Thread: Bank of America sued for seizing parrot

america back in the jungle !! ? emotional rescue . talk about being kicked when you're down . the wolf is back .

Fuckers, give it to them hard

Corporations can now do anything they want.
They even demand blood and urine.

When IRS began outsourcing to private debt collectors , I knew the USA was going to sink fast .

At least the USA still gives you some recourse against almost anyone. I suspect that here anyone (farang or Thai) would not even be able to sue a hi-so banker for being violated.

No its called Socialism have you been in a closet?

Happens in the UK as well - or did !

A fellow service engineer ( in the late 70's) was like me - 2 or 3 months overseas and maybe a month back .

He bought a semi-derelict cottage in the Welsh Borders and on his 'home leave' used to park his camper van in the yard and spend the month restoring it.
All was going well - I used to help him ( not completely 'cos I liked doing up old buildings but he did have a stretch of the trout fishing in the River Clun at the back of his garden ! )

Another house in the same lane - out in the wilds- had an owner who defaulted on his mortgage and it was repossessed by the bank / building society.
The owner did a runner and the place was sold at auction - buyer was a Brummie buisnessman who got permission to demolish it and build a new bungalow on the site .
He sent contractors in to clear the site.

Errr! they knocked down and cleared the wrong site !!

Ended up in court - huge Press coverage - Express and Star, Birmingham post etc etc . ( too long ago to give any links - sorry )

Contractors excuse was that the building was obviously derelict and that was the one to go .
Buyers excuse was that he may have marked the wrong building on the map he gave the contractors.

All is well that ends well though !

English Heritage jumped in on my mates side .
The building was a Grade 1 listed building as it was the smallest 'Cruck' beamed house in the UK.
My mate bought it cheap on condition that he restored it over a 5 year period .
He got it for about 6,000 GBP and exspected to spend another 20,000 by the time it was finished .

Contractors and Brummie were ordered by the court to restore the building or face jail terms !

They did a super job - with English Heritage overseeing the reconstruction.
Cost them over 270,000 GBP by the time they finished !!

I hope the US lady screws the bastards for as much as she can get !


Quick explanation of Cruk beam

You find a suitable oak tree that has a sturdy branch leaving the trunk at about the same height as you want your building eaves to be.
Cut it down
Trim off the bit above the branch.
Split the trink and branch and you end up with two identical bits of wood - they become the vertical supports of the building frame and the roof rafter.
Find similar trees and do the same until you have enough for the overall length of the building - you get the idea!

The contractors had burnt all the existing 'Cruks' !

Rebuild was so expensive because they had to search the bloody country to find , and get permission to fell , mature oak trees - Believe they had to import a couple from Poland

Slipped into 'ramble mode ' again

Originally Posted by BobR

At least the USA still gives you some recourse against almost anyone. I suspect that here anyone (farang or Thai) would not even be able to sue a hi-so banker for being violated.

IRS takes what it wants, no recourse. I know from personal, infuriating experience and I know it was done in retaliation for my efforts against the establishment.

Originally Posted by Rascal

No its called Socialism have you been in a closet?

No, socialism is about protecting those with less by those with more .
What is going on now is pure corporatism.

Assholes. Nothing worse than a fucking parrot thief.