RIP Buck Noe

[cranefly]

Did you have any idea Buck was such a beloved figure in the Cruz?

I'd been wondering the same thing.  You've now answered it.

Captain Insensitivity here: What functional illiterate wrote that article?

It read like something written in another language and then auto-translated to English.  But I wasn't going to say anything, to avoid accusations of insensitivity.

[Drunk Monk]

Why you insensitive bastards you.

Okay, okay, the level of journalism here in the Cruz is lacking. When covid took my job, I considered submitting work to the local papers. I still think about it. That would be fun. Well, maybe not in covid times, but maybe if this pandemic ever ends, I'll reinvestigate it. I could write circles around a lot of the local reporters. Good Times has some decent people - their cover stories are generally good. But the Sentinel is weak. This reporter just recorded the first speaker and cherry-picked quotes to fill out the story. I'm glad he included Ethan's comment however, because that was spot on and well received by everyone. Chelsea was very upset that the first report (posted near the top of this thread) failed to mention her at all. Apparently she was standing right next to the reporter at the scene too. And Chelsea's hard to miss - she and Buck made a beautiful, poster perfect surfer couple. 

And no worries. I think of you as insensitive bastards regardless of your writing critiques. I'm just pleased that you're generally lenient upon my hack scribblings. It's a living, ya know?

Everything is fine.

[thatguy]

The SC local news (not the Good Times) is pretty bad. Typos, malformed sentences. They stick out often enough that you stop taking in the story and start pondering how they escaped the draft process...I think of Tokyo Vice and the gaijin's editor throwing hist story back at him and saying "AGAIN!" over and over....

I went into the office Mon/Tues. There were some cleaning staff gathering in the lobby Monday evening when I was leaving. Among them was a mid-late 50's heavy set hispanic man wearing a Noe t-shirt. Given the timing, I wondered if he was a surfer. (he didn't seem like the type...)

--tg

[Drunk Monk]

[Drunk Monk]

Chelsea, Reef, and their dog Remus were evicted from Buck’s house today. Too sad. Not sure what the details are yet. I just saw the cops and some officials talking to her, and then saw her drive off. I went over to see an eviction notice taped to their door. I should reach out to her but I don’t know what to say. 

After Luigi losing his second dog in a month, it’s been a tough week here at the bungalow.

[Drunk Monk]

Chelsea has been struggling as a single mom. She's still battling over the house, which she hopes to keep for Reef, still working the yard, although all her chickens and ducks died from neglect, still has a ton of stuff inside the house that she cannot legally get back. She's had a trailer outside, where she and Reef have stayed occasionally. She moved it to the street, shuffling some vehicles around, and it just got towed. I gave her a head's up - she's at the courthouse right now. 

She did a gofundme about a month ago because she and Reef were facing living on the streets. Such a tough situation.

[Drunk Monk]

Abandoned property auction at Buck’s place now. Chelsea made a desperate plea for friends to buy stuff that she would buy back later, but she had time - a few months when she reclaimed the house, plus the month when she had one of those rental portable pods outside (our window view for a whole month). She texted me an incoherent rant a few months back and I decided to back away. She’s got so much shit going on and I don’t want any to rub off on us.

The auction has all the parking spaces on our block taken. There’s a goody security guy wearing a khaki bullet proof vest and sunglasses with bright orange lenses. Another dude has ‘auctioned’ written across his back and a clipboard. The rest look like plebian vultures.

Chelsea is sitting on the front lawn next door taking photos.

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https://usauctionco.com/event/abandoned-...a-cruz-ca/

[Drunk Monk]

When I left for Denver, a U-Haul showed up at Buck's with a crew of workers, one of whom we knew from the dog park. He's a portly fellow with two chihuahuas and excessively chatty. Stacy asked him what was happening. He said he answered an ad to clear the house. They proceeded to empty the house of everything, taking it all to the dump. It took several trips and they were working late into the night. 

Later, there was a car accident where a truck slammed into the U-Haul, breaking off its bumper. Stacy said there was much yelling and cussing. Mind you, this is all happening right in front of our bungalow. We've had a front row seat to this tragic drama for years. 

Chelsea has posted some erratic rants on her socials. She's not in a good way. 

Some well-dressed dude in a clean Tesla showed up. Stacy talked to him. He said they are preparing the house for immediate sale. 

There's a rumor floating about that there are plans to demolish the house and erect a 6-unit apartment complex. That would really suck.