The Ultimate Star Trek Apartment Is Lost To Divorce

[Zen Toombs]

Wow, that really kindof sucks. But he should have been more prepared for something like that to happen.

 

[bdcjacko]

She waited until now?...

I sense a certain conniving ***** who needs to be ejected into space.

Not necessarily. Lots of folks separate, but never actually get divorced, because its in their financial best interests to stay married. You get tax breaks and healthcare breaks, for example (at least in the U.S.). My aunt and uncle were separated for most of my life, and only formally got divorced when he decided he wanted to remarry.

In this case, their divorce was clearly quite amicable, as she allowed him to keep living in the property.

You don't get tax breaks in the us for being married unless only one person works.

 

[Susan Arendt]

She waited until now?...

I sense a certain conniving ***** who needs to be ejected into space.

Not necessarily. Lots of folks separate, but never actually get divorced, because its in their financial best interests to stay married. You get tax breaks and healthcare breaks, for example (at least in the U.S.). My aunt and uncle were separated for most of my life, and only formally got divorced when he decided he wanted to remarry.

In this case, their divorce was clearly quite amicable, as she allowed him to keep living in the property.

You don't get tax breaks in the us for being married unless only one person works.

Wow, you really want to get pedantic about this? There are financial benefits to staying married, or perhaps more precisely, to not getting divorced. That's the point I was making, as I'm sure you're quite aware.

 

[bdcjacko]

She waited until now?...

I sense a certain conniving ***** who needs to be ejected into space.

Not necessarily. Lots of folks separate, but never actually get divorced, because its in their financial best interests to stay married. You get tax breaks and healthcare breaks, for example (at least in the U.S.). My aunt and uncle were separated for most of my life, and only formally got divorced when he decided he wanted to remarry.

In this case, their divorce was clearly quite amicable, as she allowed him to keep living in the property.

You don't get tax breaks in the us for being married unless only one person works.

Wow, you really want to get pedantic about this? There are financial benefits to staying married, or perhaps more precisely, to not getting divorced. That's the point I was making, as I'm sure you're quite aware.

It is a pet peeve of mine when I hear or read someone saying marriage has tax breaks. Just saying.

 

[Lord Doomhammer]

She waited until now?...

I sense a certain conniving ***** who needs to be ejected into space.

I kinda feel like we need to fire up the internet hate machine, track this ***** down and make sure the world knows this kind of bullshit is not acceptable. Seriously, this lady is a *****.

 

[Something Amyss]

It is a pet peeve of mine when I hear or read someone saying marriage has tax breaks. Just saying.

Bookkeepers have no sense of humour.

 

[Pandaman1911]

She waited until now?...

I sense a certain conniving ***** who needs to be ejected into space.

I kinda feel like we need to fire up the internet hate machine, track this ***** down and make sure the world knows this kind of bullshit is not acceptable. Seriously, this lady is a *****.

A ***** who owns the place the guy was building his stuff in.

 

[Risingblade]

Why doesn't he just take everything down and take it with him?

 

[Tiger Sora]

Even the Jedi from Star Wars felt this one. I'm not a fan of Star Trek, but I can certainly appreciate the work this guy put into it. Real shame he's gona lose it, but I hope a Trek fan will buy it up.

 

[deathninja]

(No, I've never been. The idea of some Beaumont Klingons terrifies me)

Could be worse *coughSaintMatthewscough*

IIRC the dude's based in Hinkley, bumped into him once, Aspie through-and-through, shame he's being put through the wringer over this.

 

[TimeLord]

Personally I would have preferred an NX-01 interior. It's only 22nd Century though, I wonder if his business does that?

 

[Epona]

You know, part of me actually wants to live there not for the inherent geek thrills but just cause the place looks awesome.

And, though far from perfect, Voyager is better then a lot of people give it credit for. Enterprise is still the best though, theme song not withstanding.

Enterprise is best???
I am having a hard time reading that with a straight face, glad I wasn't drinking anything? As bad as Voyager was, it was better than Enterprise. The best Trek is DS9 but due to it's serialized nature, it's greatness wasn't seen until it hit DVD where people could watch the episodes back to back without commercials.

The most successful Trek was The Next Generation and the most hated was....you know the answer to that.

As far as the apartment, looks great. He lost it but if it helps him get a business off the ground, maybe it was worth it.

 

[Mike Richards]

Enterprise is best???
I am having a hard time reading that with a straight face, glad I wasn't drinking anything? As bad as Voyager was, it was better than Enterprise. The best Trek is DS9 but due to it's serialized nature, it's greatness wasn't seen until it hit DVD where people could watch the episodes back to back without commercials.

The most successful Trek was The Next Generation and the most hated was....you know the answer to that.

I'll be the first to admit the series just did not have good episode plots for the entire first two seasons. But season 3's Xindi arc brought the serialization back in a big way and continued it through season 4's smaller arcs, whereas DS9 took 4 seasons just to get to any of the good stuff it kept hinting at.

I appreciated it because in it's own odd way it felt much more believable then the other series. The tech was imperfect, the people simultaneously behaved both more like officers on this type of mission would and like normal people would, the ship and especially uniforms looked much more realistic, the early seasons do an alright job indicating that a lot of space is empty, and not everyone on the ship and off gets along in a big happy family of hugs and flowers. It felt closer to being a world then a hodgepodge of impractical ideologies.

Even then, there are a lot of other series that outclass everything the whole franchise has accomplished, so it's hardly like Enterprise is the best that could ever be done. It just comparatively edges the others out in the areas that matter to me.

 

[Epona]

Enterprise is best???
I am having a hard time reading that with a straight face, glad I wasn't drinking anything? As bad as Voyager was, it was better than Enterprise. The best Trek is DS9 but due to it's serialized nature, it's greatness wasn't seen until it hit DVD where people could watch the episodes back to back without commercials.

The most successful Trek was The Next Generation and the most hated was....you know the answer to that.

I'll be the first to admit the series just did not have good episode plots for the entire first two seasons. But season 3's Xindi arc brought the serialization back in a big way and continued it through season 4's smaller arcs, whereas DS9 took 4 seasons just to get to any of the good stuff it kept hinting at.

I appreciated it because in it's own odd way it felt much more believable then the other series. The tech was imperfect, the people simultaneously behaved both more like officers on this type of mission would and like normal people would, the ship and especially uniforms looked much more realistic, the early seasons do an alright job indicating that a lot of space is empty, and not everyone on the ship and off gets along in a big happy family of hugs and flowers. It felt closer to being a world then a hodgepodge of impractical ideologies.

Even then, there are a lot of other series that outclass everything the whole franchise has accomplished, so it's hardly like Enterprise is the best that could ever be done. It just comparatively edges the others out in the areas that matter to me.

DS9 had it's good episodes prior to season 4, mostly when they were teasing about the Dominion. When DS9 took off in season 4 though, it really took off. Enterprise may have been getting better but it just never hit the high that DS9 did.

Ya know, in my opinion.

 

[General Vengeance]

I'd love to see what the bathroom looks like. You never get to see what the can looks like in any Star Trek series.

 

[DrOswald]

Enterprise is best???
I am having a hard time reading that with a straight face, glad I wasn't drinking anything? As bad as Voyager was, it was better than Enterprise. The best Trek is DS9 but due to it's serialized nature, it's greatness wasn't seen until it hit DVD where people could watch the episodes back to back without commercials.

The most successful Trek was The Next Generation and the most hated was....you know the answer to that.

I'll be the first to admit the series just did not have good episode plots for the entire first two seasons. But season 3's Xindi arc brought the serialization back in a big way and continued it through season 4's smaller arcs, whereas DS9 took 4 seasons just to get to any of the good stuff it kept hinting at.

I appreciated it because in it's own odd way it felt much more believable then the other series. The tech was imperfect, the people simultaneously behaved both more like officers on this type of mission would and like normal people would, the ship and especially uniforms looked much more realistic, the early seasons do an alright job indicating that a lot of space is empty, and not everyone on the ship and off gets along in a big happy family of hugs and flowers. It felt closer to being a world then a hodgepodge of impractical ideologies.

Even then, there are a lot of other series that outclass everything the whole franchise has accomplished, so it's hardly like Enterprise is the best that could ever be done. It just comparatively edges the others out in the areas that matter to me.

DS9 had it's good episodes prior to season 4, mostly when they were teasing about the Dominion. When DS9 took off in season 4 though, it really took off. Enterprise may have been getting better but it just never hit the high that DS9 did.

Ya know, in my opinion.

You also have to take into account that DS9 never hit the lows that Enterprise did either. Early DS9 was boring at the worst, but early Enterprise was truly horrible. The first and second seasons were unbelievably bad. Enterprise did well in the third and fourth season, though it was never as entertaining as the best of TNG or DS9.

 

[aashell13]

I was all set to feel bad for the guy; then I read this part:

his soon-to-be-ex-wife is the one who actually owns the apartment and has been paying the mortgage on it since they split almost 20 years ago.

So he built his opus magnum in what was basically somebody else's place. What did he expect to happen?

 

[Epona]

Enterprise is best???
I am having a hard time reading that with a straight face, glad I wasn't drinking anything? As bad as Voyager was, it was better than Enterprise. The best Trek is DS9 but due to it's serialized nature, it's greatness wasn't seen until it hit DVD where people could watch the episodes back to back without commercials.

The most successful Trek was The Next Generation and the most hated was....you know the answer to that.

I'll be the first to admit the series just did not have good episode plots for the entire first two seasons. But season 3's Xindi arc brought the serialization back in a big way and continued it through season 4's smaller arcs, whereas DS9 took 4 seasons just to get to any of the good stuff it kept hinting at.

I appreciated it because in it's own odd way it felt much more believable then the other series. The tech was imperfect, the people simultaneously behaved both more like officers on this type of mission would and like normal people would, the ship and especially uniforms looked much more realistic, the early seasons do an alright job indicating that a lot of space is empty, and not everyone on the ship and off gets along in a big happy family of hugs and flowers. It felt closer to being a world then a hodgepodge of impractical ideologies.

Even then, there are a lot of other series that outclass everything the whole franchise has accomplished, so it's hardly like Enterprise is the best that could ever be done. It just comparatively edges the others out in the areas that matter to me.

DS9 had it's good episodes prior to season 4, mostly when they were teasing about the Dominion. When DS9 took off in season 4 though, it really took off. Enterprise may have been getting better but it just never hit the high that DS9 did.

Ya know, in my opinion.

You also have to take into account that DS9 never hit the lows that Enterprise did either. Early DS9 was boring at the worst, but early Enterprise was truly horrible. The first and second seasons were unbelievably bad. Enterprise did well in the third and fourth season, though it was never as entertaining as the best of TNG or DS9.

There's not much out there that is as entertaining as the best of TNG or DS9. The Inner Light is one of my all time favorite episodes of anything. DS9 had a first season episode called Duet that is also one of favorite episodes of anything. Voyager had that one special episode too, I believe it was called Living Witness and it was where the Doctor (at some point in the future) had to prove that the now defunct Voyager crew were not warlords.

Damn, I may have to sit down and watch that one tonight.

 

[D Moness]

Voyager had that one special episode too, I believe it was called Living Witness and it was where the Doctor (at some point in the future) had to prove that the now defunct Voyager crew were not warlords.

Damn, I may have to sit down and watch that one tonight.

Indeed a great episode. I still remember that eps. To bad the ending more or less retconnned that eps. I am probably one of the few people that enjoyed voyager a lot (it tried something different. The real problem i have is the absolute horrid ending they gave it (so many plotholes you could fly voyager through it).
Never could get into deep space 9 (gave up before it got really interesting.