Monster

I had a question for landlord types. This seemed like a good thread for it... I have a rental house with 4 girls living in it. One of the girls has a boyfriend who, apparently, has moved into her room with her. This has caused two of the other girls to send me text messages asking if they can be let out of the lease, citing roommate issues with this girl/boyfriend combo. (apparently the boyfriend is messy and generally an asshole) I've searched online and found a 'rule of thumb' about 'guests' being able to stay overnight for 2 week in a 6 month span, at which point they are considered 'rogue tenants'. If a rogue tenant won't sign a lease and pay rent, then I could consider the lease violated. Except I'm not looking for extra money, or a lease termination. I just want to stick to the lease I have with the good, quality tenants I have. Should/can I confront the tenant with the boyfriend and ask about him/how long is he staying? Would definitely create drama between the roommates....which could lead to what I'm trying to avoid--a broken lease. Also, I don't actually have anything in the lease about 'Guests'.

This feels like a situation that's going to resolve itself sooner than later. He's going to do something illegal or OD at some point. But yeah, if you're trying to sell your house, or if you have kids that walk by that house, or if you live in earshot, that's an extremely uncomfortable wait.

Was expecting 'guy keeps parking in front of my house'....but holy shit, I can't say I've seen anything quite like that. There was a guy who lived out in the country near here that used to put up a bunch of anti-government/apocalypse signs on his land that everyone could see from the road. But he had acres and acres of land so the neighbors were miles away.

its like they've changed the rules for VAR in the knockout rounds.

i wonder what the record for yellow cards in a single match is, for the world cup.

Is Troy Aikman doing the Fox telecast?

Watched Pique handball two or three times in the penalty box in earlier matches, all with his hands out to his sides, instead of behind his back, so pretty happy it got called finally. Generally didn't like the way Spain played. Glad they're out.

Germany got every 'extra advantage' they could get. If not for VAR...might have been 0-0 going into the 9 MINUTES of extra time.

Noticing soccer announcers like talking about a game as if its over, while there's still plenty of time on the clock.

At a full sprint, ball coming from behind you at a severe angle....tap it with your knee, down to your foot on the same leg, which flicks it forward, all before it touches the ground. Then fire a rocket to the far corner of the net with a guy on your hip the whole time. That was awesome.

And if you're UCF, undefeated isn't even good enough. (Fix your shit, college football)

OSU is one of the many, many teams that MUST go undefeated to get into the playoff. UT, OU, Bama, SEC #2, etc. can lose a game and still get in. Because college football has an oligarchy thing going on. If you're OSU or one of the other 110 schools (out of 129) that aren't part of the 'traditional power' inner circle, then you learn to be satisfied with 10 win seasons and the rare, secondary BCS bowl invite. College football has the worst playoff system of any significant sport in the world, so non-traditional powers have to define 'big game' differently.

Crazy ending. I didn't have a rooting interest going in, but thought Iran had a few crucial calls go against them The handball penalty at the end kind of made up for it. And they did have a chance to win it...just missed. British commentators and post game group were showing their favoritism toward the end, I thought. The post game group was irate that Portugal/Ronaldo almost got left out. Iran and Morocco both put good teams/sides on the field. Not as much talent gap as I thought there'd be between those four teams.

This is an objectively ignorant statement that smells of personal bitterness. I'm guessing you have a grudge, had a bad experience, or just haven't traveled much. Most university towns (in the south) are smallish towns with a school in the middle. They're pretty fun on gamedays, but the rest of the year, its like every other smallish town in America....you need to know how to entertain yourself. That said, agree with 'Okie State'. After you graduate, there's really no reason to stay, unless you want to raise your family in the lifestyle provided by a smallish (50k population) southern town.

Don't know if this is where this goes...but OrangePower.com deletes/censors anything you post about Mike Holder that doesn't paint him as 'our glorious leader.' OSU just renewed AD Mike Holder's contract though 2021...a few days after Holder got his name on the ESPN news ticker telling the public that he would recruit better if he had Gundy's job. And one year after hiring a guy to hire a basketball coach after he'd run off our existing, high profile coach. Could Gundy recruit better? Sure he could. So could everybody. Does your boss need to show up on the CBS/ESPN news ticker telling everyone he could do your job better than you? Uh...no. That's how you run another coach off. Would not be surprised if Holder's renewal sends Gundy to another school in the next year or two. At which point, I'll just start rooting for that school instead of OSU. Gundy has his flaws, but he's the best coach OSU has ever had. While Holder is an absolute narcissist that has destroyed the once proud basketball program and appears dead set on running off the most successful coach in OSU football history. If that happens, OSU is going to get what it deserves and I'm going to find another school to root for.

Agreed. Its not the flopping, so much as the committed LYING about it. Flop away if you want...you risk getting left behind by the play. But laying on the field and waiting for medical attention when everyone in the world knows you didn't even get touched is bad for the game. I did see a team, can't remember who it was, use the old magic spray on a shin guard a couple days ago. Pretty hilarious, really. What could you possibly be spraying on his shin guard?

Columbia looks like the superior team so far. Or their strikers look more dangerous anyway.

Maybe VAR will help that a little. Sounds like more penalty kicks in this world cup, than any before, so maybe VAR will change the game...make 'faking out the ref' less effective. edit:spelling

pretty slick give and go by the columbians.

Has any team ever just played through all contact? Like, a coach says, 'this match, maybe we don't fall to the ground unless we actually lose our balance...this match, we just keep playing through contact'. I feel like a team with that approach (if equally matched talentwise) would dominate. If nothing else, it'd surprise the other team who expects them to flop.

Pretending to be hurt is what has kept me from getting completely into soccer. I absolutely love the world cup. I think it's my favorite 'world championship' in all of sports... but good god, watching grown men roll around on the ground every time they get touched is such a buzz kill.

ITV feed back up now.

If you scroll down a little, you get the fox broadcast, on that same page. ITV stream went down for me too. They usually get it back up, but...you do have the back up lower on the page.

heard a guy a couple days ago, say, if the ball hits the 'up hand' its a handball. if it hits the 'down hand' they don't call a penalty.

I use chrome and it seems to play without any kind of installs. Been using it for the entirety of the tournament and I've just been clicking the play button. So far, it's been super stable with good resolution, so felt comfortable sharing it.