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cyrocksmypants

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My wife and I gave notice to our landlord/property management in December that we would not be renewing our lease when it ends in July of this year. $1,440 was already a ridiculous amount to pay for rent, but it became more ridiculous in the past year when the supply/demand for apartments in Ames shifted and the family across the haul is paying $250 less than we are for the same size apartment. Just because we moved in July 2016 and the family across the hall moved in August 2017.

Get an email on Memorial Day that the property management would be entering our apartment for showings Tuesday-Friday 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., and I didn't need to be home for the showings.

4:30 Friday afternoon, I'm in my living room playing PS4 when there's a knock at the door. I answer it to someone from the property management with a perspective tenant. Greeted with a, "Oh, you're home. We're here for a showing." Apparently "didn't need to be home" meant "don't be home". I get off work between 2:00 and 3:00. I'm supposed to stay away from my apartment for 2-3 hours four days in a row because you might be coming for a showing?

I let them in and went back to playing. The guy from the property management starts asking me questions. "Is this a 2 or 3-bedroom apartment. Is it Mediacom cable and internet out here?"

Needless to say, I can't wait to be done renting from this property management. /rant

Make sure to not be wearing pants next time.

What PS4 game were you playing?
 

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Make sure to not be wearing pants next time.

What PS4 game were you playing?
I thought about just sitting in my underwear and letting them unlock the door themselves after they knock instead of answering the door.

I was playing MLB The Show 18.
 

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Channel my inner @wxman1 yesterday. Was checking out grandnephews little toy airplanes and telling him this was a ME-109 and this was a Spitfire. Than sidetracked to how cool and distinctive a Rolls-Royce Merlin V-12 engine sounded. :rolleyes:

Nothing beats that sound!
 

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I think of him as the guy from The Unit & Major League, but yeah, he was Palmer too. :)
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A lot of corruption and wrist slapping going on. It's who you know and what your last name is that matters. The 3 students will be at graduation tomorrow and get their diplomas. Apparently, the state track qualifier was allowed to go too.
 

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A lot of corruption and wrist slapping going on. It's who you know and what your last name is that matters. The 3 students will be at graduation tomorrow and get their diplomas. Apparently, the state track qualifier was allowed to go too.
Still not finding anything online for this. I would think the parents of the affected students would sue the parents of the others.
 

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Why is it when you use Google Street View when you drag and drop it has to spin the view around to the exact opposite of what you want.
 
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Thought something might be a bit wonky when I woke up Friday morning, and this morning confirms it.

Chest cold. One where I need to go get cough syrup to break up this crap ASAP. Haven't had one of these in well over a year. I'm hoping there's no post nasal drip to go along with this.
 

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I thought about just sitting in my underwear and letting them unlock the door themselves after they knock instead of answering the door.

I was playing MLB The Show 18.

If you ever want someone to play against, let me know. I’ve been grinding out some diamond dynasty
 

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I hope nothing happens at graduation today. Heard there might be some protests or something. District said the reason they are keeping this quiet is because of privacy laws. One of the parents of a victim has sent a letter to all the TV stations about the apparent lack of punishment.
 

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Day to semi-relax finally! Though I think I'm spending it trying to crank out thank-yous and organize stuff. Also randomly washing winter coats. Probably wash some baby stuff later, too. Leftover donuts for breakfast and like three servings of ice cream got eaten out of what DH got for the shower so I'm set for ice cream this summer!
 

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Not exactly sure.
I hope nothing happens at graduation today. Heard there might be some protests or something. District said the reason they are keeping this quiet is because of privacy laws. One of the parents of a victim has sent a letter to all the TV stations about the apparent lack of punishment.


Not saying it is not a big deal or wasn’t wrong, I’m just curious what the students thought would be funny. Unless things have changed, most 15-20 year old men walk around almost all the time with wood. You really wouldn’t have noticed much difference.
 
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