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Definition of RENT

by subville @ Friday, 16. May, 2008 - 05:26:58 pm

Dictionary.com (Unabridged)

–noun
1. a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
2. a payment or series of payments made by a lessee to an owner in return for the use of machinery, equipment, etc.
3. Economics. the excess of the produce or return yielded by a given piece of cultivated land over the cost of production; the yield from a piece of land or real estate.
4. profit or return derived from any differential advantage in production.
5. Obsolete. revenue or income.
–verb (used with object)
6. to grant the possession and enjoyment of (property, machinery, etc.) in return for the payment of rent from the tenant or lessee. (often fol. by out).
7. to take and hold (property, machinery, etc.) in return for the payment of rent to the landlord or owner.
–verb (used without object)
8. to be leased or let for rent: This apartment rents cheaply.
9. to lease or let property.
10. to take possession of and use property by paying rent: She rents from a friend.
—Idiom
11. for rent, available to be rented, as a home or store: an apartment for rent.

My wee dictionary with the broken spine (oh how apt)

- noun
payment for the use of land or buildings

to hold as a tenant

to let

That's all ;D

banality - don't read this

by subville @ Friday, 16. May, 2008 - 02:32:07 pm

Damn wireless connection :(

Borrowing Mini's incredibly long ethernet cable to connect.

Had a daft text conv last night. Sorted. Thanks, bro.

Boss was havin' a day off today so no rush this morning. Yay! ... got to watch all of Frasier. Got loads of paperwork done and sent off. Brought all the tea towels back to wash. Blah blah yadda yadda ...

Too minging to go into town, blobbed home. Message from ex - wasn't lawyer problem after all. He didn't have to send the paperwork in the first place.

Sorry cowboy lawyers.

Little bit down. No big reason why. Actually I don't know why.

Ah well, I should go get messages and munchies for Friday night in with telly. Aw crap, Mini's got a friend staying over. Nice lad but it means they'll be hogging the living room.

Housework. Shopping. Boredom.

cowboys

by subville @ Thursday, 15. May, 2008 - 10:19:01 pm

I don't think they're proper lawyers.

Ex signed, returned, and was surprised to find the paperwork returned to him. With no explanation. :??:

He phoned the office, not knowing which lawyer was dealing with it (why hadn't she included a letter with it first time anyway?) and there was no-one able to explain why the paperwork was returned :??:

Playing at it :roll:

Thumbs up

by subville @ Wednesday, 14. May, 2008 - 06:37:48 pm

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HERE'S the story

Baaha!

by subville @ Wednesday, 14. May, 2008 - 04:31:03 pm

LOLZ

Very tired

by subville @ Monday, 12. May, 2008 - 04:42:07 pm

It's so nice outside and I've got loads to do. Time I wasn't here :))

The heat's making me tired all the time.

:wave: :yawn:

muted voice

by subville @ Sunday, 11. May, 2008 - 11:24:53 pm

Alec, this is one time when I get like this but ...

I'm so lucky to have you lot.

Thank you xxx

Things that matter

by subville @ Sunday, 11. May, 2008 - 11:04:37 am

here again

pinkclouds

Happy Birthday Sup

by subville @ Saturday, 10. May, 2008 - 10:30:49 pm

Happy Birthday

Sup

;D


oh and ...

soys bloke

nothin much

by subville @ Saturday, 10. May, 2008 - 09:49:54 pm

Decided to go out today as I've not been outside a radius of ¼ mile for over a week.

Hmmm what great excuse could I have for a wee jaunt into town and 'treating' myself to lunch?

I need bin bags :)) Well, I need massive bin bags, the ones you can get from Lakeland. The unforeseen consequences of buying a nice shiny bin that needs polishing all the time cos it's coated with some kind of force field that attracts dirt.

Oooh ... and screen wipes. Exciting. You'd think I actually did housework, I don't, I buy stuff in the hope that I'll do summat.

Meltiness on the patio when I got back. There's no shade in my garden till evening when it's cooler :roll:

The one thing I can do ... hang washing on the whirly gig (spinny thing) ... cannot be done as I've lost my hole. It's happened before but I walked on the grass with bare feet and found it. This year ... it hath vanished!!

Tonight, kneeling on the grass, phone shouldered to my ear, stabbing the grass with a butter knife, I wondered how long it would be till someone locks me up.

My next move is to find someone who owns a metal detector.

In other news, I think my ex is gonna get a short sharp shock when he sees GTA4, or rather hears it. I told him how much I hate the language used in it and he said his house-mate will have summat to say about it. I told him he shoulda thought of that before getting me to buy it. Really hope he doesn't expect my house to be full of that crap while he side-steps it! I reckon Mini's gonna be in a bad mood when he comes back on Sunday.

*bracing myself*

Commissioned

by subville @ Friday, 09. May, 2008 - 11:05:34 pm

*cough*

SIATC

;D

:roll:

by subville @ Friday, 09. May, 2008 - 12:50:47 pm

It isn't about having 'different rules' or being part of a club.

It's more about there being a better way to deal with things. As a Christian you are accountable to Christ for the way you behave and the things you say.

The 'normal' way to deal with things is to head straight for court. There's a less harsh way, a way that things may be resolved so that all parties will be edified and happier. That's all I was saying.

Maybe I should have explained. I forgot you have to explain. Too many misunderstandings surrounding church. My remark was more aimed at the Christians amongst us. I believe there are some.

*sigh*

A simple sentence and I end up all defensive. I'm not annoyed at anyone, apart from myself :))

Webby Awards

by subville @ Tuesday, 06. May, 2008 - 10:36:23 pm

WEBBY AWARDS WINNERS AND NOMINEES

Discover some new sites?  :D

M.I.A.

by subville @ Tuesday, 06. May, 2008 - 08:54:07 pm

If yer missing his regular photies, go look on his flickr site ;)

There's new stuff :>>

tough day (again)

by subville @ Monday, 05. May, 2008 - 02:33:28 pm

Today's been tricky. Gorgeous weather. 2 boys stayed over with Mini last night. They sat up playing Xbox all night. When I woke the first time they had fallen asleep downstairs. When I eventually got up (didn't have to be in work by a particular time)they'd gone on, left the Xbox on and left the back door open.

I got ready, bath etc. They came back, multiplied. 5 of them. One wasn't allowed out at all. He was supposed to stay in my house cos his mum's grounded him. They were standing on a street corner, three smoking.

A neighbour called. A scratch on her car overnight (they were playing Xbox) and complaining about them smoking.

Closed the door. Shed a few tears. They came in the back door. I was about to start 'the lecture' when the phone rang. Passed to me. The grounded boy's mum. Mini was messing around in science class on Friday and bumped into someone, who bumped into grounded boy's sister and she spilled boiling water over her arm. The school ran cold water on it and said it would be fine. Now it's up in skin bubbles and 'weeping'. Taking daughter to A & E, been advised to take photos of arm and sue school for compo :roll:

I expect he'll end up being expelled or excluded on Tuesday.

I've kinda had enough. I clearly can't do this. Hope ex is prepared for what I want to chat to him about tomorrow when he comes back.

I has a sad. But please, no sympathy. Life is sucky.

Emergency uses for a mobile

by subville @ Sunday, 04. May, 2008 - 10:01:36 pm

Found this on my hard drive. There's a distinct possibility that someone posted it ages ago but I can't remember :))

FIRST

The Emergency Number worldwide for Mobile is 112. If you find yourself out of the coverage area of your mobile; network and there is an emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly this number 112 can be dialed even if the keypad is locked. Try it out.

SECOND - Have you locked your keys in the car?

Does your car have remote keyless entry? This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a mobile phone: If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their mobile phone from your cell phone. Hold your mobile phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car will unlock... Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other "remote" for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk).
Editor's Note: It works fine! We tried it out and it unlocked our car over a mobile phone!"

THIRD - Hidden Battery Power

Imagine your mobile battery is very low. To activate, press the keys *3370# Your mobile will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get charged when you charge your mobile next time.

FOURTH - How to disable a STOLEN mobile phone?

To check your Mobile phone's serial number, key in the following digits on your phone: * # 0 6 #
... A 15 digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your handset. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe. When your phone gets stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code. They will then be able to block your handset so even if the thief changes the SIM card, your phone will be totally useless. You probably won't get your phone back, but at least you know that whoever stole it can't use/sell it either. If everybody does this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones.

life in toons

by subville @ Saturday, 03. May, 2008 - 08:05:49 pm

zealous_autoconfig

zits

Birth Date Charts

by subville @ Saturday, 03. May, 2008 - 01:14:43 pm

Nicked Borrowed in a friendly way from Jack Frost :>>

LINK

On my birthday

Number one in the singles chart ... The Equals - "Baby Come Back"

Number one in the album chart ... Small Faces - "Ogden's Nut Gone Flake"

Born on my birthday ...

1941 - George Clinton (vocalist, keyboard player; solo and with Parliament and Funkadelic)
1944 - Ric Davis (vocalist, keyboard player, Supertramp)
1947 - Don Henley (drummer, vocalist; solo and with The Eagles)
1962 - Steve Albini (eminent producer and vocalist/guitarist with The Big Black)
1971 - Chris Helme (vocalist, The Seahorses)
1973 - Daniel Jones (multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, Savage Garden)

They forgot

1968 - Rhys Ifans (actor)

twitchy

by subville @ Friday, 02. May, 2008 - 11:00:30 pm

All night I've had a weird twitch from the left of my mouth to my chin. I imagine I look like I'm having a stroke but it's more than likely not noticeable. The wee yin saw it though. For a wee while I thought I was actually having a stroke (shurrup Nick) My brain is fulla mush :))

So it WAS just paranoia :o)

by subville @ Friday, 02. May, 2008 - 06:21:13 pm

Some of you know I'm finishing at my job at the end of this month. I was worried that my boss didn't like me cos he'd been so dismissive, etc. Then I discovered it was because he had that bad news for me.

Today, there was an A4 sheet in my 'in' tray with a CV update. It was for me! He called me - Personal Assistant to the Director  :D (& a load of bullet points)

He knew it made me giggle a bit when I heard him calling me that on the phone one day, so he indulged me. Isn't that sweet?

I really must stop thinking I cause every frown.

Oh well, it's documented here now. I expected you lot will drag me back in here and rub my nose in it when I'm getting all freaky again :))

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