Random Rants

[Chris]

Stop poisoning them with wheat and they'll go back to being black labs.

[Chris]

Oh, and your post reminded me of this…

[DougNg]

@Chris:

Stop poisoning them with wheat and they'll go back to being black labs.

Ok, that's a pretty good one

[4c]

@DougNg:

Btw, what prompted this rant was someone telling me that my labrador has brown coloring in it's fur because it's gluten intolerant.

I have Rottweilers

[Giles]

I'm so close to banning any potential "member" who tries to register with a .pl domain name, I'm getting sick and tired of deleting/banning/not accepting the bastards…..Poland appears to be spambot heaven....

[Dion]

They learned from their new best friends from the US ;).

[Maynard Friedman]

@Anesthetist:

@Chris:

Lol.  Call me when your student loan payments are 80% of your mortgage payments.

I pay well over 150% of my mortgage in student loan payments….

I'm waiting for someone from Detroit to chime in and reveal that their student loan is 50,000% of their (admittedly virtually non-existent) mortgage!

[Cutlasshound]

Fucking south west trains. Done fourteen hour days the last three days on the trot. Finally leave work at a reasonable time and all my trains are cancelled for the next hour. [emoji35][emoji35][emoji35][emoji35][emoji35][emoji35][emoji35][emoji35][emoji35][emoji35][emoji35][emoji35][emoji35][emoji35][emoji35][emoji35][emoji35][emoji35]

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[chiverus]

Could it be worse?
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/shortcuts/2015/jan/13/late-arrival-brighton-to-london-victoria-southern-britains-worst-train

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[Cutlasshound]

@chiverus:

Could it be worse?
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/shortcuts/2015/jan/13/late-arrival-brighton-to-london-victoria-southern-britains-worst-train

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Indeed!

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[Bob]

Moving to Ireland? Good call, and also difficult. I have had friends who wanted to do the same but couldn't get a visa. Enjoy.

@TrickHell:

We thought we had a house in Ireland, but then the people in there decided to stay and their rent is government subsidized, so it's basically impossible to get them out.

Fawk.

It's not really the end of the world or anything. I just thought we had the last stressful part of our move sorted. House was a great deal, too, right on the water. Oh well. Shit happens.

[Finkster]

In the past the Irish moved to the U.S.   

[JCMx800]

Nothing to do at work:

Xena is the most stupid show ever.

[Dion]

…haven't watched TV in a long time... but I don't think I'm missing something though :).

[Bob]

And the thanks received is that US persons have an hell of a time returning to Ireland.

@Finkster:

In the past the Irish moved to the U.S.   

[Graeme]

I've just been looking at the rental application form for one of the Australian letting agents. The information it asks for includes:

• Driving licence details

• The car you own

• Passport details

• Current and previous employment details

• Current and previous landlord, and whether your deposit / bond was refunded

• A business reference

• A personal reference

• A reference from a relative

I'm wanting to rent a place, not buy it. I didn't expect some sort of Spanish Inquisition!

[Bob]

I can relate, but from a different angle:  I own a house in Washington DC, which is now a rental property. Letting a house to a tenant in DC is tantamount to getting married, such are the laws so heavily weighted against landlords. As a DC landlord, if one makes a bad or incompletely informed decision about a tenant, he is literally stuck with that tenant for life.

[Graeme]

Here in Oz it's a short term contract, initially six to twelve months, and limited security for the tenant.

The local property market, particularly in Sydney and Melbourne, is screwed up. There are a number of tax breaks for landlords that allow rental losses to be written off against salary (negative gearing), and a reduced rate for capital gains if an asset is held for over a year. That seems to be channelling significant amount of money into housing, which is pushing up prices. It's probably not going to end well.

[stever]

@Graeme:

I've just been looking at the rental application form for one of the Australian letting agents. The information it asks for includes:

• Driving licence details

• The car you own

• Passport details

• Current and previous employment details

• Current and previous landlord, and whether your deposit / bond was refunded

• A business reference

• A personal reference

• A reference from a relative

I'm wanting to rent a place, not buy it. I didn't expect some sort of Spanish Inquisition!

it's pretty horrible. the last 3 places i've stayed in have been bro-deals - living with friends or partners. if i'm forced to get a place on my own in the future it'll be a real struggle w/o real landlord references

[Bob]

"Gold, Jerry. Gold!"

@TrickHell:

@Bob:

Moving to Ireland? Good call, and also difficult. I have had friends who wanted to do the same but couldn't get a visa. Enjoy.

@TrickHell:

We thought we had a house in Ireland, but then the people in there decided to stay and their rent is government subsidized, so it's basically impossible to get them out.

Fawk.

It's not really the end of the world or anything. I just thought we had the last stressful part of our move sorted. House was a great deal, too, right on the water. Oh well. Shit happens.

My wife is an EU citizen, so it's significantly easier for me than most.