General Questions Thread

[GenjiChan]

Originally Posted by Azuma Denton

Is it common for nurse to give some sweet thing (in my country: sweet iced tea) after blood donation? What about another country?

We do? Hmmm... I don't know... But do we encourage them to eat a lot afterwards and some fluids... but give something? Probably it depends on the institution you are in.

[Azuma Denton]

Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

I would actually prefer a 150cm tall trainee nurse with a ponytail. No need for sweets.

You wish...
Ok, ok, thanks for all the answer...

[Ledgem]

Originally Posted by synaesthetic

More serious but maybe still silly question.

How do you rent an apartment if you have an eviction? I've got nothing here. I've tried basically everything I can think of short of offering to pay the entire lease up front (which I can't afford to do even if I wanted to).

I was evicted from an apartment in 2009 after the big housing market crash and I was laid off. So far I've run into roadblock after roadblock trying to rent a place. I'm going to end up homeless (again) unless I figure out how to get around this obstacle. Every search online suggests things I've already tried and have already failed.

That sounds like a tough situation - I hope that things work out for you.

The only things I can think of:
1) Have roommates. Either don't be on the lease, or have enough roommates that the landlord will ignore your history.

2) Move to an area where landlords have probably accepted people with prior evictions.

Both options are somewhat risky, as you're looking at having to trust others or you're probably looking at bad neighborhoods.

Why would an eviction from three years ago work against you today, though? I know many apartments ask for your prior history and may ask to contact an old landlord, but are you legally obligated to answer truthfully about your eviction history? Are you legally obligated to list the landlord who evicted you?

[Paranoid Android]

Originally Posted by synaesthetic

More serious but maybe still silly question.

How do you rent an apartment if you have an eviction? I've got nothing here. I've tried basically everything I can think of short of offering to pay the entire lease up front (which I can't afford to do even if I wanted to).

I was evicted from an apartment in 2009 after the big housing market crash and I was laid off. So far I've run into roadblock after roadblock trying to rent a place. I'm going to end up homeless (again) unless I figure out how to get around this obstacle. Every search online suggests things I've already tried and have already failed.

Oh man, really don't move into a bad (violent or hard druggy-infested) neighbourhood for the sake of shelter.

Like Ledgem said, get a house/apartment with so many renters that the landlord no longer cares and that you get a very low rental fee. If your current situation cannot support even a lowered rent, then the only other option is those hostels for the extremely low economy. I also don't understand this eviction thing. Why do you need to tell them? Just say you were living with family or ex or something. I've never had to provide any of that when I signed my leases =/

In my worst days, I had 3 months of unpaid rent. The landlord was a really really understanding 20-ish student and he was renting his house to 6 other people. Which isn't even legal. But that really helped with me not getting evicted for not paying rent. So you kind of want to look for someone like that. A landlord who is really half-assed with things and doesn't follow the rules either. I have no strategy in finding those people. It's been good & bad luck for me =/

[Vexx]

Originally Posted by synaesthetic

More serious but maybe still silly question.

How do you rent an apartment if you have an eviction? I've got nothing here. I've tried basically everything I can think of short of offering to pay the entire lease up front (which I can't afford to do even if I wanted to).

I was evicted from an apartment in 2009 after the big housing market crash and I was laid off. So far I've run into roadblock after roadblock trying to rent a place. I'm going to end up homeless (again) unless I figure out how to get around this obstacle. Every search online suggests things I've already tried and have already failed.

I'm going to repeat what Ledgem said, for the moment you may have to be an unnamed tenant in the goodwill of a room mate named as the tenant.

Originally Posted by Ledgem

Why would an eviction from three years ago work against you today, though? I know many apartments ask for your prior history and may ask to contact an old landlord, but are you legally obligated to answer truthfully about your eviction history? Are you legally obligated to list the landlord who evicted you?

But California has some of the strongest tenant laws on the books... isn't there a process to work around a bad history and recover? There are probably a ton of people in the same situation. Even foreclosures and bankruptcies fall off after a while. Almost everyone took massive financial hits in 2008-2009 so I'm really not amused by these "purity tests" I'm seeing in purchasing, housing, and employment.

[synaesthetic]

I can not tell them, but if I do, they just find it anyway by using one of those tenant screening companies.

We've already been turned down multiple times, and trying to find a roommate situation doesn't work unless you're by yourself. We really lucked out in the place we're currently living in, but the rent is going to go up to some ridiculous amount and we can't afford 1300 a month just to rent a room; it's not possible.

If you have an eviction at all, these realtors around here won't even speak to you, they won't accept explanations, they just tell you to GTFO.

[Ledgem]

Is there any way to get an eviction wiped from your record? Can the landlord who did it remove it?

[synaesthetic]

Originally Posted by Ledgem

Is there any way to get an eviction wiped from your record? Can the landlord who did it remove it?

Sure, if I pay them. But I don't have $2k laying around, and even if I paid them now it'd take a significant period of time before it'd fall off my credit. I've got a little less than two weeks before I'm out on the streets.

[Azuma Denton]

If i buy something (ex: a figure of Batman), then i took a picture of it and sell it as a photobook of my figure collection. Is it infringing a copyright??

[TinyRedLeaf]

Originally Posted by Azuma Denton

If i buy something (ex: a figure of Batman), then i took a picture of it and sell it as a photobook of my figure collection. Is it infringing a copyright??

Potentially yes. It would be different if you were trying to re-sell the figure, but here you're trying to sell an image of the toy. Rights to the commercial use of images or the likeness of a toy usually belong to the toymaker. If in doubt, best check with the company for the terms and conditions of usage.

[Dextro]

Originally Posted by TinyRedLeaf

Potentially yes. It would be different if you were trying to re-sell the figure, but here you're trying to sell an image of the toy. Rights to the commercial use of images or the likeness of a toy usually belong to the toymaker. If in doubt, best check with the company for the terms and conditions of usage.

It depends on the subject of the Photos. If you can reasonably argue that your photos were meant as art than it's probably OK but do be warned that just a couple of years ago Mattel sued a guy who used Barbie dolls as his photo subjects:

How fair use brought us VCRs, copiers—and nude Barbie enchiladas @ Ars Technica

[TinyRedLeaf]

Originally Posted by Dextro

It depends on the subject of the Photos. If you can reasonably argue that your photos were meant as art than it's probably OK but do be warned that just a couple of years ago Mattel sued a guy who used Barbie dolls as his photo subjects:

How fair use brought us VCRs, copiers—and nude Barbie enchiladas @ Ars Technica

That's a different case. Azuma Denton specifically said he wishes to sell an image of a Batman figure he bought. That is almost likely copyright infringement. Hard to argue for fair use when he is intending to profit from the photo.

[Azuma Denton]

Hmm, ic ic... Thanks for the input, TinyRedLeaf.

[Sumeragi]

Originally Posted by Azuma Denton

Is it common for nurse to give some sweet thing (in my country: sweet iced tea) after blood donation? What about another country?

Japan: Depends on the location.

Korea: An energy drink and a Choco Pie, and depending on location, all-you-can-drink soda fountain (like the kind used in fast food shops) and a bag of chips along with several internet connected computers

[Seitsuki]

I need help.

My 20th birthday is coming up in less than a month, and you know how it is with Asians, apparently it's something important.. anyway.. my parents insist I do something, my previous birthdays were nice quiet affairs, going out to dinner with family etc, but for this I'm supposed to call out friends and.. I don't know. Anti-social type here, thank goodness I at least have some friends, my dad said if I didn't have any he could call out loads of his and.. oh god the thought is enough to make me die, let's not dwell on that. My point is I don't know what it is people do, I mean I know apparently people have big parties with lots of drinking and stuff for 20ths?.. That's not me, no sir, ideally I can just do something quick for a few hours during the day and settle for a quiet dinner again but I don't know. So lost. Never was very good at this social thing. Any help is appreciated. Please.

[Sumeragi]

What kind of Asian?

Also, just a general suggestion: Perhaps lunch out with those couple of friends?

[LeoXiao]

Create a courtesy name for yourself, obviously. Problem solved.

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by Seitsuki

I need help.

My 20th birthday is coming up in less than a month, and you know how it is with Asians, apparently it's something important.. anyway.. my parents insist I do something, my previous birthdays were nice quiet affairs, going out to dinner with family etc, but for this I'm supposed to call out friends and.. I don't know. Anti-social type here, thank goodness I at least have some friends, my dad said if I didn't have any he could call out loads of his and.. oh god the thought is enough to make me die, let's not dwell on that. My point is I don't know what it is people do, I mean I know apparently people have big parties with lots of drinking and stuff for 20ths?.. That's not me, no sir, ideally I can just do something quick for a few hours during the day and settle for a quiet dinner again but I don't know. So lost. Never was very good at this social thing. Any help is appreciated. Please.

Hold your birthday party at a nearby orphanage, say that it is for karma reasons while surrounding yourself with lolis.

Happy birthday btw.

[Azuma Denton]

Originally Posted by Seitsuki

I need help.

My 20th birthday is coming up in less than a month, and you know how it is with Asians, apparently it's something important.. anyway.. my parents insist I do something, my previous birthdays were nice quiet affairs, going out to dinner with family etc, but for this I'm supposed to call out friends and.. I don't know. Anti-social type here, thank goodness I at least have some friends, my dad said if I didn't have any he could call out loads of his and.. oh god the thought is enough to make me die, let's not dwell on that. My point is I don't know what it is people do, I mean I know apparently people have big parties with lots of drinking and stuff for 20ths?.. That's not me, no sir, ideally I can just do something quick for a few hours during the day and settle for a quiet dinner again but I don't know. So lost. Never was very good at this social thing. Any help is appreciated. Please.

A prove of adulthood maybe???

Well like saintessheart said, you can hold your party at orphanage.
Or another alternative, try hold a BBQ party for neighbourhood...

[supermegasonic]

Originally Posted by Seitsuki

I need help.

My 20th birthday is coming up in less than a month, and you know how it is with Asians, apparently it's something important.. anyway.. my parents insist I do something, my previous birthdays were nice quiet affairs, going out to dinner with family etc, but for this I'm supposed to call out friends and.. I don't know. Anti-social type here, thank goodness I at least have some friends, my dad said if I didn't have any he could call out loads of his and.. oh god the thought is enough to make me die, let's not dwell on that. My point is I don't know what it is people do, I mean I know apparently people have big parties with lots of drinking and stuff for 20ths?.. That's not me, no sir, ideally I can just do something quick for a few hours during the day and settle for a quiet dinner again but I don't know. So lost. Never was very good at this social thing. Any help is appreciated. Please.

karaoke? invite everyone over to play video games? i mean i doubt you'll go partying unless someone can force you..