Jerseygirl

That's one thing I love about living in NJ.

snowbunny

Please remind me not to piss you off.

TruBrit

[QUOTE=lee_in_nj]JMU in Liverpool.QUOTE]

hey lee....where's JMU in Liverpool

Jerseygirl

[QUOTE=TruBrit] The admin. is located at Rodney St, looks like the rest is scattered about i.e. Byrom St, even Birkenhead.

lee_in_nj

[QUOTE=Jerseygirl] Yup. Personally i was in Byrom Street.. but they are all over Liverpool. They had a really nice modern campus down in Aigburth as i recall.

Yorkieabroad

They avoid that problem a lot of places here because the house numbers are set in stone/brick in the front wall. But every year or so a company comes round and offers to "refresh" the paintwork on our housenumber painted on the curbstone - their selling point is so that in an emergency, the firetruck would know which house to go.....OK, so its a volunteer service round here, but surely the flames and billowing smoke would be a bit of a giveaway ?

Patrick Hasler

Well done AWP for sticking up for yourself

At our last address we got hassle from the few locals in the area who seemed to think every non US citizen is a terrorist. We had a Union Jack flying proudly out front and the fat slob next door leaned over the fence one day and spoke the only words he uttered to me in the 4 years I lived there.... "Yuh know you shud take thut flag down, yer in thu US of A now"
I asked him "If you emigrated to the UK and put up a Stars and Stripes and some guy told you to take it down what would you say ?"
"Well ... I wud tell him tu go f**k himself"
"Then go f**k yourself" I said ............ we never spoke another word.

Giantaxe

It's for the benefit of all emergency services, so it seems like a sensible provision to me, especially in places where many houses are set far back from the street.

Yorkieabroad

I was taking the pee, but yeah, you're right. Even where the houses have the numbers in the brickwork, after a couple of years the plants often obscure them. Our new subdivision doesn't actually have the numbers painted on the curbs, and when I asked why (cos they seem to be everywhere else) I was told it was in the deed restrictions, and would take an 80% vote in favour to allow them

Bob

only reason streets and houses have been getting names and numbers in maine in the last few years...still doesn't work though because no one has a clue what the street names are, so conversion still goes long the lines of, "follow that crap road, you know the really crap one that your truck can't make, well at the tree turn right and you'll hit the blokes house.." *lol*

Yorkieabroad

Perfect example of why they need more pubs in this country .....

Angry White Pyjamas

The HOA strikes again!

Not flags this time...oh no, they've opened a completely new front: Lawns.

For those that arent aware Florida is currently languishing under a several year long drought and this year has really been a bad one....no significant rain since february and with scorching days everything is getting like the sahara. Including the lawns. Except for those that pour 1000's of gallons of water on theirs everyday....oh they are so green and lovely! We are not in that category, preferring to have enough water for everyone to drink and wash than have a lovely green lawn.

Anyway, the HOA yesterday sent out threatening letters to all those who's lawns are not like Wimbledon Center Court...us included...saying if we dont do something about them we will be sued. Well, ho ho ho.

I have responded by pointing out that, while I realise the phrase "Social Conscience" in American translates to "F&&k thy neighbor" this is not the case in the UK and as long as drought conditions exist I shall not be wasting water on my lawn and seeing as its a weed it will be all lovely and green again at the first smell of rain.

Ray

Everyday ...you mean every night ........ We are allowed one sprinkler use per week ... but every night or more like the early hours ..they creep out with their hoses to give the lawn its daily dose of water ...

Elvira

Sweetheart, you didn't really use the word 'social', did you?

I mean, that like 'socialized' and 'socialist', is it not? That means you are a f**king commie bastard, don't ya know!!! :scared:

DollyLlama

How much does Astro Turf cost?