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pixiecrinkleToday is an odd day. I keep discovering that I am talking aloud as I'm typing. Not a terrible thing when I'm coding, but when I am writing emails and such....not so great.
We got a mass email here at work today about Ohio's Concealed Carry Law, which goes into effect next week. We are, as a quasi-government agency, allowed to keep guns out of our building, apart from the Sheriff's deputy in the lobby. How we are to know if someone carries one in is not clear to me.
I hadn't really thought about this at all before, because it's so out of my realm of understanding to even come up with the desire to carry a gun while doing something as mundane as running errands or going to work. (I have enough trouble juggling keys/wallet/cellphone/ipod/laptop without having to worry about a potentially deadly item as well.)
This is especially worrisome too, since one of our sister agencies did have a person show up with a gun to their office a few years ago because of a denied disability case. I can't imagine what people who work in more "controversial" lines of work are thinking. They had a piece on the news a few nights ago about all the new training emergency medical personnel are having to take when dealing with a patient with a concealed weapon. That never occured to me either.
I'm wondering, if so much of this never occured to me, how much of it actually occured to the people who thought this was a good idea in the first place??
I've got the househunting bug again I think. I've been mulling over the idea of a condo for the past few years, but after living in my current apartment, which is a townhouse, for several years now, I think I might be better served by a small house. I did find something cute today, but it's on the upper end of my price range. Found a second cute one in the same area too, but it's so far on the lower end of my range that I fear it could be a total dump.
I may take a drive this afternoon and try to find both of them. Both are qualified for some of the programs they have to get people to move downtown in Columbus (convenient, since I have no desire to live elsewhere in the city) but the one in particular I actually have too much income to qualify for. I was closer than I expected to their limit though, so I might be able to find another program that works for me. The good thing is, that even if my financial situation makes it impossible for me to buy a place, I still love the apartment I live in, so I'm happy where I am.
Am going to see The Company tonight with K & S. I already told them I'd probably miss dinner because I thought I'd have to work late, but now I'm thinking I'll get out of here at a decent time, and may use that time to drive by these places instead. Hmmmm.....wheels are turning.
We got a mass email here at work today about Ohio's Concealed Carry Law, which goes into effect next week. We are, as a quasi-government agency, allowed to keep guns out of our building, apart from the Sheriff's deputy in the lobby. How we are to know if someone carries one in is not clear to me.
I hadn't really thought about this at all before, because it's so out of my realm of understanding to even come up with the desire to carry a gun while doing something as mundane as running errands or going to work. (I have enough trouble juggling keys/wallet/cellphone/ipod/laptop without having to worry about a potentially deadly item as well.)
This is especially worrisome too, since one of our sister agencies did have a person show up with a gun to their office a few years ago because of a denied disability case. I can't imagine what people who work in more "controversial" lines of work are thinking. They had a piece on the news a few nights ago about all the new training emergency medical personnel are having to take when dealing with a patient with a concealed weapon. That never occured to me either.
I'm wondering, if so much of this never occured to me, how much of it actually occured to the people who thought this was a good idea in the first place??
I've got the househunting bug again I think. I've been mulling over the idea of a condo for the past few years, but after living in my current apartment, which is a townhouse, for several years now, I think I might be better served by a small house. I did find something cute today, but it's on the upper end of my price range. Found a second cute one in the same area too, but it's so far on the lower end of my range that I fear it could be a total dump.
I may take a drive this afternoon and try to find both of them. Both are qualified for some of the programs they have to get people to move downtown in Columbus (convenient, since I have no desire to live elsewhere in the city) but the one in particular I actually have too much income to qualify for. I was closer than I expected to their limit though, so I might be able to find another program that works for me. The good thing is, that even if my financial situation makes it impossible for me to buy a place, I still love the apartment I live in, so I'm happy where I am.
Am going to see The Company tonight with K & S. I already told them I'd probably miss dinner because I thought I'd have to work late, but now I'm thinking I'll get out of here at a decent time, and may use that time to drive by these places instead. Hmmmm.....wheels are turning.
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Date: 2004-04-06 01:45 pm (UTC)Can you link me to information about the programs to get people down town?
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Date: 2004-04-06 02:07 pm (UTC)This is only valid for certain parts of town, but the two I saw that mentioned it in the listings were in Italian Village.
There are several tax abatements for new condo builds in downtown proper. There's some info on those here, though it's aimed more at developers:
http://www.downtowncolumbus.com/programs.php
There are also a lot of lenders that offer programs for first time buyers and the cash poor (like me!) I know Fifth Third has one called something like the "good neighbor" program and I know other places have them too.