Sunday, June 06, 2021

Apartment Life #255

 
This is a weekly blog post that I'm calling Apartment Hell  Life. I've mentioned a few times some of the crazy things that go on in and around my apartment complex in the past 23 years that we've lived here and people keep telling me I should write a book. But instead of a book, I've decided to share the crazy things that have happened in and around my apartment complex in the last 23 years here in a weekly blog post. 


So something kinda comical happened this week. I was walking Falcor and spotted these little packets on the ground. I thought they were drugs, I mean, little packets filled with white powder? Drugs. So I picked them up and was going to destroy them and throw them away so some poor kid didn't get a hold of them but when I brought them inside I noticed that they weren't in plastic baggies like I would have thought they would be. The packets were made from some kind of heavy duty paper/cloth and it looked like they were machine sealed not hand sealed. So I did a Google image search and was interested in what I found. 

They are actually a nicotine pouch that people use like chewing tobacco. I read on their site that some of them have different scents and so I sniffed one of the packets (yeah, stop laughing) and it smelled like cinnamon which just confirmed what I had already determined. Not drugs, just a nicotine pouch. lol Well, at least I didn't find cocaine or meth. But I did learn something new because I didn't even know that something like this existed. 

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The police were on my street but a bit around the corner at the apartment complex across the street.  They didn't stay long but the guy that came out to talk to them was yelling as was really mad about something. 

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The old maintenance shop kept getting broken into like I told you a couple of weeks ago. So after maintenance kicked some of the local homeless people out again, they FINALLY did something to stop them from getting back in. They secured a security door to the old shop! Poor married guy and cordless drill woman will have to find another place for their romantic interludes. Boohoo. It was getting bad though. I would walk by at night after maintenance had left for the day and there would be 5-7 homeless people in there, some of them doing drugs and not even caring that the door was open and anyone walking by could see them. 

I spotted a needle in the rocks by the door. I guess maintenance dropped this when they were cleaning the room out. I put it in the trash.

Oh and Summer is here. On Friday it was 107 F. 

So that's it for this week's Apartment Hell  Life! Be sure to come back next week for more.

60 comments:

  1. 107! OMG

    ALso thank goodness at least those werent dugs

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    1. Yep and that's not even a hot as it will be in August. Probably 116F then.

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  2. 107? Shudder.
    Stay safe.

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  3. Mess. Seriously, Mary. But hey, at least you didn't find drugs. That's good! 🙂

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  4. It would still have been pretty bad if a kid had found those nicotine pouches. Poison doesn't become safe just because we happen not to have laws against it. The good part is that you weren't at risk of running into trouble over temporary possession of an illegal substance.

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    1. That's very true. I worried about that for a second but I planned on flushing it as soon as I got inside.

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  5. Hi, Mary!

    Seems there's never a dull moment in your neighborhood, dear friend.

    Like you I wasn't aware of a sealed, flavored nicotine pouch product. I wonder why a bunch of them were scattered on the ground. Perhaps the person who bought them didn't like the cinnamon taste and tossed them.

    It's a shame that your walks with Falcor searching for flowers to photograph are spoiled by the sight of drug paraphernalia on the ground and people who do drugs hiding in plain sight in the maintenance shop. I'm happy to know an extra layer of security has been added to keep them away.

    Now that they have no place to do the nasty, it would be nice of you to offer your guest bedroom to the married cheater and his squeeze whenever they get the urge. :)

    Mrs. Shady and I drove out west in July a few years ago and experience for the first time what it feels like to be outdoors in 107 degree heat. We traveled through Arizona where the temp reached 111.

    Take care and have a safe and happy week, dear friend Mary!

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    1. In August it will reach 11& most likely. Arizona gets just as hot as here in the Summer. It's awful. I just try to stay inside.

      I will not be letting them in my bedroom. LOL

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  6. I never would've known about the pouches.
    Still so creepy-dirty those two were having sex in that room.

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    1. I know. I just can't imagine being that crazy to do that in there.

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  7. God thing you did not chew on them LOL

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  8. I’ve never heard of nicotine pouches, either. They sort of look like those things they put in shoe boxes or other products to keep things dry.

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  9. Way to build intrigue with the story of the nicotine. I tried nicotine gum and boy is that strong!

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  10. It's way too hot there! Those nicotine pouches are new to me too, good you got rid of them either way.

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    1. Well, I'm glad to see that I wasn't the only one who didn't know what they were.

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  11. Maybe give those nicotine pouches to the married guy and cordless drill woman, it might help with their stress now.

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  12. Gosh is is always something! I'm sure it can be a bit stressful living through all that, but we sure enjoy reading about it!

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    1. I'm glad. These weekly posts always amaze me with how many people view it and enjoy it.

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  13. to say i enjoy reading what happened in your apartment life is not quite right, but it sure is interesting. i love the heat...but 107...whew
    sherry @ fundinmental

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    1. I understand though. My Sunday posts always have double the views of any other posts I do during that week so I guess that people do enjoy them. lol Yeah that's not even as hot as it will get this Summer.

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  14. Glad they finally installed a security door on that old maintenance shop. Although there goes some of your entertainment watching your neighbor and his girlfriend get their kicks there.

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    1. Oh I bet they will find another place around here to make out. lol I'm glad there's a security door on there though.

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  15. The temps are rising and its hot, too hot for me. I guess the manager finally used his brain and got a door that will test time. Could be a real challenge to break in now. I imagine it would create noise and the authorities could be notified. I never knew there were nicotine pouches either. Glad you got rid of them.
    Have a good week, Mary!

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    1. I'm glad they finally figured out a way to secure the old shop too. The nicotine pouches were so weird to me. I hate the heat we get here. I'll be updating how hot it gets now.

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  16. Summer time fun for you. That's really hot.

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    1. Yeah, I try to stay inside during the Summer months.

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  17. Wow I didn't know those existed either! Cinnamon haha? I used to smoke so I wonder what I would have done with those back then lol.

    107??? Gahh

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    1. I'm glad I'm not the only one who didn't know about them. Yeah it's hot ehre.

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  18. That cast iron door on the love shack/drug shack looks like the same one they put on our mail center to stop break-ins. Hope yours works better than ours because the mail thieves popped the lock and got in no problem.

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    1. Oh no. Yeah I hope it works too. Dang. So far so good.

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  19. It's good they put that door on and nice that you disposed of that syringe. It was hot this week here, too, but we only got into the high 90s. This week is going to be cool, like 70s which is kind of strange for this time of year here.

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    1. I cannot wait for the 70's again. Have to wait about 5 months though.

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  20. At least there's vigilant people like you willing to pick up questionable items in the neighborhood so the kids don't get sick/hurt around them, even if they were just nicotine patches.

    107? And I was irritated at 90 degrees today. I think I'll take my Midwest summers over your desert weather any day LOL.

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    1. It gets crazy hot here. It's like opening the oven door and never being able to close it if you're outside.

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  21. It's sure better than drugs

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  22. I'd never heard of nicotine pouches either. You learn something new every day!

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  23. You know, Mary, "Married Guy and Cordless Drill Woman" sounds like the title of a novel, or at least a good short story. Damn, 107! That syringe reminded me once again of some of the shit I found on the grounds of several properties where I used to work. Oh, the things you can find with shady characters around. Have a great week!

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    1. Shady characters for sure. They leave behind the craziest things. It could be the title to a short story.

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  24. YIKES! 107 degrees sounds scary. I bet the police came by looking for those pouches that one of them dropped by mistake(lol) Never heard of nicotine patches. I feel so sorry for the woman who is married to that man. One word - karma. Stay safe and sending hugs, RO

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    1. I'm gonna start updating our temps for this Summer. I love all the outrage over 107. Wait until it's 115. lol

      I feel sorry for her too. He's such a pos.

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  25. Never a dull day in your neighborhood! I'm curious about married guy and cordless drill woman. 107 F, WOW! And I thought the 90s were hot...

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    1. I've talked about them having their sexy times in the old shop the last couple of weeks. I swear he's just wanting to get caught by his wife.

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  26. I had no idea that those nicotine pouches existed! I am so glad that they finally did something to secure that room!

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    1. I had no idea either. I just hope they don't try to break in now too.

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  27. For all the work that you do around there (picking up needles and nicotine packages), YOU should be the new manager! LOL.

    "Poor married guy and cordless drill woman will have to find another place for their romantic interludes. Boohoo."
    I would have liked to see their faces when they saw the door 😂.

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    1. I wouldn't want that job. Ken and I were offered the manager job about 15 years ago and turned it down because of how bad the managers were treated.

      I would have loved to see everyone's faces when they realized that a security door was on there now.

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  28. I have never heard of nicotine pouches either. You learn something every day. :-) I would have taken them to be meth or cocaine too.

    I am glad a security door was finally installed to keep the drug users out.

    I hope you are able to stay cool. It's supposed to get up to 104 here this weekend. Not as bad your area but hot enough.

    Have a good weekend, Mary!

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    1. 104 is hot as heck and yes, I'll be staying inside where it's cool.
      I'm so glad the security door is on there now.

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  29. Too bad the Vegas you endure is nothing like what the Tourists experience. We had Friends that lived in Vegas when they were stationed at the AFB near there, they were glad to finally PCS somewhere else. I can take about 3 days of the Touristy Vegas, that's about it.

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    1. I don't even go to the tourist places. Downtown and The Strip have too many people packing the streets and shops.

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