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Love Thy Neighbour


.......Remember I said those words in my original blog?  Well something happened a while ago that surprised me I was approached by my little neighbour and she asked “if we could talk”…..I said ok.  Her intention was to make peace and I being a reasonable person agreed.  We don’t have to necessarily hang out with each other on a daily basis but at least be neighbourly and say hello when we pass each other in the building.  Cool Huh!
And a good luck to my neighbor above me, he's going through a rough time with his health at the moment. For years I've seen him around town always walking somewhere and keeping to himself. 
Now back to business, my rent has been paid on time for many months so here's my concern to UNH Inc. for the past month the building security lighting system is shut off?  Harvey the previous tenant who lived in my unit told me he was burglarized and the thieves walked out the front door with his belongings, so by trying to save a few bucks on hydro you're jeopardizing our safety.
It's official folks the olde gal in the office has finally lost it...re: the bulletin board located on my floor usually has posts of upcoming events and programs of interest for all tenants, not anymore only a selected few are told of what's up and coming.  What's on the board now you ask?  Word pages highlited and copied in small print from Wikipedia.  99.5 % of the tenants don't have a clue why it's there nor do they care.
Sorry olde gal I have a strict policy I don't read irrelevant material. :P

And a "see ya when you get back" to Mr. Jacobs he's taking temporary leave for personal reasons, you're a good man...and....a welcome back to Mr. Gerry B.  :)

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