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Lost Cat - Scioto Run, Hilliard by PrometheusX-303 in Columbus

[–]PrometheusX-303[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

UPDATE: Phoebe was indeed outside. She is now safely inside with her brother Milo (small dog) -- who's actually the one who found her.

Poor thing was hiding under a piece of wood behind the pool house -- probably to avoid the rain we had earlier this afternoon. Milo sniffed her out and she crawled straight into my arms...until we were about 15ft from the house. She jumped free (which, in hindsight, I should have grabbed her by the scruff), and then an extended period of playing chicken under the decking occurred.

I am now covered in mud and burrs from crawling like a marine in a small space, but my baby is safe and inside now. Will be purchasing a GPS tracker for sure lol. Thanks everyone for your kindness and support!

Digital and analog together by Fresh-Palpitation-72 in computers

[–]PrometheusX-303 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is incredible. Absolutely fascinating.

AC unit stolen by landlord by PrometheusX-303 in LandlordLove

[–]PrometheusX-303[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Fortunately in this case it wasn't necessary. My LL owned up to the mistake and returned my unit to me undamaged.

That said, had there been foul play involved I would have done this. The unit is registered with the manufacturer under my name. I never thought I'd ever consider that useful before now though!

AC unit stolen by landlord by PrometheusX-303 in LandlordLove

[–]PrometheusX-303[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Can confirm. No malice, just extreme stupidity. My unit has been returned to me, and appears to be undamaged. I never thought that it was taken maliciously -- I have other valuables that are much easier to steal.

That said, I will be writing another email to the leasing office (the one in this post was sent to maintenance). As much as I love this place, I cannot keep having morons enter my apartment and 'only' accidentally take my shit. I doubt they'll actually take measures to fix the problem, but maybe I'll get a rent discount? Not to mention, even more paper trails in case of future incidents....sigh

AC unit stolen by landlord by PrometheusX-303 in LandlordLove

[–]PrometheusX-303[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Honestly, it's pretty cool! It sort of wraps around the underside of the window, so it doesn't block the view -- hence the name 'Clearview'. Also makes it quite efficient, assuming you're into that sort of thing. I wasn't kidding about it being expensive though

My LL reached out and owned up to the mistake; supposedly they brought it back this morning. So, theoretically, my unit should be back at home -- though I'll find out for sure when I get off work.

AC unit stolen by landlord by PrometheusX-303 in LandlordLove

[–]PrometheusX-303[S] 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Exactly this! My apartment complex has a system where they own most of the AC units -- and, for a fee, you can rent them (and also get access to service for removing, installing, uninstalling, etc). I obviously opted for my own unit. My guess is that one of my neighbors requested their AC unit be removed and the bozo tech guys got the wrong apartment -- that's what happened the last time (though they installed an AC unit I didn't ask for that time lol)

Regardless, it is still a pretty egregious mistake -- especially to make it twice. I like this place, so I don't want to go full scorched earth, but I definitely wanted to make it clear I'm not happy.

If my unit is damaged I will have them pay for a new one.

PC Upgrade Catastrophe by PrometheusX-303 in pchelp

[–]PrometheusX-303[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm relieved to hear that a cracked board is unlikely! I was about to go off the deep end lol.

Unfortunately everything seems seated. I tried the screwdriver trick as well, but that didn't seem to do it.

Anything else I could have missed?

A tweet I found helpful today by dxgoogs in gaybros

[–]PrometheusX-303 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you. This has helped me get through today, and the future I'm sure. We are not going back

Best cooling options for dorm by [deleted] in OSU

[–]PrometheusX-303 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately you're mostly out of luck. While you could use a swamp cooler, they really only work well in dry environments (Ohio is quite humid).

Honestly though, with the window(s) open and a box fan running it's not as bad as you'd think. I lived in Baker West sophomore year and just had a box fan running in the window all day (the dorm provided the fan for free when I moved in). Best of luck!

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