the state of screens in the state of California

[Jennifer Piersol]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, artsylynda at a... wrote:

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> In California or Hawaii, screens are unnecessary,
> but in other parts of the country, there are a lot
> of bugs so we have screens on our windows, doors,
> even porches.  

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> Lynda 

Speaking as a Californian who bought a house 5 years 
ago, I can say that although we have nowhere near as 
many bugs as people in the South or East do, we do 
have them.  Esp. flies, which bug me <heh> to no end.  
But not only that, in California it is actually 
illegal to sell a house without screens on each and 
every window (though the state of repair is not 
important).  When we bought our house, not one single 
window had a screen on it.  I won't go into the state 
of the windows - suffice it to say that a majority 
were nailed shut.  Anyway, we were required by law to 
state in our offer that we would put in screens 
within a year (and we were inspected by the county on 
that point), and because the seller had no intention 
of putting in screens (she had rented the house out 
previously and as she lived out of the area, she 
didn't want to bother), she gave us a $3,000 credit 
for the lack of screens.

So.

Your commercials must be shot on sound stages. ;)

-Jen (who has the a/c on *right now* - it's 100 
degrees outside!)