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@alt_w_v_g HOA bylaws don’t contain rules like the one about Christmas decorations - those would be in the HOA rules, or *maybe* (but ilunlikely) in the CC&Rs. Get your HOA documents straight.
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Got a letter from the HOA yesterday
Actual letter
In an envelope
With a stamp
In 2026
The letter said my trash can was visible from the street for too long on collection day
The fine is $50
I checked my Ring camera
The truck came at 7:03am
I brought the can in at 7:14am
11 minutes
$50
That's $4.55 per minute of trash can visibility
My therapist charges $250 an hour
That's $4.17 per minute
My trash can sitting in a driveway is now more expensive per minute than therapy
I looked at the letter again
It was signed by the HOA president
Her name is Karen
Of course it is
I know this woman
She lives four houses down
She still has Christmas lights up
It's March
I know because I drive past them twice a day
And because that's what I do
I checked the HOA bylaws
All 47 pages
Section 4.2 says all exterior fixtures and lighting must be seasonal and removed within 30 days of the applicable holiday
Her lights have been up for 97 days
I went to the HOA meeting
Tuesday night
7pm
In a church basement
Folding chairs
Fruit platter that nobody touched
Seven people showed up
Four of them were on the board
The other three were there to complain
I was there to read
My wife came with me
She didn't want to
But she said "if I don't come you'll end up on the news"
I brought my legal pad
Karen called the meeting to order
She talked about community standards
She talked about property values
She talked about the importance of curb appeal
From a woman whose Christmas lights are still blinking in March
I raised my hand
She said "we'll take questions at the end"
I said "it's not a question. It's a point of order."
She looked at me
I opened my legal pad
I said "Section 4.2 requires seasonal decorations to be removed within 30 days. Your Christmas lights have been up for 97 days. You fined me $50 for 11 minutes of trash can visibility on collection day while you've been in violation for over three months."
The room was quiet
One of the other three complainers said "he's right"
The board members looked at each other
Karen said "that's a separate issue"
I said "it's the same bylaws"
She said "we'll review it"
I said "I already did. Page 12. Happy to share my highlights."
My wife looked at the ceiling
Some things never change
Karen said "I think we should move on"
I said "agreed. I'll move on when the Christmas lights do."
Nobody laughed
I wasn't joking
I paid the $50
Because it's $50 and I'm not going to die on that hill
But if the rules apply to me they apply to everyone
So I filed a formal complaint about the lights
With photos
Timestamped
Funny how surveillance works both ways
The fine for seasonal decoration violations is $75 per occurrence
She's been in violation for 67 days past the 30-day grace period
I'll let her do the math
Or I'll do it for her
Because that's what I do
Make common sense common again
Plz fix. Thx.
Sent from my iPhone
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@REMASCULATE Parking lot is packed, clean, colorful… no campers and RVs living there. Life was so much better then…
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@1ssve How about: “That is just dumb.” Or “f-ing dumb” for emphasis…
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@Maga4liberty Y’all dumb if you think everything you see is true and accurate. A quick image search easily confirms it’s altered…

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@MalditaSummer Con gente afuera, sí… con gente aquí se usa más SMS, FB Messenger y Messages
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If it were up to me, I wouldn't post several photos a day as it waters down the quality of the photos on a day to day basis. I have mayyyyybe 30-50 pictures that i really love. Now if this were more travel oriented then i wouldn't mind so much.
The problem is, to get any of our work seen we have to post at least once a day for the algo gods to bless you with any views.

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@MbarkCherguia Tell them to capitalize All, add a period inside “on call.”, and fix “neeed”…
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@TheSerahIbrahim To be more precise, VISA an acronym (an abbreviation pronounced like a word) - in contrast to an initialism (an abbreviation with each letter pronounced individually, like FBI).
Either way… it’s all caps (or it refers to a government document or passport stamp)…
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@ChrisMurphyCT Maybe he should just wear his pointy white hat and robe everywhere he goes...
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@BradOnMessage @SouthwestAir Flight attendants can update the manifest to reflect your new seat, if you tell them (or ask).
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In a totally empty late night plane, a @SouthwestAir flight attendant just refused to let me sit anywhere except the row where my ticket is, and where someone inexplicably bought the middle seat. As an 80+ segment a year business flyer, you’d better fix this nonsense SWA.

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@McFaul Can we clarify for the geographically challenged gringos that (1) PR is part of the USA, and (2) many refer to the USA as just “America” but in Spanish that word refers to the whole of the Americas (both North and South). Oh… and (3) being American doesn’t mean being white…
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@paperssil FYI Esteban Alberto Martinez is the actor who played Lil Papi…
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@jimbourg @JoyceWhiteVance Maybe… just maybe… there’s a pattern there that escapes your advanced analytic skillset. Like Occam’s Razor…
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Ah - the old international / antifa conference calls conspiracy theory rears its head once again. Funny how all the defamation suits Dominion has filed against allegations like this so far have gone in Dominion’s favor to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars:
1.Fox News — settled (April 2023) for $787.5 million. 
2.Newsmax — settled (reported Aug. 2025) for $67 million. 
3.Rudy Giuliani — settled (reported Sept. 2025; terms confidential). 
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@Mr_Husky1 Your husband’s sense of fashion is… jealousy masked as criticism.
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My husband just looked at the dress I spent three months making for my fashion design final and said it looks like "a waitress uniform from Olive Garden." I literally stood there in my pajamas, coffee going cold, watching him laugh at his own joke while my heart shattered. Every night after the kids went to bed, I'd been down in my sewing room hand-stitching each geometric pattern, sourcing the perfect burnt orange fabric to represent volcanic ash, even buying vintage brass buttons from a seller in an online shop that cost more than I want to admit. This dress was supposed to prove I'm not crazy for going back to school at 47.
Now I can't even look at it without feeling stupid. My professor called it "one of the most innovative pieces she's seen," but what if she's just being nice? I've been selling simpler pieces in my shop to help pay for supplies and people seem to love my work there, but maybe Eve's right - maybe this is just suburban mom delusion. The showcase is in two weeks and I'm paralyzed. Do I submit this "Olive Garden waitress" dress anyway, or start over with something safer that won't make people laugh? I honestly don't know if I'm being too sensitive or if he just crushed something I'll never get back.
Credit - Kelly Stephens

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@MaryLTrump How, when the GOP controls both chambers? Where are the GOP members with a shred of ethics, backbone, and love of country??!…
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The news about ICE gets worse by the minute.
Democrats, can we please dispense with the notion that this fascist agency can be reformed or reined in? ICE needs to be defunded and dismantled as soon as possible before more people get killed.
marytrump.org
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@gaughen Either 78 is the bottom 7% of that 93%, or the entire curve is left skewed and the average is way lower than 78%. Either way… it’s 😱
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