On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 01:18:09 GMT, "CW"
wrote:

Anytime I hear that statement I just right of the person saying it as an
idiot. I haven't been wrong on that one yet.

Hehehe... You never truly own a home. Even when the mortgage is
finally paid off, all you've done is paid off the bank. Now that you
officially "own" your home, just try not paying the taxes, insurance
or garbage pickup / snowplowing fees. See how long you own it for...
g

BTW, I just love those artificial municipal fees... I was forced to
pay $150 per year for snow plowing fees in a community where it snowed
maybe once or twice a year and usually not more than an inch at most!
Most years they never plowed a single road. My particular street
NEVER saw a snow plow in the 20 years my family lived there.

At least there wasn't an HOA or covenants to deal with. I could have
a rooftop antenna. In fact even after several neighbors put up
antennas (total: 2 CB'ers, several houses with vhf/uhf TV antennas,
and myself with a several vhf/uhf Yagi's and a SWL random-wire running
the length of the roof), our assessments continued to rise, not go
down. My chain-link fence actually made my home more valuable when I
sold it a decade ago, though that was probably just a quirk of the
buyer. g

-jack-

"WilleeCue" wrote in message
. ..
The great American spoof is "home ownership".
If you ever think you really "own" your home just stop paying money for it
and see what happens!



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"Jack" wrote:

BTW, I just love those artificial municipal fees...
I was forced to pay $150 per year for snow
plowing fees in a community where it snowed
maybe once or twice a year and usually not
more than an inch at most! Most years they
never plowed a single road. My particular street
NEVER saw a snow plow in the 20 years my
family lived there.


On a side note, something similar could be said about related city or town
taxes. Many years ago, the city here started collecting taxes to subsidize
curb-side garbage pick-up. Those taxes were raised many times over the
years. A few years ago, the city decided to end that service, requiring
residents who want garbage pick-up to pay for it themselves. Of course, as
you can guess, the taxes supporting that were never stopped. We're still
paying those same taxes today, but the money is simply being used for
something else.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

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