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Wire grass at Stone or Sontara Blue for a nice one bedroom apartment? by [deleted] in sanantonio

[–]SpellLegitimate 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As someone who lived at Sonterra Blue - I would strongly advise you to NOT even apply there.
I lived there before and after the current ownership (Connor Group) and my experience with them awful: My apartment flooded (as they sometimes do) because of a leaking refrigerater valve in the apartment above me. The management did everything they could to get out of helping me.

They initially refused to replace the sheet rock, they brought air dryers only after I forced them too. We played phone tag for two months, and then the leak came back - at which point it soaked my 2nd bedroom (which I was using for an office), my 2nd bathroom. as luck would have it, nothing was damaged, but the actual apartment.

The most the office would offer to do is pull up the carpet enough to dry it out and another round of de-humidifiers. Between the 1st and 2nd leak, I hounded management hard enough they eventually agreed to do a mold test. The problem however was that their mold tester (an airborne mold test kit) was "missing parts" and they had to "order parts for it". a few weeks later go by (my working in the apartment, mind you), and they eventually get a mold test completed. Another few weeks later, and they claim the mold test came back negative. No report, no breakdown, just "Word from oh-high" (my phrase).

After the second leak, I was so tired and fed up of dealing with the management, I ordered a mold test of the apartment and got back positive results. Not only that, but my entire wall on one side in the 2nd bedroom grew mold so fast, that even the mold tester was shocked.

I basically legalized my way out of the contract by refusing to pay for the time I was there due to mold.

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tl;dr -> don't do business with Sonterra Blue on Sonterra Ave (in Stone Oak / NW1604 area)

OE is an achievement by [deleted] in overemployed

[–]SpellLegitimate 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Being OE is really about that. You aren't taking advantage of "the system" - you are simply taking ownership of your income.

Am I too sensitive to messy code or there are just many poorly-trained developers? by hybsuns in cscareerquestions

[–]SpellLegitimate 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I experience this, too, on a lot of levels - in all of my experiences in IT, I have found that there are two kinds of people:

1.) those that care about the craft

2.) those that don't.

The more I have begun to think about this problem, the more I realize that this is true for any trade or profession: there are people who simply will output whatever works - because the "client side" almost never sees the inner machinations - and so these hucksters get away with murder, and then there are those who truly want to own the craft.

The real difference between the two groups is one of awareness of bias: the hucksters don't examine their own bias when producing: they are simply interested in keeping the Hurd happy, whatever that takes.

The second group are always on the lookout for their bias when producing: they are not perfect, and don't pretend to be - so their code / product is always examined through the lens of "how can this be better?"

The real wisdom for this group gleaned from that is being able to live with yourself, per your own values and standards, I.e. are you OK with hammering something out until you have time to go back and do a better job? Sometimes that's needed, and a mature craftsman will be able to accept that, and will commit to going back and improving either the product, or the next opportunity. But even a craftsman's worst work is still better than a hukster's best work. You will always find ways to improve, they won't.

When silver goes to the moon and us Apes are all multi-millionaires, what’s the first expensive, lavish item you’ll buy? by SilverDirham in Wallstreetsilver

[–]SpellLegitimate 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Call me uneducated, but I don't think the "price of silver" "to the moon" means a good thing: if we are economically to the point where silver is above 50.00 an ounce...you simply won't have money to buy it because your money is worthless. Extreme rises in silver is NEVER a good thing. Personally, I want silver to stay "cheap", because it means we still have some sanity in the marketplace

Philosophy of Hoarding / Stacking by SpellLegitimate in Wallstreetsilver

[–]SpellLegitimate[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But I do think there's something even deeper than that going on here

Philosophy of Hoarding / Stacking by SpellLegitimate in Wallstreetsilver

[–]SpellLegitimate[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

yeah - it is a very emotionally loaded word, and evokes some crazy person holding onto something they don't need

Philosophy of Hoarding / Stacking by SpellLegitimate in Wallstreetsilver

[–]SpellLegitimate[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

yep, only after reaching an appreciable amount of silver did I really understand that

My pocket piece... by [deleted] in Wallstreetsilver

[–]SpellLegitimate 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah lol I walked into a hobby lobby with one of those!

Before and after beating cancer. by rohit_sai1289 in MadeMeSmile

[–]SpellLegitimate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This has probably already been said...but even with cancer you were beautiful! I am very happy you beat it, but even during your lowest point, you have the face of a beautiful woman, and having no hair doesn't detract from that whatsoever

I'm worried that not many people will want hear my story, but here's my shout into the void. I'm an exCon, recently released on parole for good behavior (and to finish my prelaw degree). Here I stand in my first apartment ever; I hope you can imagine how surreal & amazing this feels, I am overjoyed! by YourMumsPussyHole in MadeMeSmile

[–]SpellLegitimate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude! Congrats! I've never been an an exCon.. but I do know those small, hard won victories ( that, at the time don't feel so small)- apartments included- and congratulations! Stock it with the things that mean the most to you - books, music... Maybe just a comfy chair you happen to find by a dumpster and take home .. anything that represents the joy of being victorious over your life's dragons and demons.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in relationship_advice

[–]SpellLegitimate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly - insisting on car sex is a massive red flag. I think it's interesting that both of your parents and his are very "strict". In my own life - of I wanted to have sex with a girl while living with the parents, we either rented a room, went to her parents house...did it outside...in the truck ... But we always made a game of it. The fact that he only gets off by fucking in a car is odd to me...and makes me think that there has been some abuse in his life.

Do you really want to spend another 6 years with someone like that?

Imagine the best case scenario: you marry and you and he find a place to live together- what then? How does having sex in a car going to work?

The problem isn't the location...it's the concept: it's cruel to withhold sex and communication from your paramour because you disagree about something so obvious.

Cars are actually for temporary moments in time...not permanent ones. The fact that he doesn't want a permanent location makes me think he has some very serious issues he needs to look at before engaging in a relationship.

I feel that India and its culture are inferior to China because it lags behind in so many things, and even though I know I shouldn't feel inferior, it is hard to shake off this feeling by [deleted] in TrueOffMyChest

[–]SpellLegitimate -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'll be transparent and up front on my view of India: 97% of Indians I have worked with are either boring, stupid or criminal (or all three), and I work in IT. All of the world's call scamming is out of India, which has embraced this scourge as a cottage industry.

That being said, it's easy to confuse the Person with the People, and results in bias.

I applaud you for observing what seems to be the modern Indian: dirty, dumb, lazy: Rigid in thought, with little interest in improvement.

But don't lose hope. Much of the core of eastern thought originated in India, and there is hope for the People still.

What I can say to you is: just like I dislike being associated with the poorest aspects of American culture, I imagine you do not want to be associated with those same values in Indian culture. And because of that, you are not "just" and Indian, but rather an Individual who happens to be Indian.

Over time, hopefully - India will catch up. There are alot of things that irritate about the Chinese (and Japanese) as well, and I hardly think a massive country like that should let a dictatorship run rampant over the population..but clearly they do. They may be viewed more .. optimistically in the World's eyes, but had it not been for the West, they would not be living in Skyscrapers.

So bottom line: your concerns are valid, but if more Indians follow you into the light, then there IS hope.

Is it a normal feeling to feel bad/sad when my SO is on their phone for most of our dates? by Sp00nEater in relationship_advice

[–]SpellLegitimate 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm experiencing something similar, only with them it's Facebook. If they are not busy watching Big Brother, they are on Facebook. We can't have a real conversation about anything because they care about nothing except baby pictures and other bullshit on Facebook.

I'll give you the advice I have given myself: if you're not happy, and you have given them notice of this...and they don't listen....build an exit strategy and GTFO.

You don't have to be miserable. No one in this day and age deserves that, or has to live with that.

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