rentalguy1

strange, for sure. Good luck with it.

Nothing to get over. You saying I can't have a opinion, or are you just saying don't post it if I do? I don't have one. I am definitely not without sin, so I don't cast the first stone. I had a opinion. I stated it. Deal with it. I think that was actually number 3, but who's counting. Nobody has thicker skin than me. I could care less what you, or anyone else on this board or elsewhere says. Original. Do you suck that bad at every other aspect of your life? ...yes, I was just being contentious on that last part.

It sounds more like the flashing around the chimney is worn out, or that it never had a seal installed around it. You may want to call a actual roofer to get up there and take a look at it. I know you can't get on the roof, but if you can get up into the attic, you could verify this problem and get the right person out there in the beginning.

I think we've all had this problem at one point or another. If we haven't, then it seems that it is bound to happen in our future. We had a really bad experience with the neighbor below us when we lived in Austin, TX. We were fortunate that the one time we actually got fed up and called the cops, that it turned into a immigration situation. Turns out that if you are illegal, and you have your 15 member illegal family living with you in a 2 bedroom apartment, that playing loud mariachi music all night and cussing out your redneck neighbor may not be a good idea. We had a neighbor next door (HUD house) to us at our current house for three years, until last summer, that gave us some problems. The single mom was nice, and the kids were capable of being nice. The biggest problem was that the kids had no respect for other's property and they were loud. But they were "kid loud." No parties, just playing. They moved out, and the young, single mom that moved in with her autistic son was quiet as a mouse. She seemed to turn the place into a flop house, though, and there were tons of her friends staying over all weekend and half the week. They never made a peep, but there were so many cars out there that I continually had no place to park my Jeep. I told myself that I don't own the street, and they can park where they wish right up until they decided to park in front of my one car driveway one night. I thought about going ballistic, but then I thought better since this is the only real problem they have caused in a year. So I went next door and asked nicely if they could move the car. Within minutes a polite young man came out and apologized profusely for causing a problem. It was a weekend, they were all being quiet, and this young guy was so polite and apologetic, that I actually parked the wife's sploder in the garage and moved my Jeep to the driveway so he could have my parking spot on the street. Sometimes just politely approaching the neighbor and discussing the uncomfortable topic can help. Sometimes you have to get the police involved. Other times there is no resort left but to burn their house down... Since the wife is pregnant, and this house isn't really big enough to fit another person, we are buying another house. The HUD house next door, and living on a corner lot of a busy street is a close second reason to move, though. We are going to keep this house and rent it out. I have already told all the other neighbors that own their homes what I'm doing, given them my numbers, and told them that at the first sign of trouble to call me so I can take care of the problem. I refuse to be a landlord who lets his tenants destroy his property, the property of others, or cause problems for the whole neighborhood.

You guys just don't seem to get it. You pile on me, because I have a differing opinion, and I word my responses strongly. What exactly do I need to get over? Expressing my opinion? Good luck on that one. If you want me to respect your opinion, you need to do it like this: You will need to be honest with yourself, first though. I have read on this forum, time and time again, guys beating their chests saying that they will not leave the house unarmed. Then, a few days later you find out that they didn't really mean it. They will make a concession for work, restaurants, the movie theater, their brother's house, etc., etc... I have been completely honest on here. I carry everywhere, with the lone exception of a courthouse/federal building where they have metal detectors (so there is no way to carry anyway) and armed guards or police that I can entrust my safety to. Is that selling out? Well, some may think so, but since I am getting no monetary gain from these situations, I don't see it that way. Anyway, I won't go on any more. I can see that if you have your own opinion, and state so, that this is the kind of place where you will get piled on if the mod goes a different way.

It's a forum on the interweb. Lots of people with lots of differing opinions. Some folks need to get over themselves. What the heck do I care if I get booted over something so vile as having a opinion.

I never told anyone else how to live their life! I dare you to go back and pull a quote from this thread where I have done so. I have a differing opinion than you. Deal with it or boot me. The choice is yours.

If it's not your moral to always be armed, then that's different. Many espouse on here that they are ALWAYS armed, then you find out that they drop it in the glove box for 8 hours while they are at work. That is the guy I am talking about. What, no one ever comes to the workplace and starts blowing people away? It happens. That's why I demand to be armed. You live a different lifestyle than I do, and that's cool. I hope I am more clear on those that I am talking about now...

Ooohhh...I got another one that I just remembered. 1991, stationed at Ft. Hood, TX and living in Harker Heights. Driving a 1990 Mazda 323 that wouldn't pull a greasy string from a cat's rear end. Made a right turn from a dead stop at a stop sign. Went about 20 feet and was pulled over for 35 in a 25. I told the cop that there was no way I was even going 15, much less 35. He told me to tell it to the judge. I called later that day and the to pay the ticket was $45. If I took it to court and won, the court cost was $50. Turns out the state busted them a few year later for writing many 10mph over tickets...They were able to build a brand new courthouse and fire station off us soldiers, though.

Mine:

umm, what's your point? We're talking about hawt lady cop action here...

Don't feel bad. I had my EOTech zeroed at 100 yards. Then, for some reason, I decided to "tweak" it. Make it even better, ya know. I ended up flipping up the iron sights and using them because I was burning up too much ammo trying to re-zero the holo. I'll fool with it more this week.

If she was hot, I hope you called her...

I get it perfectly, and I stated so. You just didn't read carefully enough. If someone had a problem with my having a weapon on their premises, I just didn't go there, period. If that meant I left a job, then so be it. You see, that door swings both ways. If you know going in to the situation that you will have to break one of your morals, and then you still go in, then that speaks volumes about you. If you get into a situation, and later find out that in order to stay you have to break one of your morals, and you choose to stay, that also speaks volumes about you. You are, in essence, saying that you have a price. You can be bought. You will sell your 2nd amendment rights, your personal freedom, and your own security for the price of a paycheck. It's really that simple. It really does boil down to that. I'm exactly the same as all of you. I have financial responsibilities, and I have morals. I never sold out my morals for a paycheck that I know of. I know for sure that I never will. Has this moral compass swung over the last decade and a half? sure. If you disagree with my line of thinking, that's fine. I truly understand where you are coming from. I've been there, but I also questioned, continuously, if this was the right thing to do. If it wasn't, then I walked. Simple as that.

It wasn't unheard of at that time in OH. The state patrol used to sit at the OH end of the I-77 northbound bridge and pop you as you came across...decelerating from the WV limit of 65 to the OH (truck) speed limit of 55.