Bill, I read your emails and will have an answer for you in a little while, but it will be a long one, so give me a little time to get it together.
I’ll work on the OBJ figures, get them to you soon.
I suspect the cheapest option for the clan is to remove the road completely, given it is an eyesore on their land, with no purpose, from their point of view
Problem with that, John, at least as I see it, is there may well be common law precedents which would effectively make that de facto a public road or passageway. You gotta be very careful cutting off people’s access to their homestead. If the homeowners in that subdivision were using that road to access their property BEFORE the clan bought the property and if there is no other existing access to the subdivision except that single road there may be a “common use” issue that might come into play. Were it happening in our courts I would expect the lawyers for the assholes to shop around to find a sympathetic judge. Depending upon how the case is tried and the judge’s instructions to the jury it could go against the clan in our current “justice system”. Jochi’s idea of a toll road might work absent laws prohibiting it. The Clan should be able to charge tolls to people using the road if said tolls were to be dedicated to funding upgrade and maintenance of the road.
Even in the real world, easements don’t work the way the “homeowners” want. I don’t pay upkeep on the gas, water, electricity and fiber optic lines running across my property, the respective companies do. In the Empire, I suspect a toll booth may be in the offing. TAANSTAFL. You want to use it, we don’t. We generously recognize your need, and so will provide you this service. You will, of course, pay for the service, right?
IMHO – Biden never has been nor will he ever be a President, inauguration or not –
and given things on the horizon, I suspect he may be in danger from his “own” people.
Time will tell – about a lot of things.
The people he has chosen worry me greatly.
I think the one you need to worry about is Harris. She will likely be President six months or so, because of Biden’s mental problems. Like you said his own people will put him out to pasture. She is a full fledged socialist and that won’t fly. It has failed everywhere it was. Bernie Sanders as VP. Hah.
He’s in no “danger” because the fix is in – it HAS been in at least since the convention. I believe that by some time next spring – or summer at the latest – Kameltoe is going to effect a 25th Amendment coup and send Dopey/Gropey Joe back home to skinny dip in his own pool. He should have ample revenue streams – pensions from the Senate, the Vice-Presidency and soon the Presidency – plus emoluments from all the boards he’ll be asked (as former POTUS, VPOTUS and Senator) to sit on. Add in him being eligible for a level of health care only a billionaire could afford and he’s gonna be sitting pretty. Crying damned shame his mind is so far gone he won’t be able to enjoy that life. 😉 Jill’s gonna have it good, though. I wonder if those pensions and that health care plan are inheritable?
Catman, please check your email and please respond. I’m kind of at an impasse and need some answers/guidance only you can provide.
Bill, I read your emails and will have an answer for you in a little while, but it will be a long one, so give me a little time to get it together.
I’ll work on the OBJ figures, get them to you soon.
Thank you. Much appreciated. Working on the field hospital now. Will email you with my thoughts about design decisions for various modules.
Holy turnabouts Catman, my scheme senses are tingling!
Both stories?
Mainly the top story, but it is also always a safe bet that the Empresses guard are up to something.
I suspect the cheapest option for the clan is to remove the road completely, given it is an eyesore on their land, with no purpose, from their point of view
Problem with that, John, at least as I see it, is there may well be common law precedents which would effectively make that de facto a public road or passageway. You gotta be very careful cutting off people’s access to their homestead. If the homeowners in that subdivision were using that road to access their property BEFORE the clan bought the property and if there is no other existing access to the subdivision except that single road there may be a “common use” issue that might come into play. Were it happening in our courts I would expect the lawyers for the assholes to shop around to find a sympathetic judge. Depending upon how the case is tried and the judge’s instructions to the jury it could go against the clan in our current “justice system”. Jochi’s idea of a toll road might work absent laws prohibiting it. The Clan should be able to charge tolls to people using the road if said tolls were to be dedicated to funding upgrade and maintenance of the road.
Here’s a chuckle.
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(I figure Catman would agree here.)
Even in the real world, easements don’t work the way the “homeowners” want. I don’t pay upkeep on the gas, water, electricity and fiber optic lines running across my property, the respective companies do. In the Empire, I suspect a toll booth may be in the offing. TAANSTAFL. You want to use it, we don’t. We generously recognize your need, and so will provide you this service. You will, of course, pay for the service, right?
Had an idea for a T-shirt for (possibly) the next four years
Biden MAY be your president
But he
AIN’T MINE!
(And never will be)
Whatcha think?
IMHO – Biden never has been nor will he ever be a President, inauguration or not –
and given things on the horizon, I suspect he may be in danger from his “own” people.
Time will tell – about a lot of things.
The people he has chosen worry me greatly.
I think the one you need to worry about is Harris. She will likely be President six months or so, because of Biden’s mental problems. Like you said his own people will put him out to pasture. She is a full fledged socialist and that won’t fly. It has failed everywhere it was. Bernie Sanders as VP. Hah.
He’s in no “danger” because the fix is in – it HAS been in at least since the convention. I believe that by some time next spring – or summer at the latest – Kameltoe is going to effect a 25th Amendment coup and send Dopey/Gropey Joe back home to skinny dip in his own pool. He should have ample revenue streams – pensions from the Senate, the Vice-Presidency and soon the Presidency – plus emoluments from all the boards he’ll be asked (as former POTUS, VPOTUS and Senator) to sit on. Add in him being eligible for a level of health care only a billionaire could afford and he’s gonna be sitting pretty. Crying damned shame his mind is so far gone he won’t be able to enjoy that life. 😉 Jill’s gonna have it good, though. I wonder if those pensions and that health care plan are inheritable?