Where'm I gonna live? - Page 4

Griff · 09-16-2012, 12:55 PM

Sorry dude, don't let it eat you up. You'll figure it out.

Big Sarge · 09-16-2012, 12:56 PM

Not joking - consider buying a used camper (they can go really cheap) and move into a state park or other campgrounds. Rates are discounted during the winter. In fact, the Army Corps of Engineers hires campground hosts. Many campgrounds have wifi.

Undertoad · 09-16-2012, 04:31 PM

It's not that bad yet. I just have to work at it and the time to actually call places is not nigh. I'm aiming for a Nov. 1 move-in date but it's strange -- with the short sale, I don't have to leave the house until the bank actually decides to accept it. This averages three months and so I could play chicken and wait until Dec. 1 to get out. But with limited choices overall, with a dog, with a turtle, with bad credit but a good co-signer, it gets scary.

I'm getting really good at searches though, and I've worked out a few ways to tell which Craigslist entries are scammers. (they take actual realtor listings for the pictures and addresses, and then try to get you to wire them deposit money)

What's also scary is all the shit in my crawl space which I have to throw away somehow. Wow, I probably have to contract for a dumpster to get that done. Shit.

Trilby · 09-16-2012, 04:35 PM

I wish I could do something tangible to help you.
I feel your anxiety Toad. Hugs.

glatt · 09-16-2012, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

What's also scary is all the shit in my crawl space which I have to throw away somehow. Wow, I probably have to contract for a dumpster to get that done. Shit.

Freecycle it.

Mentally ill people will take it and hoard it. Whatever it is.

Just depends on what your time is worth, dealing with them.

Clodfobble · 09-16-2012, 04:54 PM

Freecycle is awesome, and sad, but awesome.

Undertoad · 09-16-2012, 05:24 PM

It's mostly dead weight. Huge computer monitor from 1999. My old waterbed. Paperwork from pre-2003. Water-damaged VHS tapes. Christmas decorations that two women abandoned. That sort of thing.

monster · 09-16-2012, 05:34 PM

people will take it

monster · 09-16-2012, 05:35 PM

especially if you put it on the curb with a sign that says "not free, please do not take, waiting for pick-up"

Clodfobble · 09-16-2012, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

It's mostly dead weight. Huge computer monitor from 1999. My old waterbed. Paperwork from pre-2003. Water-damaged VHS tapes. Christmas decorations that two women abandoned. That sort of thing.

People will take everything except your paperwork. Maybe even that too, but you probably don't want mentally ill people to have it. A free waterbed? You're not thinking like a hoarder; you will have a dozen people bidding over who can come pick it up the soonest.

I gave away giant piles of rotted fencing and broken rocks. One old lady talked about how she was going to "build a doghouse" out of the fencing, and another was going to "make a path" in her garden. It was fucking construction debris!

Undertoad · 09-16-2012, 07:18 PM

It's only the frame of the waterbed

infinite monkey · 09-16-2012, 07:39 PM

Right, so you just line it with heavy duty trashbags and fill it with water. The water will conform to bed shape. You'll have to sleep sitting up. And sandbags, you might want those.

Spexxvet · 09-17-2012, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

People will take everything except your paperwork.

Just burn the paperwork.

Quote:

Originally Posted by infinite monkey

Right, so you just line it with heavy duty trashbags and fill it with water. The water will conform to bed shape. You'll have to sleep sitting up. And sandbags, you might want those.

Styrofoam peanuts!

Spexxvet · 09-17-2012, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

... But with limited choices overall, with a dog, with a turtle, with bad credit but a good co-signer, it gets scary.

I'm getting really good at searches though, and I've worked out a few ways to tell which Craigslist entries are scammers. (they take actual realtor listings for the pictures and addresses, and then try to get you to wire them deposit money)

Have you looked at trailer parks? DO you qualify for section 8 housing?

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

What's also scary is all the shit in my crawl space which I have to throw away somehow. Wow, I probably have to contract for a dumpster to get that done. Shit.

We just moved Mom out of her house and had to do the same thing, but is was 2 households of "stuff" accumulated over 60 years. There was a house in the area that always had something on the front lawn with a handmade "for sale" sign on it. Mom knocked on their door and told them they could have anything they wanted from her house, for free, if they took it all. They took it all.

Lamplighter · 09-17-2012, 08:46 AM

Styrofoam peanuts + H20 + sand + sunlight ===> NEW life on earth

09-16-2012, 12:55 PM	#46
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09-16-2012, 12:56 PM	#47
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	Not joking - consider buying a used camper (they can go really cheap) and move into a state park or other campgrounds. Rates are discounted during the winter. In fact, the Army Corps of Engineers hires campground hosts. Many campgrounds have wifi. __________________ Give a man a match, & he'll be warm for 20 seconds. But toss that man a white phosphorus grenade and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

09-16-2012, 04:35 PM	#49
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I wish I could do something tangible to help you. I feel your anxiety Toad. Hugs. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

09-16-2012, 04:54 PM	#51
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09-16-2012, 05:34 PM	#53
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	people will take it __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-16-2012, 04:31 PM	#48
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	It's not that bad yet. I just have to work at it and the time to actually call places is not nigh. I'm aiming for a Nov. 1 move-in date but it's strange -- with the short sale, I don't have to leave the house until the bank actually decides to accept it. This averages three months and so I could play chicken and wait until Dec. 1 to get out. But with limited choices overall, with a dog, with a turtle, with bad credit but a good co-signer, it gets scary. I'm getting really good at searches though, and I've worked out a few ways to tell which Craigslist entries are scammers. (they take actual realtor listings for the pictures and addresses, and then try to get you to wire them deposit money) What's also scary is all the shit in my crawl space which I have to throw away somehow. Wow, I probably have to contract for a dumpster to get that done. Shit.

09-16-2012, 05:24 PM	#52
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	It's mostly dead weight. Huge computer monitor from 1999. My old waterbed. Paperwork from pre-2003. Water-damaged VHS tapes. Christmas decorations that two women abandoned. That sort of thing.

09-16-2012, 05:35 PM	#54
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	especially if you put it on the curb with a sign that says "not free, please do not take, waiting for pick-up" __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-16-2012, 07:18 PM	#56
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	It's only the frame of the waterbed

09-16-2012, 07:39 PM	#57
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Right, so you just line it with heavy duty trashbags and fill it with water. The water will conform to bed shape. You'll have to sleep sitting up. And sandbags, you might want those.

09-17-2012, 08:46 AM	#60
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Styrofoam peanuts + H20 + sand + sunlight ===> NEW life on earth

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