Latest news says he’s not dead, but srs condition for sure. Free Fallin’ – one of my faves. ๐
KZ, I would take you up on your offer, but your place is more than a short bus trip away. ๐
It was a day that is only now beginning to abate stress-wise. I will attempt brevity as I have not had noms as yet and this is so not optimal.
So I spoke with Tenant’s Advocates and Rental Board and seemed that I had a good case for Rental Board judge. Also confirmed that school taxes and city taxes were quite low.
I did find out on the QT that major bldg repairs last yr were in area of $89,000 which could impact rent increase.
In pm landlord (de facto) called me and we had a long discussion. I did see his points. The thing is he got approval from landlord to agree to lower amount. I asked for $10 inc, he wanted $20, I said $15 would be fine, but will discuss it one last time with someone tomorrow and then probably agree as opposed to risking judge raising it even further and more stress. It’s 1.5%, now they used to publish going acceptable percentages, but sadly no more. I like to browse through a mag on rentals in Montreal and a place about my condo size, w/out d/w or w/d goes for over $1,000. My point was to in a sense “win.” That’s the way I work.
To add to today’s fun, shortly new toys will be arriving chez KJ! As mentioned my printer, back-up HD died yest. My laptop is getting less functional by the day – the support guy that I got loads of info from was amazed that it’s been more or less OK for 11 yrs! So I will go to the fun store downtown sometime soon and get me a new one with many bells and whistles for about $1,899. Then need new mousie and back-up drive, relatively inexpensive. In the meantime ordered printer for $31 from Walmart which should arrive at post office a short walk away end of week. Yeah, the ink cartridges cost more, but whatever. I called my “guy” and for like $300-$400 he can migrate all my stuff to new laptop, set up printer and connect ISP. All this before the snow falls.
So I feel whacked out but relieved. And the final part of my paying project is not coming for at least 2 weeks, so I should be good, in any case this ‘puter still works for work. A bit weird not being able to print. My workaround is taking pics of brief notes w/cell, my writing is way tiny, I don’t hold a pen properly and my hands cramp.
Oh and also did second try on “assault bike” after my DIY spin workout – it’s name suits it! And went for hair trim. IMHO a good cut is one that grows in nicely, so that one wants the srs trim but doesn’t “need” it
Brevity – fail!
Hope that all had a less “exciting” day!