Just an update on me.

[bignaf]

that middle C you'd have on the E string tuned to D would be actual pitch middle C, not what you have notated as middle C (sounds an octave lower), and will also be quite a bit flat. you wouldn't want to use it.
what a theoretical discussion!

[1st_oboe]

Well, the middle C I was referring to is sounding middle C, not written. The notes in question are (written) On the staff treble C, jumping down an octave to written middle C. The harmonics chart is in concert pitch, so I was speaking in concert pitch....


Anyway. Yes. This thread sure turned into contrabass technique in a hurry.

So... getting back on topic (? is there a topic?)
I was a victim of housing discrimination today. I went to the one apartment complex that has open units (the only one in town that I know of anyway) and was told that I can not get an application because they have only 2 bedroom units available. I would need a roomate before I could live there.
I then went down to the local branch of the housing authority, and was told that they can't do that. So I submitted an online complaint to HUD (since this particular apartment complex is government subsiduzed, and advertises in the paper as such - Equal housing opportunity)

We'll see what happens from here. I guess the search is still on.

Yes, they can regulate how many people live in an apartment, but that's a maxmum, not a minimum, right? I'm making enough money to pay for a 2 bedroom, I should be able to get one if I so choose. (Esepcially since 1 bedrooms are pretty rare around here - much easier to find a 2 bedroom. My oboe wants it's own room anyway. - Just don't tell it that it has to share with all the other instruments.)


Anyway. The battle continues.

Next band gig - thursday!

[bignaf]

maybe they can't rent a two room apartment to one person because they are subsidized. it may be against the rules to subsidize a 2 room apt. for one person.

[1st_oboe]

24 CFR 100.60 Unlawful refusal to sell or rent or to negotiate for the sale or rental
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(a) It shall be unlawful for a person to refuse to sell or rent a dwelling to a person who has made a bona fide offer, because of race, color, religion, sex, familial status, or national origin or to refuse to negotiate with a person for the sale or rental of a dwelling because of race, color, religion, sex, familial status, or national origin, or to discriminate against any person in the sale or rental of a dwelling because of handicap. not limited to:

(1) Failing to accept or consider a bona fide offer because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin.

(2) Refusing to sell or rent a dwelling to, or to negotiate for the sale or rental of a dwelling with, any person because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin.

(3) Imposing different sales prices or rental charges for the sale or rental of a dwelling upon any person because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin.

(4) Using different qualification criteria or applications, or sale or rental standards or procedures, such as income standards, application requirements, application fees, credit analysis or sale or rental approval procedures or other requirements, because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin.

(5) Evicting tenants because of their race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin or because of the race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin of a tenant's guest.

[Selma in Sandy Eggo]

Does lack of a roommate count as "familial status", in that you are singular? Or is occupant density something HUD doesn't cover?

I don't get it.

[1st_oboe]

The only thing I've seen referring to 'family size' in an apartment is a maximum number of occupants. Of course, it can (and should) be regulated so there's not 15 people living in a 2 bedroom apartment, but if one can afford a 2 bedroom apartment as a single person (esepcially since there doesn't seem to be any 1 bedroom units on the market right now) would it be right to deny that person an application? I've not found anything yet in legalese that says anything like that.

[1st_oboe]

When searching for 'minimum number of occupants' the only things I can find are regarding carpool lanes and Harvard University housing (and even there, the minimum mumber of occupants for a 2 bedroom unit is 1)

According to the ad in the local paper for the apartment complex in question, the facility is 'under new management' so maybe she just doesn't know any better... yet.

[Catmando]

not let my depression get the best of me again (so far successful living without meds for 5+ months now!)

Hi 1st Oboe,

Congratulations on this! I'm assuming this was some sort of anti-depressant medication you had? I've been on anti-d meds for 3 years now. I'm kinda hesitant to go off of them. They changed my life for the better. However, I guess I could slowly try and go off of them, and see how it goes.

[1st_oboe]

not let my depression get the best of me again (so far successful living without meds for 5+ months now!)

Hi 1st Oboe,

Congratulations on this! I'm assuming this was some sort of anti-depressant medication you had? I've been on anti-d meds for 3 years now. I'm kinda hesitant to go off of them. They changed my life for the better. However, I guess I could slowly try and go off of them, and see how it goes.

Correct assumption. I'm good friends with a local doctor. He was giving me samlpes of Wellbutrin, but his supply was starting to run low, so he advised me to slow down on them, from one a day to one every otehr day, to one whenever I felt I would need it. I definately could not afford a prescription at the time, so I went with it. It seemed to work pretty well, the Dr. and his wife are like a second family to me, so they were the to help me along not only as a patient, but on a personal level as well.

[Catmando]

Correct assumption. I'm good friends with a local doctor. He was giving me samlpes of Wellbutrin, but his supply was starting to run low, so he advised me to slow down on them, from one a day to one every otehr day, to one whenever I felt I would need it. I definately could not afford a prescription at the time, so I went with it. It seemed to work pretty well, the Dr. and his wife are like a second family to me, so they were the to help me along not only as a patient, but on a personal level as well.

It's great that you have a good friend like that who's a doctor.

Yes, those medications can be very expensive. I'm very fortunate to have an excellent benefits plan at my work that covers the cost of medication. VERY fortunate. It's alot of dough!