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Comments (3)Hey looks good it sure is a whole lot better than many I have seen, it should work well, I see you have an overhead canopy as well which is a good idea for either shade cloth or clear plastic to keep off heavy rain....See MoreSiemen's Front Load Washer won't complete cycle
Comments (2)I don't see why you wouldn't be able to get it serviced. Bosch-Siemens still has parts availbable. This is not radically different washer that your average tech can't fix. Look up an appliance repair place that services Bosch on yelp or yellowpages.com and give them call. Or call Bosch appliances and ask them for an authorized repair center....See More2 Cairns Fighting
Comments (12)Terriers fight. They just do, given an appropriate trigger. What with the female finding herself relo'd to a new home, 2 additional strange dogs suddenly underfoot, a bone to get protective over (leaving that around was a BIG no-no, IMHO), and your own uncertainty about the situation (which I'm sure the female picked up on), it's not surprising that the most submissive dog got his clock cleaned. I would bet that something had already been brewing between the 2 Cairns, and it just took the confluence of the other factors to trigger the attack. It's up to you whether you want to try to work this out. If it was me, and I already had a submissive, blind dog who has now become a target for abuse, I would return the new dog to your groomer, thank her for the offer, and tell her it is just not going to work out because it's not fair to your first dog to inflict this level of stress on him. I found myself in a situation several years ago where I had to give up one Jack Russell to preserve the safety of my other two and the sanity of my husband and myself. In retrospect, I let the situation go on WAY too long, trying various training techniques, visits from an animal behaviorist, medication, separating the house into strict zones, and so forth. It was a big, scary, bloody mess. What helped me overcome feelings that I had "failed" the problem dog, was realizing that I had made an earlier "for life" commitment to the other two, especially the older, geriatric dog (the love of my life) who was taking the brunt of the attacks. So I chose to honor those commitments, and the old girl is now in the twilight of her 16+ years, approaching the Rainbow Bridge with dignity, in her own good time. She is deaf, slow, arthritic, and is being treated fairly successfully for doggie Alzheimer's. I'm grateful for every day that she wakes up and is happy and ambulatory. She is such a good, funny old girl, sleeps 20 hours a day, loves to bark at all kinds of interesting stuff, still chases (half-heartedly) the cat now and then, and meets me at the fridge several times a day. I look at her sleeping and snoring beside me now, and feel that I have succeeded in making her life a good, safe, long one... I don't think about having failed the other dog. If you do choose to get your male a buddy, try a non-Terrier type, as laid back and happy-go-lucky as possible :o) But your guy may be happier being an only, with all of your attention. Good luck. Susan...See MoreI owe more than the house is worth, and it isn't selling. :(
Comments (150)when we bought our house the broker, a LIFELONG friend of the family(her daughter and i were born on the same day in the same hospital just minutes apart), highly recommended that i go with an ARM to keep my payments low. she said research showed that most folks either refi or sell within 5 years anyway, so my rate should never change. i flat out refused this because i had seen my grandmother almost lose her house back inthe early 90's to an ARM adjustment. i don't think SHE was trying to con us, i think she fell for the industry wide hype of this is what is best for MOST people. i really think that is the problem, too many people wanted to buy big and an ARM was the only way to do it. they figured the house would continue to appreciate and they could either sell or refi before the ARM hit. in many cases they were just glad to get a home and did not even realize that they had an ARM. yes, a good bit of this was predatory lending. and yes, a larger portion was simply a furtherance of the American way of life, spend money you don't have cause you can pay it back cheap(at least at first)! i feel sorry for the people who were tricked into ARMs and for people who have had life changes that made a once affordable payment no longer possible. but i do not feel sorry for people who made the largest purchase of their life based on what they pay a month RIGHT NOW, and totally ignore what they WILL pay down the road. i almost wish that the law required all potential buyers to take AND PASS a financial planner course that specifically educated them on how things can and will change on a mortgage. BTW, i never have believed in buying a "starter" home. in my region of the country you rent a home for a few years and then buy your home you plan to live out your life in. this is what my wife and i did, we rented for 6-7 years adn then bought. before buying, we did a lot of research and found we could afford more than we thought. we were pre-qualed for over 250k, but bought a 145k house because it suited our current and future needs. that 145k got us ~2400 sq ft on 4 acres. we could have bought a house in town for half that and still been in a good neighborhood, but we wanted outside city limits....See More- 11 years ago
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