10 months to 6yo. So the racket that comes from there is just their normal day to day activities.. Then the one on the right is quieter, but still has their moments. I feel like a foreigner in my own country.. haha. <BR/><BR/>Oh the noisy engine? There was some knob who refused to fix his muffler at one point and he was parking in the underground garage.. it was waking me up on the 2nd floor and if I was in my living room on the ground floor the noise was unbearable.deaditeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924969114192486773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7200020151207663833.post-75214200672163347702009-02-25T15:19:00.000-08:002009-02-25T15:19:00.000-08:00What you say is true, but considering the mood I w...What you say is true, but considering the mood I was in when I wrote this I wasn't really thinking of the positives. This really is a great apartment and the maintenence people are really good here.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for stopping by!The Wandering Oakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10671394417701249927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7200020151207663833.post-79361509030164507932009-02-25T11:12:00.000-08:002009-02-25T11:12:00.000-08:00There are some pretty good benefits to renting tho...There are some pretty good benefits to renting though. If the refrigerator breaks, you call the landlord and ask him to fix it. If the plumbing or electric needs to be redone, the same. If you lose your job and can't pay the rent, you merely move and do not loose all the equity you had built up so like everything else there are benefits and burdens.<BR/><BR/>Nice to see you again.Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06506141014376919585noreply@blogger.com