"smobgirl" (smobgirl)
03/08/2017 at 19:46 • Filed to: None
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"smobgirl" (smobgirl)
03/08/2017 at 19:46 • Filed to: None | 4
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I love when I dedicate a day to flying somewhere and inspecting a property, but when I get there no one is expecting me. Usually this is because we were instructed to set things up through a regional management agency or, as in this case, the developer.
Didn’t get access to half of the property so now I’m not sure if I’ll have to fly back or just write it up as a huge limitation. I’m grumpy about it but at least it was a day in the sunshine and out of the office.
Have a random photo from Aspen several years ago since I’m not legally allowed to share the Triumph with a roll cage I saw at the site.
wafflesnfalafel
> smobgirl
03/08/2017 at 20:05 |
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you do risk control?
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smobgirl
> wafflesnfalafel
03/08/2017 at 20:06 |
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Environmental due diligence. In this case, they want to build apartments on a former junk yard :(
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wafflesnfalafel
> smobgirl
03/08/2017 at 20:09 |
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Sounds interesting, (and important.) We occasionally run into clients with pollution from previous tenancies drifting across property lines and get the “opportunity” to write some pretty big checks...
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smobgirl
> wafflesnfalafel
03/08/2017 at 20:20 |
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They’ve done testing here already and have a “mysterious” area of contaminated groundwater. They somehow missed the oil tank in that location on some historic fire insurance maps, I guess? Not to mention that I think they’re just drilling holes and draining vehicles onto the ground.
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wafflesnfalafel
> smobgirl
03/08/2017 at 20:22 |
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lovely...
My X-type is too a real Jaguar
> smobgirl
03/08/2017 at 20:31 |
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My father used to do environmental site surveys I used to help him scan the photos (this was in the late 90s when digital cameras sucked and were expensive). The crap he found was astonishing. Yes those 25 rusty unlabeled steel drums need to be removed by a hazmat crew you can’t just call Billy Bob’s junk removal.
Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> smobgirl
03/08/2017 at 20:40 |
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I can realt! Unnamed private client sends me to Dilworth Minnesota for a site visit in December during a blizzard, 10 deg F and 35 mph winds!
Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
> smobgirl
03/08/2017 at 22:13 |
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Still, could be worse.
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smobgirl
> Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
03/08/2017 at 22:57 |
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Yuck! My last trip to Minnesota I had to race a blizzard out of Duluth. It was pretty though.
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smobgirl
> Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
03/08/2017 at 23:00 |
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Oh, absolutely. Any day out of the office is great in my book! I just really don’t have time for a second trip. (Also I don’t see this getting approved no matter how many times I go, but that’s not my problem).
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smobgirl
> My X-type is too a real Jaguar
03/08/2017 at 23:01 |
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Even when I started we were still occasionally using disposable cameras, though you could at least get them developed to cd!
haveacarortwoorthree2
> smobgirl
03/09/2017 at 09:10 |
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I hate people wasting my time. Plus, since I bill by the hour, it’s really wasting my client’s money (although half the time, it’s probably my client’s fault!).
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smobgirl
> haveacarortwoorthree2
03/09/2017 at 09:48 |
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If I have to go back we will bill them for a second flight - but not the extra day of work. Ah well. I really should figure a way into environmental law. If I have to work the hours I may as well get the pay, right?
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haveacarortwoorthree2
> smobgirl
03/09/2017 at 10:28 |
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Yes, although I try not to encourage too many people to join the profession at this point.