Hi. I’m the creator of @bukbot and @writingpromptsbot. Both I and my partner @rumpelstiltskinix are disabled, and both our healths are taking a great toll without our car. We live in a small town in upstate New York, and public transportation is abysmal here.
About a month ago, our car was totaled by an icicle falling from our neighbor’s house. The windshield and hood were smashed, and the engine now puts out so much carbon monoxide that we get sick just from standing near it when it’s on. If you’re more of a visual learner, what that looks like is this:
The good news is, the neighbor’s landlord is a millionaire. The bad news is, unsurprisingly, he’s a millionaire by means of stomping on everyone else. He has refused to file a claim with his insurance, claiming it was not his responsibility, even though the high court rulings in New York are explicit and plentiful in holding that it is the property owner’s responsibility to take care of icicles lest they kill someone (which has happened) or in our case, destroy property. To quote one of the court rulings:
“He … is responsible for all damages if the shape of his roof is such as to throw them upon his neighbor’s land, in the same manner as he would be if he threw them there himself.”
Davis v. Niagara Falls Tower Co. 171 N.Y. 336 (1902).
Which is to say, the chances of not getting the money eventually are about the same chances as a judge ruling against a Supreme Court ruling.
Barring catastrophic miscarriage of justice, we will get the money. Just… not any time soon.
We have been dealing with this guy’s devastation of our car since January 11th, 2018. After poisoning ourselves via a carbon monoxide leak driving it to a mechanic’s, we’ve had to walk long distances and limit trips to what few taxis we can afford. Both our healths are on rapid decline from this. One of us has temperature regulation problems and extreme hypoglycemia which isn’t scheduled to be addressed by a doctor until May, and which is made much worse by exercise in the cold; the other has spinal and leg injuries from falling through a ceiling and has to use a cane. Needless to say, walking on ice for miles has been bad news for both of us.
We are desperate. We are hoping to be able to raise $1,500 for a new car, which we can pay back once we finally get the money we are owed. Right now, the guy has 21+ days from when everyone gets the court date (any day now) to resolve it privately (which he most likely won’t; he did not respond to our letter). From there, we’re hoping we can find out what bank he uses from our neighbors for quick disbursement – the total he would be paying is less than 25% of his rental income for one month alone (he also runs an HVAC business).
HONESTLY but i would be in the wrong if i firebombed the structures of violence locally n made the docs give out estrogen as the building burns to the ground//music video ideas
The drug dealer is Thomaz Vieira Gomes and it is most certainly real.
The two male nurses who were kidnapped apparently reported that the kidnappers were “not aggressive”. After administering Yellow Fever vaccines for 2 hours in the Salgueiro Favela, where proper medical care is inaccessible, the nurses were driven back to the hospital unharmed.
there’s an old man on my bus wearing a sparkly devil horn headband i don’t understand
now he’s wearing a hot dog hat this is not a drill
i’m putting on my dinosaur hat we can be hat friends
he got off at the same stop as me and waited for me to get off the bus so he could laugh and shake my hand and then he just walked away without a word this is the weirdest day of my life
A little closer view of some of the new generation of babies.
They look like they’re probably 2 or 3 days old, but I didn’t notice them until this afternoon. Very hard to see until they start growing a bit bigger.
(Music: “Vespers” by Topher Mohr, YouTube Audio Library)
Urocyon's Jaunts 2.0 
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