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Originally Posted by cazzie34
Changed my sig to my favorite story from you.
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Awesome.
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Originally Posted by AlpineValley804
For about a month I have had absolutely horrendous internet service. Constantly goes out of service for a few minutes at a time, and now as of today, it's to the point where I can only get on through my phone. That Time Warner ad about not settling for outdated internet just adds fuel to the fire because that's ironically who we get our service from.
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TWCs rural internet sucks. Never had a problem in a major area. I have Charter right now, 60 meg. At work there is really slow DSL, and by really slow, I mean about 256k. It is just a little bit faster than dialup. Almost unbearable, but not quite.
Guys, I am going to clarify some of the family issues to get perspective from you. Today my irritant is this. About two weeks ago, I moved into an empty house owned by my grandfather. Some of you will recall the cousin/in-law (soon to be) drama. Well, he and his new girl moved out a couple of months ago. When I moved here, it was with the agreement that it would be temporary (until May 1st) and I would pay the utilities and do some minor work. I have held up my end of the bargain. Well, my grandfather has been crying and under a lot of stress lately. He has been suffering from dementia and senility. He lives just down the road with my grandmother-in-common-law. This woman hates my guts and is basically every bad stereotype you think about the South. She took it upon herself to rent the house out to her next door neighbors children. Now, these people supposedly work three jobs each yet they cannot afford to move out of their parents home. As I understand it, the agreement was that they would pay no rent in exchange for doing work, on their word.
My Uncle called me out of the blue yesterday and told me that this woman called him and bad mouthed me, said some things that were admittedly true but also said some things we determined were lies, and said he was sorry for the drama put on me. We are undergoing proceedings as of this morning to have my grandfather labeled a vulnerable adult and to get power of attorney. I completed my paperwork and I have to go by Family Court for POA and DSS for vulnerable adult. In short, we were denied access to him during Easter when the family was in town. They were either gone or did not answer the door. Nobody saw him. We want a welfare check and for him to be removed if necessary. He has an empty house here, or he can go to assisted living or a nursing home.
Already into TL/DR territory, but yesterday I had to physically eject the neighbors kids and three very shady looking people from the property. I was gone all day, in fact, had packed up my things in my car, when my uncle called me. When I got here, I saw no vehicles and decided to walk around back, where we have a storage building. I found them in it, had cut the lock with bolt cutters. They had selected a pile of valuables, including a coin collection. One of the unidentified males challenged me, so regrettably I had to go back to the car and holster my sidearm. Once they saw me do that, they scattered like cockroaches. I was able to get video of that.
Now I am pulling security detail here in addition to starting a new part-time job. Alot on me. Good vibes.
Edit: Question is, should I even care? Do I care too much?