Lost/found money???
kathyg_in_mi
8 years ago
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True Story! I think I found a "lost" or "unreleased" Buck rose!
Comments (22)Kim, today I read your entire article on HMF "I am NOT an expert" but I have to disagree, you really are!! After reading up on Renae I'm convinced that's what this rose is like you said, except it doesn't seem to have a strong desire to climb. Of course that's just for me, in my climate with my horticultural practices. Southern Louisiana is a very specific climate to grow in. I do think it's a great place for me to carry out my lifelong breeding goals since if a seedling can survive Louisiana's black spot infested humidity and heat it'll be off to a good start! Thanks for the good luck Judith! Also to anyone interested and curious, I have ripening hips on a couple of roses with this rose, 'Renae' as the pollen parent: a few of (Smooth Ballerina x Renae) and a lot of (Thomas Affleck x Renae). I bet those seedlings will be smooth as silk! I can't wait to one day share my creations with everyone!...See MoreLost (or stolen) and Found
Comments (79)Good question HH :). As to jewels....I found a pretty little pearl broach (antique) in a townhouse we purchased a few years ago. I still have it...they were drug dealers who were thrown out by the PO and they and the other six people who roomed in the place trashed an already trashed place. It took a six person cleaning crew a week to clean it up including all of the broken glass (because why not break the windows before you go right?). I don't care if it was the druggies grandmothers broach...karma left it in the place and I wasn't hunting down drug dealers. So that's a good and bad story. My other townhouse is more fun. We purchased within a few hours of listing despite the place being overpriced because I wrote the contract at asking price or bank approved appraised value, which ever was the lesser knowing that it would appraise about fifty grand lower than our offer. That man thought he was so smart lol he had his brother do the appraisal :). But it was not a huge town...people knew of the relationship so the bank rejected the appraisal and did another, coming in exactly where I said it would. He tried to get out if the contract so we sued for breach...ugly ugly but we won of course. So out if bitterness I guess he removed the horrific chandelier from the dining room which he said his wife carried on her lap on the plane from a castle in Hungary. I don't know why she bothered because you can buy them all day long at lows for about 22 bucks but whatever....it saved the price of removing it from our costs lol. They also left the new fridge and washer and dryer (not addressed in the contract either way). They didn't have time to take them because we had forced closing before they started packing the day prior to moving (they thought that we would give up). They came back two months later saying their kids wanted them for their new house so they would go ahead and take them now. I laughed and suggested they try a better storage facility and closed the door. Those appliances didn't come close to our legal fees and weren't going anywhere. Then there is this house....we purchased lock, stock and barrel. Not only did they bake a quiche and leave it in the fridge with juice, coffee and creamer but they left a dozen roses in a silver vase that belonged to the original owner on the dining room table with two glasses, a cheese plate and a bottle of wine. They also left a toy on the table for our son and a few others were hidden around the house for him. The house was spotless with freshly made beds and fully stocked bathrooms. If I ever buy a house again I'm going to pay someone to do that for me again lol. It was heaven!!!!...See MorePlay Time - Find Some Lost Money
Comments (11)I checked for myself, husband, mother, all my relatives. I found money for myself (medical refund), my husband (another medical refund), my Mom (insurance refund) and my cousin (state tax refund). I remember my cousin got something like $1000, she gave some money to her husband and her sister, then spent the rest of her money on Christmas gifts for her grandchildren. I was so happy to have found it for her! Just took a few minutes on the computer....See MoreHow much time and money is lost by contractors having to redo jobs?
Comments (16)I found that that there are two factors that contribute loss of money (whether it is the contractor or the homeowner) and having to redo projects. Communication and Un-qualification. I can't tell you how many times we have been called in to redo projects that other "contractors" had been hired to do. Generally homeowners emotions are high and although the circumstances are all different the common denominators are always usually the same. We generally don't lose much money and rarely have to redo anything. That being said, your contractor should be competent and able to stand behind his work if him and his team are qualified and experienced in their field. (Or her and her team..) In my experience it is cheaper to fix any deficiencies and make the client happy rather than lose a potential life time client and their referrals. To get into numbers, I would agree with the above stated 2 percent or so. Sometimes things happen that are out of everybodies hands and it costs money, bottom line. With good communication and qualified trades people, these scenarios can be kept to a minimum. Generally. Hopefully this helped answer your question....See MoreSuzieque
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