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30 Dec 10 - 04:03 PM (#3064022) Subject: Houston texas From: The Sandman If you ever go to Houston. You better walk right; You better not stagger, You better not fight; Sheriff Benson will arrest you, He'll carry you down, And if the jury finds you guilty, Penitentiary bound Apparantly it is also illegal to have weeds in ones garden that are over 9 inches tall. is houston really that bad? |
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30 Dec 10 - 04:52 PM (#3064054) Subject: RE: Houston texas From: Q (Frank Staplin) Aren't tall weeds barred by bylaws in all cities? Certainly they are here in Calgary. Unsightly, fire-hazard. In Houston they harbor chiggers, fleas and other livestock inimical to humans and dogs. That bit of doggerel, sung by Lead Belly, appears in songs about sheriffs of several cities. Dunno which is the original. |
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30 Dec 10 - 05:03 PM (#3064069) Subject: RE: Houston texas From: Q (Frank Staplin) In 1927, sung about Belmont. Don't know if North Carolina, Massachusetts, or other is meant. |
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30 Dec 10 - 05:26 PM (#3064081) Subject: RE: Houston texas From: Jack Campin Here in Scotland you can grow your weeds any height you like. |
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10 Feb 11 - 02:41 PM (#3092630) Subject: RE: Houston texas From: JedMarum In many neighborhoods, when you buy property you have to sign an agreement to live within he neighborhood laws - most have restrictions concerning maintenance of the property. These agreements normally have the power to take your property from you, if you do not abide by them. If you want to grow weeds, tomatoes, chickens, rabbits, fly flags or post political posters - you need to be sure those things are allowed in your neighborhood agreement. If not, buy elsewhere. |
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10 Feb 11 - 04:11 PM (#3092700) Subject: RE: Houston texas From: Q (Frank Staplin) Property not taken here (Calgary) but the cleanup charge by the city crew is hefty. Weeds and trash verboten. One may have a pet rabbit or two, or a chicken or two, as pets, but cannot raise any as livestock or to produce eggs. Tomato plants in a neat garden, flags (if not too large) and small political signs at election times are OK. (A small gnome on the lawn is permitted) |
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10 Feb 11 - 07:43 PM (#3092837) Subject: RE: Houston texas From: reggie miles I just received a letter, from the tiny rural burg where I reside, that said I would be fined $500 a day per vehicle if I didn't cover the dead or near dead vehicles on my property with blue tarps. The gentrification code enforcers probably own stock in the companies that manufacture blue tarps. So, I've been lookin' for some 'TARP' money to appease the gentrificationites. To make an effort to comply, I've sold two of the vehicles that needed the most repair and I'm planning to sell one more, once I get it repaired. Once this third one is sold, that will leave six. Of those six, two are regularly driven. Two others are both vintage projects. The last two represent a rig that I use to make dump runs and one that will eventually become my next regularly driven vehicle. This annoyance prompted the following song. Another song, "Blue Tarp Blues", is soon to follow. That's all the news worth typing from The Blue Tarp Ranch. Gentrification Blues by Reggie Miles 2011 Bought an ol' house Fixed it up jus' like new Now this whole damn town Is tellin' me what to do Gentrification Gentrification Gentrification is sho nuf killin' me I decided to move To this rundown neighborhood Now my neighbors are sayin' My kind ain't no good Gentrification Gentrification Gentrification don't seem right to me When I first moved in My fees and taxes were low Now, I can hardly afford To live here any mo Gentrification Gentrification Gentrification drivin' me to poverty All you highfalutin people With your nose up in the air Delight in treatin' po' folk Like you just don't care Gentrification Gentrification Gentrification gonna be the death of me Don't make a lot o money Playin' these lowdown blues If there's one I'm certain That I just can't use It's Gentrification Gentrification I need a vacation from these gentrification blues They're gentrifyin' back East An' gentrifyin' way out West Makin' everyone who's different Look and act jus' like the rest Gentrification Gentrification Gentrification erasin' our identity |
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10 Feb 11 - 08:00 PM (#3092845) Subject: RE: Houston texas From: Wesley S Why would you want weeds longer than 9 inches anyway? |
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10 Feb 11 - 08:12 PM (#3092854) Subject: RE: Houston texas From: Bill D For the bunnies to hide in! |
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11 Feb 11 - 05:58 AM (#3093015) Subject: RE: Houston texas From: GUEST,brian daniels I think in the outlying commercial/warehouse district of Houston north towards Huntsville, the zoning laws state each block MUST contain a porn shop, a pawn shop, a storefront church, and a Waffle House restauraunt. |
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11 Feb 11 - 09:25 PM (#3093656) Subject: RE: Houston texas From: Uncle Phil In our corner of Dallas County the city cuts your weeds if they get too high, then sends you a big bill. I've heard that the bill includes your first-born and your left one. Tough zoning. Since this is Dallas and not Houston we are only required to have a Starbucks in each block. - Phil |