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Every single thing about this sign offends me--now it can offend other people! Pic #80!

26,658 2,340 July 26, 2010 at 04:20 PM in Rant (5)
My HOA put up this little gem over the weekend near the entrance to our development (facing in, so you see it as you drive out).


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1. This is a brand-new sign. They have never used a sign of this type in the 7 years I've lived in this house, so I feel safe in the assumption that my HOA has spent some portion of my fees on this idiocy.

2. Text-speak. "B4" may be a space-saving, cute attempt at abbreviation, but it has no place on a sign you expect me to take seriously, ever, period.

3. What the farking fark? Seriously, what the fark? What if I work evenings and have to put out my trash at, oh, 2pm instead of waiting until after 6pm? Why is that a problem? Why can't we go after the people who put their trash out in bags instead of cans/bins so that the crows & squirrels have a chance to rip them apart overnight and leave a huge mess the garbage collectors refuse to pick up? "REMINDER: TRASH GOES IN BINS NOT IN BAGS" would fit on that sign just fine and you wouldn't even have to use "B4" either!

4. Who decided on 6pm? It's not dark at 6pm (somewhere in our HOA docs, apparently, there is some kind of language advising homeowners not to put their trash out before dark). Open houses end at 4pm. If you want to argue that it makes the neighborhood less attractive to potential buyers why not say we have to wait until the morning of the collection?

Next they'll be foreclosing on a serviceman's house [npr.org] while he's in Afghanistan because he missed a couple of months' dues.

GodDAMN I hate HOAs. Ranting

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rudimentary
07-26-2010 at 04:38 PM.
07-26-2010 at 04:38 PM.
Reminder

Don't Put Out

Pick up
Trash
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zmarko
07-26-2010 at 04:58 PM.
07-26-2010 at 04:58 PM.
Quote from Clivefrog :
In B4 some lame pun.
Roll
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Dark_Saber
07-26-2010 at 05:00 PM.
07-26-2010 at 05:00 PM.
Yes, you should re-arrange the letters to say something obscene
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AggieMom
07-26-2010 at 05:01 PM.
07-26-2010 at 05:01 PM.
Reminder
Put sap on the dick rash git


Dontknow
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AggieMom
07-26-2010 at 05:07 PM.
07-26-2010 at 05:07 PM.
Reminder
Don't be a git! Put out this day.


Yeah, I've been reading Harry Potter again. I love the word git. laugh out loud
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Dark_Saber
07-26-2010 at 05:07 PM.
07-26-2010 at 05:07 PM.
Reminder
Dont say HOA PIITB
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BostonGirl
07-26-2010 at 05:09 PM.
07-26-2010 at 05:09 PM.
My town has the same rule, the whole town. And if you put out the trash before then, you can be fined..EEK!
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batgirllnj
07-26-2010 at 05:16 PM.
07-26-2010 at 05:16 PM.
At least you get a sign...in my townhouse development we get a $25 fine for each day garbage is put out before 7pm the day before. And if you are putting out furniture you get fined $25 a day that it's outside before pick up day...so no putting out the old couch on Monday for Friday pick up...

I think I'm up to $100 in fines so far....
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Ms.arteest
07-26-2010 at 05:19 PM.
07-26-2010 at 05:19 PM.
I am soooooo glad I live out in the country! I could leave my can at the end of my driveway for a month and nobody would give a rat's ass! My cousin got a .letter from her HOA because there was a 1" x 2" patch of grass, about 3/4" tall, growing in a crack in her driveway. The HOA pres. could have come by and jerked it out of the ground in less time than it took to right the letter!
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AggieMom
07-26-2010 at 05:20 PM.
07-26-2010 at 05:20 PM.
Quote from thearteest :
I am soooooo glad I live out in the country! I could leave my can at the end of my driveway for a month and nobody would give a rat's ass! My cousin got a .letter from her HOA because there was a 1" x 2" patch of grass, about 3/4" tall, growing in a crack in her driveway. The HOA pres. could have come by and jerked it out of the ground in less time than it took to right the letter!
Yeah, it's annoying... but your cousin isn't complaining that the neighbor can't paint their house hot pink and get away with it. If you live in an HOA, you deal with the regulations.
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SlicKitty
07-26-2010 at 05:24 PM.
07-26-2010 at 05:24 PM.
Put the sign in a trash can and use reflective tape to write on the outside of the can, "It's after 6 PM."
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veritablequandary
07-26-2010 at 05:25 PM.
07-26-2010 at 05:25 PM.
Quote from AggieMom :
Yeah, it's annoying... but your cousin isn't complaining that the neighbor can't paint their house hot pink and get away with it. If you live in an HOA, you deal with the regulations.
Usually I'd agree but they are getting out of control all over the place. Did you read the linly in my OP? HOAs in TX can foreclose on your house if you go delinquent on your dues...
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AggieMom
07-26-2010 at 05:32 PM.
07-26-2010 at 05:32 PM.
Quote from veritableqndry :
Usually I'd agree but they are getting out of control all over the place. Did you read the linly in my OP? HOAs in TX can foreclose on your house if you go delinquent on your dues...
nod I'm in TX. I'm aware. But I choose to live in an HOA community because they can make my redneck neighbor mow his lawn. laugh out loud Granted, I don't have an HOA that enforces the 6 pm rule (that we have, too) - I'd have an issue with that.
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SlicKitty
07-26-2010 at 05:45 PM.
07-26-2010 at 05:45 PM.
Well, this is the best/worst I can do for you, VQ, but...it's something:

A puny pimp dick stabbed north up through 464 mittens.


You'll still have "dnt" leftover, but you could stick them to your buttcheeks, bend over, and spell "dont" (no apostrophe), if you find it useful in some way.
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Ms.arteest
07-26-2010 at 05:46 PM.
07-26-2010 at 05:46 PM.
Quote from AggieMom :
Yeah, it's annoying... but your cousin isn't complaining that the neighbor can't paint their house hot pink and get away with it. If you live in an HOA, you deal with the regulations.
Actually, there is a house across the street from her that has been vacant for 3 yrs, because the owner works overseas. She and her neighbors take turns throwing chlorine over the fence into the pool because the mosquitoes are breeding like rabbits! Even after repeated complaints, the HOA has done nothing. And that is just plain crazy that they can foreclose on your house!

Now, about that sign... if you take a piece of white duct tape and make an "o" look like a "c", and turn the "m" upside down for a "w", you could spell "Screw the damn HOA".
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