I’m just tryna bless someone’s son

Posted by Sith_Rogen
I mean, that part makes sense, but I'd imagine it would still need to be property management that needs to call it in like back in Indiana when I lived in an apartment. Giving the ability to have cars towed by essentially random private individuals is a situation ripe with abuse given how aggressive and predatory towing companies are. We've had armed showdowns here in Charlotte over cars being towed and booted in questionable circumstances.

I think it may vary by state.
As far as I know management only gets involved if it’s a fire lane, visitor parking, or a parking spot anyone can park in. But if it’s a numbered spot a resident pays for or in my case a garage it’s the residents responsibility to decide if it’s a problem or not, especially when it happens when the front office is closed.
(Though in the case of numbered spots I heard tow trucks will drive around making sure each car is registered to the spot they’re parked in, but I think the legality of that is questionable).

@justagirl The places I’ve stayed at with garages are designed in a way so there is parking in front of the garage too, and then a fire lane is drawn at the end of the space there. But I have heard of places with detached garages and those you cannot park in front of.

Posted by MrsElleCappysnatch Move. lol

Damn, just to avoid calling a tow truck?

Posted by LadyNeptune
Check with my neighbors.
Leave a note.
Call a tow

In that order

What if it happens when people should be asleep? And what if they’re obstructing you from parking in your garage and you can’t park your car outside because cats will get on it and scratch it?

Posted by xXxAliiciaXxX
Did they have somewhere else to park?

Yes, it would’ve been a 200ft walk. Or they could’ve parked in front of the maintenance garage which is two garages down from me, so closer than the parking spots. I believe the maintenance garage spot on their building was also vacant at the time.

Posted by xXxAliiciaXxX
If you have a license then you know damn well your car shouldn't be blocking anyone's entrance or exit.
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What if you thought it was a vacant garage? Like you didn’t know someone lived there?

Posted by HearttofTopazz
Is it a new resident?

No but I’m sort of a new resident and I’ve been traveling a lot these past two weeks so maybe they didn’t know someone moved in to the unit.

Posted by LittleStar_II

Posted by _Dazed
There's something more to this story.

I got my car towed from my apartment once and I had tied my pass up with a super tight rubber band and suddenly it got towed without warning and when I went to pick it up they said I didn’t have it and then found it in the glove box and I had never touched it.

My guess is I didn’t lock it and they felt like getting some money. Anyway I paid $ 400 after arguing with them for about an hour.

I don’t trust those bishes.

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Even if you did lock it I’m sure they can unlock it because that’s another thing I read about the tow company responsible for my community: they steal belongings. I also read a review where they helped someone unlock their car because they had locked their keys inside. So I’m sure these tow companies have the tools to unlock most vehicles.

Posted by Sith_Rogen
That's just a pretty liberal law. Most places you need to call the police first. Even if it is considered private property.

@_dazed Yeah that’s one reason I felt bad as they were pulling away, because it all seemed sort of sketch (their lights were off and they hooked the car up so silently and they seemed excited after I “proved” it’s my garage).

After it was gone I got online to read reviews of the tow company and people were complaining they illegally tow and that tow trucks are supposed to file a police report when they tow an illegally parked vehicle but this company doesn’t and that it’s hard to track down your vehicle after they take it. It made me feel even worse. So if the car owners try to contact me again I think I’ll offer to pay their towing fees.

Posted by LittleStar_II
Hahahahaha

Maybe he was watching you and thought you were hot and is waiting for you to come out and chew him out 😈

Maybe he wants me to wrestle him and put him in a chokehold with my thighs 🤣🤣🤦🏻‍♀️

Posted by Sith_Rogen
So a private citizen can call a tow company where you live and just have any random car towed?

No you have to prove they are in your spot. Like they made me present my garage clicker to verify it’s my garage.

Posted by LittleStar_II
@_Dazed you know she’d be dolled up more than that

She has a name 😭😭

Posted by _Dazed

Not my proudest moment

Posted by LittleStar_II
Put a note on the car asking them to park elsewhere so you can leave if need be.

If they do it again call.

So what I did was call the tow company again and while waiting I put a note on the car just in case they did move it again, but I guess they were parked for the night because the tow company ended up getting it before it could be moved.

I will say I had a feeling of guilt as soon as I saw the tow truck driving it away. I was like “treetrunk Whorpio what did you just do??”

Then this morning I was woken up at 8AM by someone knocking on my door. I didn’t answer because I was tired af and I also wasn’t prepared for an altercation in case things got messy.
An hour later I took my dog out and saw this random dude in exercise gear hanging around the garages but he didn’t talk to me and instead disappeared as my back was turned for a few seconds so I figured maybe he lives in my building and I’ve just never seen him before.

Fast forward to lunch time and I’m going to go get takeout. As I’m pulling out of my garage I see that same dude standing on the grass next to my garage and he’s on the phone.
It was strange.

Got home from dinner last night and someone was parked in front of my garage.
I called a tow company but the people moved before the truck got here. So since they left I parked my car in the garage.
3 hours later I take my dog for a potty and see the car parked there again.

I didn’t know if I should call the tow company again. Although they were blocking me in my garage I didn’t need to go anywhere last night or today. Plus I have access to a different vehicle if there was an emergency (though the vehicle has spiders in it and I’ve almost crashed when a spider started crawling on me in the past 😬)

Idk. What would y’all do? If you didn’t have to go anywhere would you still get a car towed if it was in your spot or blocking you in?

Posted by Jumpin_Jupiter
Well I can't find the food forum. That's why I'm putting it here. I know there is a thread about this somewhere in the food forum. I wanted to resurface it so I decided to make a new one here.

So let's get on with it shall we. For all carnivores I like to know how y'all like your steaks prepared?

Me personally I like em rare




The only true way to eat a steak.

I like rare as well. Even on my hamburgers, rare is amazing; you can taste the meat better.

Posted by LittleStar_II
Yes!

Do you have O- blood?

Just curious.

But yes, I get them about 3”x3” bites. I have some skin autoimmune genetic disease thing though so I get rashes and inflammation very easily.

What I do is alternate Lidocaine and Anti-Itch cream and ice a couple times a day.

You can also take Benadryl or an anti-histamine until it goes away.

Typically it goes from normal to swollen in about 3 days and by day 4 it dissipates.

But it’s very painful and hard to the touch and itchy as a mofo.

I have A- blood.
I have some cortisone cream I guess I’ll try applying.

Posted by WarAngel
Have you tried Benadryl? It's very safe.

I’m not a fan of Benadryl as it makes me tired and only lasts 8 hours. So I take 24-hour Allegra that is non-drowsy and doesn’t cross the blood-brain barrier.

Anyone else have this?
Where mosquito bites swell to the size of a tennis ball for a week and leave a bruise that sticks around up to a month afterwards?

Got bit on the eyelid last night and now I look like Rocky Balboa. Any tips to make the swelling stop? Ice pack has helped some. I also took Allegra last night but it evidently didn’t help.