My ex now wants “his” stuff? Can I be arrested for not giving in back?

June 2, 2009 by admin · 5 Comments
Filed under: Law & Ethics 
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Cherish asked:


A few years ago I took out loans and used credit cards to buy tools, computer, and a truck for a joint construction business with my ex. I quit my job, he left for another girl, took all of it, and left me with all the bills. It didn’t work out with his other girl and came crawling back to me. So I re-acquired his stuff. Again, I lost my job (contract work) & he left, leaving everything at my house. I asked him to remove his things in 30 days and agreed to give him more time, if he helped me fix up the house (which he tore apart before leaving) or with the payments. He didn’t and made no attempt to get his things. It’s been 3 months with no word from him and he’s irate because I won’t give it to him right now.
Can he have me arrested? We weren’t married, but do live in a community property state. I’m not worried about court since I have receipts and IRS statements showing I bought all of it and feel confident that any idiot could see that he was just using me.
I don’t want to give it back because I still owe a lot of money to creditors for it and can sell it to make a payment. I also have no problems giving it back, if he takes over the payments.
I forgot to mention..I looked into suing him the first time. The lawyer said there wasn’t anything I could do to recoup my losses because he could say it was a gift and since he doesn’t work, there isn’t any money to get from him if I did win the case. (he owes more than the small claims limit so we need lawyers)

Was i wrong for saying this to my ex?

May 22, 2009 by admin · 7 Comments
Filed under: Singles & Dating 
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Copenhagen ring asked:


I was talking to my ex a while ago and it just popped into my head on weather i should appologize for saying what i said or weather she was in the wrong. We were talking and the subject of school came up and how she’s going to a university and i’m going to a community college. and she was bragging about how the university is so much better and i said yea it’s more expensive too. and she said but i’ll make more money in 2 months than you will in a year. and i asked how she figured that and she said because she’s going to be a sports marketer and i’m going to be nothing more than a mechanic. and i said yea but i’ll be needed. and she said no you’ll never be needed. now then last time i checked a mechanic will always be needed since we’re always going to have cars. and i said well you schoolings going to be more expensive and 75% of my money is going into my tools. she said “well i can afford to go to a university and you can’t”. so i said no comment. she told me i was still a jerk and she got all pissed and signed off. now then before we go any further the reason i said no comment is because she isn’t paying for her schooling like i am. her dad owns a construction business and she ain’t paying a dime to go to school. that’s why i said no comment. so the way i see it she can’t afford a university her dad can. anyway am i the jerk in the conversation for saying no comment after listening to all her bs or is she in the wrong?

where and cost of business license?

May 14, 2009 by admin · 1 Comment
Filed under: Small Business 
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nccanes172000 asked:


i would like to get a business license. i live in new castle, pa and i would like to do a small construction business by myself or a partner. do i get insurance First or license. how much would insurance be month year and the license. just an estimate if anyone can help. i got all the tools and truck and location

Why can’t I find peace with the ones I love?

May 10, 2009 by admin · 2 Comments
Filed under: Family 
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Ashes asked:


I’m in a broken family of four. My brother lives with my mom in a town that’s 30 minutes away from where my dad and I live. They’re divorced, and my dad had been re-married for four years to a woman that would love nothing more than for me to be erased from my father’s memory (and will). My dad is by no means wealthy, but he’s very well off. He owns his own construction business and has created his business from the ground up. He’s the type of person that you will never be able to please, because obviously, nothing is ever, ever good enough. I’m 21, have a full-time job working for the state of Oregon, am a full-time student at a four year university with a cumulative 3.8 GPA, and I pay for my car payment, but my dad does help me with my insurance, gas and cell phone bill. I do appreciate him dearly and tell him this all the time, but he doesn’t so much as sniff at my gratitude for his help during these rough times. While my step-mother spends most of her time shopping for her children, shopping for herself and buying pretty much anything her little heart desires. I don’t envy her for this, but I don’t appreciate her spending habits, just as much as I don’t appreciate my dad giving her any and all credit cards she so pleases. I have tried to talk to my dad about this but he always says I’m dramatic and that I need to grow up. I have been saving every dime to buy a house (I’ve bought my own car so far), and have almost 3,000 saved. I thought I was doing very well, and I like to here praise for how hard I work, but I never have and probably never will receive the attention that I so greatly desire. It has turned me into a monster. I have anger problems, have relationship problems, and I don’t want to seek out male attention because I can’t get any positive reinforcement from my dad. I cry all the time and I can’t afford to move into a home and I don’t want to waste all of my money getting into an apartment. I feel lost. With my mother and brother, the problems are even worse. My mother puts my brother on this pedestal to where it is impossible for him to do wrong and he hates it when I come around. Every time I call him he tells me to “f*** off” and other colorful terms. When I tell my mother about this she acts as if she is powerless and there is nothing she can or will do. The reason why I moved away from her house (the house my dad built) is because I wanted to spend more time with my father. Now I have been living with him for the last ten years and every single time he gets into a relationship (his most recent is his fourth marriage, my mom was his third, his other relationships were just girlfriend status), he tries to push his “old” family away and bring in the “new” one. He moves women in with him like it’s going out of style. His wife now, my step-mom, only knew my dad for a solid month and they married. Unbelievably, they’re still together. But I know it’s because my dad’s lonely and wants a companion, and my step-mom is greedy and wants to be taken care of (She was married to an ex felon, has three kids from two different dads, 5′3”, 100 lbs, pretty, and doesn’t mind the trophy position, while my dad is 5′8”, 350 lbs, and wanted someone who will cook, clean, have sex, no questions asked). I hate this about him, he treats women as if they are no more than tools like his construction work. My mom has stolen 3/4 of my college fund, bought a new car (06 Pontiac GTO) and my brother has spent all of his on booze, pain killers, and strippers. God, it doesn’t end… I am 8 classes away from graduating but I can’t graduate because of my work hours and the classes that I need are not offered during the evening hours, no work - can’t pay bills or move out. So you see my multiple dilemmas upon problems. My mom backed up into my car too, and won’t pay for the damage, so now I am stuck with a 1,600 dollar bill that I can pay… with my savings for my house. I have a family that just doesn’t want me, and my dad thinks that paying for things equals love when it truly doesn’t. I try to ignore the way my step-mom treats me but I am strong-minded and truly understand when I am being purposefully left out of family functions as well as being alienated from my father. The worse part is that my father treats this issue that I have as nothing more than immaturity, a phase, and jealousy. But it is obvious and apparent, with verbal and non-verbal cues, that my dad not only treats his wife, but everyone in her family, that he loves them and they are more important to him, than I am to him. My brother used to live with us. But when my dad married this woman, she convinced him to kick my brother out of the house, which was good and bad for many reasons. My brother forced my dad to sign over the title to the truck that my brother regularly drove (1997 F250 powerstroke diesel), I have one exactly like my brother’s except for mine is two years older and I never asked dad to do that. So my dad did and told my brother to get th

Well digging- How to be able to find the water table’s depth?

April 6, 2009 by admin · 2 Comments
Filed under: Maintenance & Repairs 
construction tools
Ilir C asked:


My uncles in my hometown have a big construction business and have just started well digging. They so far have opened about 30 wells altogether but only about 20 turned out to have water in them. The digging machine can only reach 22 meters deep. They need to find out a way or tool that can find the depth of the water table from the surface before starting any operation of the machine.( hoping it would be less than 22 meters deep) Any ideas?