Please stop calling a spade a shovel

[fireheart17]

The actual rant has nothing to do with shovels btw.

So my SO and I are moving interstate...him before me. He snagged a nice little job working for a web-hosting provider (and yes, it's legit). Now comes the house-hunting part.

In this case rather, it's apartment hunting. Because he has a small server (that is running quieter than it used to), our only major requirement is that we get a place that has at LEAST one bedroom. Studios are a no-go. His main requirements are to do with the Internet, my main requirement is that it's near public transport so I can get to and from work.

Several listings however, have said that they're 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom (we don't care about car spaces) and then turned out to be studios. For the love of cheese, IF IT"S A STUDIO, LABEL IT A F!@#ING STUDIO!!!!

[wolfie]

Bit of advice - find out from hubby's new job what ISPs they recommend (sounds like he needs to do at least some of his work from home), and BEFORE signing any lease documents contact the ISPs and make sure they provide the required service level at that apartment.

[fireheart17]

Bit of advice - find out from hubby's new job what ISPs they recommend (sounds like he needs to do at least some of his work from home), and BEFORE signing any lease documents contact the ISPs and make sure they provide the required service level at that apartment.

He's not my husband....yet.

He's been checking the places against the DSLAM map that is provided for Sydney. Basically, he'll plug in the addresses and then the map will tell him where the closest DSL exchange is.

He also has a homelab server (hence the need for a one-bedroom), which is resulting in some mild paranoia around whether or not we'll be able to get a 1-bedroom.

[otakuneko]

Computers can live in closets if it comes to it. :3

[wolfie]

Computers can live in closets if it comes to it. :3

But if your computer is in the closet, that means it's gay. Seriously, closets are a BAD place for computers - no air circulation, so it's going to overheat.

[otakuneko]

They'll be fine, says the guy with three gay computers. Before I moved, during the summer my machines would deal with ambient temps reaching 90(F) because we didn't run the air conditioner during the day--much hotter than my closet gets even with three computers trying to warm it up.

[s_stabeler]

But if your computer is in the closet, that means it's gay. Seriously, closets are a BAD place for computers - no air circulation, so it's going to overheat.

so cut air holes in the back and/or side.

[MadMike]

Sounds like one of the places my son checked out when he was looking for a place of his own. He found an ad for a trailer that said, "Some work needed, mostly cosmetic." Apparently their idea of "cosmetic" greatly differed from his and mine. That place was an absolute shithole.

[fireheart17]

Sounds like one of the places my son checked out when he was looking for a place of his own. He found an ad for a trailer that said, "Some work needed, mostly cosmetic." Apparently their idea of "cosmetic" greatly differed from his and mine. That place was an absolute shithole.

We had some grief with a couple of places that looked nice in the real estate ad, but closer inspection of the building discovered them to be anything but. Both of them were large complexes with added features.

1) Cheap-ass rent (which sent up red flags) for the area, but a little further discovery revealed that the staff at the building had a tendency to "google" their tenants to the point of almost cyberstalking them. There were also issues surrounding upkeep of the facilities.

2) OK rent for the area, but THIS one revealed that the staff had been implementing a particular policy WAY too harshly. Basically they'd been cancelling tenants keycards and giving somewhat flimsy excuses for doing so. (For instance, they'd cancelled a keycard because a tenant was "acting suspiciously" because all he'd done was leave his apartment, go into a lift, go OUT of the lift on the same floor and back into his apartment because he'd forgotten something. Another registered tenant had lost her keycard and was willing to pony up for the replacement, but during the interim period, they tried to force her to sign in as a guest. Then they'd implement the "no guests after 2am" rule basically leaving her homeless for the week or so)

[TimmyHate]

Totally OT, but the title reminds me of an old joke.

This couples daughter sits and watches the builders working next door. After a while the mother goes up to the foreman and asks if the men could watch what they say, as the daughter is young and impressionable. Foreman says 'Lady, they call a spade a spade". The mother looks at him and goes "No, they call it a fucking shovel!"