Dave Nicholson

It's -8c outside and I have my window open a bit, so I don't die. Sigh. Sounds dramatic and all, but I have severe sensitivities to scented products. Right now, someone is burning incense and It's really getting to me, and I am having issues catching my breath now. It's not the first time it's happened in our "scent free building", but this time it's really getting to me. In a previous place the woman across the hall got kind of messed up on drugs and sprayed an entire can of air freshener in her apartment and in the hallway. I ended up having to go to the ER that time, as my breathing was so bad from it. A friend went into my place and opened my windows and pointed my fan at the bedroom window to clear it out. Good thing it did not rain that day, as I was gone all night and the windows left open. The worst thing about having this problem in your life is people not believing it's real, even though 32% of people have some kind of sensitivity to scen...

Oh good GOD so you are screaming at your mother after you bled her dry money wise. Sigh. The kids drained her for all she is worth and now she is broke and has to move out. Not to mention she can't really take care of herself all the time no more. She is losing her wits. They are no help at all (son and daughter). She was wondering in the hall the other day in her night shirt. The girl was off some place and so was the son. Sigh. Now they are literally yelling at mom because it's time to get the hell out and live on your own. Mummy don't got no more money to take care of you all. Sigh. Who the hell will take care of her though? She can't do it much longer, most of the time she is out of it. That makes her a danger to herself. The cops don't seem see it that way though. They where there the other night to check on her and thought it was all fine. I don't know. There seems to be no hope in this situation. The best part is the kids yelling at her that it's not...

This is the "the people next door have been making a shit pile of noise all day and disrupting my day, so now that they want to sleep I am playing lout music - playlist". Slam that door a few more times see how many songs I add. LOL. Manager is at the lake for the weekend, have fun getting the cops to actually show up HA! 1 Scorpions - Ruby Tuesday 2 Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence 3 The Sound of Silence (Strip Club Parody) 4 Helix - Rock You 5 Quiet Riot - Bang Your Head 6 Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood 7 Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize 8 Slade- Run Runaway 9 Paul Revere and The Raiders - Cherokee Nation 10 Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky 11 Rational Youth - Ring the Bells 12 Rational Youth - Close to Nature 13 Rational Youth - Just a Sound in the Night 14 Rational Youth - City of Night 15 Rational Youth - Cité Phosphore 16 Asylum Party - Julia 17 Asylum Party - First Days Of Winter 18 Styx - Come Sail Away 19 Electric Light Orchestra - Last T...

Another bat got in. OK I know how they get in here - threw the vent in the wall in the boiler room. But how the hell do they get in apartments? The doors are kind of low to the floor on this floor at least. We are talking 1/8th of an inch. Can they squish down that flat? I think this is the 4th one since I moved in. But it happens in the fancy places too - so ya know... Oh oh oh - when I lived in the stad apartments (glad I am out of there) I had 2 doors. Front and back. The back opened onto the parking lot (building is L shaped). I had it open while I got some stuff out of the car one day and I came back with load number two and here is a cat on my counter looking at me. LOL. That was easy though... Pet cat, pick up cat, put cat outside, close door :) The guy across the hall tells me the people to the north of me are moving out. Well let me tell ya something, They been there for 2 years and I think I heard them a total of 4 times ever. They have a kid and I ain't neve...

 Lots of folks here seem to leave the shoes in the hall. It keeps things cleaner inside the apartment you see. I am just not able to do it LOL. I don't trust the world enough. So I track the dirt in instead :)  Long shot of the hall from my door. Me in the hall outside my door. Waiting for the cleaner to finish moping the place before I take out the garbage and we go for coffee at Smitties on the North Service Road, here in Moose Jaw.

 Leaking windows have caused the wall to be damaged.  Even with a towel on the window there is water running down the wall.  As you can see there is a plugin on the wall under the window. Water and power don't mix well. I am not sure but I don't think this is allowed in the first place.  Hard to see but there is a hell of a lot of water on the casing.  The seals are broken on the windows and they freeze up and then melt in the sun and there is water.  Obvious mold on the window.  Tub surround is not sealed up right and there are gaps for water to get in and damage the wall and attract mold. This very old toilet has had the caulking around it fail and there is mold and gunk around the toilet. In general this place is a health hazard in my mind, but I can't really afford to move to a place where I need to spend $60 or more a month on cabs to get to the store or the doctors office. I have emailed the government and wi...

OK I called them on June 17, 2014. I texted 4 days before that. They are aware of the situation. But so fare nothing has happened and I have not been called. So I added on about the stairs not being lit and the entry not being lit. This is also a hazard to us all in the building. The liability would be theirs if any of us fell. I am giving them to June 26, 2014 to do something, then I am sending this as a registered letter. If I do not hear back from them in a timely manner than I will be passing this on to the health inspector. There is so much wrong with this place that I overlook. The windows are toast. The floor is bouncy. The back stairs are not level. The smoke detectors have not been tested and the batteries have not been replaced since I got here several years ago. By law they should be tested every 6 months and a log signed by the tenant that it has been tested. Every 12 months the battery should be changed and the same thing with the log. But nothing is done. There is a...

The reaction to the scented stuff the people next door are using in the bath. It is coming out of every drain. The sink in the kitchen and bathroom and the bathtub. The plumbing here is obviously not up to code or this would not be happening. The manager is off come place for God knows how long... The kind of reaction I am having tends to get worse every time it happens. So eventually if this is not corrected, it will be fatal. So they need to fix this soon or I have to get the hell out of here. This reaction is about 30 min after the start of the scent leaking into my apartment. As you can see my entire body is red and swelling up. It is burning my eyes and my throat. I have a violent headache as well. But if I take pain pills the Benadryl will not work as well. I took the Benadryl as soon as I smelled the scent. It is still this violent a reaction. Thank you chemical companies for making everything scented.

As good as it gets with only 1 phone line and 1080p cable on the same line as the net. The building I am in is old and uses twisted strand wire to get the service in here. You need 2 lines to go any faster... Oh well. When they get the fiberopitics in place it can be faster and I will pay the extra $10 to get 20mbs internet with my cable.

Got to love when people come home after midnight and talk very loud in the halls. After all ther are the only important person alive. I have to wonder is they are raised in a barn. Not to mention the drama of slamming doors at 3am and yelling at you now ex bf. then to replace him the next day. Lacking in morals I have to say. This is why I say I will never have a quiet day. Someone has to be singing in the bath or talking to the voices. Or there has to be after bar banter and door slams. Just to keep it all interesting I guess. Oh for the days of the mobal home park. It was always quiet there. No parties. No drunk tards. No fights. No blowing horns. No trucks docking at 2am. I miss that. I also miss everyone liking and respecting each other. Those days are lost now.