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Blog Thread 4; Live Free or Blog Hard - 'cos we all like blogging

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Pilchard123:
So I have two assignments running at the same time, due in next month. This wouldn't be a problem normally, I've done it before, but these two are due on the same day and are both the final assignment for their respective modules. It is not possible to get an extension for the final assignment on an Open University module unless you are at least dead. Why does nobody look at these things before dates are set? Y'know, so people that are doing two modules at once (not an inconsiderable number) don't get stuff like this?

idontunderstand:
Do the first one first, then the other?

Carl-E:
That's the point, there's no first one - they're due at the same time. 

Which was your point, I know.  It's early.  Here. 

Pilchard123:
It appears that I went into whiny schoolchild mode too early. I've started work on one of them and have got a fair way through it already. SQL queries with simple inner joins (Oh, no! ::)) are pie - though I'm not looking forward to the 80-mark question question later on.

Jimmy the Squid:
Aw yiss blogthread.

I'm moving house! Admittedly I'm just moving across the courtyard and up one level so this isn't going to be a massive change, but still. Moving! It's been pretty stressful so far but that's because my real estate agent has a fucking amphetamine problem (more on that later).

My housemate and I went to two inspections, both being held by our current property manager, both in the same building. The building is obviously owned by one person/company and is just managed by that one office. Anyway, we look at the first flat which is pretty nice, smaller than our current one overall but with bigger bedrooms and a good balconey. Anyway we ask our Real Estate Agent if we need to fill out an application form and he just tells us to let him know which flat we like and he'll take care of the paperwork as he already has all our details. We then go to look at the second apartment. Just before we enter, the Real Estate agent takes us aside and in a just-between-us-blokes tone of voice says "Boys, just let me know which one you want and it's yours, OK?" which is a pretty cool deal and I guess also means he doesn't have to do a lot of work because he doesn't need to check our references or do a credit check or anything.

We end up letting him know we liked the first one and again confirm that he doesn't need us to send in an application form. He says he'll call us on Monday and sort it out. Unsurprisingly he doesn't call us (he never does) and when we call him he says he's not in the office and that he'll call us on Tuesday instead. He doesn't call us then either but we call him because we don't expect much from him. He's still not in the office (is he ever?) but tells us to call another woman in the office and she'll sort it out. We call her, explain the situation and her exact words were "Oh. Yeah [he's] a little bit special." She then tells us that we totally need to fill out an application but that we're still guaranteed the flat as long as she sends us the form and we get it to her in good time. She doesn't send it to us. We call and are told by the receptionist that she's gone home for the day and that we'll have to call back tomorrow. I explain the situation and ask if the receptionist is able to send us the forms and get treated to the most passive-aggressive lecture on how we can't apply for the unit if we weren't at the inspection on the weekend and that "that's not how it works, you know". I, I think very politely, explain that we were at the inspection but that the property manager specifically told us that we did not need to fill out an application. After arguing with this woman for about 5 minutes she agrees to ask the other two agents to contact us.

After a lot of to-ing and fro-ing we get the forms the next day and sort them out. We also are informed that they'd like to show our flat on Saturday (which is way sooner than they legally can ask us) which we agree to because the place isn't that messy anyway so cleaning up was pretty easy. Apparently the Real Estate Agent will also bring the lease for us to sign for the new place.

Anyway he didn't bring the lease. We're not even surprised at this point but he says we can sign it when we pick the keys up from the office on Tuesday. While we're waiting for the inspection to finish housemate and I chat to the agent about our plans for the rest of the day. I mention I might go to the gym and the agent starts telling me about this awesome supplement he takes called Jack3D (which when I type it out looks like it might be pronounced "jacked"). He says it's like drinking 12 redbulls at once and that it's been banned and apparently it killed some people. He also says he bought 9 massive tubs of the stuff and he uses it regularly. After he leaves housemate does some cursory research and confirms that yes, it is basically amphetamine and is fatal when mixed with caffeine and alcohol. So now we know why our Property Manager is completely incompetent and it's because he has a serious substance abuse problem.

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