Blatantly honest opinions

House repairs, depression, life!

michaelnelson — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:45:44 +0000

Well I don’t know how to even start this. Hoping to not bore anyone much here’s our situation:

We were in the market for a new house, our first one. We had about had our fill of looking. It wasn’t easy looking at all those houses, especially for what we thought we could afford. So one day we found this house, in what seemed like a nice neighborhood.

I was a little concerned about some of the electrical wiring, my daughter’s room had a switch in her CLOSET for her light, connected to open wiring! Wow I didn’t realize this was just the START of our problems.

We attempted to get the owner to fix these issues, to which they stated they could not, or would not. Well as I said we were buying our first house and I’ll admit a little stupid, and figured we could get that done later.

So NOW, we find that the house needs to be re-wired! After attempting to put in GFI outlets, doing the kitchen first we found that apparently there is too much power going to that outlet, so it would trip all the time. Now those wires are taped up with no outlet, and the rest of the outlets in the kitchen no longer work. Well with the past couple of years we see constant flickering of lights, making me think there is a short or more.

So last year the basement light went out. I couldn’t figure this out! Finally somehow I established that it was the switch. Well I replaced the switch. Basement works! Um, kitchen lights no longer work.

2 hot water heaters in 5 years, some plumbing that came about and we’re BEYOND broke. Of course the one bathroom toilet leaks into the basement, maybe it’s not seated right?

Anyway, just when you think you’re slowly catching up, more things go wrong. I can understand that a home has issues now and then, but our home won’t let up.

The oven now no longer works. It has an error code which I looked up and looks like we’ll need a new one. JUST GREAT!

The basement is FLOODING! First by the windows over the washer & dryer, now through some unseen crack near the front of the house…. oh yeah the sump pump was replaced after the whole basement flooded by THAT window last year too.

To top this off, in the past 2 weeks we noticed the dryer isn’t working right. The timer doesn’t work and it sounds like a belt is loose?

WE BOUGHT THIS HOUSE FOR A DECENT PLACE FOR OUR KIDS TO GROW UP! What the hell were we thinking????

We’re both working full time and trying to keep up, but right now we’re short of a miracle to get anywhere. Talk about being perpetually depressed!

So while I don’t like to ask for help, I am using a PayPal donate button. If anyone uses it please know we appreciate it immensely.

Thanks for reading this.

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Adult time, thoughts on pornography, size, etc.

michaelnelson — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:01:48 +0000

This has been a long time coming… I’m what I like to think am a normal adult male. I try to be up with the times too, but some things just make me very upset.

Breast size: I don’t know about MOST men, but many that I know share my thoughts on this. We might say we like LARGE breasts but come on. In fact, at least for myself, I prefer them medium and even small. I would rather a handful One of my biggest pet peeves is enhancement surgery!

Look lady, I don’t like the look nor the feel of those, I’ve totally lost interest in you now. There are 2 scenarios where I can understand this surgery: 1) cancer (duh) and 2) there is literally nothing there.

MOVING ON!

Again let me stress I am a normal (I like to think) adult male. I watch pornos. What the HELL IS going on with this new thing of SPITTING on genitals?!?!?!?? I’m able to watch some off-the-wall stuff but this REALLY turns me off! Who the hell decided this was a good thing? Licking fine, SPITTING NO! Saliva is good but not when it’s taken from spitting.. next we’ll hear them hawking up a loogy (sp?) yuck. Pornomakers, STOP THE SPITTING!

Well, am I crazy?

New Digg.com doesn’t like Opera?

michaelnelson — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 22:46:22 +0000

Is it just a joke or am I on serious drugs here? When I try to bury a story with the newest digg system the “Bury Story” MOVES!!!!!!! It reminds me of those stupid games where you try to click and it moves from you which is what digg is DOING.

By the way I’m using Opera 9.

More on XXX MMORPG, upcoming game JUST for sex

michaelnelson — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 15:35:07 +0000

Naughty America:
The Game
Get ready for the first multiplayer experience to boldly go where no game has gone before – to bed!

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Legend Of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS)

michaelnelson — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 01:18:58 +0000

First Link for DS. It says you use the stylus to move and slash the sword. I’m not sure I’d like that but it doesn’t mention if you can alternately use the pad. NOTE: The link should go direct to the video, for the main page goto http://e3.nintendo.com/games/ds/legend_of_zelda_the_phantom_hourglass/

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Seagull Hit by Pitch at Game in Buffalo

michaelnelson — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 13:07:14 +0000

Seagulls shouldn’t fly between Bisons and Bulls. One of the birds had the misfortune to learn that during Sunday’s Triple-A game between the Buffalo Bisons and the Durham Bulls. The seagull was struck by a pitch, carried off the field by a player and later flew away.

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Survey: iPods more popular than beer

michaelnelson — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 00:55:30 +0000

Move over Bud. College life isn’t just about drinking beer. In a rare instance, Apple Computer Inc.’s iconic iPod music player surpassed beer drinking as the most “in” thing among undergraduate college students, according to the latest biannual market research study by Ridgewood, N.J.-based Student Monitor.

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PUBLIC download Vista Beta 2, DIRECT download

michaelnelson — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 22:51:01 +0000

Direct download to the x86 version. This link is not yet activated, keep refreshing.

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My take on Vista, Media Center freezing up the PC

michaelnelson — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 01:17:45 +0000

Blog entry about one guy’s take on Vista. It’s not much but it addresses the problem where Media Center freezes up the PC and how you shouldn’t have to constantly click on “Allow” for programs you want to have permission all the time.

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Flashdrive 1 Gig – just $29.99

michaelnelson — Thu, 25 May 2006 11:14:41 +0000

Patriot 1GB Flash Drive. Limit one per household.

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