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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Wednesday, March 11, 2009 - 12:42 pm
Gripe! Broken water heaters, no hot water and driving dirty self to sisters house for a shower. Off to talk to hubby re water heater status, hope it will not be expensive. I need to make the cakes for the final class and need the kitchen and water!
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Wednesday, March 11, 2009 - 12:47 pm
I feel for you, Sugar. Ours broke a couple years ago. The thing that shocked me was that we had to get a permit to "replace" a broken water heater. I think the fee was an additional 40 bucks. In my wildest dreams I wouldn't have thought you need a permit to replace a broken water heater.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, March 11, 2009 - 1:10 pm
Sugar we had to replace ours a few years ago, unlike Naja though, no permit needed (I hope, cuz we didn't get one!) It was money we really didn't want to spend, but I don't remember it being outragously expensive. It was actually pretty quick to replace it, kinda. It broke in the morning and hubby was out of town fishing or golfing so we had to wait for him to get back to town to do it (several hours.) Once he was home though, him and a buddy had the old one out and new one in in probably an hour, hour and a half.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Wednesday, March 11, 2009 - 2:25 pm
DH just got home and I asked him the particulars about the water heater. He says every place he has ever lived in this area requires a permit in the Kansas, Missouri and Illinois area. In Overland Park, Kansas, the permit is $200! You are required a permit, and if you have a reputable place install it, there is no way around the permit. If you install it yourself, then of course you can skip the permit and most likely never be found out. I remember when ours was done. They gave us a chart showing the fees for the permit in the different cities. We freaked out when we saw that Kansas permit fee.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Wednesday, March 11, 2009 - 2:27 pm
I'd like to think that it's a way for the city to regulate the quality of the installation, but it's actually just another way to suck money out of your bank account (it's not like they provide inspectors to ensure the safety factor or anything).
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, March 11, 2009 - 2:45 pm
That's outrageous Naja. I've never heard of that out here, but then we've only replaced it once and yep did it ourselves.
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Wednesday, March 11, 2009 - 4:44 pm
The law changed regarding the installation of water heaters, because so many have been installed right on the floor which is a safety hazard. Getting a permit provides that it is installed properly, safely, and is insurable. Plus the city gets another boost in revenue.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, March 11, 2009 - 4:54 pm
When we had our water heater replaced a few years back, it had to be installed by an approved "professional" and then I had to arrange for someone to come out and inspect it to make sure it was properly installed.
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Wednesday, March 11, 2009 - 7:21 pm
War...we also had to get a permit. And there was supposed to be an inspection, but the inspector was pregnant at the time, so we were put on her list. She never showed, even though we had to pay the fee for the inspection. And we are in California, too.
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Wednesday, March 11, 2009 - 7:58 pm
You know, I would not even mind having to pay extra for an inspection....simply because..... Ive heard too many storys of the dang things blowing up or what not.... Fire scare's the hell outa me....so that is somthing Id pay for... If somthing happened then at least you have someone to go after.... Ive learned after many yrs that having "paper work" (instead of having a good deed by a friend)...is security..... I like that.....
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Beckie03
Member
07-05-2007
| Wednesday, March 11, 2009 - 9:13 pm
small gripe. when people talk about stuff that they don't have a clue about. no education whatsoever on the topic. i.e. my pro-life friend posting something on myspace about writing the president with a red envelope and saying this represent a child lost to an abortion...then the post preceded to "explain" the freedom of choice act. it was completely wrong...and then had links to two pro-life websites talking about the act. understand, when i clicked her bulletin i did not know what it was about...i usually avoid those type of bulletins from her because most of them are just straight lies. but i wish she would educate herself before posting something like that. or maybe i am just too cynical...because while i have spoke sometimes not knowing as much as i should have (done it on here a few times)...i try my best not to and educate myself. i just need to train myself not to read her bulletins at all...
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Biscottiii
Member
05-30-2004
| Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 3:20 am
Beckie, wow! I wouldn't be reading anything more from the "friend". Life is too short to wallow in the mindlessness, IMO.
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Biscottiii
Member
05-30-2004
| Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 3:34 am
Escapee, that is a STUNNING dress and you will look like a million bucks in it! You will definitely be able to use it many more times in the future (provided you can afford to hire a babysitter j/k!!). Glad your friend is being understanding and trying to help cut the costs. She really seems surprisingly reasonable in her choices. My foolish niece required $300plus dresses + $alterations$ for clearly a one use dress - and those didn't look nearly as classy as the one you're buying. So often the dresses look like Little Bo Peep and absolutely not wearable again. I think up here in the past, there have been charity events where everyone wears their "Worst BM Dress Ever" and the pics were unimaginable. But the charity sure raked in serious money while everyone dazzled each other in their awfulness, prizes given too.
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Biscottiii
Member
05-30-2004
| Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 3:42 am
Karen, yours was such a BEAUTIFUL wedding, so creative and appropriate for the setting which was priceless!! I saw all your pics after your return and the looks on everyone's faces was just so relaxed and HAPPY and comfortable. I don't think you could have planned a nicer wedding, even though it was a tremendous amount of work. I still hyperventilate over the nightmare Wedding Dress Alterations event. But it turned out so beautiful and you were a lovely Bride. Fun to see the pic again!
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Karen
Member
09-06-2004
| Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 8:59 am
Aw, thanks, Bisc. I wouldn't change a single thing about the way we did it. Even the alterations fiasco - which I'd nearly all but forgotten about! - or the whole 'getting robbed and having police on my doorstep on my wedding day' thing - wouldn't change any of it for the world. I highly recommend running away to everyone. 
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Karen
Member
09-06-2004
| Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 7:51 pm
Ok, so I get the irony that less than 12 hours ago I posted that I wouldn't change a thing about my wedding... My baby sister (24 years old) just called to say that she and her boyfriend have broken up. They moved in together shortly after they started dating, when they were both 21. It's been touch-and-go for most of the relationship - you know the whole Billy Joel "they started to fight when the money got tight"... he was horrible with money, couldn't keep a job, she paid all (ok, let's call it 2/3, to be fair to him) the bills for three years and she loved him anyways. As a guy, as a person, I can't say a bad thing about him. But as a life partner for my little sister, no thank you. So I'm not surprised - or terribly disappointed - that they're moving on. My gripe is this: The first thing that ran through my head when Kimberley told me tonight was, "Seriously?? That little schmuk is in ALL of my wedding photos!!" How petty is that? LOL. We knew when we booked the trip that Kim and Nick wouldn't be a forever thing. I knew that my future babies wouldn't be looking at the wedding photos and saying, "Haha, look at how funny Uncle Nick looks in this one!" But we couldn't really say no to bringing him along. And now I'm irritated that he's in all of our photos.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, March 12, 2009 - 9:22 pm
Small potatoes, Karen. You won't care about it at all in five years, I bet. And after that, you will never think of it again. Maybe when you have the wedding pics out showing the grandkids, YOU will think about it. The grandkids will be yawning and won't care at all who that guy was.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, March 13, 2009 - 8:14 am
I know this is the gripe thread, but since I posted about this here last week I had to come back here to post: Wahooo!!!!!!! I just got a call from the dermatologists office that the authorization from the insurance company has been faxed to the pharmacy for Caleb's accutane and I could pick it up anytime I wanted. It took a minute for what he was saying to sink in and then I was confused...pick it up? We did last week. Then he was confused, lol, he thought we hadn't picked up the med because we had to pay for it out of pocket. I explained that even though the insurance wouldn't cover it, we did pay out of pocket and picked the medicine up and had already scheduled the next appt and labwork. He said great then explained that the dr had filled out the form the pharmacy sent, told the insurance co that acne was a medical issue and not a cosmetic one, and then the review board had approved it so next month the medicine will be covered and we should get a refund on our flex card (wonder how long that'll take?) This makes me very happy.
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Rissa
Member
03-20-2006
| Friday, March 13, 2009 - 9:06 am
That's wonderfull Wargod!!! I was seriously coming in here to ask if the meds had had any effect yet, glad to hear the insurance issue was resolved.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, March 13, 2009 - 9:21 am
Rissa, I'll be posting an update in the parenting thread in just a minute actually. We have seen an improvement, amazingly enough!
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Friday, March 13, 2009 - 1:18 pm
Gripe of the day (Ok, one of my gripes) people who stand outside of businesses, restaurants, hospitals etc smoking. Most of these places have finally, thank goodness, banned smoking inside their establishments. I absolutley detest having to walk thru an ashtray army. And in fact have not patronized businesses that allow this practice. If a business still allows smoking, it should be in a place that will not force others to walk thru the haze, a designated area for people who don't mind and/or wish to engage in same behaviour. I also hate being serviced by smokers who reek of smoke odor. And why do so many smokers think that the world is an ashtray? Butts all over everywhere outside, just flick 'em any old place. One would think the dangers to one's self and anyone unfortunate enough to be nearby would thwart people smoking, but it does not. Obviously, I am an adamant non smoker. Fine, you have the option of stinking up your own house and ruining your health, but not where the rest of us breath. Some smokers have no idea how strongly/badly they smell of smoke. When I was working, people stopped using the coat room because of a few fetid coats that simply overpowered the area. Granted not everyone who smokes is so inconsiderate, however, far too many people are. As for any smokers who cry foul, don't have any sympathy for you. The horrors of smoking and 2nd hand smoke are too great.
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Friday, March 13, 2009 - 1:25 pm
Certainly there are rude smokers, just as there are rude non-smokers.
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Friday, March 13, 2009 - 1:30 pm
True, all people can be rude. Rude is irratating but generally not a health threat nor does it tend to make your clothes and hair stink.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Friday, March 13, 2009 - 2:01 pm
It does irk me when people choose to smoke right outside a business entry. Especially when there are other places they could move to to smoke. But if someone who wanted to smoke ventured far enough away from the entrance, or at least out of the way, and I had the option to walk past them or out of their way, I'd choose to go the other way as to not infringe on their smoking area just as I would hope they'd do the same for me in my non smoking area. ITA with ya scooter.
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Scooterrific
Member
07-08-2005
| Friday, March 13, 2009 - 2:08 pm
Exactly Escapee!
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