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From: Rochdale MA
Way back when, wife and I would go to Florida or the Caribbean for a few weeks at a time and then return to the armpit of the Earth that is Buffalo, the feeling of being let down was just amazing. All the crumbled down old buildings, slush, brown, leaf less trees, you know what I mean.
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I'm halfway there now and just can't seem to get the rest of the way. It is depressing just thinking about it. I am going up there for turkey day just because all of my offspring are going to be there. I sure wish they would get away, but they all married into families that are from there and just seem stuck. The best chance I have is the oldest daughter. She lives in Chicago and as soon as her only child graduates from high school they're going to escape.
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From: Charlotte-Fairbanks-Bflo
I've thought about that, but for Christmas time, as he's going back down there then. But I've got 3 vehicles I've got to get down there. Only one of them is towable and a bunch of tools. We'll see.
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Even a park a little north where you can walk to beach
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Things aren't as hurried as I thought they'd be. FHA inspection deadline is tomorrow, but apparently the repairs don't have to be made by then,..they just have to be done before closing.
The electrician will be there sometime this week though, I really am anxious to get all this work done because I'll be that much closer to the finish line.
The electrician will be there sometime this week though, I really am anxious to get all this work done because I'll be that much closer to the finish line.
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Even a park a little north where you can walk to beach
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From: Rochdale MA
Things aren't as hurried as I thought they'd be. FHA inspection deadline is tomorrow, but apparently the repairs don't have to be made by then,..they just have to be done before closing.
The electrician will be there sometime this week though, I really am anxious to get all this work done because I'll be that much closer to the finish line.
The electrician will be there sometime this week though, I really am anxious to get all this work done because I'll be that much closer to the finish line.
I know the anxious feeling. Waiting for something is the most difficut part of anything. I think that we are just as anxiuos for you!!!!
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Thank you Ray. Number 1 daughter has been after me to find a place down there and she would pick up the tab. But I think that is easier said than done for her, but she's been insistent about it for a couple of years and I have just not taken her up on it. I sent her the link, so now the ball is in her court.
On another note, talked to my boss today about the status of my closing, hoping that my last day could be the 14th. I was supposed to start training a replacement today, too. Well as it turns out she is giving her previous employer 2 weeks notice, which means he wants me to work the week of my closing to train the new guy. Ugh!
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From: Rochdale MA
Anyone who knows me real well knows that the waiting part is the part I am really bad with. It's torture for me.
On another note, talked to my boss today about the status of my closing, hoping that my last day could be the 14th. I was supposed to start training a replacement today, too. Well as it turns out she is giving her previous employer 2 weeks notice, which means he wants me to work the week of my closing to train the new guy. Ugh!
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From: Rochdale MA
I can't blame you at all, but your like me and won't just leave him hanging. You don't want to burn the bridges. You never know when you'll need a reference.
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Its definitely not easy. He hasn't exactly been very nice to me through this whole experience. But, I made a promise and I will keep that promise, as long as he keeps his. If he doesn't find a replacement before my closing, he's SOL. That's all I have to say about that.