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I totally sympathise with you Hissie.

We are landlords and have had our share of problem tenants. One, a teenage mum, really upset the neighbour, out in the garden drinking and swearing at the top of her voice in the early hours, then when the neighbour asked her to stop she totally flew at the poor woman calling her every name under the sun.

The neighbour complained to me and the tenant was spoken to very firmly and told that we would not be renewing her lease if it happened again as it's not good for us as landlords. It is part of her tenancy agreement that she is a decent neighbour and doesn't cause trouble, although I can't remember the exact wording of the tenancy agreement. Complain to the council and also the landlord/managing/letting agent. Just thought - we always offer an assured shorthold tenancy, with a minimum of 6 months on it. To get a tenant out before that time is up is incredibly difficult and the minimum notice to serve a section 21 to end the tenancy is 2 months. It can still be contested, so it looks as though if they don't settle down, you've at least 6 months of wearing ear plugs to look forward to

Have a look on the forums at www.landlordzone.co.uk - there are some top notch people on there who know the law inside out and have dealt with every conceivable problem and will be able to advise you better than I can.

LOL Lilac - soooooooo much, nay toooooooo much info!

Well, it's my one year anniversary of vaping today - not smoked a ciggie for a year now. Fanbloodytastic!

I have told a friend of mine to pop on here for help over the next day or so as I am working long days and won't be around to help.

She's considering buying a Riva, so I have made her up a try 'before you buy' kit and posted it today. I have supplied a full set of instructions, but you all know what the first few days can be like, and I am bound to have forgotten something!

Her name is Channelle and so you know what you are dealing with, should a question arise, I have sent:
2x Tornado mega batts
1 HR atty (pink)
1 LR attie (black)
'home filled' cart.
Empty cart with filling
Juice!
No charger!!!!

I know you'll all look after her.

Thanks
x

Sorry you're feeling poorly Chrissie, I hope you're on the mend soon x


Sorry, I never explain things clearly!

Katherine is mailing them to someone in the States (Julie Woessner apparently ???- I am assuming she is something to do with CASAA) who is then faxing them through to the NYS Assembly, so all we need to do is mail Katherine and the rest is done for us

By the power of the interwebz, I have copied and pasted this from UKVapers in the hope of drumming up a bit more support.
The initial post is from Katherine Devlin (Doodlebug)

Hi, everyone,

I am posting to ask everyone in our community to do whatever they can to support our American friends and fellow vapers today. The New York State Assembly will be considering an outright ban on all sales of electronic cigarettes tomorrow, Tuesday 25th January 2011, but we can help TODAY!

I know a lot of peeps are sick and tired of being asked to sign this, email that, write to this person, phone that person, but please... don't let apathy get in the way of having your voice heard. It would be easy to think that what happens in New York doesn't affect us, but it does and it will. Wherever precedents are set that fall for or against us, it adds weight to whichever side of the argument. Today we have an opportunity to tip those scales in our favour.

So here's what's happening:

The New York State Assembly Health Committee has, with little notice, put Bill A01468 on its meeting agenda for this coming Tuesday, January 25th, 2011 at 12 noon. It is Section 2 (starting at line 37) that purports to ban all sales of electronic cigarettes (unless and until they are approved by the FDA as a cessation product), while Section 1 only bans sales to minors, etc.

If the bill passes the committee, it will go to the full Assembly for a vote--where the identical bill passed unanimously last year! It did not become law only because the Senate version never got out of the Senate Health Committee. While we probably have a better chance of stopping this in the NYS Senate, we still need to try and stop it at the Assembly level before it gains momentum.

It is critical that we act NOW in order to immediately defeat this bill. In the link below, you will find information including (1) the full text of the bill; (2) instructions on contacting the legislators; (3) a pre-written letter template suitable for faxing or e-mailing; and (4) a full contact list of legislators.

www.casaa.org/CTA/article.asp?articleID=114&l=a&p=

(This was sent to me by CASAA and the US National Vapers' Club.)

(This bit added by Jaki) [There is a link on the above site to download a pre-written letter - just add the name of an assembly member and ideally print it off, sign it by hand, scan in and follow the next instructions ]

You don't even have to fill in the name of the addressee.. just pop your own name on there and email it to me at katherine.devlin@ecita.org.uk before noon Tuesday 25th January. I can then forward our collective submissions to the States, where they can be faxed directly to the NY Assembly.

Come on folks: let's get these lazy pen-pushers off their arses and collecting endless reams of paper from the fax machines, so that they realise that the vaping community is not going to roll over and play dead! Tomorrow, it's New York, the next one could fall much closer to home! Let's help them get it right.

Thank you very much.

Katherine

(We have written a separate letter from ECITA which I shall post on our blog today, in case anyone is interested.)
ukvapers.com/blog/23/entry-83-new-york-up-to-old-tricks-community-action-urgently-needed/


Edited to add link to ECITA blog
Edited again to correct my spelling

Thanks all - you're all too kind.

I've been trying to catch up with the threads but am supposed to be working!

Don't have a lot to tell you, still loving my tornegorivas although one bit of news - my poo-pooing partner is now a full time vaper! I still remind him of the time when I started and he called me a mental midget as I couldn't stop without a crutch.

I love it!