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Tenpoundbass says

mell says

Good discussion. For the record I think unleaded gasoline was the right decision, not everything environmental agencies/projects come up with is bad.

It was a knee jerk over reaction to toxic building materials. Lead paint, and Asbestos caused such a stir, that the "The New Thing" back then was putting on show to clean up the act. Besides every time they go on one of these clean up tangents, people get filthy rich in the process. Lead is pretty heavy, so having lead in your exhaust, does not suspend lead particles in the air. It falls back to the ground in short order.

Kids were getting lead poisoning from putting lead painted toys in their mouths, and eating lead paint chips. Funny how when I was kid, and even to this day. Lead fishing sinkers don't have a warning to not crimp them with your teeth. Which when I was kid I crimped thousands of them with my ...

If you live and breathe closer to the ground it will affect you quite significantly, I've seen the data, plus modern gasoline is fine without it, sure they could always transition smoother, in a less knee-jerk fashion, but I stand by it being the right decision. Led paint and led toys of course is another big source of led poisoning. SF has plenty of old houses with old layers of led paint that's cracking off slowly, onto the floors etc. only to be ingested by babies and pets.

Tenpoundbass says

It was a knee jerk over reaction to toxic building materials. Lead paint, and Asbestos caused such a stir, that the "The New Thing" back then was putting on show to clean up the act. Besides every time they go on one of these clean up tangents, people get filthy rich in the process. Lead is pretty heavy, so having lead in your exhaust, does not suspend lead particles in the air. It falls back to the ground in short order.

There is literally no good reason to have lead in gasoline.

Tenpoundbass says

It was a knee jerk over reaction to toxic building materials.

No. The problem with leaded fuel is that it would ruin a catalytic converter. The catalytic converter was to take NO2 compounds out of the exhaust to stop photochemical smog. That worked very well, as those that remember the smog brown haze of old will attest.

richwicks says

There is literally no good reason to have lead in gasoline.

In cars, yes, but in General Aviation piston engines that require over 100 octane, tetraethyl lead is still needed.

HeadSet says

richwicks says

There is literally no good reason to have lead in gasoline.

In cars, yes, but in General Aviation piston engines that require over 100 octane, tetraethyl lead is still needed.

I know it's still used, but modifying the engine is the answer. It's not really needed.

richwicks says

modifying the engine is the answer.

Engineers have been trying for decades to do that. Unable so far.

HeadSet says

richwicks says

modifying the engine is the answer.

Engineers have been trying for decades to do that. Unable so far.

It's a question of the cost of the engine.

Leaded gasoline is just a hack.

Part of it is thoes in power don't want to give it up.
The average age of your congressperson has increased every year since 1981

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Boomer report: As I've stated on here, I have a VRBO rental in Maui near Lahaina with a small beach. When I bought it 7 years ago we had a rack on the side of the building containing 8 kayaks various owners owned. It was giant pain but I eventually got one too.

Well, they aged out of it and got rid of their kayaks, mine is the only one left.

Now they all want ME to get rid of mine but I still use mine, I'm Gen-X.

Chairman of the board emailed me to say that I had to get rid of it (although in owners meetings it was discussed) and I'm forcing a vote on it now.

I really don't care as I'm considering selling anyway, the free disposal would allow me to free up space in my condo (the pull truck) and I can rent like vacationers do.

But I'm pushing back on this BS for principles...

(I don't hate boomers but I don't like these ones; so stereotypical; "I got mine so effe you!")

just_passing_through says

(I don't hate boomers but I don't like these ones; so stereotypical; "I got mine so effe you!")

Yuppies didn't age well. Most Boomers that don't live in Condos or gated communities, wont complain about your Kayak rack, if you don't complain about their piss bottles piled up on the side of the house.

Tenpoundbass says

Yuppies didn't age well. Most Boomers that don't live in Condos or gated communities, wont complain about your Kayak rack, if you don't complain about their piss bottles piled up on the side of the house.

They don't live there. They rent them out like I do except they are too stupid to operate a phone so they pay 30% to a property management company to do a shitty job instead of using VRBO. We all tend to gather there for the owners meetings once per year though.

The property management company also uses VRBO and they get shitty reviews (mine are 10/10) and less reviews. At first they never even changed their prices and kept them too low for high season or events. It pissed off a lot of owners because some are remodeled and some aren't. People started noticing I was beating the snot out of them so they at least change prices sometimes now.

Well in that case, I belive VRBO owners should have zero say in the HOA rules.
There's just too much motive for them, to buy up as many units as they can, and out vote the remaining owners in imposing burdens on them that could price them out. Then just reverse all of their nonsense once they succeeded.

If I were king around here, trying to make money off buying and rigging the SFH market would be so prohibitive for them, they would never ever want to do it.
Go buy or build a multi unit apartment building if you want to play the Soup!

I would do away with HOA's period if it were up to me.

There's been quite a spate of stories in Florida of Home owners getting priced out of their HOA properties with the 30 year inspection scam and raising the fees and imposing outrageous 20K or more assessment fees. One was a HOA that had 3 story duplexes, and yet they are being treated with the same regulations that big concrete multi story buildings like those effected by the Champlain towers fallout.

I think it's stupid to demand a building that has more plywood and metal studs, than cinderblocks, and every floor above is a part of the same unit, to be held to the same standards as a high-rise condominium. It's a land grab by the investor class.

@Tenpoundbass I get what you mean but all of the condos on the West Maui oceanside were built to be STRs in the 1970s or a bit later. On the other side of the road the apartments were built for workers.

So I'm not messing up the SFH market at all, mine and likewise are small, furnished, with no storage and single uncovered parking. There are some 2-3 bedrooms as well. It's the reason all of those buildings have leasing offices. Personally I'd like to kick them out and put toys like kayaks, etc., we can lease to visitors but again, old people can't manage on their own...

Regular people couldn't afford the mortgage, HOA fee and insane property taxes. Even getting a long term renter doesn't come close to covering costs. Approximately half.

I tend to agree with the AirBNB (and VRBO) messing up housing for people but it's more AirBNB than VRBO -> which tends to attract older more quiet people.

In this case I was just able to remove a middle man that was going to charge me 30%, and they are still pissed. They also work for our HOA. They have a rental division and a property management division but there are really only a few people who work there.

My unit was used for STRs looong before the internet was a public thing.

Tenpoundbass says

I belive VRBO owners should have zero say in the HOA rules

Nearly the entire building rents their units out on VRBO directly or indirectly. There are a handful of resident owners and they are aged 85 to over 95 and rich. They also keep dying so it's hard to keep track. They are also a pain the ass voting to put plants in front of ground floor owners views because they, "Like the flowers".

just_passing_through says

It's the reason all of those buildings have leasing offices. Personally I'd like to kick them out and put toys like kayaks, etc., we can lease to visitors but again, old people can't manage on their own...

Sounds like the Leasing office guys are butt hurt because you're not paying the protection money.
and you didn't tip the groundskeeper they have a dossier on you by now.