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Guest, it's time once again for the massively important and exciting FoH Asshat Tournament!
Go here and give us your nominations!Who's been the biggest Asshat in the last year? Give us your worst ones!
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Erronius
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Hateyou
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Good thing he had that helmet on or his head would have hit the ground pretty hard after it decapitated from his body there.
Lanx
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you can see the slow mo moment when everything flashes before his eyes when he double grips the pole saw extra hard
McCheese
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So I was all ready to replace the breaker. It's been dead and no resistance. Or maybe I wasn't quite feeling the resistance, since it could be for a microsecond like you said. I have zero experience with breakers and how they should feel. Anyway, I figured I'd check it out one more time before taking out the breaker and heading to Home Depot. I flipped it and it worked! I guess it was water in the outlet after all? I had unscrewed it and no water came out. It's been like 3 months now, so I dunno, I guess it took that long to evaporate. It's been working the last few days with no problems, though.
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We'll see, this our first winter in the house and my first experience with radiant baseboard heaters.
The 8 are:
Upstairs
4 bedrooms (each bathroom is controlled by its adjacent bedroom, except for the master which is for some reason controlled by my daughter's bedroom thermostat)
Main Level:
Office
Dining Room
Family Room
Kitchen/Living Room together
There is also a thermostat in the basement but I'm not sure if it's actually connected to anything. Unfortunately I just realized this a few weeks ago when we had a company come out to service the boiler, they pointed out we have 8 zone boxes but they counted 10 thermostats (the one in the garage is disconnected, which we think may have controlled either heat on the driveway or garage, but the people we bought it from had no idea and they were never told). I'm pissed the inspectors didn't make that connection, but oh well.
The 8 are:
Upstairs
4 bedrooms (each bathroom is controlled by its adjacent bedroom, except for the master which is for some reason controlled by my daughter's bedroom thermostat)
Main Level:
Office
Dining Room
Family Room
Kitchen/Living Room together
There is also a thermostat in the basement but I'm not sure if it's actually connected to anything. Unfortunately I just realized this a few weeks ago when we had a company come out to service the boiler, they pointed out we have 8 zone boxes but they counted 10 thermostats (the one in the garage is disconnected, which we think may have controlled either heat on the driveway or garage, but the people we bought it from had no idea and they were never told). I'm pissed the inspectors didn't make that connection, but oh well.
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nu_11
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My friend who lives in Tempe AZ has been having problems in his complex. Yesterday his apartment was flooding because the apartment complex upstairs was having water pipe problems. This is like the 3rd time it has happened, and previously it was due to the upstairs water heater. Is there any legal recourse for him to get out of his lease (such as hazardous living environment) and move on to a different place ASAP?
Zapatta
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Water heaters bust shit happens, the buildings insurance should cover him, also if I were him I him would get renters insurance. It's actually a bargain for the coverage. My friend who was an adjuster always told me nothing was a better deal except maybe marine insurance.
Hateyou
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He should be able to find stuff like that in his lease. A lot of them have things about infestations, unsafe conditions, etc that let you get out of the lease or at least get moved to another unit.
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Burren
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Insurance isn't a racket, people are just ignorant and they choose not to understand what they are getting. I sure as shit would never be without auto, home, umbrella, medical, and life insurance.
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Borzak
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The definition of insurance, taking the risk you aren't willing to assume has kind of morphed now with the ACA "insurance" thrown about as not insurance but total healthcare. Off my soapbox.
But yeah renters insurance is next to nothing, but I've never known anyone that tried to collect on it so....
But yeah renters insurance is next to nothing, but I've never known anyone that tried to collect on it so....
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12ish years ago (when I was about 25) the town house I was renting got broken into and they made off with a bunch of electronics. Fortunately I had renters insurance through USAA. They reimbursed me for at least several thousand dollars and definitely didn’t low ball me. I did have to provide pictures in lieu of receipts for what was stolen (presumably so I couldn’t claim they took my antique underwater basket weaving collection worth hundreds of thousands of dollars), but I think the assessor discreetly let me know I was well below the threshold of my reimbursement being heavily scrutinized.