March 14, 2007: Excavation around house

Undertoad · 03-14-2007, 11:09 AM

I'm not selling to you developers!

Ah yes, the reluctant dweller. Here in the US, we have zoning laws to ensure that landowners can't just do whatever they want with their property, and eminent domain laws to ensure that the government can take it from them if someone more powerful wants the land for something else.

For the most part, we also have developers that don't begin work unless everything's ready. Don't want to waste the labor in digging a big hole, if you're just gonna have to fill it in again.

According to the full story, the owners have connections with the government. But now they have no connection to the world, as the excavation is 40 feet deep. Watch that first step, it's a doozy.

Griff · 03-14-2007, 11:16 AM

scratching Red China off moving to new country list

Sheldonrs · 03-14-2007, 11:34 AM

Oh well, there goes the neighborhood.

bluecuracao · 03-14-2007, 11:43 AM

Now they have to commute to work via parachute, like the guy in that car commercial.

Tomtheman5 · 03-14-2007, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Sheldonrs

Oh well, there goes the neighborhood.

Quite possibly the funniest (and most appropriate) thing I've ever read on Cellar!

Shawnee123 · 03-14-2007, 11:42 AM

Are they renting out?

Shawnee123 · 03-14-2007, 12:02 PM

"Hey Bobby, will you run over to Mrs McGillacuddy's and borrow a cup of sugar?"

"Sure, Mommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..."

Elspode · 03-14-2007, 12:25 PM

"A man's home is his castle." "No man is an island." A man's home *can*, however, be an island, castle or not.

They must bury their electrical, sewer and water supplies *really* deep in China...'cause I don't see any going to that building.

I'll bet their kids behave really well. Getting kicked out of the house could be really painful.

Fill that sucker in, and you've got a pretty damn fine moat.

Pizza guys hate to deliver here.

Trilby · 03-14-2007, 12:24 PM

Arthur Dent would be proud

Kitsune · 03-14-2007, 03:34 PM

Another holdout.

SquadRat1 · 03-15-2007, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Kitsune

Another holdout.

Thats HP Pavilion...and I think the "house" is a security building of some kind for the parking lot.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-15-2007, 02:44 PM

Hey, at least in India they kill you so finding another place isn't a problem.

Welcome Armygrognard, medical corps? How'd we get lucky enough for you to find us?

Thanks Bri.

Armygrognard · 05-15-2007, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Hey, at least in India they kill you so finding another place isn't a problem.

Welcome Armygrognard, medical corps? How'd we get lucky enough for you to find us?

Thanks Bri.

Hey Bruce, thanks for the welcome. As with Brianna, my apologies for the rudeness.

No, I am Military Intelligence. You know, the "oxymoron". Yeah, I had to get that one out of the way, right away.

I'll visit more, I promise!

BigV · 05-15-2007, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Armygrognard

Hey Bruce, thanks for the welcome. As with Brianna, my apologies for the rudeness.

No, I am Military Intelligence. You know, the "oxymoron". Yeah, I had to get that one out of the way, right away.

I'll visit more, I promise!

Maybe, maybe not.

But I sure hope so. I'd love to have a first person account/contact with someone familiar with military intelligence (spoken with zero irony, cross my heart).

SPUCK · 03-14-2007, 08:20 PM

Yeah... I've seen that house! And leave it to HP to paint their name on the roof!

03-14-2007, 11:09 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	March 14, 2007: Excavation around house I'm not selling to you developers! Ah yes, the reluctant dweller. Here in the US, we have zoning laws to ensure that landowners can't just do whatever they want with their property, and eminent domain laws to ensure that the government can take it from them if someone more powerful wants the land for something else. For the most part, we also have developers that don't begin work unless everything's ready. Don't want to waste the labor in digging a big hole, if you're just gonna have to fill it in again. According to the full story, the owners have connections with the government. But now they have no connection to the world, as the excavation is 40 feet deep. Watch that first step, it's a doozy.

03-14-2007, 11:16 AM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	scratching Red China off moving to new country list __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

03-14-2007, 11:34 AM	#3
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	Oh well, there goes the neighborhood. __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

03-14-2007, 11:42 AM	#6
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Are they renting out? __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

03-14-2007, 12:02 PM	#7
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	"Hey Bobby, will you run over to Mrs McGillacuddy's and borrow a cup of sugar?" "Sure, Mommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..." __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

03-14-2007, 11:43 AM	#4
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	Now they have to commute to work via parachute, like the guy in that car commercial.

03-14-2007, 12:25 PM	#8
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	"A man's home is his castle." "No man is an island." A man's home can, however, be an island, castle or not. They must bury their electrical, sewer and water supplies really deep in China...'cause I don't see any going to that building. I'll bet their kids behave really well. Getting kicked out of the house could be really painful. Fill that sucker in, and you've got a pretty damn fine moat. Pizza guys hate to deliver here. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

03-14-2007, 12:24 PM	#9
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Arthur Dent would be proud __________________ 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

03-14-2007, 03:34 PM	#10
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	Another holdout.

03-15-2007, 02:44 PM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Hey, at least in India they kill you so finding another place isn't a problem. Welcome Armygrognard, medical corps? How'd we get lucky enough for you to find us? Thanks Bri. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-14-2007, 08:20 PM	#15
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	Yeah... I've seen that house! And leave it to HP to paint their name on the roof!

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