Where I live--Day 6

An important word you need to know in German: Spielplatz. It means playground. There are great ones here. This is what my kids call The Slide of Doom.



Other great things you can find at Spielplaetze are things like ripcords and high rope walks and rope-and-wood things that look something like medieval torture devices. And no, safety is not really the first priority. The playgrounds are really fun, though!

housing ads

I realize I'm really clogging the blog today, but it's only 73F (YAY!!!!) and my brain is slowly turning back on. The printer toner came (YAY!!!!) and er, now I just need paper. But I did get some stuff printed out to physically handle, which helps by leaps and bounds.

Anyway, on the side I'm looking for housing in our next place (Arkansas), and I just have to point out a few things that make me shake my head when I see them in the ads:

"on a quite street"  What is a quite street, anyway? Is it almost a street? Perfectly a street? What?

"fresh paint!"  Um, I hope that most places are either going to have fresh paint or at least clean walls.

"cozy"  Usually means it's so small you can touch all four walls at once.

"clean"  Look, people! NO ONE is going to rent a place that isn't clean. If you have to say that, and if that's the best thing you can advertise, you are in trouble. The only thing more basic would be to advertise that it has walls.

"executive"  I have no idea what this means

"cottage"  --that's 1600 square feet. Huh? I thought cottages were small.

And a few more things I don't appreciate:

Advertising houses for sale in the houses for rent column. If I want to buy something, I'll look in the for sale category. I'm looking for a rental for a reason, folks.

Advertising duplexes/apartments in the single family homes category. If I'm looking for a house, again, there's a reason for it. I don't care how special the duplex is, I don't want to share a wall with someone else.

Ads that don't list a price. Chances are, it's too high.