Tuesday, November 05, 2019
Our house is on the market! Buy our house
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Saturday, October 18, 2014
So I was browsing through Facebook's Butte County's Virtual Yard Sale and noticed a photo of a found dog that really resembled our little Max. I turned around and made sure he was still sleeping on my sweatshirt behind me and he was, so I read further. Apparently this lady took in this Max-doppleganger and found out that his owners had moved and abandoned him. I checked with Kathie and contacted this lady in hopes of giving him a new forever home. Turns out someone else got to him before us. A few days later, this lady contacted us and said that that other family had second thoughts and she had him back and wondered if we were still interested. Well after 2 days of telling her we were interested and setting up a vet appointment for the little guy, she had not gotten a hold of us by the time the appointment was set. Then she Facebook messaged us this afternoon, apologizes and asks if we are still interested!?!?!?! Ugh. And, of course, we said yes. That was 4 hours ago...no response, nil, nada, zip...WTF??? I am just about done with her. She's going to cost that little dog a good home by being such a flake.
Friday, August 15, 2014
Monday, January 01, 2007
I'm back!
I'm back from a short holiday break! Besides, no one really wants to hear rants and negative things during the holidays anyways. Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season!
Oh, and bad tidings to whoever stole two strands of rope lights from my front yard the week before Christmas. If you had come and asked me for them at the door, I would have given them to you for free!
Oh, and bad tidings to whoever stole two strands of rope lights from my front yard the week before Christmas. If you had come and asked me for them at the door, I would have given them to you for free!
Thursday, November 30, 2006
What a week!
Wow, it's been one heck of a week. My Letter to the Editor was published in the Chico Enterprise-Record on 11/24/06. (http://www.chicoer.com/fastsearchresults/ci_4713568) On Monday, while I was contacted by Linda Watkins-Bennett from KHSL news and asked if she could interview me as a Chico citizen opposed to a homeless camp. The news was doing a series on Life In The Streets.
Tuesday afternoon, I met Linda at the KHSL building and we did a short interview. I answered several questions on camera about why I thought a homeless camp would not be a good idea and problems I thought would be associated with it.
They aired the homeless camp story that evening and I was cut down to one line and a short prelude by Linda. This is what the transcript reads:
But residents like Adrian Leung don't like the idea. He says attempts at camps in places like Sacramento don't work. and he's worried that the homeless who are being driven out of bigger cities like San Francisco, will re-locate here because of the camp.
Holcombe disagrees. "it's been proven time and time shelters don't draw people to the community. They serve people already here and if nothing else, successfully reduce homelessness by connecting to services over time,"
Notice Holcombe says "SHELTERS" not camps. Nice politician's play on words to confuse the audience. Yeah, shelters serve the people already here...but be assured, if you build a camp, they will come. And once it's established, and proves that it is not successful, good luck on getting it disbanded.
I sent in a rebuttal/clarification letter immediately to KNVN/KHSL and the Chico Enterprise-Record which they printed on 12/02/06 - (http://www.chicoer.com/fastsearchresults/ci_4759538). I also contacted Butte County Supervisors Josiassen and Dolan concerning a proposed site at 1525 Dayton Road. The both replied quickly and were very receptive to my concerns. I won't be posting their replies but I can be contacted at ajleung@comcast.net for information regarding their thoughts.
Ah, the battle continues...
Tuesday afternoon, I met Linda at the KHSL building and we did a short interview. I answered several questions on camera about why I thought a homeless camp would not be a good idea and problems I thought would be associated with it.
They aired the homeless camp story that evening and I was cut down to one line and a short prelude by Linda. This is what the transcript reads:
But residents like Adrian Leung don't like the idea. He says attempts at camps in places like Sacramento don't work. and he's worried that the homeless who are being driven out of bigger cities like San Francisco, will re-locate here because of the camp.
Holcombe disagrees. "it's been proven time and time shelters don't draw people to the community. They serve people already here and if nothing else, successfully reduce homelessness by connecting to services over time,"
Notice Holcombe says "SHELTERS" not camps. Nice politician's play on words to confuse the audience. Yeah, shelters serve the people already here...but be assured, if you build a camp, they will come. And once it's established, and proves that it is not successful, good luck on getting it disbanded.
I sent in a rebuttal/clarification letter immediately to KNVN/KHSL and the Chico Enterprise-Record which they printed on 12/02/06 - (http://www.chicoer.com/fastsearchresults/ci_4759538). I also contacted Butte County Supervisors Josiassen and Dolan concerning a proposed site at 1525 Dayton Road. The both replied quickly and were very receptive to my concerns. I won't be posting their replies but I can be contacted at ajleung@comcast.net for information regarding their thoughts.
Ah, the battle continues...
Thursday, November 23, 2006
A Little Common Sense on the Road
Oh man, I could go on and on about the nuisances on the roads of Chico. Here's a few to start the list:
1. When you are merging onto the freeway, the traffic on the freeway is moving at 60-65 MPH. You are a traffic hazard if you try to merge at 35 MPH. Also, stopping at the top of the on ramp and waiting to you have adequate clearance is not an option!
2. Also on the topic on freeway onramps, if you are making a right onto the freeway onramp, your traffic sign says "YIELD", not "MERGE". You are to wait until all the cars that have the right of way have cleared. Do not try to squeeze in!
3. It's common knowledge that traffic lights turn green after a short time being red. When it turns green, that means you can and should proceed. I surely hope that you weren't caught by surprise when it turned green because that was what you were sitting there waiting for.
4. The curb weight of a sedan is about 3000 lbs. Moving at 35 MPH creates a pretty sizable moving projectile. Driving while talking on a cell phone reduces your concentration. So basically with this huge moving projectile, you are willing to take a chance just to chat with your mom, sorority sister, drinking buddy, etc? And now they have talking GPS systems built in to further distract you from concentrating on one of the most important daily tasks? That's quite a risk you're willing to take. Don't take that risk on me or my family!
5. When you see an emergency vehicle responding to a call (lights and sirens), you need to pull to the right. That doesn't mean stop right where you are in the middle of the road, try to outrun the emergency vehicle, pull to the right and creep along slowly, or go ahead and make that turn to get out of the way. It means pull to the right and stop! How would you like it if you delayed that emergency vehice if they were responding to your loved ones?
6. If you are driving too slow, you are as much of a traffic hazard as someone who is driving too fast. Also, you have 3 mirrors on your car for a reason, they're not just decoration.
1. When you are merging onto the freeway, the traffic on the freeway is moving at 60-65 MPH. You are a traffic hazard if you try to merge at 35 MPH. Also, stopping at the top of the on ramp and waiting to you have adequate clearance is not an option!
2. Also on the topic on freeway onramps, if you are making a right onto the freeway onramp, your traffic sign says "YIELD", not "MERGE". You are to wait until all the cars that have the right of way have cleared. Do not try to squeeze in!
3. It's common knowledge that traffic lights turn green after a short time being red. When it turns green, that means you can and should proceed. I surely hope that you weren't caught by surprise when it turned green because that was what you were sitting there waiting for.
4. The curb weight of a sedan is about 3000 lbs. Moving at 35 MPH creates a pretty sizable moving projectile. Driving while talking on a cell phone reduces your concentration. So basically with this huge moving projectile, you are willing to take a chance just to chat with your mom, sorority sister, drinking buddy, etc? And now they have talking GPS systems built in to further distract you from concentrating on one of the most important daily tasks? That's quite a risk you're willing to take. Don't take that risk on me or my family!
5. When you see an emergency vehicle responding to a call (lights and sirens), you need to pull to the right. That doesn't mean stop right where you are in the middle of the road, try to outrun the emergency vehicle, pull to the right and creep along slowly, or go ahead and make that turn to get out of the way. It means pull to the right and stop! How would you like it if you delayed that emergency vehice if they were responding to your loved ones?
6. If you are driving too slow, you are as much of a traffic hazard as someone who is driving too fast. Also, you have 3 mirrors on your car for a reason, they're not just decoration.
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