[Cob] cob and The Code

[joe r dupont]

typically, however, you don't disappear in the middle of the night.
As much as I moan and groan about our lack of freedoms.. I know that in
Mexico you keep on greesing somebody's palm until something gets done.
 
On Thu, 3 May 2007 14:14:30 -0400 "Sabrina Free" <sabrinafree at gmail.com>
writes:
> Mostly lurker here with my two cents.
> I just rented a cottage on a river.  It is currently not legal to 
> live in as
> the plumbing has not been turned on, and it has not been inspected 
> by the
> township code people.
> My daughter, who lives in the Dominican Republic, is visiting me.  
> She was
> telling her boyfriend who is from Nicaragua (and has no desire to 
> even visit
> the US) about the situation.  He wondered why we didn't just go down 
> in the
> well and turn on the water ourselves.  (This might actually happen 
> if the
> plumber does not show up in the next 24 hours.)  I heard her tell 
> him that
> "In the states they have a bunch of laws about your house and you 
> can't just
> do what you want even though it is your own house."
> One more strike against the US in his book.  I might never see my
> grandchildren unless I move to the D.R.
> Another plus... could build whatever I wanted without anyone 
> bothering me.
> Sabrina Free
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