I'm not a mouth breather, ditto. My mouth opens for food & drink, when I have something intelligent to say and for one other thing.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 4:37 PM in response to Open Thread

Lechacal, I'll be diving for eels off the south street seaport with the most interesting man in the world and then we'll have a few Dos Equis

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 4:32 PM in response to Open Thread

ditto, I actually look like Larry brown with glasses and short gray hair...

http://stevemasonsmog.typepad.com/.a/6a00e39820718388330120a64845f3970c-800wi

I won't be in my usual suit and tie though.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 4:31 PM in response to Open Thread

I gotta go home to drop of my laptop so I'll probably get there around 6:30-7:00

I suspect CGar will be there earlier...maybe even 5:45 or so. Not sure about the others.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 4:22 PM in response to Open Thread

ditto... I use Soul Glo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-aqJ0Qggkg

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 4:18 PM in response to Open Thread

m4l is all talk and most of that is so heavily accented it's hard to understand what he's saying. Besides, if there are cookies his face will be stuffed.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 4:14 PM in response to Open Thread

Don't you always go to the hair salon before your weekend nights out?????

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 4:10 PM in response to Open Thread

And yet you say you sit on the train floor!!!!!!

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 4:07 PM in response to Open Thread

I hope they are mouth breathers!!!!! That would really make my day. Are they also cross-eyed????

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 4:05 PM in response to Open Thread

Montserrat

Montissorri

Bolero

Montero

Call it what you want.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 4:02 PM in response to Open Thread

Bring the wife's brothers if you do...JoJo and Bambang.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 3:56 PM in response to Open Thread

ditto, are you going to show up at Bolero to meet us???

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 3:55 PM in response to Open Thread

Double jinx, ditto.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 3:54 PM in response to Open Thread

rob, would you rather have had the baby crying the whole trip??

The lip thing may have been a cleft palatte.

If you show up at montserrat later remind me to tell you about the cross-eyed Asian body builder with the hair lip.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 3:54 PM in response to Open Thread

What's the "biohazard hand sign?"

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 3:45 PM in response to Open Thread

I'd get some bids. Ultimately the owner of the unit above is responsible. Get the board involved.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 3:39 PM in response to Water Damage

didn't you have your camera, denton???

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 3:33 PM in response to Open Thread

Have a good flight, etson.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 3:28 PM in response to Open Thread

Calm down, jaguar.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 3:27 PM in response to Bedbugs... Who is Liable? Tenant? Landlord?

I would imagine that most of the census numbers for AZ are now invalid.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 3:19 PM in response to Open Thread

A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjGpcEA-FyE

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 3:16 PM in response to Open Thread

" How come all the trust fund kids got the census jobs and not actual NYC poor people? "

Why knock a good thing when you're feeding at the tit of the government?

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 3:08 PM in response to Open Thread

denton, just got a recp on employment numbers at lunch meeting and most of the census workers have been let go already.

I had some worthless idiot knock on my door in Bucks County a month or so ago. he only wanted to know if anyone was living in the house on one specific date.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 3:07 PM in response to Open Thread

denton, I think you should volunteer to go over rob's credit report for him.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 2:54 PM in response to Open Thread

I suspect some people on here came out in a litter.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 2:52 PM in response to Open Thread

It will make a difference whether you do this with permits or not as moving to another wall will likely require a new vent stack depending upon the distance from the old one and wether or not it's on the same wall. Rerouting hot & cold water under the floor isn't much of an issue.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 2:47 PM in response to Moving Plumbing for Kitchen Sink

Hola, peeps. back from lunch. i see nothing of substance being discussed. the creationism discussion was rather lame in my opinion.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 2:33 PM in response to Open Thread

There are a lot of jobs in Texas for animal husbandry.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 11:56 AM in response to Open Thread

"The only answer is to default, foreclose and bankrupt all of the nonperforming debt. Let the chips fall where they may or suffer an even larger catastrophe. The Great Depression of the 30's was because Hoover/FDR did not let this happen."

ROTFLMMFAO. You have absolutely no clue what caused the great depression, no clue.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 11:53 AM in response to Open Thread

All my exes are in texas.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 11:42 AM in response to Open Thread

11217 is PWNING BHO in the thread about the former brothel selling out as new condos.

It's not all that difficult though.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 11:40 AM in response to Open Thread

So what are you going to do with the Champettes during the day??? Chain them to the radiators??

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 11:35 AM in response to Open Thread

Something's amiss at Facebook. They just announced that they are putting off their share sale until 2012 "to buy more time for growth."

WTF??? If the growth has already slowed it ain't gonna pick up. Wouldn't you think that growth over the past year or two would have been extremely strong for facebook??

I guess not.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 11:30 AM in response to Open Thread

IMBY, they do it in the fall when there are no leaves and they can slide it down over the top of the tree.

The guard is only three sided.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 11:27 AM in response to Iron Tree Pit Guards

So if you actually took the new job (if it was offered) you'd be at the same firm as Mrs. C????

That entails more risk, no?

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 11:24 AM in response to Open Thread

So if you actually took the new job (if it was offered) you'd be at the same firm as Mrs. C????

That entails more risk, no?

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 11:24 AM in response to Open Thread

Lechacal, don't forget to take the client list!!!

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 11:21 AM in response to Open Thread

I thought brownstones were supposed to be selling at Half Off!!!! I guess not.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 11:19 AM in response to 153 Lincoln Place Sells Out

Biff...one way to let them down nicely is to say that things have changed at your firm and you've decided that it would be best to stick it out given the new opportunity...whether that is true or not.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 11:15 AM in response to Open Thread

Because the truth only has one version. But even WE are not alone. This kind of consistency should worry you.

***Bid half off peak comps***

Spoken like true nutjob.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 11:13 AM in response to Open Thread

And I do know that everything is NOT hunky dorey out there.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 11:12 AM in response to Open Thread

Pete..I have a 2007 unlimited contract. I was told that was being renewed. I asked him about other contracts and he said Yes, in 2008 it was changed with a cap on usage. I guess I'm grandfathered (silverdaddied) in.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 11:08 AM in response to Open Thread

dh, I largely live off of my capital now. What keeps me up at night is the direction of the market.

You'd be amazed how little I pay in taxes b/c actual income is low.

And yes, all around the country, not just here, milions and millions feed off of wallstreet. Think technology, printers, delivery guys, chinese food takeout. I can go on and on but it is a much bigger number than anyone could believe. Wall Street offices aren't only in NYC tou know.

What businesses do you think occupy the most spce in hong Kong, London, Switzerland, etc, etc, etc?

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 11:03 AM in response to Open Thread

When has real estate in NYC EVER tracked inflation??? NEVER.

You need to get a grip on what makes this market different in both good times and bad.

Your steadfast obsession with 10X rents is an example of how you clearly are unable to think outside the box and, in fact, face reality, even when it stares you in the face for years!!!!!!

**I pity the homeless**

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 10:58 AM in response to Open Thread

"there's only two economies that apparently matter in this world. wall street and the sex trade :-/ screw everyone else who doesn't fit into those ridiculous worlds"

Don't forget eating and drinking.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 10:55 AM in response to Open Thread

Millions "feed" off wall street, jessi, millions; including many from the middle class.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 10:54 AM in response to Open Thread

Also, if you do get the Community Board to staart this process, when they decide to measure your plit for one of these they will remove what you may have already put there INCLUDING the plants. They seem to be some sort of morons that way.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 10:48 AM in response to Iron Tree Pit Guards

I can't talk to BHO anymore. I'm just not used to that level of illogical discourse. It's like looking at Paul Krendler in the chair babbling on after Lecter gave him a prefontal lobotomy.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 10:41 AM in response to Open Thread

By Biff Champion on July 30, 2010 10:15 AM

"I wont show up till probably 9:30 - have to play with the little boy and put him to sleep b4 coming over"

And will you have to spend time with your son as well?

OUCH!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 10:18 AM in response to Open Thread

By Brownstones Half Off on July 30, 2010 10:11 AM

Only foreclosures have bottomed, DIBS. You can't see the reality for your feces. Remove head from arse.

***Bid half off peak comps***

WHOA. STOP THE PRESSES. BHO HAS CHANGED HIS TUNE> IF FORECLOSURES HAVE BOTTEMOED THEN THERE'S NO MORE SHADOW INVENTORY THAT YOU HARP ON

I think the shit that is all over your face has started to enter the orifices and cloud your thinking. Your eyes are brown aren't they???

Think about what you said but don't think so hard that you give yourself a headache.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 30, 2010 10:16 AM in response to Open Thread

Bedbugs will move between apartments in a single building, so it's important to do the whole building if you're going to do anything at all. That's part of the reason it's important that it's the landlord's responsibility. And I say that as a landlord. (please god do not send me bugs.)

If the bugs came from a neighbor's apartment, the neighbor will have to go through the same rigorous regimen that you do - if they don't you'll just get reinfested.

What the broker said about there not being bedbugs when you moved in so if you get them, it's your fault is not true and also not enforceable. He sounds like a peach, though.

Posted by: UnprotectedWrecks at July 30, 2010 4:43 PM in response to Bedbugs... Who is Liable? Tenant? Landlord?

@ Who - I read the huge BB infestation within the last 5-7 years is attributed to all the foreign tourists who are coming here to vacation in droves since the dollar weakened sharply. Not sure I believe it personally, but that's where some of the blame is going.

Posted by: bowl of dicks at July 30, 2010 4:44 PM in response to Bedbugs... Who is Liable? Tenant? Landlord?

Heat seems to be the best remedy, and prevention as much as possible.

I don't put anything on the floor of a hotel room any more. I pack my clothes in plastic bags and leave them in my suitcase while on a trip, put all my stuff on metal racks or in the bathroom. And I look up hotels on the bedbug registry and never buy used furniture or clothes. But still they are just everywhere and they are getting worse.

Posted by: dogpatch at July 30, 2010 4:44 PM in response to Bedbugs... Who is Liable? Tenant? Landlord?

@Who - DDT (the only effective pesticide) was banned - since BB were essentially eradicated by the time it was banned 1970s - it took along time till they made it back at a noticeable level. They are back.
In reality BB have been a scourge on humans for all of our history (except for those glory years in the 20th century when we were allowed to use chemical warfare) - BB as an issue is actually the norm.
Personally I think they should just bring back DDT for licensed professionals (it is allowed in other countries btw)

Posted by: fsrg at July 30, 2010 4:50 PM in response to Bedbugs... Who is Liable? Tenant? Landlord?

If the renter is insured get the name of his insurance company. If not get the name of the renters owner of the apartment and get the owners insurance company.
The board will not be involved. They will run for cover.

Posted by: Ysabelle at July 30, 2010 4:51 PM in response to Water Damage

We got our tree guards free through Marty Markowitz's office. I took three years. I am sure they can provide you with the name of the contractor they used.

Posted by: BedstuyMaven at July 30, 2010 4:56 PM in response to Iron Tree Pit Guards

COOP are all lessees. The Coop corporation owns everything. Contact the Board. Put it in writing. Notify your own insurance carrier too. Better let your insurance carrier work out who should pay them back.

Posted by: smeyer418 at July 30, 2010 5:01 PM in response to Water Damage

Quote:
so the broker is sweet, loving, looyal and likes to kissies? hahah. for future reference you should call refer to him as a labradoodle. those dogs be nasty ass.

No. He smells fear and goes for the juggular before you know what is happening. Pitbulls can be NASTY when they want to be (also can be VERY loving... one of my favorite breeds). Labradoodles are just hyper. That hyperness can turn to aggression if not properly trained. Pitbulls, on the other hand, have been bread to kill (same with Akita, Rhodesian Ridgeback, and other hunting breeds).

What do the matress wraps do? Can the bedbugs burrow into the fabric? They look too big to fit between seems / threads... They are about the size of an apple seed... Like I said, I am going to break down the entire matress / platform combo (sleep number bed by select comfort) and will treat each part of the mattress separately for bedbugs. I am NOT throwing out a $2k+ matress if it can be cleaned.

Like I said, I think we caught it early enough (within 2 weeks of first bite.. and we have only seen 1 bug after searching for about 30 minutes with flashlight) that it has not spread through our entire apartment. We rolled up EVERYTHING on the bed (pillows, comforter, fitted sheet, sheets, pillow cases, etc.) up into the fitted sheet, and placed all of it inside a sealed plastic laundry bag. We are debating on whether to wash / clean them, or to just toss it all out and get new linens (we have spare ones that do not appear infested)... We will make that determination as soon as we get an inspection and know exactly how bad the infestation is (the worse it is, the more likely we will just toss the infested stuff).

Here's to hoping its not THAT bad!

Cheers!

John

Posted by: jwa4378 at July 30, 2010 5:09 PM in response to Bedbugs... Who is Liable? Tenant? Landlord?

Wow. Sorry.

Certainly start with the board - and contact the owner and the renter immediately. I think it's highly unlikely the building's insurance pays for something like this. Their involvement will vary by building but the tenant has got to have rental insurance as a condition of renting - one very much hopes. They're likely to be out of pocket.

Good luck.

Posted by: Johnny at July 30, 2010 5:36 PM in response to Water Damage

John, just wash your stuff on super hot water and high dryer but throw out the bag that it's been in and any other bags your linens have been in. Don't carry the old bag through the house to the trash but wrap it up where you find it and seal it tightly in another trash bag.

As far as I understand if you have BB's in your mattress the cover can contain them, which you might want to do until you get a detective dog in there, which I hope you do ASAP.

Posted by: dogpatch at July 30, 2010 6:55 PM in response to Bedbugs... Who is Liable? Tenant? Landlord?