I accidently left my water heater on, it’s the kind with a big tank, where u flip a switch to heat the water, it might have been on for 2-3 days!, i’m a bit worried, is this dangerous? When i got home the bathroom was full of steam and i could hear it boiling loudly. I’ve just switched it off, but i’m still a little worried to even go into the bathroom, as last time when i accidently left it on 7 hours, the thing set all my fire alarms off.
Can i just clarify, my water heater CONTINUALLY boils until i turn it off again.

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I have Section 8- which they pay for the full amount of rent. Lately the inspections haven’t been passing because there’s few things the landlord need to fix. 1st- the mice infestation, and she needs to fix one of my fire alarms. That’s not counting all the other things Section 8 didn’t noticed- such as my clogged up pipe to do laundry, she had someone come to install my room door and it’s been a yr. & is still not painted. The front main door- I still have no key. There’s more to it but don’t want to mention all of it.

I have 4 toddlers of my own- 6, 4, 3 & 2 yrs. old, not to mention I sometimes do babysitting. I have an infestation with mice and roaches and I called the City of Hartford so an inspector can take a look. I spoke with the landlord a couple of days ago and threaten’ me with turning off my water if I keep putting the hose out the window when I wash clothes. She send someone to fix the pipe, and they didn’t fix it, I have the same problem with it- water goes everywhere if I use it to empty out the washer.

I tell the landlord about all these things & everytime she says she’s going to send someone, most of the time they don’t come, or if not that- she’ll send someone without a notice or a short half hour notice. She told my she cant afford a carpenter to fix the baseboard of the heaters, which is where the mices are coming from- I have mice poop everywhere….

Today a Section 8 inspector came over, but coincidentally he didn’t make it to my apartment- God knows what she told him, maybe that I wasn’t home or something, I was waiting all day and even left a message to the office about what happened and that the landlord is not doing anything… My power also had went off today while I believe the inspector came and that’s how she probably took advantage and said I wasn’t here- so I wont complain to him. I know she haven’t been receiving rent cause the apartment failed about 3 times already. I am so mad right now about the whole situation, all I wanted was for her to get rid of the mices & roaches.

What are my rights, what can I do, who else should I contact to help ME in this situation. I already called the City, and Section 8, who else can I talk to??? I can’t move right now because I need to come up with the security deposit- which I already got referred for the help with that. HELPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP……
SORRY SO LONG….
I have done that already, the mice are in the walls… Having BABIES…. The mice are already use to the poison- I know its weird, but it just doesn’t kill them. I already spent on rat trap, it’s my job to keep up with the house & I do, that’s not the problem, the whole baseboard has an inch of space that goes to the basement which is where the mices get through. I have mice running around in groups of at least between 3-6 in just the kitchen, not to mention, they’re in every room.

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I’ve been dating the same guy for two years now. I’m seventeen, and he’s eighteen. Throughout the years, his anger problem as been getting bigger and bigger until its actually starting to scare me. He’ll get mad over little things such as me getting a little annoyed when hes poking me while I’m trying to pay attention to a final review. During school a couple days ago, he got angry because of that, hit himself in the head many times, slammed his head into lockers and doors, slammed his entire body against a brick wall, stomped his feet, grinding his teeth. I got nervous, and walked away to my next class, and he was running around the school trying to find me screaming "F**K MY LIFE!" tearing down posters on the wall, disrupting classes. He’s broken fire alarms, and much more.

He’s hit himself many, many times, and has even burnt himself with cigarettes. He smokes too. He’s freaked out at school many times, at home many times. His parents don’t know how to handle it either; His dad repeatedly calls him a ‘f*ggot", and his mom even punched him in the face and left bruises.

He’s broken furniture, ripped the door off his hinges, and much more. He’s also threatened suicide many times, drinks when hes sad (his parents ALLOW him too), and he’s stolen his moms car to drive over to my house at one in the morning to throw more fits outside.

I first went to him, and tried to help him. I could calm him down easy, but now he won’t listen to me anymore. After that, I went to talk to his parents, and in the middle of my sentence, she got in her car, said "I have to go.", pulled out of the parking lot, and while driving away said "You know what? I think the problem is you."then, I went to the guidance counselor at school and she couldn’t do anything but call his mom and tell her he needs help. She wouldn’t listen. So, when my boyfriend had to get shots for school, I told him he needed to tell the doctor what was going on, because the doctor couldn’t ignore it, and he did, and his mom was like, okay we’ll get an appointment and everything, but after they left, she completely refused to. He’s eighteen and could get the help now, but he needs insurance, which his parents have. So, he can’t get help. Today, I went online and started to chat with a person who I thought could help, and he told me "This is a site for drug abuse, I can;t help you." I’m not sure where to go from here.

I love him, and I want to get him help. Answers such as "He’s completely insane, and you should dump him would solve all your problems." will be ignored.

Please, You guys are my last hope for help.
@Carlos Martinez; Little things set him off. Sometimes, its not even things I can control. Such as.. a look he gets from someone in the hall way. I wouldn’t want him to be drugged up, but I’m sure theres some.. antidepressant he could take or something along those lines.

@massage therapist; He begs for help from his parents. They refuse to give him any. They blame it all on me. He cries to me sometimes, telling me he knows theres something wrong with him and he doesn’t want to get angry so quick. He knows. Its just his parents.

@AdeL; I pray every day for him.

Thanks to everyone whos trying to help (:

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I was in class at E7 (technology center) and suddenly the fire alarms were activated….we left the building as required and after that we have told to come back to class. 10 min later a cop told us to left the building inmediately…all the campus was closed and cops told to left the campus…also, some streets were closed…..

I left the campuss and went home
Does anybody know what was that??? I’m curious…lol
It is but ELAC is not exactly at east LA, this campus is in Monterrey Park…
OMG! I know what happened! I went to http://www.elac.edu and it says that was closed for a gas leak…

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well i gave this girl my number because me and her were swapping numbers before gym so I told her just to text me DO NOT CALL ME! well today was the fair and guess what she calls me and says "Chasity are you coming to the fair." so I said "No i can’t not today but tomorrow" so I get home with my mom (because we had to drop my brother and his friend off some were) so then i was baking cookies and she called me back "Chasity i didn’t see you at the fair." "sorry i told you i could not make it" so then her friend got on the phone with me and she asked me if im going tomorrow (Saturday October 3,2009) and i said yes so then she asked me randomly if i was going to go see the cows and i told her yes i always do and then I heard her say "Britt she’s going to go see her family because that’s what she is."
and then she asked me if i was going to go see the pigs and i replied yes i am then she said "oh she’s visiting her other half of her family" so then they just kept asking me random questions like do i like gum and eat it in school,what do i have in my room,stuff about fire alarms,if i could swim. it just got so annoying i hung up do i have the right to feel uncomfortable or was it just me. by the way we never talk on the phone so why now would she be calling me
thank you Elizabeth i will clear it up.
I was swapping numbers with my friends so Britt looked at me and asked me for mine so I gave it to her and I told her I’m giving you promotion to text me not to call me (because I give people promotion to call me or to text me) I only hang out with their other friend Krystal becuase us 2 are very close. and I only said yes to the cows and pigs because they asked me in one piece at the time and then made fun of me

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This is for my cousin. She’s living in a rooming house in Quincy, MA and recently came home from work to find the housing manager in her room. He was sealing her window for the winter and said he had expected her to be out longer. Like she wouldn’t have noticed big pieces of plastic on her window when she got home.

She’s been living there for almost three years now and since moving in the landlord has gotten high (apparently he’s a heroin addict) and will knock on people’s doors at 2 in the morning or he’ll cook something in the community kitchen and pass out or fall asleep and set off all the fire alarms.

People have said something to the landlord (who ironically is a narcotics cop for Quincy) and have been told that the manager is a friend and until he’s physically sees him abusing drugs or tormenting the tenants, there’s nothing he can do about it.

Is it legal for the manager to just walk into the room? Or knock on doors at 2 in the morning?

I’ve told her she could move in with my wife and I SO many times (we have a finished attic that has a separate entrance, and we live in Boston, so it’s not like we’d be far from her work) but she doesn’t want to "impose".

Suggestions?
I don’t know why it suggested family – but ok.

Also it should say WITHOUT not wihout in the title. LOL.

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I am a first time home buyer and making a list of things I need to consider as a cost before I purchase it.
1. Closing cost – is this paid by the seller? WHat does this include?
2. Property tax – when is this due?
3. Home owner’s insurance – how much is it approximately?
4. Security system – how much is it approximately?
5. Inspection – how much does this cost?
6. Repairs – Is this covered in insurance?
7. Pest control – how much does this cost? can this be covererd under insurance?
8. Fire alarms – do I need to install these?

Please feel free to add to the list
Thank you

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My mum is a registered nurse working in a resthome. When she goes to work (usually at night) there is typically only one or two other RN’s in the place. It’s large and sprawling, and at night the nurses are spread thin, so the bulk of staff are made up by caregivers. They’re all Filippino/Malaysian and band together, speaking their language to one another, effectively excluding nurses and patients from any conversation.
Now, my mum is placed in charge of the home at night, and as such is often at loggerheads with the caregivers when they get cheeky, trying to get things done their way instead of the prescribed way. They’ve taken this to the point where they set off fire alarms deliberately just so they can get breaks more often, vandalised mum’s car by scraping off the logo, and being snarky and rude.
I know there’s nothing I can do directly because I don’t have the facts. Any direct complaint made by me may place my mother’s job in jeopardy. But it’s just so horrible to sit with her after she comes home and hear that she ate dinner alone in a side room because the canteen was full of caregivers who would be rude to her if she tried to sit with them.

I really want to do something, but I don’t know what. Could someone please give me some sensible advice? I’d really appreciate it.

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I go to school & surprisingly have fun & laugh with my friends & I’m just so happy. Then when I come home I feel like this black cloud just comes over my head. My parents are probably the reason. They are the really over protective, up in my business type. When I get home I can’t go to friend’s houses because they are just like that. I just sit around & wait for tomorrow. I can’t say I love them because I know I probably don’t. They’ve really ruined my teenage years. All the parties that I’m going to miss because of them, all the times I wanted to go to a friend’s house of a sleepover, or just go over, they wouldn’t let me because they didn’t know if they had fire alarms installed or their house looked too small. It just hurts me, even now. I’ve always wanted just a little bit more freedom, & to make the years more memorable. I feel like I can’t though. They won’t let me go to highschool with my friends ethier. I’ve cried everyday this week thinking about it. I’m going to miss them.
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I’ve known my friends for about for sooo long. They are the only things that pull me through everday, & I don’t know what I’ll possibly do without them. The school they want me to go to is full of s*uts & its just horrible. I want to go to a local highschool with my friends. They say I’ll turn out horrible though. They even control where I’m going to college. I thought you had your own rights when you turned 18. I just want to be happy. My dad has always been the type to scream curse words at me & make me feel so depressed. Now, I’m going to try thinking about myself now & trying to make me more happy, because I don’t think being this depressed is healthy. What can I do?
I live far away from my friends, so I can’t really meet up with them. I live in the so called "good" neighborhood with the "rich" people (I hate it here).
Well Sammy, I do think you understood what I mean’t so as long as you did, I really DON’T CARE.

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I’ve struggled with this for years.. they’re the ones who practically dragged me into my life of depression. All I have now is music, and some friends.. most of my "good" friends have left me because I am a "bad influence".. as far as getting bad grades in school, or suspensions.. not caring anymore. And I HATE my family for it. I used to love my parents more than anything, until my family turned upside down. My dad developed a business, and worked so much he forgot what it was like to come home and be fun, he’s just not the dad he used to be after all of the work and family problems. Like 2 years ago is when it started, he got his job, and my mom couldn’t handle 4 kids at home. She’s always had problems with stress and depression (she’s borderline), and she would throw me against walls or hit me.. and same with my brother. I would always call my dad crying, and he would threaten to get divorced with her and she would hate me after that, her obsession with my dad took over her and she said without him she would kill herself. And every time I would try to get away from my family they would bring me back, at school I tried to release my anger by having fun engaging in activities such as pulling fire alarms or skipping class. And then one week I just remember it turning into depression, and I couldn’t feel anything. It goes on and off.. one week i’ll be happier, one week i’ll be practically suicidal. After all of my dad’s threats to get a divorce with her, my mom has become a little more normal, therefore our family is a lot more normal.. but my brother is stil crazy with all of his anger management problems. he kicks holes in walls, hits people, throws lamps at people.. He could kill someone. And here I am, I come home from vacation with my friend, and my mom tries to hug me and tell me how much she misses me… and as much as I try I can’t return those feelings. Right as I came home I fell into depression again.. and the close relationship I used to have with my parents, I realized was completely gone. NOw my mom is mad at me for nto returning the love. She doesnt’ understand how I hate my life so much because it changed a lot for the better half a year ago. I don’t really understand either. I still want to die.. but everything is 10 times better.

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