Official Squatch Watchers

[staceyj]

Morning folks

Anansi You've handled it much better than I would have, I'd probably would have gone to jail.

You said it Bob!
I would have SNAPPED, long ago and they’d have dragged me away.

Speaking of jail, @Anansi
Would bringing the police into it help any?

If nothing else, to get all this on record?
After all, the bureaucracy of any town’s management isn’t known for their fantastic record keeping.

Maybe if complaints started piling up with the local sheriffs/police Dept office you’d have a better paper trail.

I am so very sorry for what you and your family are going through.
And damn. Seizures are scary. Hugs to you daughter.

@Redhead Rae, that tummy’s growing!
Can’t wait to meet T 2

It’s not like chickassin to be gone from all of BYC....

 

[21hens-incharge]

Chickassan last posted on Feb 8.

Where are all the Squatchy peeps disappearing to??????

 

[CapricornFarm]

All that quiet is gonna drive you nuts Cap, maybe you should get some "Long Crowers," roosters

I already have a bunch of roosters and they do enough crowing, thanks! It doesn't bother me but hubby listens to everything while trying to sleep.

 

[apryl29]

@Texas Kiki
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Well, I now know how to flush a crop successfully. Gurtrude's crop wasn't emptying, so I tried to get her to puke it up, but apparently it was too thick. I added water, massaged enough to mix it well, added more water and had her give it all up. Repeated several times and got stuff out that may have been inhibiting the proper emptying. Finally got mostly water, gave her a dose of nutridrench, her meds and about 1 1/2 tsp of the baby food/layer feed mix, and am calling it good. I'll check on her later and see if her system is working properly again. Pretty sure Gurtrude isn't happy with me at the moment, but at least she's not sitting there with stuff turning in to overdone mash in her crop. I doubt it would make good moonshine, and she doesn't need to be an alcoholic anyhow.

Other than that, life is still throwing us frustration with the neighbors and playing havoc with DD#3. We're waiting on to hear from the neurologist, as she had an EEG today, which actually turned out to be good timing since she started having non-epileptic seizures on Monday. We did some research and think she might have narcolepsy on top of everything else. Poor kid can't catch a break. Her service dog figured out the scent she gives off before a seizure and was alerting her by Tuesday, and we've figured out some of the triggers. Unfortunately, the neurologist is the one who will prescribe any medications, so until then she's stuck at home unless she has an appt, and then she's confined to a wheel chair for her safety because she can have them almost every five minutes. I took her to the ER, and they did enough of a workup to let us know they aren't epileptic, and not life threatening, just inconvenient and frustrating. So, we wait.

The water utility people are coming tomorrow to determine exactly where the damage to the water line is, whose house it runs to and how it got damaged. The idiot that just about electrocuted himself with the backhoe was back, and brought manual labor with him, didn't want to listen about the water line, tried to tell me to talk to the dude who owns the lot they are laying the conduit for. I beat him to it last week and was told that it's the idiots responsibility. So I called the water utility and told them to send someone today to talk to the taterhole so he didn't backfill where the damage is. When I got back from the EEG with DD#3, they had the road right in front of my driveway dig up, DD#3 was tired, hungry and upset, which resulted in seizures. I told them they needed to finish in front of the driveway so I could get to my house, they offered to put a piece of plywood across so I walk up. I told them that was not an option because DD#3 would need to be in her wheelchair. Basically, idiot decided since they had a permit, they weren't required to make sure I had access to my house, or let me know when they were going to dig in front of it for that matter. No, they did not have steel plates so they could work without preventing me from coming and going. If the appointment had been later in the day, we would have missed it, and if we needed to go to the emergency room, we wouldn't have been able to. The only way to get to our house from the road was to go across the trench. DH told them he's tired of their crap, since this idiot has a reputation of tatering things up with utilities and other things, and that if needed, he could retain a lawyer by close of business today. The crap they're pulling is very stressful and has kept me up all night several times, and is now a trigger for DD#3. Honestly, I like the Hispanic guys that were doing the building, and the Ukrainian homeowners can go play in an oversized rodent water trap. At least the Hispanic guys let us know when they were doing something overly loud, started later than normal, kept their stereo facing away from our house, and made sure people weren't using our driveway to deliver supplies to the property.

So, tomorrow I'll be calling the county building inspector and file some complaints. Would have done it today, but you know, it's too inconvenient for then to be available all 5 business days, and Weds is the day they choose to be closed.

Rant over

So sorry you're going through all of that. I hope your daughter is able to get the help she needs quickly. Her service dog sounds amazing!
As for the idiots next door, is there a zoning office you can call too? I would think they'd be the ones issuing permits and maybe you can get his permit pulled. Also, maybe call the BBB and see if they are listed and file a complaint there. I agree w/ Stacey about calling the cops (at least the non-emergency line). At this point you could call and atty and ask them about what your options are.
I hope this all gets straightened out soon. I don't know how you typed all that out w/o using any swear words.. I want to use all of them and I'm just responding to it. It sounds like that guy is just seriously has no respect for you and your property. He certainly needs to be fired by someone, if he's the owner of the co, or a contractor then the home owner needs to do it, if he's a peon, then the co owner needs to boot him. I suspect he's someone's son/nephew... which means the lawyer will probably become necessary.

 

[apryl29]

Chickassan last posted on Feb 8.

Where are all the Squatchy peeps disappearing to??????

I was wondering the same thing. I hope they're all doing ok & that they just found a life outside the internet. I hear that sometimes people go outside and actually interact w/ people in person.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Well, I now know how to flush a crop successfully. Gurtrude's crop wasn't emptying, so I tried to get her to puke it up, but apparently it was too thick. I added water, massaged enough to mix it well, added more water and had her give it all up. Repeated several times and got stuff out that may have been inhibiting the proper emptying. Finally got mostly water, gave her a dose of nutridrench, her meds and about 1 1/2 tsp of the baby food/layer feed mix, and am calling it good. I'll check on her later and see if her system is working properly again. Pretty sure Gurtrude isn't happy with me at the moment, but at least she's not sitting there with stuff turning in to overdone mash in her crop. I doubt it would make good moonshine, and she doesn't need to be an alcoholic anyhow.

Other than that, life is still throwing us frustration with the neighbors and playing havoc with DD#3. We're waiting on to hear from the neurologist, as she had an EEG today, which actually turned out to be good timing since she started having non-epileptic seizures on Monday. We did some research and think she might have narcolepsy on top of everything else. Poor kid can't catch a break. Her service dog figured out the scent she gives off before a seizure and was alerting her by Tuesday, and we've figured out some of the triggers. Unfortunately, the neurologist is the one who will prescribe any medications, so until then she's stuck at home unless she has an appt, and then she's confined to a wheel chair for her safety because she can have them almost every five minutes. I took her to the ER, and they did enough of a workup to let us know they aren't epileptic, and not life threatening, just inconvenient and frustrating. So, we wait.

The water utility people are coming tomorrow to determine exactly where the damage to the water line is, whose house it runs to and how it got damaged. The idiot that just about electrocuted himself with the backhoe was back, and brought manual labor with him, didn't want to listen about the water line, tried to tell me to talk to the dude who owns the lot they are laying the conduit for. I beat him to it last week and was told that it's the idiots responsibility. So I called the water utility and told them to send someone today to talk to the taterhole so he didn't backfill where the damage is. When I got back from the EEG with DD#3, they had the road right in front of my driveway dig up, DD#3 was tired, hungry and upset, which resulted in seizures. I told them they needed to finish in front of the driveway so I could get to my house, they offered to put a piece of plywood across so I walk up. I told them that was not an option because DD#3 would need to be in her wheelchair. Basically, idiot decided since they had a permit, they weren't required to make sure I had access to my house, or let me know when they were going to dig in front of it for that matter. No, they did not have steel plates so they could work without preventing me from coming and going. If the appointment had been later in the day, we would have missed it, and if we needed to go to the emergency room, we wouldn't have been able to. The only way to get to our house from the road was to go across the trench. DH told them he's tired of their crap, since this idiot has a reputation of tatering things up with utilities and other things, and that if needed, he could retain a lawyer by close of business today. The crap they're pulling is very stressful and has kept me up all night several times, and is now a trigger for DD#3. Honestly, I like the Hispanic guys that were doing the building, and the Ukrainian homeowners can go play in an oversized rodent water trap. At least the Hispanic guys let us know when they were doing something overly loud, started later than normal, kept their stereo facing away from our house, and made sure people weren't using our driveway to deliver supplies to the property.

So, tomorrow I'll be calling the county building inspector and file some complaints. Would have done it today, but you know, it's too inconvenient for then to be available all 5 business days, and Weds is the day they choose to be closed.

Rant over

Oh my, you sure have more than your share of issues. Hope they resolve quickly!

 

[apryl29]

I read the OP, is this just a chat thread now?

Welcome! After the OP was resolved, more or less, a new thread was started here so we could all keep talking. Feel free to jump in. We talk about anything and everything, animal related & not. People come and go all time, some days are more chatty than others, but don't feel like you need to go back and read everything to be part of the group.

 

[21hens-incharge]

I was wondering the same thing. I hope they're all doing ok & that they just found a life outside the internet. I hear that sometimes people go outside and actually interact w/ people in person.

What is this "outside" and "interact" you speak of??

 

[drumstick diva]

Exactly

 

[Molpet]

Well, I now know how to flush a crop successfully. Gurtrude's crop wasn't emptying, so I tried to get her to puke it up, but apparently it was too thick. I added water, massaged enough to mix it well, added more water and had her give it all up. Repeated several times and got stuff out that may have been inhibiting the proper emptying. Finally got mostly water, gave her a dose of nutridrench, her meds and about 1 1/2 tsp of the baby food/layer feed mix, and am calling it good. I'll check on her later and see if her system is working properly again. Pretty sure Gurtrude isn't happy with me at the moment, but at least she's not sitting there with stuff turning in to overdone mash in her crop. I doubt it would make good moonshine, and she doesn't need to be an alcoholic anyhow.

Other than that, life is still throwing us frustration with the neighbors and playing havoc with DD#3. We're waiting on to hear from the neurologist, as she had an EEG today, which actually turned out to be good timing since she started having non-epileptic seizures on Monday. We did some research and think she might have narcolepsy on top of everything else. Poor kid can't catch a break. Her service dog figured out the scent she gives off before a seizure and was alerting her by Tuesday, and we've figured out some of the triggers. Unfortunately, the neurologist is the one who will prescribe any medications, so until then she's stuck at home unless she has an appt, and then she's confined to a wheel chair for her safety because she can have them almost every five minutes. I took her to the ER, and they did enough of a workup to let us know they aren't epileptic, and not life threatening, just inconvenient and frustrating. So, we wait.

The water utility people are coming tomorrow to determine exactly where the damage to the water line is, whose house it runs to and how it got damaged. The idiot that just about electrocuted himself with the backhoe was back, and brought manual labor with him, didn't want to listen about the water line, tried to tell me to talk to the dude who owns the lot they are laying the conduit for. I beat him to it last week and was told that it's the idiots responsibility. So I called the water utility and told them to send someone today to talk to the taterhole so he didn't backfill where the damage is. When I got back from the EEG with DD#3, they had the road right in front of my driveway dig up, DD#3 was tired, hungry and upset, which resulted in seizures. I told them they needed to finish in front of the driveway so I could get to my house, they offered to put a piece of plywood across so I walk up. I told them that was not an option because DD#3 would need to be in her wheelchair. Basically, idiot decided since they had a permit, they weren't required to make sure I had access to my house, or let me know when they were going to dig in front of it for that matter. No, they did not have steel plates so they could work without preventing me from coming and going. If the appointment had been later in the day, we would have missed it, and if we needed to go to the emergency room, we wouldn't have been able to. The only way to get to our house from the road was to go across the trench. DH told them he's tired of their crap, since this idiot has a reputation of tatering things up with utilities and other things, and that if needed, he could retain a lawyer by close of business today. The crap they're pulling is very stressful and has kept me up all night several times, and is now a trigger for DD#3. Honestly, I like the Hispanic guys that were doing the building, and the Ukrainian homeowners can go play in an oversized rodent water trap. At least the Hispanic guys let us know when they were doing something overly loud, started later than normal, kept their stereo facing away from our house, and made sure people weren't using our driveway to deliver supplies to the property.

So, tomorrow I'll be calling the county building inspector and file some complaints. Would have done it today, but you know, it's too inconvenient for then to be available all 5 business days, and Weds is the day they choose to be closed.

Rant over

wow is all I have to say that I can type in that is family friendly