Category Archives: The Book

Not HOA Related, But Really Hilarious & Lovely Corruption!

From The London Times: 

Outside England’s Bristol Zoo there is a parking lot for 150 cars and 8 buses.

For 25 years, its parking fees were managed by a very pleasant attendant….. He charged car owners $1.40 for parking, buses paid about $7.

One day, after 25 solid years of never missing a day of work and collecting all those fees he just didn’t show up. Managers of the zoo called the city council asking for someone to send down another parking agent to take his place.

The council did some research and replied that the parking lot was the zoo’s responsibility, not theirs. 

The zoo told the council that the attendant was a city employee, not theirs.

The city council replied that this parking lot attendant had never 
been on the city payroll.

After two and a half decades, this ‘parking attendant’ is undoubtedly sitting in his villa some where on the coast of Spain, Italy or France, laughing at the sucker he’d made of the system. 

He apparently charged the parking fee on his own. People gladly paid the parking toll to visit the zoo. 

All he had to do was show up each morning, collect the parking fees and stash them in his personal account.

For 25 years, he collected about $569 a dayl After 25 years, that amounts to a paltry 7 million dollars.

LOL! At this point, nobody even knows this shyster’s name. But he’s a genius.

And a millionaire. And nobody knows his name!

God bless you in your retirement, Sir!

What’s In The Box?

guest blog by Nila Ridings 
 
Options for living in anything outside of an HOA always catch my eye!  This one is built to withstand a hurricane, can be made livable in one day, has a reduced carbon footprint, and a price tag affordable on a fast food income.
 
These Canadians are coming across the border with a new version of a concept that has been around for a few years.  This time with a basement option.
 
Looks like they truly have learned to think outside the box while making the inside quite attractive!
 
Just for fun, I’m wondering how would an HOA foreclose on a shipping container when it could disappear with a quick lift on the cable of a crane overnight?  That would give board members something new to sue over!
 
 
 

To My Readers

I began writing this blog Tuesday night at identically the same time my frequent guest blogger Nila Ridings was writing it up. Because the story is so outrageous, I’ll post both of our accounts. Ladies first!

A Wonderful Thought!

This was sent to me by a friend of the Neighbors At War blog. I think it’s wonderful and describes perfectly what Homeowners Rights Advocates are up against!

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’nuff said?
 
Ward Lucas
 

Over The Shoulder Boulder Holders Blowin’ In The Breeze!

guest blog by Nila Ridings
 
I can see em’ now.  Brassieres, boxers, briefs, granny panties, string bikinis, and jock straps—vibrant colors, florals, hearts, race cars, and stripes all environmentally drying in the faces of the neighbors!
 
If only I lived in AZ,CA, CO, FL, HI, IL, IN, LA, ME, MD, MA, NV, NM, NC, OR, TX, VT, WI, or VA!!!  I would have the longest clothes line you’ve ever seen.  My neighbors who video my every move would have something worthwhile on their tapes.  And their cronies would be running off to the cardiologist to up their dosage of beta blockers.
 
HOA members in these states, please UNITE!  Start saving on dryer energy today!  It’s the ONLY freedom you’ve got!