cause the the address of Dorothy street right yeah yeah this is Dorothy that's the front of the two family but we're creating an accessory dwelling unit that will essentially face Parker street so I I got a little caught up in what's considered a front yard or not but yeah so it's a corner lot so it has two front yards that face the two rights of way so one faces Parker one faces Dorothy and then it has one side yard and one rear yard but you get to choose so the choice I believe that was made here is that the side yard is the one that goes along Dorothy and the rear yard is the one that faces the the um the end of Parker street there um so that's a little confusing in the zoning bylaw is to whether that portion of the lot that corner Parker if that is still within the rear yard or if that is front yard the front yard yard extending the full width of the lot between the front line of the nearest building wall and the front line and the rear yard is the yard unoccupied by accessory structure or accessory use is here and permitted extending the full width of the well that's not helpful um they both say they stretch the full width of the lot but in this corner condition where does one end the other begin because my my concern is again is that table that gives the setback dimensions for accessory structures in the residential districts it's six feet from the rear and six feet from the side lot line but it's 20 feet from the front which in this case would be 12 because it's established elsewhere on the lot but that would severely curtail the ability to locate the building in this position which we're trying desperately not to curtail um mr chair mr. Leblanc there is a illustration in section two that i don't know if that's when you're looking at that um designates you know front lot lines and rear and side lot lines for corner locks there's a notation that says one of each and determine that owner's discretion right right but then what i'm getting hung up on is the definition for front lot lines as it's the full width a lot and the rear lot line also says it's the full width but obviously they can't both be the full width because they overlap yeah so which prevails um but i think certainly what we would like to try to do is get this so that there are no variance requests mr chairman mr. Hanlon um so i assume that the definitions are struck in this way because unless you have a corner lot the front the front yard never intersects with the with the rear yard and so the problem of overlap never never comes up and the draftsman just didn't or the drafters i should say didn't have this situation in mind when when they drew the definitions um and i guess i don't know there's no way that we we can just make something up but we because somehow this has to get resolved one way or the other um but maybe somebody's already made something up and i wonder if we could have a conversation with or get the idea of inspectional services as to what to do in the situation or more less usefully possibly is what this board may have done in the past but i'm guessing that that would be extremely hard to find we might be able to find our way our way through through this assuming that assuming that that it turns out that that way of approaching it is useful for the applicant because it's still it still does a fair amount of eliminating their flexibility on how to on how to proceed here but other than that we just have to in the absence of guidance from inspectional services it seems to me we just have to decide what how to reconcile these are irreconcilable things in this kind in the situation absolutely um there are other questions from the board at this moment mr chair mr rickadelli uh if i can just ask a question of the applicant um just because this has come up in past projects but especially if we have law line conditions you know if if this were a garage we'd be requiring type one or type two construction for that wall uh but also eliminating the amount of openings in the wall that's on the zero lot line condition and uh you know there's our our zoning arlington zoning but also the the building code under under three feet will actually you know not not allow openings in that zero lot line condition wall so i'm just wondering um for the applicants you know would that be a possibility with your plans to first construct it in a non-combustible way uh at the zero lot line condition and also to reconfigure to um not have openings along that side the getting to a type one or type two construction with our current construction method is going to be pretty hard for us to do the the second thing is we were given our understanding that the the wooded area in the back may not be developed in the foreseeable future we were actually hoping to lean into that fact and actually move all of our windows to that side and actually have that be more of the pup so we're already counter to uh what you're suggesting unfortunately yeah i understand i you know i i think that this has such great merit and like the other board members i think we would really love to see a lot of these in arlington so hopeful that there's a way we can get there i just i so i think that that uh like i said you know may not be a building or a zoning code issue that may be a building code issue so uh i'm not sure uh well this board would not have the authority to get around that um those requirements in terms of openings uh so just something to consider as as you you all move forward yeah we yeah if i could just add we will have to consider that obviously if it's a building code issue but part of it was also that for the the privacy this is relatively close to the the main structure and so for our existing tenants they indicated understandably like well how close is it going to be can we still have some privacy so we thought well if we have more windows on the wooded side it's nicer for the people in the new adu and it's nicer for the existing tenants but so well we'll see if we can work that out mr chair mr holly the exception five four two eight for exemption for energy efficient homes does have an existing principal building by definition here the minimum frontage and the lot area exemptions are made for a her score of 54 or better would but we're not doing in the existing foundation footprint so or by a special permit it's an and requirement they're right it's both or it's it's sorry it's an all requirement you know it's not you know yeah would that apply in this situation i'm sorry with that mr hamlin mr hamlin what that gets you is uh what that gets you is the inadequate frontage and inadequate lot size would be forgiven under those circumstances which would make some lots buildable that otherwise are not buildable but i don't see how that would hear that's not a problem to begin with you're doing an accessory building on an existing lot and regardless of the lot size and and frontage you're able to do that under the adu bylaw um this stage i do want to uh if i could ask the the applicant to stop the screen sharing and then i would like to open for public comment i don't know if they remember the public court here to to talk to this but i would like to give them an opportunity if they are um so in a moment i will open the hearing for public comment public comment is taken as a release of the matter at hand it should be directed to the board for the purpose of informing our decision um if you wish to speak you can digitally raise your hand using the button on the reactions tab and the zoom application if you're on phone you can now start nine uh you'll be called upon by the chair uh as to give your name and address the record and given time for your questions and comments uh so with that um we have one speaker uh rebecca gruber uh rebecca gruber 215 pleasant street thank you for letting me speak um i'm very excited about the hca's proposal for this adu unit and um the type of construction being proposed i remember that wentown meeting voted on the adu bylaws this was one of the hopes they had for the use of adus and i'm very supportive of the zba finding a way to make this work and um having this opportunity for adding an affordable unit in our town thank you very much thank you um mr moore uh yes thank you mr steve moore piedmont street i um i find myself in the unenviable position of i believe disagreeing somewhat with mr hanlon um in terms of his interpretation of the adu bylaw i think it it hinges on the definition of the word creation um my memory of the discussions that occurred around this in town meeting was that the idea was to have adus occur as part of existing structures or renovation of enrichment structures be them within the primary residence or conversion of a garage like we discussed like the folks that we were discussing earlier not the demolition of a garage and a rebuild of a new structure um and because i think that's a stretch of the adu bylaw because you're taking an accessory drilling unit in that case and not putting it to a different use you're removing it and building another accessory structure which i think is a different concept and i i i think it's i think it's important because uh i thought the point of the adu bylaw was to take what is somewhat accessory structures that are used for one use and adapting either to that use plus another or adopting it entirely to the other use in the terms of a garage for instance but not tearing it down and building a structure um so i'm a little little confused about why this is okay here um and maybe mr hanlon can enlighten me as to why i am wrong mr hanlon mr chairman the let's take a simpler situation let's suppose that you have a relatively small house and you have enough room to and you don't have a garage and you have enough room to build a new structure a new accessory structure um that is not within six feet of the line uh in that situation there is not a single word in the bylaw that prevents you from doing that and not only that is it doesn't come to us it goes directly to mr champa who would approve it as a matter of right there's not a word that says you have to be repurposing an existing building the language is always just an accessory building and this and this would be an accessory building all right so suppose you take the next step suppose you say well that's all true but suppose you already have a garage there but it's an old ugly garage and you don't want to use it well you say okay i'll take away that garage i'll demolish it it's empty now it's empty like it was in the first example i'm going to build a building there and it's a new accessory building and it's not within six feet of the lot line again mr champa hasn't it would decide this all by himself and he wouldn't have a single word in the bylaw to rely on to say you couldn't do that so what is the difference between that and this and what happens if you build it within six feet the only difference is that it comes to us the only difference is the jurisdiction and what we have to do what we have to do there is apply a very limited standard of review in order to in order to approve it so it seems to me that the the notion you have to be that there's not baked into this bylaw the notion that you have to be using a pre-existing building you can build a new one you could demolish and and and do another one the only thing that was left over was what happens when you get close to a lot line and there it seems to me that the language i read earlier is fully consistent with the notion that it doesn't have to be a primary garage and that for that matter the rules that do apply to garages don't apply to the accessory but buildings that are envisioned by the bylaw okay mr i appreciate that that that enlightenment because that's i understand what you're saying i just my memory of the conversations were evolved a little differently than that and during the creation of the bylaw but as you say the words are what the words are in the bylaw and where it is silent i guess you can do that even though my my memory the discussions were different that all right well thank you uh one additional question um was the plan for the uh the arlington housing corporation and the applicants and i'm not sure who the applicant is we are for i guess it's the corporation i'm not sure uh was is the plan to make this uh uh what do you want to set an affordable rental unit would the plan be for that to uh transfer with the property uh or uh is it just an aspiration i'm not sure what you mean by transfer for with the property but it will be a rental unit so it will basically as if 40 to 42 dorothy road was a you know a triple decker or a three family it will i'm not sure i'm understanding your question so at this point the the housing corporation of arlington does own the building at 40 42 it would be operating it as they will will continue operating it as an accessible property um and that's the ad you will add a third affordable unit on the property okay all right i didn't know uh with the whole discussion we've had about affordability lately if it was going to be something which uh would follow with the property uh in terms of defining what affordable is market rate or less than yeah in fact we plan to set the same affordability restriction that we have on the other house on the existing house um just to make things a little easier to manage and so it'll it'll align with the rest of our portfolio as far as level of affordability great great thank you mr cheer thank you um so it does sound like we have a couple of questions for inspectional services um and we would love to give the the develop the the building designer an opportunity to see if there's a way to come closer to being within the requirements of the zoning by law um so actually first well first we have no other people in the speaking queue so i'm going to go ahead and close public comment um so with that done then um we have as i said we have questions for respectful services there are some uh questions for the uh for the designer about what they may be able to accomplish um so my recommendation if if uh if the applicant is amenable would be to uh seek to continue this hearing um to give us an opportunity to for both sides to to do a little bit of research we can come back together with a little more a little better information in front of us um so we do have we did just continue something to november 28th um we do have a hearing on november 14th if um there's a sense that we can that we could get information together by that date um and there's also december 12th uh so i would just ask the applicant if any of those three dates being november 14th november 28th or december 12th would work for them a rica november 14th works for us if that works for you yeah we could we could make that work okay others yeah so with that then mr chair this little blank i just have one more quick thing yes i just was noticing with the elevations with it being on the helical piles there's a there's a gap between the bottom of the the building and the ground that i was just curious if there's been any thoughts about how that may get infill to prevent um you know debris or you know wildlife living in there and i think maybe if that's something that can come back either uh when you know when we do continue it to the next one it's um just come back with a thought on that thank you for raising that this is still an early schematic design the plan is to have skirting around it so it doesn't uh none of the stuff is exposed but we'll make sure to update our our drawings for the the hearing on the protein happy much mr chairman mr handlin before making a motion on this i just wanted to say again what i think has already been clear but just just to make it very clear given the state statute if we have to grant a variance we'll have a hard time doing it so the task that's before us is to figure out some combination of of figuring out what what the real of dealing with the rules and dealing with the building that it get the variances out of the picture if this is a special permit only then it will not be a particularly hard problem for us i think but if it's a variance it's an extremely difficult problem so that's kind of what the task the mission is for the next couple of weeks and and i wish the applicant great success in being able to do that absolutely with that then the chair would entertain a motion to continue the hearing for 40 42 dorothy road to a date certain of november 14th 2023 at 7 30 p.m. mr chairman so moved second and then second mr dupont so this is a motion to continue to the date certain of november 14th mr dupont hi your handlin mr holly hi mr rickadelli hi mr hoffman hi mr leblanc i chair votes i we are continued on 40 42 dorothy road thank you all very much look um so with that then we would move on to docket 377 128 when a vista road um we'd first like to express our gratitude for their patience this evening it's been a lot longer getting to you than we had anticipated um but with that i would ask the applicants if they could introduce themselves and tell us what they would like to do yes thank you for um for having us um i'm valerie bruno stone my husband mathew stone is sitting next to me hello and we're also joined by our architect leslie mahoney um hello hello we are uh excited to to bring this plan forward we purchased our home at 28 point of vista road with plans to stay long term and invest in arlington um our oldest child began kindergarten this fall um and our young guests will be in school in another three years um so we have many more years to reside and invest in our neighborhood and in our community um our home truly has not been updated since it was built in the 1940s um we've lived without a dishwasher with two young children uh for several years which is no small feat um all the work that we have done to improve our home so far uh for example the windows and the roof we've done in keeping with the original character of the house and we have every intention of doing the same with this proposed addition um we uh believe that there's actually very little impact on the view from the street um and that that's a a plus in our design we've lived here you know now for almost eight years we have a good sense of how our family lives in the space and our needs for the space and we've designed the space with that in mind and tried to be very efficient and mindful of how to make efficient use of the space to preserve as much open area as possible um so we'd like to request your support in expanding our home to meet our family's needs um and continuing to to grow and invest um in our neighborhood and in our community um and so with that we'll we'll turn it over to our architect Leslie Leslie would you like permission to show your screen yeah that'd be great thank you only if you could take care of that perfect thank you so much you should be all set okay okay that's the one okay so I'll explain to you how um we have a pre-existing non-conforming house on a non-conforming lot um these are just existing elevations and I will point out right here on the right side elevation there is a small screen porch that is currently uh has no foundation it's just on piers and I'll be talking about that um all the addition is going primarily on that right side and on the rear these are the existing plans and this is looking from the front that is the screen porch it's more of a sunroom really um the foundation plan you'll see where we are adding we're adding foundation where that sunroom was and um it is a similar um footprint but it is pulled a whip back toward the house by six inches we are currently non conforming um on this side um the right side has um 8.6 feet to the property line and um we are planning to make it nine and then on this side over here we are currently where do I have that information we're currently sitting at nine feet and we're extending that line straight out of the house the other non-conformity at the property is just the property itself um which only has a 50 foot front um only has a 50 foot front um street and we're required to have 60 so here you can see what we're adding we're just adding some living space a family room and expand in a kitchen and then a deck in the rear the second floor that space has a new primary bedroom over it so it now becomes a fourth bedroom and then in terms of the site plan itself this is I'm sorry about this but it's looked at from the opposite side from the rear of the house so this is the existing property and this is the new property so in terms of gross square footage um we are adding more than 750 square feet we are adding um 1272 square feet and um this is a sloped piece of the property here and so but our usable space still fits on the more or less flat-ish area in the rear of the property so I just wanted to bring that to your attention so those are the large issues with this this is two-story and this new piece on the side is one story right here are the new elevations so this is the new elevation to the rear this is the elevation from the front and you can see the rebuild of the sunroom in a smaller configuration and part of the primary bedroom that pops up behind which is here um it's a good question so in the the upper right corner um unfortunately that just they both say left side on the right side there um for when you you would see so you're on the you're adding a sort of a new shed essentially off the the main ridge going towards the rear um so that would pop up on the you'd just see a little sliver of it um in that upper plan I'm a little I'm just not quite sure what I would be looking at from that side and it's partially because I'm a little confused by the the gable on the the new gable on the rear where the peak of it is just slightly offset from the main building it's not quite sure how all those facets come together right I have a roof plan here let me show that to you maybe that will help so this is the new rear piece that's being added and it's a shed roof that's being overlaid on the main house itself okay um the existing ridge is parallel to the street and then the new gabled roof is tying into that shed roof and I've attempted to line these up and due to just dimensional reasons it hasn't happened um partly because we're trying to keep this line exactly where it is um is the the dashed line is that an inflection in the roof or is that just the line of the existing house that's the line of the existing house okay yeah this is overlaying all the way up as shown here this this is the new kitchen and primary bathroom addition here and there's a roof line that's going all the way up there okay um so as you had said that there's nonconformities in the side existing nonconformities in the side yards right on the one side the nonconformity is being reduced from 8.6 feet to 9.1 feet so it's moving farther away on the other side even though it's in line with the side of the building because it's at an angle to the side lot line that one is slightly increasing from 9.1 to 8.9 that's right as it goes and even less with the deck but we can certainly hold the deck back yeah it increases by about two inches because the side line is at an angle okay um and then as you said the frontage is not existing nonconforming the lot area is existing nonconforming neither of those are right touched um and then the other question I had was in regards to the usable open space um so you had indicated that you were did the proposed usable open space is 930 square feet and the proposed gross floor area is 3264 and that comes up to a usable open space percentage of 28 percent which is less than 30 um so I'm wondering if there's a couple more inches in that flat ish space in the back that there is a little open space back there that would keep you under over 30 percent um because you can actually go so the usable open space can extend over the deck okay so you can bring it up to the back of that house and I think that will get you where you need to be yeah that would be fine yeah absolutely okay yeah inspectional services considers going on to decks as it's an acceptable practice for usable open space okay yeah we can show a new calculation for that and then um this and as you said this is a request this is a large addition um right and so the board would in addition to the regular findings the board would need to find that the alteration addition is in harmony with the structures and other uses in the vicinity that consider the dimensions and setbacks in relation to the body structures and uses and consider conformity with purposes of bylaw so with that I would ask members of the board if they have questions in comments in regards to this application Mr Chairman Mr Hanlon I have a question the because this is a large addition it's especially important the relationship between the addition and the surrounding properties and I wondered if you could or if the owner could provide some description of how the of what's on the other properties that are around here that I hate to put it in terms of what would the neighbors think but that's kind of where where you are and and it makes a difference how crowded it is and so forth as you no doubt have noticed since in some of our earlier cases so if somebody could just describe what's what's around this and how the this addition is going to relate to the dimensions and and where the other properties are the other buildings are in the here in the immediate vicinity so our neighbor to the I can't could could you try to get a little closer to the microphone is your hard to hear sorry our neighbor to the left of our property has a very similar addition it's a slightly larger house than ours they did their addition just this this year the neighbor to the right of ours has a very similar footprint and their deck extends out to you about where the end of our addition would be so I would say I wouldn't describe it as a crowded situation right here we go yeah you can see the addition that the neighbor put on here it's very similar it's a two-story addition and then this is the neighbor over here who has the deck that extends out similar to where we're going to come out to and then to the rear of us the house is is quite a ways away and it's sort of a lower elevation as well so it doesn't there's a fair amount of space between there great thank you around very helpful thank you google um other questions and comments from the board none um I will go ahead and open the meeting for public comment remind of the public comment is taken if it relates to the matter hand um should be directed to the board for the purpose of informing our decision members of public who wish to speak and use the digitally raise their hand using the raise hand button on the reactions tab in the zoom application or if you're calling it by phone you can dial star nine are any members of public who wish to address the board mr. Moore did you want to raise your hand nope okay and with that I see no members of public who wish to address the meeting so I will go ahead and close public comment um as it relates to this uh hearing um um so just uh so for the board what we have before us um this is an application uh which comes to us for a special permit for the large addition um but additionally there is an existing nonconformity so there would be a very slight increase in the nonconforming nature of the structure we just need to find that it would not be substantially more detrimental to the neighborhood than the existing condition um so are there are there questions or comments from the board mr chair mr mr rick cadelli um I sort of hate to ask this question since we've I talked about this a lot this evening but uh I remember reviewing a similar case um with a two-story addition on the back and I'm just looking at the pictures of this house and there's a significant grade change I I'm just wondering if that average grade calculation has has been done for this just to make sure that um that lowest level is is not counted as a level um I'm not sure if uh Miss Mahoney if that's something you've already looked at yes I did look at it and I am um it's not an official level I'm just counting it in the gross square footage right um I have the information here the um shoot is the question asked on the application the application would ask for the existing height and proposed height right I know I show on the rear elevation drawing the um average height of the structure and I do have basement story if ceiling is four foot six above grade it's not the uh elevations show the average grade yeah I would have to find those calculations and get them to you I did calculate it and it does not count as a story okay because I had the same I was curious as well great yeah we we had a recent case where it looked just like this us and uh it was just it just tipped over that um that border into being a story and it got much more complicated from there so thank you sure Mr Chairman Mr Hanlon um one thing I just point out is in the memorandum we got from the inspectional services today there was no indication that there was a potential violation of the rule of heightened stories so I at least take comfort in the fact that ISD has not signaled that as an issue the point thank you okay so with that are there anything further from the Mr Chairman just to to have it clear on the record I think that when we look at the three particular criteria the compliance with the purpose of the zoning bylaw uh dimensions with respect to other uses and buildings in the vicinity that the answer that we were provided uh when I asked that question was uh was appropriate it seemed to me that that it did allay the notion that there was somehow an unusual crowding here or something that would make this unreasonably impinge upon buildings or uses in the immediate vicinity so that the I think that the board can find that each of the three requirements of the of this particular of the special regulation are met on the without going through all of the other seven it seems to me that this is consistent with the with the neighborhood it's clearly allowed by a special permit and that the board can find that each of the uh requirements of section 3.3.3 uh are are fairly clearly met in this case right thank you and to that I would just add the in regards to the the increase in the nonconforming nature the structure that it is incredibly minor going from 9.1 to 8.9 feet on the one side and there's uh more than well offset by the by the reduction in the nonconforming nature on the opposite side of the house so mr chairman here when when the emotion is event is is eventually made as as it I assume there'll be a motion to approve this uh we ought to be clear that we're talking interested in abundance of caution is that we would not only be addressing the grant of the large addition but also uh any possible question about the extension of an existing nonconformity absolutely so should the board uh vote to approve there are three standard conditions that the board would impose um on a grant such as this the first is that the plans and specifications approved by the board for the special permit shall be the final plans and specifications submitted to the building inspector of the town of arlington in connection with the application for zoning relief there'll be no deviation during construction from approved plans and specifications without the express written approval of the arlington zoning board of appeals number two is the building inspector is hereby notified that he's to monitor the site and should proceed with appropriate enforcement procedures at any time determines that violations are present building inspector shall proceed under section 3.1 of the zoning bylaw none of the provisions of chapter 40 section 21 d of the massachusetts general laws and then institute noncriminal complaints if necessary the building inspector may also approve and institute appropriate criminal action also in accordance with section 3.1 and then standard number three the board shall maintain continuing jurisdiction with respect to this special permit grant um with those are there any additional uh conditions that the board would want to impose upon this grant mr chairman yes mr hanon earlier there was a question about adjusting about usable open space and i think that uh miss mahoney undertook to um update the plans to show more clearly where the usable open space would would be and so i think a condition that that the applicant update its plans in order to correct the calculation of usable open space would be a useful additional criteria so we have uh so the applicant is to provide a revised site plan indicating and dimensioning the areas of the existing and proposed site that comply with the requirements for usable open space is indicated in section 2 of the zoning bylaw town of erlington to the inspectoral services department for review and approval that was terrific mr chairman it's not like i had that pre-written or anything um is there anything any other conditions that uh members of the board would want to consider seeing none with no further questions uh the chair would entertain a motion mr chairman mr hanlon i move that the board approved this application subject to the three standard conditions plus the additional condition uh updating usable open space that the chair just read into the record thank you mr duplant so this is a vote of the board to approve special permit for 28 point of vista road with the four conditions as previously read into the record um the vote of the board mr duplant hi mr hanlon hi mr holly hi uh mr rickard ellie hi the chair votes i the special permit for 20 of its are one of its road is approved great thank you so much thank you thanks and again thank you for your patience this evening thank you good good night night we'll say the success rate of people uh in cases that start after 10 o'clock is really very high at this point don't let that get around we almost finished earlier than town meeting would but just over it feels good to be non controversial um yes it does i hope you are happy ending on a high note thank you thank you thank you so just for the board so we did continue two hearings we have one that's continued to the 14th one that's continued to the 28th uh according to colleen we don't have any other items on the agendas for those two nights um but i had asked her for the 14th um to put some time in for the board so we've been kind of going at a breakneck pace on a lot of stuff for a while and i think it would be a good time for us to to just sort of uh take a breather and review uh some of our procedures some of our documentation um i think a lot of you noticed that this was the first time we got the the applications were electronically submitted for the zoning board um so i think we want to take a look at that at that procedure make sure that it's we're getting the documentation that we're able to get works well for us that that procedure works well for the applicants i think we're going to have to make some adjustments to our rules and regulations in order to better uh coincide with that um there's definitely a couple of things that i i know i need to adjust um as well and the the other thing i'd like to try to do on the 14th is talk a little bit if there are any zoning um amendments that we would like to propose um i know we've talked several times about the gap between an attached and the detached dwelling um there's a couple others so that sort of picked up along the way and today we're sort of that question about accessory dwelling units uh being within six feet of the thing would be good to sort of clarify so if there are any sort of things like that that have sort of come up that you've come upon um it'd be great to discuss them on the 14th and then i will schedule time with the arb in december uh to discuss those with them as they put together their docket going into the spring they have notified me that they are planning to put forward a major zoning package for the earlington heights overlay district so they do have some other big things they're trying to do in the spring um but i have been nagging them about these ones so hopefully we'll be able to get this included in the spring as well so that's what we'll do on the 14th um as well as uh that other case that we just put onto the 14th so with that um i would like to thank you all for your participation in tonight's meeting of the earlington zoning board of appeals appreciate everyone's patience throughout the meeting i'd especially like to thank Colleen Ralston and Mike Cunningham for their assistance in preparing for and hosting and participating in this online meeting please note the purpose of the board's recording this meeting is to ensure the creation of an accurate record of its proceedings it is our understanding recording made by acmi will be available on demand at acmi.tv within the coming days if anyone has comments or recommendations please send them via email to dbaatown.arlington.ma.us that email address is also listed on the zoning board of appeals website and to conclude tonight's meeting i would ask for a motion to adjourn mr chairman so moved thanks for the board to adjourn mr dupont hi mr handlin hi mr holly hi mr rickard ellie hi topman hi and mr leblanc hi the chair votes aye we are adjourned thank you all so much i'm sorry it was a late night and uh we'll see you all on the 14th have a good one good night


So when you find out you're pregnant you may want to involve your young children and let them know that there's a baby growing inside of mom and help involve them as much as you feel comfortable so that they can start to get ready for the adjustment. We have been talking about it obviously in front of our son that we're pregnant and there's going to be a baby but we haven't really forced the issue and I think he's a little bit young to understand what's going on as he's not even two. Your toddler's a little bit different so it's hard to know exactly how to explain to your kids that you're pregnant but I think starting early and making them a part of the pregnancy will help them be involved and hopefully help them adjust better once the baby's there. So what do you think it's going to be like when the baby comes? I felt really excited and I felt a tiny bit scared. So our goal is to incorporate the entire family. Everybody needs to be a part of this process so that they are going to be the leader in encouraging and welcoming this newborn into the family. Well there's going to be tons of things to do with the baby. Change the diapers. We always tried to involve her in everything that we did. It was really important to us to make her a part of every decision you know she helped pick out the paint for the baby's room and build the crib and pick out the name and just be a part of it because she's going to remember this forever. There are many books out there about this. I think that as long as you explain to the older siblings in a straightforward and loving way that they're going to be an older sibling that you're still going to be there for them and they're going to be able to help take care of this new baby that all should be well.


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Here we are in our example form 1040 populating it with LISERT tax software. You don't need tax software to follow along, but if you have access to it, it's a great tool to run scenarios with. You can also access the form 1040 related forms and schedules at the IRS website, irs.gov, irs.gov. Our starting point here is that we have a single file or up top. This is going to be Mr. Anderson. We have the address down below. We've got no dependence at the starting point, 100,000 on the W2 income just to have a nice round number. And we're focusing down here then on the standard deduction. So here is our focus. The standard deduction will be taken if it's greater than the itemized deduction. The use of the software is nice because it'll allow you to kind of help to do that calculation to help to do that kind of comparison and see which is the larger one. It'll typically take the larger one. The information on the left of the form here tells you what the standard deductions are in general unless you have that added standard deduction. If you're over a certain age 65 and blind, then you can have the alternatives to them. So the single or married filing separately is of course that 12,950. There's the 12,950 here because that is the filing status we're talking about. If we went to married and this is how I would try to memorize this, the standard deductions will change from year to year, but you want to have a general dollar amount of what the standard deduction is on the single filing. And then when married, you would expect it to double, which it basically does here's to 25,900. So it's that 12,950 goes up to 25,900 for married because of course, if you're married, got two people together. You don't want to disincentivize people getting married and therefore you would expect the standard deduction has to double even though you would think that maybe the wages won't exactly double and everything because you might have one of the spouses might be taking care of kids and whatnot and all that kind of stuff, but that is that. And then the head of household of course is in the middle. It's between the 12,950 and the 25,900 at the 19,400 and that's the general kind of layout. Married filing separately usually bounces back to that 12,950, although you have that caveat. If one of the spouses is itemizing, that's going to require the other spouse to kind of follow suit. You can't have one itemizing and one standardizing. So from a practical standpoint, then the question is often going to be, okay, is someone going to itemize or not? Now we'll dive into that. I will dive in swim around itemized deductions later, but if they're nowhere near being able to itemize, then usually it's not worth your time to go through all the itemized deductions because they will be taking the standard deduction. Many more people fall into that kind of category these days because they tried to simplify the code by basically increasing the standard deduction. So basically most people take it. So if we go into the itemized just to take a look at it, it's on the schedule A.


Oh, with the building, it's so perfect. One, two, three! Okay, so good, so beautiful. Hello! Nice to meet you. Oh, hello. Nice to meet you, Mona. Lens, the Hanbok. And then go to the palace and take a picture. Oh, yeah. Today I'm your guide. Hello guys. Hi guys. So today we are going to Gyeongbokgung Palace. And we are wearing Hanbok and take pictures. Yeah! Okay, I'm so excited. It's really beautiful. Be careful. Yeah! Actually, today's weather is good. So beautiful. What's your name? Ki Young. Ki Young? What's your name? Mona. Mona? So you're from Norway? Norway. Norway? Norway? Norway. Oh, very. It's very interesting. King Hanbok. Hello. Hello. I'm from Gyeongbokgung Palace. I'm from Gyeongbokgung Palace. Oh! It's very pretty. What color do you want? I just want to play color like that one. Really? Maybe yellow. It's really pretty. Okay, then I will... What's the second flower? It looks nice. Oh, I like this. I love this. Oh, I like it. I love you like it. Oh, I like it. Beautiful. I'm not finished yet, but... Really? Do you know there's a supermodel in America, Somali? Mama? Yeah, she's... It's a bit like Iman. Really? Yeah. Vlog time. Let's go. So how to say pretty in Somali? How to say in Norway? Do a belly pat. Yeah! Did you fast for Ramona? Yeah. I heard that in Norway, the sunset time is very long. Very long. Very long. Until 10 p.m. 10 p.m. But in July is even worse. Then how to deal with it? You really keep that for time? Yeah. Wow, 10 p.m. The people in most Norway? Yeah, right. The sun doesn't go down. Never.  Maybe they follow the Saudi Arabia timing. But fasting wasn't that hard, to be honest. You get used to it. The first couple of days is always hard. Yeah, right. The first day. The first day is always hard. So I have to buy the ticket. Maybe you can take pictures here or there. Oh, I don't need to pay because I wear hanbok. Wow, that's cool. No! Nice weather. Chonha. Wow. Wangku ja lahai. Chonha. It's so pretty. Wow, it's so pretty. It's so pretty. Wow. Wow, I'm a cool colleague. But I was a student last year. Media science. But I didn't like it. So I'm now a full-time worker until I find out what I want to be. Oh, that's a really good idea. Yeah, so you're finding what you want. What do you want to do? So I'm just saving my money to travel. That's really cool. And I'm here. Can I have a picture? Oh, sure. Yeah, fair. Why not? Wow. Where are you from? Oh, really? Oh, I'm from Korea. Salamatari daya. Wow, Salamatari daya. One, two, three. Salamatari daya. Okay. Thank you. So good. So beautiful. Nice to meet you. Salamatari daya. Thank you so much. I wasn't expecting it at all. Oh, there are many tourists. Are you famous? Not really, but... Supermodel? Oh, really? Oh my God. What's going on? There's traditional music bands in Korea. Hamulnori. This is the perfect place to take pictures. Wow. Indonesian music. Wow. Okay. One, two, three. One, two, three. Wow, perfect, perfect. They're so cute. I hope you make a lot of fun memories. Okay. That's right. Mali, they have their own mosque. Arabs have their own mosque. Are you okay? Yeah. But, you know, in Korea, there are not many Muslims. There are many Muslims, but not many Koreans Muslims. Yeah. Wow. Well, I don't know why I don't have one. Sure, you have to do it. Wow, it's so perfect. Annyeong is informal and Annyeong is informal. So, it depends on the situation. We have a security man. Yeah. And we came in. And this girl, she goes in. She said, oh, Annyeong! To the security guy? Yeah. Oh, great job. Great job. Annyeong. What's this? Annyeong. I like the nature here. Yeah, me too. So beautiful. I think there are so many nature in Norway, right? Yeah, but... The wild nature. You can go into the forest if you want to. Ah, Norway and forest. Military? Yeah, we've done our military service. Yeah, have you done it? Sure, I've finished already. Oh, you've finished? Yeah. How old are you? 26 international. Oh, yeah. So, I've finished my military service for five years ago. Five years ago. I want to go to the military, but they said no to me. Wow. Wow. There's a king. Oh, it's like a movie. Really? Oh, yeah. Okay, so we are going to Itaewon to eat halal food. Halal food. Yeah. Let's go. So perfect today. So, we are live in Itaewon, and we will go to eat halal food. Yes. Maybe Korean halal food. Should we try that? Yeah, of course. Yeah, Korean halal food. Yeah, Korean halal food. Let's go. Let's go. So, every restaurant has the halal mark. Yeah, halal. Ah, I was in there yesterday. Caravan cafe. Halal cafe. Wow. It's really good. This is also Korean food. Halal chicken. They sell jajangmyeon here. See? Halal jajangmyeon. Yeah. Be careful. So, this is halal Korean Muslim food. Wow. So excited. Yeah. I have milk tea. I'm going to pick out one. Chum fried rice. Yes. Chum fried rice? Bibimbap. Yeah. Thank you. Hello. Thank you. Wow, it looks so great. It looks pork, but different. Yeah. Nothing else. Oh, what is this? It's a shrimp fried rice. Fried rice. Shrimp fried rice. Yes. Let's wait for mine. Wow. Okay, now I need to. Delicious. Oh. What is it called in Korean? Shrimp fried rice. I'll remember. Okay. Shrimp fried rice. So good. So good. I love shrimp. Oh. This is so good. Really? Yeah. Oh. I'm so curious. Because bulgogi is usually pork in Korea. I think it's cow or something. Maybe. I think it's fish. Oh, yeah, fish. Bismillah. Thank you for that. It's good. It's good. Wow. Fish. Fish. Yeah. Wow. Kimchi is the most popular side dish in Korea. If you dare to know kimchi, people cannot eat it. It's kind of fermented cabbage. It was good. It was good. It was good. It was very good. Are you sure? Yeah. I'm full. Okay. It's good, right? I put my camera inside. Oh. Sure. Yeah, it's entrance. Yeah, I'm angry. Here, smell it now. Oh, praying. They're praying. Female for inside. So, how is it? It was amazing, guys. The mosque, Masha'Allah. Masha'Allah. It's really beautiful. And we came right at Makhrib time. Like they finished Makhrib right there. Yeah, right, right, right. Prayer. What I find fascinating is the fact that we can hear on the speakers when they pray but in no way it's not allowed. We don't hear like the adhan which is the calling to prayer. And we don't hear when they're praying. That's interesting. Yeah, it's not allowed. Korea is different. Yeah, Korea is different. And I like that because it's nice hearing the prayer when you're outside. So, how was your trip today? It was really high on. Guys, if you want a Muslim tour guide, not even a Muslim tour guide, but more like a halal friendly tour in Seoul, contact J. Kim because he knows. He knows where to take you. What's up? 10 of them? Yeah. Thank you so much. Yeah. Okay, so take care. The guy is looking for you. Oh, really? The guy, yeah. Oh, thank you so much. Wow, it's so cute. So, he noticed me in the street, and he want to deserve me kind of tea.   Oh, I'm so happy. Wow, I'm so excited. Wow, thank you. It's calling non-medicine tea. It's calling non-medicine. Yeah. Wow, thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. It's so nice. Wow. It looks so good. Okay, Bismillah. Is it good? It's really good. It smells really good. Very soft. I like it. It's not very sweet. It's really good. Yeah. It tastes really good. It looks like commercial. It is a commercial. Wow, it looks really good. Wow. They look really nice. Yeah, it's so nice. Oh, yeah, I realized that it's not cold. That's good. I love it. So, take care and be safe. And thank you for watching my video. So, bye-bye. Bye-bye. Mashallah. Bye. Bye.  Bye.


AHS Delicate has definitely had some highs and lows along the way, but with the recent highs of last week's episode, I was going into this episode with hopes that this may be a rare instance where an AHS season sticks the landing with its final two episodes. And while the jury is still out for the season finale, I must say that Episode 8 left me thoroughly disappointed. But before I dive into this episode, I want to remind you that you can see my book to show comparisons for this episode and every episode of Delicate by becoming a member for just $1.99 and as a member you can get early access to those videos as well as a bunch of other member exclusive uploads, like this one where I completely randomized a fantasy season of American Horror Story which features Jessica Lange, Werewolves, among many other surprises. Alright now let me get into Episode 8 and why it left me wanting so much more. The episode opens with an incredibly meta flashback to 1967 where Mia Farrow is having a disagreement with Frank Sinatra over Mia's role in Rosemary's Baby and later we see Mia filming a scene for the film as well. Now this part of the episode I actually enjoyed a lot, it was completely unexpected. I do worry though that since this flashback had no real impact on the events of this episode that this may have just been a one and done cold open that the show may never revisit. It does end with the reveal that Siobhan was likely the ghost writer for Rosemary's Baby just as she is for The Auteur but there's got to be more to that story and I want to see it. I just doubt that the final episode will devote any of its runtime to answering this particular scene's unanswered questions but again I do appreciate the context of the scene within the show, within the larger context as Rosemary's Baby like I said influenced many seasons like Delicate, Murder House, Parts of Hotel, Colt, Apocalypse just to name a few and the real-life Mia Farrow herself has recently worked with Ryan Murphy on his show The Watcher which too has Rosemary's Baby influences. This is also at least the second time we've seen a Frank Sinatra in the Ryan Murphy echo chamber as he's also made an appearance on Feud. The flashback also has a cameo from Sharon Tate which is the second appearance of this historical figure in the AHS universe after her infamous murder was depicted in AHS Colt. In the Delicate flashback we see Mia Farrow experience hallucinations just like Anna and it seems like Mia may have been put through exactly what Anna is being put through by Siobhan and that honestly just makes me imagine a version of this show that is told from that perspective set in the 60s and with these characters as our main characters who knows if it would be any better than what we're getting but getting a little taste of that in this episode definitely left me craving more. Side note, Matt Quayle's score during the scene as well as the sound design were very effective and it felt very AHS. Aside from that flashback though there isn't a lot about this episode that worked for me. For starters after having so much build up towards Anna potentially having an in-depth conversation with Io Preacher she shows up in this episode just to yell more vague warnings to Anna only for her to be medically sedated for the rest of the episode. I can't help but to think they are wasting this character and the talents of Julie White. As aside from her scenes with Virginia in episode 5 she rarely gets any scenes where she has more than a couple of lines and this character visually is the best in the series to me and Julie White's portrayal is very enjoyable to watch and it is truly disappointing that in what could have been a second strong episode for this character she just ends up asleep in a hospital bed like Princess Leia in The Force Awakens or Laurie Strode in Halloween Kills. The scene where Preacher is warning Anna at Virginia's funeral also felt a bit reminiscent to a particular scene in the last episode of Red Tide where Coach Beast barges into a city hall meeting and is like I'm gonna get to the bottom of this and then she's never heard from or seen again in the series so with that comparison in mind let's please please please give Preacher something to do in the finale and not have this be the end of that character. Moving on though listen I love this look on Siobhan but it did not make sense to me why she's suddenly dressing like a full on witch all of the sudden in this episode when that is not how she's dressed in the previous episodes around Anna. It didn't feel very natural for the scene either for her to be in this full neck-to-toe fitted gown while she's trying to style Anna's Oscar look. I guess I can see it as Siobhan trying to mess with Anna's head a little bit or maybe she's trying to ease Anna into the big reveal that we know is coming in the next episode but as a viewer this was just a sort of silly side note to this otherwise tame scene.  I was laughing but I was laughing because I was uncomfortable not because it was funny Another joke related thing that I've been taking slight issue with this season is its tendency to have its characters just say incredibly dark jokes about serious topics like it's nothing and they don't necessarily add any value to the scene and I personally just don't find them funny. Talia had one a couple episodes ago that made light of the fentanyl crisis and in this episode Siobhan makes a Harvey Weinstein joke that again just didn't make me laugh in the slightest. About halfway through this episode the entire Oscars plot gets sidetracked as they shoehorned the Korra twist just when I least expected it. This is definitely my biggest issue with this episode so before I let those negative thoughts loose I just want to say that Tavi Gevinson is incredible in this role and in this episode what I'm about to say is solely problems with the writing and the editing of this episode and this particular twist not at all how she performed it. Her characterization of Korra is great and fun to watch and it has been every time her character's been on screen even when the writing is a little infuriating. It's also interesting to note that this character is very similar to her character from Screen Queens as both Feather and Korra are the other woman who comes between a married couple but even with those similarities it is clear that Korra is not Feather and Tavi Gevinson has made these two very similar characters distinctly different performances and that's definitely an impressive thing to do when you're essentially given the same task twice. Now here's why I think they butchered this Korra twist from the writing perspective. For starters it came out of nowhere in this episode and before she shows up in this scene I'm pretty sure Korra hasn't been in the show since episode four so to have her show up and then have Anna immediately flashback to the very first scene of episode one of the season it's asking the audience to do a lot of remembering all at once. Even as someone who read the book and this twist is somewhat similar in the book it gave me some whiplash because of how suddenly they revealed it. Secondly because the twist is so similar but they changed some specific things I'm gonna compare the two and to me the book's twist was written a lot better and paid off more satisfyingly as the consumer. Admittedly the twist does come out of nowhere in the book as well but Korra eventually comes clean to Anna towards the end of the book and she says that she was trying to prevent Anna from getting pregnant with Dex specifically because she didn't want Anna to have a baby with a man who is cheating on her even though of course Korra is who he's cheating on her with so that's why Korra sabotages Anna's medications and appointments and as for the time that Korra crawled into bed with Anna well that was Korra mistaking Anna for Dex and then getting scared off when she realizes her mistake. To me the way things happened in the book was much more natural and was still very surprising but instead in the show Korra is jealous of Anna and sabotages her pregnancy for her own selfish and nefarious reasons and the third reason why I think this twist was executed poorly in the show are unfortunately the editing choices made during these flashbacks the bouncing back and forth between voiceover and dialogue within the flashbacks felt very disjointed and over-explanatory while still being a bit confusing and just as a side note why did they include Korra saying baby to Anna in the bed scene if they were going to remove the part of the twist where Korra was mistaking Anna for Dex in that moment it just feels like they put the book's twist through a few layers of google translate and just called it a day and there are some bits and pieces that are left from the book version that don't serve the show at all. The cherry on top of all of this though is Tavi Gevenson's delivery of this one line which makes it all worth it. After the Korra twist is revealed we get a tiny 90 second scene where Anna kicks Dex out over his cheating and that leads me to another flaw about this episode it's so damn short. Long ago are the days of the occasional AHS episode that exceeded 60 minutes but between this season and the last one it seems like the runtimes are struggling to exceed 40 minutes. I'm all for a short and concise 42 minute episode I can even get behind 39 minutes as long as they're used wisely. This episode is only 34 dang minutes long and to me it left a lot to be desired. It's the third episode in a row with no Dennis O'Hare and they've also benched Nicolette, Sonia, Ivy, Talia, and the Ashleys which left us with a Anna and Siobhan heavy episode when honestly those two are the last characters that I'm actually tuning in for and that's also partly why last week's episode was so strong. The only other episodes of AHS to reach a runtime this low are a handful of episodes from the tail end of AHS NYC and I think this episode has a similar issue with those episodes in that it feels like pieces are missing from it and certain scenes happen way too fast. I highly doubt that the writers and producers went into either of these seasons saying alright and then at the end of the season we'll just make the episodes really short. No I think these episodes had full scripts and for whatever reason a lot of things ended up on the cutting room floor. Off the top of my head it could be anything from technical issues or maybe editing around non-ideal performances or plot holes but the result is an episode that feels structured and paced differently from the rest and despite the chaos of going into labor while winning your first Oscar the ending of this episode felt weirdly anticlimactic and abrupt. Last week's episode felt like the perfect setup to a strong final two episodes but sadly episode 8 kills that momentum with a disjointed twist shoehorned in between Anna's first Oscar ceremony plus a side order of Mia Farrow and Frank Sinatra that ultimately left me missing our quirky cast of side characters. With all of that being said there is a lot to love about this season still I mean visually it's doing its own thing and the cinematography, the color choices and the costuming all add tremendous amounts of quality to the final product and it's worth watching for that alone. Along the way we've gotten some very high highs among some slight lows but I can't help but to feel like this season is going to end with an overwhelming feeling of missed opportunities. Alright so those are my thoughts on episode 8 of American Horror Story Delicate entitled Little Gold Man. Be sure to give this video a like if you made it this far it really helps me out against the algorithm and be sure to let me know all of your thoughts on this week's episode and where we might end up this time next week. Thank you so much for watching and I will see you next time.


From Hollywood it's time now for Johnny dollar This is Robert Ecker mr. Parsons secretary you telephone this office for an appointment with mr. Parsons. That's right I'm an investigator mr. Ecker. I was sent here by Eastern casually in trust We understand David Parsons is missing. I want to talk to mr. Parsons senior about it Well, mr. Parsons senior isn't in the office today. He's home ill. This is pretty important mr. Ecker, maybe I better call him at home. Why don't you come to the office? I'll try to arrange to take you out there I don't want to be a lot of trouble Tonight and every weekday night Bob Bailey and the transcribed adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account America's fabulous freelance insurance Investigator ours truly Johnny dollar Expense account submitted by special investigator Johnny dollar to the Eastern casualty and trust company number 25 Yardley Boulevard Boston, Massachusetts The following is an accounting of expenditure is during my investigation of the Calakley's matter Expense account item one two hundred dollars five cents airfare in incidentals Hartford, Los Angeles Arrived at midnight once straight to the Beverly Hilton had a good night's sleep and woke up to an early spring heat wave By 9 o'clock. I had placed my call to Parsons stocks and bonds at 10 o'clock. I met Robert Ecker in person He was a man about my age with a thin face and good clothes Judging from his office the job of secretary was a pretty responsible one. I don't quite understand this mr. Dollar what made you think that mr. Parsons junior is missing Is he around you mean is he in town? Yeah, is he in town is he around can I see him? Well, none of us exactly knows where he is, but he's not what you'd call missing Well now that depends on how you look at it, mr. Ecker we understand David Parsons hasn't been seen for 10 days. Is my information wrong? Well, no, no what you say is true You mean you're here to look into the matter. That's about it. May I say something sure? When you're speaking of David Parsons in front of his father mr. Parsons senior I Suggest that you don't use that word missing. I'll try to remember that the connotation might upset him I'm certainly doesn't regard mr. Parsons absence in the missing sense. Maybe you can tell me how he does regard it I'm afraid I can't Mr. Parsons senior doesn't confide in me. How about David Parsons wife? Sorry How about your own opinion? I'd rather keep my opinions to myself mr. Dollar. There's nothing personal, but Mr. Parsons senior is very adamant about certain matters in other words mr. Parsons senior does all of the thinking for Publication so to speak. Yes What concern does the eastern casualty interest company have in this matter? Yes, so what is the bonding company's concern a hundred thousand dollars? It was an automatic write-up on David Parsons junior when he entered the firm. I still don't understand David Parsons had access to great amounts of money and transferable bonds here That's where we're responsible mr. Ecker Is that an inference? If it sounds like I'm worried that David Parsons might have walked off with some money or some bonds It's an inference. It's rather ridiculous isn't I don't know whether it is or not mr. Ecker I regarded that way mr. Parsons is worth a considerable amount of money a Million dollars would be a conservative estimate of his fortune His father of course is well mr. Parsons senior. Yes, where well aware mr. Parsons holding But sometimes things aren't what they seem you know what I mean No, I'm afraid I don't know exactly what you mean mr. Dollar. Well now Take these for instance. Take these here these copies of eastern casualty's policies on your desk, mr. Ecker Now let's see you call me about nine. It's a little after ten now That gave you an hour to dig them out study them over and answer for yourself the exact questions You've been making me answer. Isn't that about it? mr. Ecker Yes Yes, I'd say that's just about it mr. Dollar Robert Ecker drove me out to the Bel Air home of David Parsons senior On the way he spoke of the weather the situation and now jeers the trouble He had making reservations for weekends and Palm Springs and the low-fuel consumption of his new student Baker Golden Hawk He avoided very carefully any further mention of David Parsons, Jr. The missing son I put a couple of direct questions to him which he answered indirectly by referring me to mr. Parsons senior So I let her go at that Jenny Jenny Somebody must be around you said your phone. I did Jenny. Oh Hello, hello Robert nobody around no one so far. They must be upstairs. He's been at it today Called me over here an hour ago. Oh, I'm Mrs. Parsons. I'm Johnny dollar. How do you do? I beg your pardon? You shouldn't Robert. It was purposeful and Mrs. Parsons. I'm the one you're not supposed to meet mr. Dollar I'm David's wife. I Just received orders from upstairs that this matter will be handled upstairs. Is that so? Oh, yes That's quite so My father-in-law feels that he has extraordinary competence in this matter as in all matters all Robert We'd better get along mr. Dollar. How do you feel? I feel fine. I mean about your father-in-law handling it That makes very little difference mr. Dollar.  Yes.  Dollar I Just a moment mr. Parsons You may have to practice some charm on him. Thank you for the tip Mrs. Parsons. Not at all. It's nice to have met you Good morning Robert. Good morning Mrs. Parsons We'd better get up there Robert Ecker let me upstairs into a massive bedroom that could only have been decorated for a massive old man Which is exactly what David Parsons senior turned out to be Six and a half feet tall I guessed at it since he was stretched out in bed He had a pair of cold black eyes and white hair liberally sprinkled with gray He spilled a briefcase full of papers and documents off the bed punched his pillow around and glared hard at me What's his name? This is mr. Dollar mr. Parsons. You see we had any credentials. No, sir We'll find out Mr. Dollar sure sure Here look these over. I looked them over hand them to me. Yes, mr. Parsons. They could be forgeries It could be a newspaper reporter something like that Go downstairs and use the whole phone call this company and see if they have anyone named Johnny dollar working for them Hurry it up. Yes, wait a minute. Wait a minute. Those credentials are genuine. You know it and I know it mr. Parsons I'm not waiting around here while you call Boston and talk to someone there.  I got in town last night and contacted your office first thing I wanted to talk to you about it first for several reasons One you're David Parsons father. It's your company not his that can be jeopardized in a situation like this To you seem the logical man to see to clear up the matter easily Now that I've seen you I'm not so sure of that I'll have to go to somebody else. Wait a minute. What do you mean go to somebody else? I mean, I'm not going to sit in the hotel room cooling my heels waiting for you to call me I have to find out about this and there are other people to talk to your son's wife the whole household They wouldn't let you in the police if I have I'd break you I'd break you in half Then I'd get pretty mad and both halves of me and figure this thing out if it took a million years and a million dollars Ecker yes, sir get out of here. Yes, sir You've got five minutes I've got five minutes and 10 minutes and a million minutes if I need them We have a report your son's been missing for 10 days now One of our brokers reported it. He happened to be one of your son's clients missing All right, where is he? How would I know I take that to mean you don't know Do you have any ideas? Of course not Have you had an audit of your books since he disappeared? What have you had an audit? Is there anything missing bonds cash in the company? Ecker, Ecker Throw this bum out of here and make sure he bounces a couple of times Throw him out. I've got you by a good 25 pounds. Ecker Maybe you'd better leave mr. Dollar. I think I'll stay Oh, if I could get out of this bed. I'd do it myself. Ecker run along mr. Ecker He'll calm down. I can wait him out.  I can hear you. I can hear you. Why you know why as well as I do An investment broker missing what the papers wouldn't do with that. What's been going on nothing We've been waiting to hear from him. No one's done anything What is there to do that won't bring out the press? Look, I'm not worried about the press. I'm worried about your son Mr. Parsons Whatever happened to him has had a 10 day start and nothing's been done about it Now how about the books? What about them? Have you had an audit now? Look here you young boy now, will you? I ask you a simple question. Have you found anything missing? I haven't looked Where are you going? What you say is true. No one's seen or heard of david parson's for 10 days Then i'm gonna get some help what help police. I don't want any police in on this How much does your responsibility come to a hundred thousand dollars? I'll post it in cash You what I'll post that amount of money and assume your liability if there is a liability You'll never get a fair offer than that. I don't want this matter to get into the papers Well Look, mr. Parsons. We have assumed liability and we can't transfer it at this date. It's it's out of the question So let's start our planning from there I met mrs. Parsons downstairs. I understand. She's not supposed to meet me or see me now. Is that right? Yeah Well, you better fix up that part of it. That's so yeah Suppose I don't I'll see her anyhow Get out of here He was looking for something to throw when I stepped out the door and walked down the hall to the stairway At the foot of the stairs. I looked around for robert eckard who wasn't around I found my head by the door and then I ran into mrs. Parsons again, mr. Dahle Yes, what's been decided? What's he gonna do about david? Well, it's pretty hard to say what he's gonna do about anything. What are you gonna do? I was gonna drive over to your house this afternoon and ask you to go to the police making a missing persons report If you refuse to do that. I was going to the police myself and asked their help Do you think that's the thing to do? I mean a missing person report. Yep. I think that's the thing to do I'll be home later this afternoon. You might hear it. All right Say two o'clock fine He cool off. Oh for a second or two Some museum piece he is Be careful of him, mr. Dahle. He'll break your heart He's your kind You're his dish of meat I didn't pay much attention to that remark from robert ecker I thought about sven golly and rasputin and a couple of fellas like that I didn't link a parson senior in the same class with them But I should have guessed it ecker's trying to tell me, but I just wouldn't listen Now here's our star to tell you about tomorrow's intriguing episode of this week's story tomorrow Some more facts about how the earth swallowed a man Join us. Won't you yours truly johnny dollar Johnny dollar starring bob bailey is transcribed in hollywood written by john dawson It is produced and directed by jack john stone Be sure to join us tomorrow night same time and station for the next exciting episode of yours truly johnny dollar Roy rowan speaking


All right, guys, my dad has a special surprise for us here today. He brought some antique lures. My dad likes to collect them. We're going to see if we can catch some fish on these things. Tell me a little bit about these lures, dad. Well, they're old. The bomber is, they're wooden, they're solid wood. They've got metal plates, they've got glass eyes. They've been collected over the years. I have hundreds of them that you and Ben River can sort out when I'm gone. The big copper blades and the big hooks with the feathers just attract me. I love the old wooden lures, I love the glass eyes, they're artful. And these were some of the, you know, kind of rejects. They're not really worth any money. But all of them have a story. We just don't know what it is. Oh, I like that. I like that. That is a good way to put it. All of them have a story. We just don't know what it is. Look at that. A 1948 custom. That's wild. Yeah. That's wild. Of course, of course, when they painted it, they ruined the value for it, you know. If it was an original paint, we wouldn't be fishing with it. These are pretty cool. I would say, you know, you've got some top orders in here, or the top orders. We've got a little sun today, so it's probably not going to be fire. But these little lipped baits could do something. Look at, oh yeah, that's an old, old gay blade, I think is what they called it back then. That's an original Guga special? Maybe not. Or looks terrible. I mean, that thing is stiff as a canoe. Really cool. You got some great stuff. Let's try it on and see if we can actually catch some fish with some retro lures. Let's do it. Antiques. What is this? Is this actual, um, that's mother pearl? Oh, that is wild. I never even heard of that, using that. That's earth materials. Look at this big copper spinner. Oh my gosh, I bet a pike would crush that thing. You know, it's according to what contest, you know, we need to figure out, is it the first fish, or is it the biggest fish?  Of course. Let's compete. Biggest fish in an hour. I mean, what do you feel like your punishment is? Oh, no. You're wanting the consequences, wouldn't you say? No, let's make this friendly. You just said it was a consequence. Because I lose every time. Okay. That's a killer.  But this thing may become collectable after what I catch on it. Oh, okay. It used to be really good trodden bait, right? All right, this thing looks like a bomb. Oh my gosh, it actually runs true. We have a chance right here. Just need to get in the right rocky area, not get piked, and we will be in business. Okay, first fish, three points. Most fish, five points. Most species, two points.  Did you see that?  I am. Okay. You like it. Creek Chubb Original. And these are original hooks also. Oh no. Dad's hooked up. That is the first fish. He is not fooling around, he's getting in the boat. Three points for Dad.  He did, sure did. Crushed it. And these hooks probably would have been good at diseases.  It's a pretty good little action. It's the original bomber, he said. Got him. Got him on the antique, and it's a good one. This ain't no, this ain't no smeasly smallmouth, okay? All right, this fish has counted 50s. Heck yeah. There's a loon fishing right next to us. It's got to be good. He's looking down there, liking what he's seeing. I got to get me a few fish here. Competition ends in an hour and 20 minutes, snatchy. Yes. There he is. Oh, he came off with the hooks. I thought what you did there, slipped in on my bird dog, my quail. Hi, it's another species. Maybe a walleye. It's a walleye. A walleye. I got a walleye. He just came off the hook. Yes, you got him. Yes, I got him. I'm going to let this guy go. Nice walleye. 20 inch plus on a crankbait. I'm in the lead with an hour and 10 minutes left of competition. I didn't get the first fish. Dad has that.  Smallmouth.  He came off. Yeah, the trouble is getting these things in with these hooks. Have a follower. Oh, smallmouth followed dad's lure in. Did not strike it. Dad, get that wooden antique out of my face, sir. Yeah, you got to figure eight of them next time. These lures have them curious, but not really biting. Oh, I had one following me too. Oh, it's a big pike. Oh my God, that was a huge pike. That was a huge pike. That was 35. Oh, I need this. That was a big pike. Oh, I need this. He was big. How do you feel about competition right now? Well, I caught the first fish on my wooden lure, three points. And I had to change because y'all were boating me up there and I was trying to catch smaller fish. Oh, goodness. Glad I looked at that. That was undone. Yeah, so you actually had the first fish, which is three points, and then that's every fish is a point, so you have four. I've got two fish for two points, most species for two points, which is four. And then I have the most fish, which was five points. Oh, no. So I have nine points. Nine to four to a competitor. A competitor. He's in the top three, though. That's right. He's got a chance. He's in the top three. Consequences? Consequences. What do you think is a proper consequence for the loser? Well, we've got to clean the cabin, but I think whoever's last needs to clean the toilets. So wrong. All you've got to do is catch three real quick, and then you've got eight points. Right now I'm in the toilet. These lures suck, but we're going to keep trying to catch some fish on them. Been playing me. Oh, my gosh. That's actually a big one there, Brett. That's a big one.   That might be the biggest one on the trip. I need the net. I know I need the net. This is a big, this is big points right here. This puts you on the board. This puts you on the board. Get him in. My gosh, on the creek chub, switched over the chub, and boom. Oh, damn. I need a bigger net. This might be a 20-inch smallmouth. I think that's a 20-inch smallmouth, definitely your biggest ever. You got him. Woo! There you go! I got to know how long that fish is. All right. You got to measure that puppy, won't you? When you get him off. He's fixing to be off, I guess. Guys, that is crazy. Biggest smallmouth of the trip potentially comes on a 50s creek chub. That's unreal. That's a big one there, Brett. That's as big as they come up here. Nope. 19 and a half. 19 and a half. That's as big as we've seen on this trip.  Oh, guys. There's number two. Uh-oh. There is number two right there. Number two on the creek chub. I was...  Come on, take a little roll. Come on in. It's a smallmouth. Oh, yeah. Oh, look at... Yep, there he goes. There it is. Learning. Learning. Learning. There you go. All right. Two fish. Competition is tense right now. Me and you are actually tied for most fish, which would be five points. So you have seven points. Here's a fish. Oh. I got a fish on. Oh, man. I had one. He's got one. And it's a walleye. Oh, no. No, you already had a walleye. Yep. Uh-oh. I'm going to break my own rod. Uh-oh. Yeah, walleyes like the old bummer. Okay. Maybe 17 and three quarters. But we got other food tonight, right? Yes, we did. Okay. I'm going to let this one go. But it puts me at three fish on the antiques. I got ten now. I'm at ten. Yeah, you got two. I got ten. But hey, it's close. I just hooked a perch, boys. I did. Man, that is not good news for you. They left E four points. Brett with two points. Myself with 11 points now. Dad switched it up to a classic blade bait. I'm only two fish ahead for total fish, which is five. So someone could come back and get this thing. We have 15 minutes left. So we're going to pause the clock for a spot change. We'll begin the clock at the next spot. See who comes out on top. I'm hoping it's me. I'm only cleaning them toilets tonight. You know what I mean? I want to be drinking beer, be a champion. Here we go. Hey, you know what? This thing actually casts really well. Man, my line is torn up though. From hitting just tons of rocks. I need to retie. Yeah, competition. It's back on. 15 minutes. From now. From right now. Oh, I think Brett just about broke his job. I'm losing it. Smoked it against the boat. All right. Well, let's see here. See if I can catch one more to seal the deal. This next little stretch is looking mighty small. Oh, I got a fish. I got a fish. I got a fish. It's a pike. It's a big pike. He hit it twice. I still got my lure. Did you have a look at him? No. Okay. It could have been a small one, but it hit it. Dad's got a fish on. Big smallmouth. I probably had a smallmouth then. Dad's got a smallmouth. Can he get his fifth point in the boat? Oh, I was flipping. What's the move? Oh, it counts. He just spit out a big crawfish too. Oh, yeah. All right. LFD with five. Lots of boulders, shallow, smallmouth. Everywhere, we've probably caught a dozen fish on a tube by now. Two minute warning. Okay. Right now. Two minute warning. Come on. We're at the stand on the point. I'm just hanging back because I've got a commando lead right now. What's going to happen? Is the buddy blade going to do something? The blade's going to win. Is it the little mermaid? Is it the creek job? Strong. Oh, you had a fish following it. You had a perch following it. Failure to see the fish at boat.  Oh, no. He's hooked up. Big one. No. Is he still on? I don't know. Dead. Thank you, sir. One minute. Three, two, one. Anybody hooked on? It's going to wrap up the antique lure challenge. They were very inefficient. Sucked to fish over modern-day lures. But it was kind of fun. It was kind of fun to see what would happen. And I'm surprised I actually caught two walleyes. Well, ladies and gentlemen, our time up here north of the wall has come to a close. Great competition today. Using the antique lures. My dad just busted those things out. I didn't even know he brought them up here. It's cool to see some lures that are 70, 80 years old catching fish. Brett's cleaner than toilets right now. He's not too excited about that. But hey, you know, enter the competition. You've got to take the consequences. So thank you guys for tuning in to all these episodes.  It's good times up here, man. Great times. And since we've been up here all week, we have met some new people and we got some new opportunities. So when we come back, we can go crappie fishing. There's some other lakes. We've got lake trout opportunities. Just the community around here is so friendly and nice and just closely knit. It's awesome to see. On that note, shout out to the fishing freaks that I ran into up here. Surprisingly, there were a few. And then also just the new friends I made while up here north of the wall. And I will see you guys back in the US for another great outdoor adventure. Life's hard. Always better to finish first.


The biggest problem that I face here in Scotland is just that prints are so expensive they seem to go up by over 10% every year and this obviously isn't reflected in a wage increase. Beyond that the quality of the housing in Scotland is just not great. Every flat Beenan seems to have persistent issues with disrepair you know that ranges from black mould to damp to leaky roofs to draughty windows which ends up becoming expensive one because you're paying more for your energy and then two you're constantly having to go back and forth with your landlord to try to get these things fixed. The biggest struggle I've found related to housing that has affected me has been the lack of safe and affordable housing. Every year that I've lived here as a student for the last three years it's been tougher and tougher to find a flat. There's a rat race every year to find a flat in time for the academic year so it can take up to six months to find a flat. Rent is such a huge part of the cost of living crisis and it cannot be ignored. We've already won a rent through in Scotland but we need our rent to come down as well as staying the same. We're campaigning for an immediate start to rent controls which would be a point-based system tied to the quality of property so landlords would be incentivised to keep up repairs in our cold draughty homes and that we would have an affordable rent for everyone in Scotland.