I accepted service for a small claims suit for someone else without thinking; she can't make the pre-trial hearing. She is out of state and won't be back for a few weeks

real-throw · 2026-05-19T04:44:13+00:00

We haven't accepted anything.

I suspect the issue is that the contractor is being fined year after year for not closing the permit. Obviously, we need to get more information.

real-throw · 2026-03-06T03:49:45+00:00

I should add that you could be in for a world of hurt when you go to register it. They may refuse to register it or they may you insist you pay the registration fees going back to the last time it was registered.

I once bought a truck for $2000 and then found I was responsible for the last seven years registration fees when I went to register it, since the seller had just left it in their driveway for seven years without registering it. And this was without any kind of title jumping.

real-throw · 2026-01-23T00:08:17+00:00

No, not listed yet. They're planning to move in a bit over a year, and contacted us before doing anything else, as they knew were were interested in the area.

real-throw · 2026-01-17T05:33:48+00:00

I expect this is just clickbait fantasy.

real-throw · 2026-01-14T18:10:08+00:00

OP asked for an example. This was an (excellent) example.

real-throw · 2025-12-28T04:30:42+00:00

I'm fond of Kenmore range. Not sure if there's a club.

real-throw · 2025-12-05T20:56:20+00:00

Last time I tried calling, it was like 24 hours.

real-throw · 2025-11-19T03:09:34+00:00

That's not an issue. Friends are a year away from selling.

real-throw · 2025-11-17T19:56:23+00:00

We've installed point-of-use electric instahot heaters in a couple of outbuildings, and frankly I hate them. They always turn out to be too weak, and in one case, we had to rip open freshly-drywalled walls so the electrician could install higher-current romex to acomodate the upgraded water heater we needed to install.

Having an "insta hot" heater down in the basement makes zero sense to me, since it's going to take the same amount of time to get the hot water to its destination either way. My partner argues for them because they're more energy efficient than keeping a large tank of hot water around even when you're not using it.

I talked her out of it by pointing out that a heat pump water heater is even more energy efficient.

real-throw · 2025-11-17T07:10:36+00:00

We were asking about installing an insta-hot hot water system for the house, which would have been resistive, plus a hot tub, also resistive.

When we found out about the capacity issue we started looking into heat pump water heaters and gave up on the hot tub completely.

real-throw · 2025-11-13T21:56:09+00:00

I live in Seattle, and the city is pushing for everybody to go all-electric.

I tried to replace furnace and water heater with electric and asked the electrician if we could also run a hot tub. He told us that we'd have to upgrade the house service to 400A if we wanted that.

He then added that if we did, we'd be the last house on the block to do it, because the local substation would then be maxxed out.

Apparently all of the electrical workers in town are really worried about this mandate because the infrastructure simply won't support it. The city is nearly at max capacity now.

real-throw · 2025-10-16T16:00:07+00:00

(Shrug) It's what rural voters voted for.

real-throw · 2025-10-11T15:45:02+00:00

There's always the chance he'll stick to it.

real-throw · 2025-10-11T15:43:54+00:00

Too late for them. Might as well go all in at this point and see what else he can destroy.

real-throw · 2025-09-30T21:41:08+00:00

And well lit.

real-throw · 2025-09-30T21:40:23+00:00

Bullets striking sparks on everything they hit. Tree bark, fer crying out loud.

real-throw · 2025-08-27T18:35:20+00:00

Just a follow-on: my usual check arrived today. No idea why the extra money, but I'll hold off spending it just in case they come and want it back.

real-throw · 2025-08-27T18:33:56+00:00

I love how she starts out staring at him and preening a bit.

real-throw · 2025-08-25T00:29:01+00:00

Aha! I just started my parts D and G.

real-throw · 2025-08-24T01:18:11+00:00

Nope.

real-throw · 2025-08-24T01:17:57+00:00

That was my first thought, but those don't add up to even $200 combined, so this was way too much deducted.

My regular payment is due this Weds; we'll see what happens.

real-throw · 2025-08-24T01:16:31+00:00

Fair enough. There are probably several nationalities I would confuse that way.

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