On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 1:31 PM, John Carl <[email protected]> wrote:
> 'Ten four" as y'all probably know is a part of a language, known in the
> nomenclature of "the ten codes". Like, "what's your twenty? - is used
> (over
> the radio) to inquire as to one's location. It should more properly be
> called out "what's your TEN-Twenty" but that'd be pedantic and besides, the
> one we're talking about today, the ole 10-4, just means affirmative. Yes.
> And that's where we're at. No longer stuck in limbo.
>
> It was interesting, to say the least, that the juxtaposition of events all
> pointed to this one date, today, Lu's court date for county building code
> violations (criminal charges! The naughty girl) the deadline for signing
> our loan modification (Chase finally chased down somebody to give it the
> go)
> and my missing daughter's birthday. She'd have turned 14 today. She's a
> big part of the reason we stayed here so long, no doubt about it, and
> having
> all these juxtapositions hit on her birthday? Well it gives a fellow
> pause,
> it does.
>
> See, it was interesting, because Lu refused to sign the papers. Why pay
> fines to live like she does? Even in California it makes no sense. She's
> outta there, vacated the premises, until all this crap gets sorted out
> (literally) and has she has a nice place all lined out in town, and a job.
> So she's not going to sign the document the bank wants, until she gets a
> chance to talk to a judge and find out what the county wants. Not quite a
> catch-22, more like a catch-10-4. Which is a good thing, I guess. Because
> the county backed way off this morning, she did sign the papers, they did
> go in the mail, I dropped them in myself, and we're all set.
>
> We did have to cross off one line in the modification agreement, about
> "occupying and not condemned", since she's no longer "occupying" and I'm
> just sort of caretaking, but then I included all kinds of supporting
> documentation, complete with pictures and arrows pointing to where I think
> the evidence lays, and I'm sure, I think, they'll get the picture. The
> smart thing to do at this time is just counter-sign and get this hairball
> out of their system, but if they're dumb, they'll delay and "lose papers",
> again. At this point, I'm not too worried about it, one way or the other.
> If they finally kick me out of here, I'll end up somewhere good, I know
> that.
>
> For now, I'm stayin'. You can picture me in my shotgun shack, teetering
> on
> the edge of civilization and rockin' in my rocking chair, my rifle on my
> knees, my thoughts on the breeze, or wherever I pleeze.
>
> ('scuze me. I gottta sneeze. I'm allergic to bad poetry.)
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