This week, the New York State manufactured housing industry association sent a bunch of people to Albany for the annual lobby day. I had never attended previously. In fact, I had never set foot in downtown Albany, let alone inside the legislative buildings. Here’s what I learned, as our group traveled from State Assembly Member …
See attached article, in Off Assignment. Newfies, Kerrymen, and auditors for the New York State Insurance Fund can click here, here or here. Judge Lynn R. Kotler, J.S.C. can click here.
I have written about my maintenance guy problems in my park in central New York State previously. I kissed a few frogs. J.B. had his good points but he dropped the ball one time too many and he was a slob. The guy I hired to replace him, Allen, seemed like a breath of fresh …
There is an expression in Mandarin, Buyaolian (pronounced boo-yiauw-lee-en, with emphasis on the ‘yauw’). Literally, it means ‘does-not-want-face’. The closest English translation is ‘shameless’, but that does not quite do it justice. It usually means ‘shameless-in-the-way-a-management-consultant-steals-your-watch-and-charges-you-to-tell-you-the-time’, but it can also mean ‘hogging credit when credit is not due’, ‘lazy’, ‘benefiting from other peoples’ work without …
This one does not concern mobile home park management per se. It does, however, concern greed, deception, fraud, and lame excuses. The broad outlines of the manufactured housing industry are never distant. In December of last year, my credit card number was stolen. A bunch of fraudulent charges were made on it, including a charge …
When I turned fifty, my doctor gave me a colonoscopy for a birthday present. He said, “Happy birthday. Now, assume the position”. After I woke up, he told me that he had pumped my intestine full of CO2 and cut out a benign polyp. I did not notice anything other than a slight wooziness, which …
Here are two communications that I recently received. The first was by email, the second by text: FUCK YOU AND YOUR FUCKIN VACINATED YOU STUPID TWISTED BRAINWASHED HUMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And, Without being rude here, why do we have to get vaccinated? Both were in reference to a rule in my parks. Applicants for residence need to …
A few years ago, I decided to grow potatoes on my property. We own a small fraction of an acre down-state, most of which is occupied by a century-plus old house. I try to use every available section of the land to grow things. Most years, I grow snow peas, tomatoes, hot peppers, basil, cilantro, …
The customer service windows at the post office in my town are staffed by three women. One of the women is older and quiet. The second is middle-aged, bitter and ontologically resentful. The third is younger and quite pleasant. The women do not share one eye between the three of them – but it would …
I have not flogged the techno-music group One Eyed Bastard Frog for some time. That is not for lack of belief or enthusiasm; it is merely because I thought that the message had gotten through and I did not want to bore readers. My SEO consultant tells me that I am wrong. You don’t let …