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I'm sorry - but I really don't get your point. The women is the cause of your "homelessness"? How? And this relates to the snow shoveling - how?<br><br>And being fined $500 does not put you behind in your mortgage....or are you saying in your example, you're that precarious in your finances? In which case, what are you doing going out of town? And to be sure, if you received $500 in traffic fines, how is that any different? I mean, some tickets are very expensive so the possibility is there to put you over, yes?<br><br>Guess, I need more "facts". Maybe if more time is spent shoveling and less on making unrelated stories, mayhaps it would be better. I mean, your sidewalk would be clean, your house would still be yours (not sure how the women figures in the fines....) and you'd have your toes all accounted for.<br><br>No offense meant.......just trying to understand. :)<br><br><br>J :]<br><br><br>> Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:47:05 -0800<br>> From: chasuk@gmail.com<br>> To: privatejf32@hotmail.com<br>> CC: vision2020@moscow.com<br>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Contractors<br>> <br>> Everyone talks about this as if it were such a simple issue. First,<br>> there are many of us whom are not property owners, and probably never<br>> will be. I belong to that demographic. Am I responsible for<br>> shoveling snow outside my domicile, if it isn't specified in my lease<br>> or rental agreement?<br>> <br>> Now let's pretend that I do own the property. Being a property owner<br>> doesn't automatically mean I'm rich, right? Let's say I'm<br>> able-bodied, and not infirm, but I can't be there to shovel within the<br>> prescribed time for other, legitimate reasons. Maybe I'm attending a<br>> wedding, or a funeral, or I work out of town for the majority of every<br>> month. I'm gainfully employed, but I can't afford to pay someone to<br>> reliably keep my sidewalk snow-free during my absence.<br>> <br>> I return and, under J's regime, I might have $500 in fines. I get<br>> behind on my mortgage. I lose the house that has been a lifetime<br>> goal.<br>> <br>> Why do I lose my house? Because one of my neighbors likes to traverse<br>> my stretch of sidewalk with Fido in tow, and I have denied her that<br>> pleasure. Never mind that she has a treadmill and a big backyard<br>> where Fido actually prefers to romp. She is incensed that I have been<br>> a scofflaw, and have interfered with the free exercise of her<br>> perambulatory zeal.<br>> <br>> Later, homeless, I push my shopping cart past her house, grateful that<br>> she has kept her sidewalk clear of snow, not knowing that it is this<br>> harridan who was responsible for my homelessness, but also for the<br>> amputation of three toes off my left foot due to frostbite.<br>> <br>> Yes, I painted a parodic, extremist picture, but I'm just trying to<br>> show that it isn't that simple, folks.<br>> <br>> =======================================================<br>> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br>> http://www.fsr.net <br>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> =======================================================<br><br /><hr />Shed those extra pounds with MSN and The Biggest Loser! <a href='http://biggestloser.msn.com/' target='_new'>Learn more.</a></body>
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