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Tuesday, August 12
danger deep excavations by
cRckls
As a professional, when you make an appointment it is only proper to turn up at the appointed time- not earlier nor later than when you've arranged to meet. Obviously sometimes circumstances mean that this doesn't happen but most of the time things should stay on time.
People in the building/repair trades are professional in that they are (hopefully) trained for the job. So why is it, when they say 3 or 4pm they turn up at 1.30pm and take my bathroom away from me so I will not be able to take my planned shower? Or 11.30am when they were expected at 8.30?
Why send men round to sit in their van outside my house because you "Hoped [I was] in..." when I am not in and will not be able to get back to the house for half an hour?
It's like because they are so needed they can behave however the fuck they like. Bastards. At least the ones i've experienced so far have been nice human beings. Apparently the builder removing the bathroom found Shrek in the scary gross space under the bath. Humour.
Hi there! Thought I would check in to say hello, and I hope you are well. I have been keeping a low profile of late due to major shifting priorities - the new baby (boy) is here, his brother is putting mom and I thru our paces, and we have decided to leave Hawaii for New Mexico. We'll miss it here, but the cost of living is too high, the local government too inept, and the local schools some of the worst in the nation (and the private ones priced out of our reach - assuming we would be open to exposing our children to that sort of have vs. have not culture). Alas, a wonderful place to visit, but not the best place to live turns out. Anyway, that's what's up here - I envy your ability to play DS with abandon! Take care.
AG
Posted by:
AG |
Monday, 18 August 2008 1:28 AM
Hey AG
Congrats on the new addition to the family! I hope you are not being kept awake too many nights a week, and that things aren't too crazy in your household.
I often get the impression that so called paradises like Hawaii are a total pain in the arse to live in- It's a shame when reality gets in the way of things. I had no idea that the schools were that bad- Is that because of the funding of the schools system or just poor management? Are there areas of serious deprivation on the islands? How much does it cost a term/year for private education? I know that as much as I rant about the schools in the UK, the public school system in the US is about a million times worse.
Just as i've never been to Hawaii I have never been to New Mexico but I know from my desert crushes that it also contains areas of great beauty, albeit in a slightly less lush manner than you find in Hawaii.
You've got Roswell and Los Alamos and White Sands (!), American Indian culture galore, a spaceport and a Georgia O'Keefe museum :) The landscape is terribly pretty too... I don't know what the schools are like though!
I hope that your relocation goes smoothly and that life treats you well in your new state.
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monky |
Saturday, 23 August 2008 3:22 AM
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