What are the characteristics of a rooming house/halfway house ?

[strider]

How many houses has the community been told we rent out, Dan?  From some of the e-mails Louise sent out, you would think we already have one per block.

Answer my question and I'll answer yours....call Louise if you need to....

[Springfield Girl]

The community has not been given any number. We all have had experiences with rooming/boarding/halfway houses that are not licensed as, but operate as such. There are two on Silver within two blocks of my home. Strider, why do you continue to make it all about you when it's not. The way you get defensive anytime the subject is brought up would make people think you own them all.

[chris farley]

How many houses has the community been told we rent out, Dan?  From some of the e-mails Louise sent out, you would think we already have one per block.

Answer my question and I'll answer yours....call Louise if you need to....

Did you know that on 12 Jan 1946 George wrote in the Evening Standard - “Eleven steps to heaven and "a nice cup of tea": his advice for brewing the best possible cup of tea

[Springfield Girl]

I guess no one knows about the tax on leases of less than 12 months?

[sheclown]

Dan, PM me and I'll take you on a tour.  Then, you can buy me a cup of coffee. And a piece of cake.

[strider]

Strider, why do you continue to make it all about you when it's not.

Hmmm. Lisa, if that is true, can you explain why my name is on virtually every e-mail that Louise sent out about this issue? Louise seems to have made me her sacrifical goat....

I thought landlords could have additional tax burden on leases of less than 12 months.

Lisa, I believe it is a little more complicated.  Apartment complexes occasionally write leases for as little as 3 months, but you need to be careful as you can get caught up in the transient rental thing.  Six months is often the minimum I have seen.  Six months keeps you out of trouble - offered for rent less that three times a year, not transient, ETC.  It is intent as much as anything.  The state actually says that after 3 months, even with an “extended stay or rooming house” you can stop charging the transient room tax as the renter is no longer considered transient at that point.  At least it was that way as of last year.  In the chase for tax dollars, who knows today.

And I keep hearing this conflicting information about a list, then no list then a list and......Odd, actually.

[ChriswUfGator]

From some of the e-mails Louise sent out, you would think we already have one per block.

No, that'd be her check-writing-developer-friend. And you can tell the difference, because yours are still standing.

[strider]

Did you know that on 12 Jan 1946 George wrote in the Evening Standard - “Eleven steps to heaven and "a nice cup of tea": his advice for brewing the best possible cup of tea

I liked this so much, it deserved another 'round. Can you post the rest of this, Chris?

[ChriswUfGator]

Did you know that on 12 Jan 1946 George wrote in the Evening Standard - “Eleven steps to heaven and "a nice cup of tea": his advice for brewing the best possible cup of tea

I liked this so much, it deserved another 'round. Can you post the rest of this, Chris?

Sure thing:

1. Use Indian or Ceylonese tea

2. Brew tea in a china (ceramic) or earthenware pot

3. Warm the pot before adding the loose-leaf tea

4. Use strong tea

5. Place loose-leaf tea directly into the pot without a strainer, muslin bag, or other device to 'imprison the tea.' Take the teapot to the kettle to pour water that should be boiling

6. Stir or shake the pot

7. Drink the tea out of a cylindrical cup

8. Decant any cream off of the fresh milk before using

9. Pour tea into the cup, then pour in the milk

10. Drink tea without sugar

And it's a shame he stopped at 1984. The 21st century is really so much more horrifying.

[Springfield Girl]

Dan, PM me and I'll take you on a tour.  Then, you can buy me a cup of coffee. And a piece of cake.

I'll take the tour. I'm tired of the hearsay. I don't know about the coffe or cake though, haven't you heard I'm cheap and on a diet!

[sheclown]

You can have the tour, but it will cost you cake.  PM me and we'll make arrangements.

[AlexS]

Now this thread has been hijacked too. Guess one can't have a serious discussion on this forum. It was working so well for a while. 

Strider and Sheclown, we will need to talk about another meeting and some discussion about open questions. Appreciate the invite. Will get back to you once I return from my trip on 11/12.

[AlexS]

I have a question.

How many "sober houses" do you run in the neighborhood?

Not looking for addresses or anything, just morbid curiosity.

Thanks for hijacking the thread.

[AlexS]

It wasnt meant as a hijack, it was just a question, one that could have been answered in one post, rather than what happened with the unrelated party. My question seemed relevant, and as this is the most recent thread that the subject the issue was being discussed, I thought it a perfectly appropriate place to post my question here.

I guess we differ here. How does it help in the task of defining the characteristics of a rooming house/halfway house to know how many "sober houses" a particular person operates  ?
You stirred the pot and got what always happens when these types of questions are asked. Really surprised ?

[Dan B]

Just by your response.