Moving...again? and FYI # 5

Yes. Our property manager is being...uh..well...a jerk. Read Tiana's post to better understand.

http://attraction-within.blogspot.com/2007/06/trouble.html

It's a good thing. This time we'll really be able to view an apartment before we rent it. For now, we still are looking for jobs. Some leads, but nothing final yet.


FYI #5 The Noise Patrol
These are a little behind, but I always MEAN to write down FYI's, there's just too much going on.

Did you know that New Zealand has a 24/7 hotline that you can call for their Noise Patrol people? Apparently, if people are being too loud and unruly, or there is a problem with excessive noise on a street, etc, you give these people a call, and they will send a "Noise Patrol" officer down to investigate and deal with the problem.

For example, if the neighbors in the flat nextdoor to any given person decides to have a party with tons of drunken people cursing and screaming at the top of their lungs, complete with loud music that reverberates across the neighborhood and is so loud that any given person can barely hear themselves think, yet can hear the announcer on the radio nextdoor breathe; and all the people in the surrounding areas are annoyed, but waiting for someone else to do something because they can't get to sleep because it's late into the night....well, any given person can call the Noise Control Hotline and have someone come over. If, when the Noise Patrol officer comes and the flat nextdoor argues with them about the issue, the stereo and amps can be forcibly removed from the premises and a hefty fine left behind.

I only know this because we checked online last night as we found out the laws of the land about noise control...

...right before we called the Hotline and had the Noise Patrol come out and eliminate the noise.