Re: ot Printer found with time set for Atlantic Ocaan

In comp.periphs.printers, on Mon, 3 Jan 2022 01:42:34 -0500, Paul
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>The printer might have been pulled out for a "failure to pay rent",
>rather than being removed because it wasn't wanted any more. We've all
>seen apartments with sofas and chairs on the lawn, from evicted tenants.

Thanks for your concern.  This was the only thing out there, and it's
the second all-in-one printer I've found.  The first one**, the Brother,
was like new, still with the plastic labels stuck to it, so of course I
had positive expectations of this one. 

**The first one was so good I began to have doubts that he was really
throwing it away, even though it too, a mile or so from the second one,
was sitting on the grass between the curb and the sidewalk.  I went back
to the house, rang the doorbell, and the guy who answered wasn't
unfriendly, but showed no interest in talking about it.  I can only
guess it belonged to an ex-girlfriend or roommate that he disliked who
had left it behind, and he had a printerr

BTW, in NY, they don't put furniture on the street. If a landlord evicts
someone, he has to do it in the presence of the sheriff, has to hire a
moving company to take everything to storage, and I think he has to pay
for the first month's storage.  To get the stuff back, the tenant, I
assumed, but I see below** that I'm wrong, has to pay the first month
and the moving fee (both of which are returned to the landlord i think)
and if he doesn't, I guess the storage comapny disposes of it as any
other non-paying tenant, hiring someone to clean it out, who sells. I
don't know what happens if all the tenant to search his stuff taking
some of it and leaving the rest. if he has no place to put everything. 

**It's even more pro-tenant than I guessed, not that I'n opposed to
that. "The landlord is supposed to store your property somewhere safe.
Your property should not just be thrown out, or put on the curb. Also,
your landlord cannot refuse to give back your property until you pay
rent. If your landlord does any of these things or even threatens to,
call a lawyer right away. Although the law is not clear about how long
the landlord must store your property, landlords often will try to throw
away or sell the property after thirty days. If you have not contacted
the landlord to get your property back, you may not be able to
successfully sue the landlord for the value of your property.

If your property is put in storage, try to move it into your new home as
soon as you can. After thirty days it can be difficult to recover
property which has been placed in storage."

Of course I'm not in NY so none of  this applies. 

>The tenants never seem to pick up the furniture, which suggests it could
>be rental furniture and actually owned by a store.
>
>While the powder might be recognizable (toast crumbs or cracker crumbs),
>there is a world of possibility. Nobody thinks of the waste removal people
>and they could leave just about any "chemical challenge" on the side of the
>road.
>
>Not everyone is your friend in society.

True.  The flannel was thick enough it seemed to absorb some of it, and
I shook it out outside half-way through. Careful not to breathe any.
OTOH I tasted it!  Had no taste. Unless Corona has taken away my ability
to taste.  (Just kiding.)