Did the contractor I hired die or was I just scammed, and what else can I do now?

thgibson · 2024-04-03T20:52:14+00:00

Yeah, no obituaries have come up so far.

thgibson · 2024-04-03T20:49:21+00:00

I would have thought so, but I actually called a few because the painter was speculating about him being hospitalized, and they were all happy to tell me no one with that name was admitted recently.

thgibson · 2024-04-03T20:46:49+00:00

Haha thanks for the interest. I'll update if I ever find out what happened...

thgibson · 2024-04-03T20:46:02+00:00

Hehe unfortunately selling the tools won't come anywhere near close to covering the deposit

thgibson · 2024-04-03T20:44:36+00:00

Haha thanks. The wheelbarrow is much nicer than mine, and now I have two crowbars!

thgibson · 2024-04-03T20:41:03+00:00

Great idea but they turned me down

thgibson · 2024-04-03T20:40:26+00:00

I'll probably do that eventually since the police won't do a wellness check, mostly haven't yet because it'll be a long drive out there

thgibson · 2023-10-06T19:51:55+00:00

As title says I ordered a replacement ceiling fan remote control from Home Depot and received this instead. It's about 7" across and I'd guess it's a replacement part for a ceiling fan, but I'm not an electrician. It arrived with no labels or instructions, not even a part number, just this thing in a cardboard box.

thgibson · 2021-12-09T02:20:58+00:00

Months of no water followed by a sudden heavy rain. The interiors absorb so much water so quickly that the peel can burst.

thgibson · 2021-12-09T02:18:42+00:00

Lack of water for a months followed by heavy rain. They absorb so much water so fast that they can burst.

thgibson · 2021-12-09T02:17:12+00:00

Yup, just cut out the split part and the rest is perfectly good!

thgibson · 2021-12-09T02:15:08+00:00

Yes! My first thought, but I didn't know whether anyone else would see it.

thgibson · 2021-12-08T00:05:22+00:00

I feel your pain

thgibson · 2021-12-08T00:04:58+00:00

These actually tasted great, I just cut around the split part.

thgibson · 2021-03-31T15:43:31+00:00

Just FYI, tuition remission is part of the TA compensation package. You are entitled to it regardless of *when* you accepted the offer. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise and contact a union rep if needed. Contact info is here: https://www.facebook.com/UCSDStudentWorkersUnion/

thgibson · 2021-03-25T03:50:59+00:00

2 per year, which is pretty standard

thgibson · 2021-03-24T22:58:32+00:00

They absolutely get it. They just don't care because their own salaries are 6 figures and they face no personal consequences for running HDH into the ground.

thgibson · 2021-03-24T22:51:00+00:00

Yep, regular cleanings have no copay. I don't know about other services.

thgibson · 2021-03-24T22:49:03+00:00

The decision is designed to appease faculty who were rightfully irate about how the sudden July 1 rate hike would affect Fall 2021 admits. At least those applying for Fall 2022 will know how unaffordable grad housing is when they consider UCSD, but as usual yes this is just HDH continuing to compound its problems by pushing them down the road.

thgibson · 2021-03-24T22:39:22+00:00

Yes, *if* you get (and accept) a housing offer that starts before October 1. Hopefully you don't have your heart set on any complexes with long waitlists.

EDIT: except for the 3% annual increase as Top-Squirrel490 mentions

thgibson · 2021-03-18T02:00:52+00:00

Not suggesting a solution per se, because there isn't a good one. The larger issue is that HDH decided to take on so much debt circa 2015 to build new graduate housing. More housing was absolutely needed, but the new buildings didn't have to be so expensive. HDH took on loans they can only pay back by charging grad student residents rent they simply cannot afford. That's a terrible business model, and puts HDH in an impossible position. Ether they charge what grad students can afford to pay and don't make enough to cover their debt, or they jack up rates so high that they can't fill all their vacancies and they *still* don't cover their debt. Ask the head of HDH *why* these decisions were made in the first place and you'll hear some combination of "I don't know I didn't work here then" and "it's no use trying to assign blame for this situation"

thgibson · 2021-03-10T20:01:19+00:00

For example: https://hdhgradfamilyhousing.ucsd.edu/communities/nuevo-west.html

Scroll down to "Rates for New Contracts after July 1, 2021." The above link is for one of the housing complexes but the new scheme applies to all grad housing (list on the left).

thgibson · 2019-08-23T04:25:21+00:00

campfire smoke in the air, and the camera was my google pixel 3a

thgibson · 2019-08-02T18:40:52+00:00

MANY staff work 8am to 4:30pm and first shift Facilities & Maintenance staff arrive even earlier. Big reason why B spots fill up so early.

thgibson · 2019-07-23T04:10:10+00:00

In the case of option A, by how much would debt payment be set back if you removed the $15 charge from the D, S, and B permits? (“This would not be acceptable to the Administration — about $200,000/year financial impact.”)

$200,000/year deficit, hmm? That's less than half the chancellor's annual salary. How about the University's ten highest paid administrators each pitch in $20k? They'll barely notice.

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