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It was one of those warm humid nights with air as thick as dog's breath...

Dog breath's Friends

Replied 16 hours ago

dog breath replied to the discussion Bombay Grill closed?? 16 hours ago

dog breath and JoAnne are now friends

Aug 28

dog breath replied to the discussion Wine tasting meet up this Sunday! Aug 28

dog breath replied to the discussion Wine tasting meetup - shall we try again? Aug 28

dog breath left a comment for JoAnne Aug 28

JoAnne left a comment for dog breath Aug 27

dog breath left a comment for JoAnne Aug 26

About Me:: Just a guy trying to singlehandedly remodel a house while working a more than full time job

Favorite Thing(s) About Albuquerque:: leaving!... no just kidding... don't want to share or everyone will be there!

What I'm Reading:: nothing of interest to y'all generally geeky science.

...and then there is GALAXY ZOOOOOOO. If you like science here's a chance to make a contribution.

What I'm Listening To:: everything, but to be more ...explicit... my MP3 player currently has on it

David Gray
Moby (last night)
Vampire weekend
xavier rudd
joshua radin
iron & wine
tom petty
unkle kracker
Dispatch
Tyrone wells
Damien Rice
Ben Harper
Jack Johnson
Shaggy
Amos Lee
Ministry of Sound 2008
The Chemical Brothers
...and 8 Learn French CD's...

they've got skimpy selections on playlist

house remodeling...year 3...3 tools...pick, sledge...prybar

At 5:49pm on August 27th, 2008, JoAnne said…: Hi dog breath! We are still trying to plan the next event. Come back to the forum when you get a chance - there are a few replies to your post about the local Wine Enthusiast group ;-)

At 7:50pm on August 24th, 2008, JoAnne said…: Hi there! I just noticed your reply in the wine group and replied (please forgive my delay). Thank you for joining the group! :-)

At 6:52pm on August 21st, 2008, Flaca said…: I was talking about the problems that my neighbors face in complying with city regs. I just live in an older neighborhood with older or disabled neighbors and I think this is an area, where the Albuquerque city government sucks. Now, I need to get out to my alley or clean up trash from middle school kids walking home. Basically, I was bitching. Sorry

At 9:47pm on August 19th, 2008, Kiki said…: Thanks for the tips, dog breath...I will visit the website you recommended. -Kiki

At 9:01pm on August 19th, 2008, Ivy said…: Hey, I have some pieces at the Weyrich Gallery, Louisiana & Candelaria, and sold stuff at 'We Art the People' recently- that's about it- I'm pretty busy with my landscape bizz. Is that your dog in the picture? Its a great picture.

At 9:52am on August 18th, 2008, Flaca said…: I know exactly what you mean. When you have a major concern-like your broken concrete-the city breathing down your neck-and scared of fines-jail time and the city taking your house-it's difficult to process things. I'm still not quite over what I went through. The woman across the street buried her husband a few weeks before the shit hit the fan. She hired people from an agency, paid with her grocery money and they walked off. She was ashamed to tell any of her family. Some of the neighbors and I would go over and work on a small patch by our houses. She caught us and she almost died of humiliation. One house to the east-behind us has several doddering old ladies-mother and daughter. A daughter that's pretty bright-must have been adopted-paid some college kids about $200 to clean their area of the alley. # guys showed up-pulled about six tall weeds, put them in a car and drove off. I was out and saw that happen.
My son is a disabled vet and now he's scared that he'll wake up one morning and have the cops move him out. He's scared all of the time.

At 11:53pm on August 17th, 2008, Flaca said…: I thought was it. According to the zoning department you can get an extention, if you're working on it. You just call them up and tell them it'll take a little over 2 weeks. The problem is if a neighbor hassles you by complaining to zoning, if it's from zoning-it should be okay. I went to a downtown meeting held by zoning a little over a year ago, and some women complained about construction supplies, and torn out cement in a neighbors yard- the city said that it couldn't really do anything about that-but they'd try to intimidate the people. You get these new inspectors out all full of fire and brimstone-then they realize that these laws and regulations are often unfair burdens. If there's a next time ask them why they're picking on you-and why you can't have time.

At 6:38pm on August 17th, 2008, Kiki said…: Hi Dog Breath,
Looks like you have quite a bit of work going on at your casa. I just finished some indoor work/renovations this year and am happy to be done, and reclaim my new space. How's your front yard coming along? Next year (and probably years to follow) I'm hoping to tackle some of the back yard.

And--totally unrelated--I tried to get music to play when someone open my DCF page, but it doesn't happen. What's your secret? I like your music playing now.
Kiki (aka Christie)

At 2:10pm on August 17th, 2008, Flaca said…: Did you get it cleared out? I'm not sure if your elbow is out from putting it there or clearing it out.
On another discussion the prohibition thing, I found out that as long as you work on it, you can have more than 10 days, but you really have to be a squeaky wheel. Play up your age as much as possible. Find out where the complaint came from-inspectors driving around or from the neighbors. If from inspectors, tell them to drive somewhere else. Ask to talk to the big boss, he's actually pretty nice, if he's still there.

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