Humphf! Some people really are idiots... (Misha's rant of the day)

[Vinny]

I live in a high rise beachfront apartment. It's beautiful! Views anyone would just love. Nicely renovated outside and apartments have been nicely done up as well. Only two apartments per floor. Anyone under 50 is clearly in the minority.

The only time I get to meet the other inhabitants is at the AGM which I always intend to videotape. The building is largely inhabited by elderly people who have been here for a long time. The last meeting we had an extraordinary meeting due to 'new' legislation bought in 4 years and the council had given notice of an inspection. There was the usual bunfight when an 80 year old woman got on her walking frame, yelled at another woman saying "I've lived here for 23 years. You've only been here for 18 years so you know nothing, so just sit down and shut up!" The pity is the body corporate is run by a clique by some of the inhabitants and not by a company who knows rules, regulations and can organise things properly and legally.

I get a few of the residents coming in asking for various cooking ingredients, advice on how to reverse their car into their car park and other excuses to see what I have done with renovations.

If it wasn't for the views and great apartment i'd sell in a flash.

 

[Dyslexic traveler]

Vinny I think the best thing you can do is live long enough to see them all die and buy all the units or kill them all if there all on Zimmer frames just sneak up behind them and down the stair they goIf you sit by the river long enough, you will see the body of your enemy float by." Sun Tzu, Author "The Art of War"

 

[munitalP]

Well well well, look what I found!

Mishas Rant | Xtranormal

 

[samiam]

Well well well, look what I found!

OMFG! That is absolute GOLD GOLD GOLD!!!

Highlights for me:

1. The neighbours demure outer look - unassuming and does not betray what lies beneath
2. Star Anus - can't help a bad accent
3. Smiley Undies - I wanna see those on the FLounge run
4. The ball-scratching & shagging reference - stated in such a 'matter-of-fact' way

 

[Dyslexic traveler]

That’s funny you can now see why she was in for sum sugar with underwear like that and the six-pack and the Hugh Grant accent it’s a wonder she did not rip of the undies and had her way with you just as long as her husband is not hiding in the wardrobe
bow-chicka-bow-wow

 

[serfty]

: L O L : Slow Day Munital?

 

[Misha]

Well well well, look what I found!

Mishas Rant | Xtranormal

lmFao!!! that is absolutely brilliant!!!! i cannot tell you how much i absolutely laughed at that. PURE gold!!!!

one question though munitalP: how on earth did you know what I was wearing? :mrgreen:

 

[Misha]

quick add: my best friends are down from sydney and i watched it with them (they pissed themselves laughing too) - but i have to say: it wa actually quite surreal to watch that as it was almost word for word what happened - like someone filmed my life.

i feel violated, adored and special at the same time...

thx for the (belly) laugh!

 

[Bundy Bear]

Funny story, thought the story was interesting but some of the replies have been gold.

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- it has been said. I still doubt this is the case *her after some Misha-sweetness!* as I am not the hot 19 yr old living in the building, I am the 33 yr old who where there used to be a six pack is now a baby bump! I'd say about 2 1/2 months along ... It's like phantom limb syndrome - I can still feel my abs - just see see or flex them anymore

Never thought that someone would describe there gut size by how far the baby is along.

Will have to get out of bed soon and watch Munitalps link, doesn't work on this apple device.

Sent from some Apple device to Freq Fly app

 

[samiam]

Will have to get out of bed soon and watch Munitalps link...

... just make sure you empty your bladder first

 

[Bundy Bear]

... just make sure you empty your bladder first

Thanks for the tip.

Brilliant Munitalp.

Misha, wouldn't be good to be that thin again.

 

[oz_mark]

quick add: my best friends are down from sydney and i watched it with them (they pissed themselves laughing too) - but i have to say: it wa actually quite surreal to watch that as it was almost word for word what happened - like someone filmed my life.

I thought it was the real surveillance footage

 

[JohnK]

The pity is the body corporate is run by a clique by some of the inhabitants and not by a company who knows rules, regulations and can organise things properly and legally.

I think you are lucky. I would go back to running strata internally than outsourced to so called experts. The clique can still control a strata scheme run by agents if they get the majoirty vote and then the agents and the clique get in bed together and funds get misappropriated but there is no visible proof as the books are all up to date. Fun, fun, fun paying ridiculous levy amounts so a few people can have things their way.

 

[Vinny]

I think you are lucky. I would go back to running strata internally than outsourced to so called experts. The clique can still control a strata scheme run by agents if they get the majoirty vote and then the agents and the clique get in bed together and funds get misappropriated but there is no visible proof as the books are all up to date. Fun, fun, fun paying ridiculous levy amounts so a few people can have things their way.

Hi John. Thanks for your input. I'm in two minds. One to check out views like this every day or one to put up with the old farts running the building.

The alternative is to sell up. I'm considering it seriously.

The treasurer who was an accountant to a pharaoh way back then, had spent the year's budget in 4 months. As pressing the button in the lift is getting more and more difficult for some of them each year, as well as remembering the floor they live on, the ruling oligarchy is rumoured to be upping the body corp rates by an extra $3000 a year at the next AGM to spend on whatever they have in mind so they can increase the value of the place so they can go to a nursing home.

I own a few investment units and this body corporate is the most difficult by far. Wasteful, cliquey, senile, nasty and a waste of medicare. Ah but the views....

 

[drron]

Yes the joys of Body Corporates in regional QLD.I owned the unit in the village where my MIL lived.The committee were so reasonable that it was known as Stalag 3.there were rules about what plants you could have in your own garden.They even tried to evict my then 89 yr old MIL as her TV was too loud-she was deaf.A few well chosen words still put a stop to that.
Then when selling the unit earlier this year a member of the committee would come and sit there on open days haranguing potential buyers.Fortunately there was an external agent and such action was expressly forbidden in their charter.Though I think it was the letter expressly uninviting the committee and warning they would be charged with trespass that did it.

 

[JohnK]

The alternative is to sell up. I'm considering it seriously.

My brother keeps telling me to sell to buy a house but I am have lost interest in capital growth and more interested in safe retirement income.

They come up with some brilliant ideas. The latest one was to install 6 carports even though there are 8 units in the building. I was one of the ones to miss out. The AGM was coming up and I said I will refuse to pay the special levy, and take me to arbitration if you want, if you do not build me a carport as well. I really do not need a carport but if I am going to pay then I will get one as well. So they saw the logic in that request.

 

[tuapekastar]

Well well well, look what I found!

Mishas Rant | Xtranormal

LMAO munitalP! Great work!

 

[Misha]

51 views Gordie - I've gone viral!!!!

PS: Just thought I would mention, it's been about 15 years ago since someone referred to me as having a Star Anus! :mrgreen:

 

[LiamR]

I've just spent the last 10mins reading this thread and have not stopped laughing. Poor Misha, I know how you feel.

I think it was said earlier, but for chapter two of this story I would be filling her mailbox with sugar.

 

[medhead]

PS: Just thought I would mention, it's been about 15 years ago since someone referred to me as having a Star Anus! :mrgreen:

I wasn't sure about mentioning the chocolate starfish. But that genie is out of the bag now.