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I have been burned out of three buildings over the years (none started in my apartment) so gently caress yeah I'm worried about fire. Two of the three were candles as the ignition source, the last one was a daisy chained power strips and bad wiring combination.
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:I have been burned out of three buildings over the years (none started in my apartment) so gently caress yeah I'm worried about fire. Two of the three were candles as the ignition source, the last one was a daisy chained power strips and bad wiring combination. Are you sure you aren’t a sleep arsonist? I can count on one hand the number of people I know who’ve been in one fire. 3 is nuts.
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I posted some kitchen showers a while ago, but this one takes things to a whole new level. Also, another stair toilet:  Bonus: 
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Megillah Gorilla posted:
I'd be proud to take a poo poo on that throne every day.
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Oct 20, 2018 14:39
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Megillah Gorilla posted:I posted some kitchen showers a while ago, but this one takes things to a whole new level. That's....that's the front door!
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Megillah Gorilla posted:I posted some kitchen showers a while ago, but this one takes things to a whole new level. That's not a shower, it's a decontamination setup.
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Oct 20, 2018 15:01
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I’m kind of into the balcony shitter if it’s the top floor and there’s a coffee maker out there.
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Oct 20, 2018 15:03
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spog posted:That's....that's the front door!
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If any of you have $800K and an interest in restoration, one of the Ringling's mansions in Oak Ridge, NJ is up for sale. Really interesting looking place, but years of semi-neglect have taken their toll. https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/2-Manor-Dr_Oak-Ridge_NJ_07438_M50993-71274 https://www.nj.com/morris/index.ssf/2018/08/historic_nj_mansion_built_by_circus_tycoon_on_the_market_but_not_for_peanuts.html
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Honestly I can see the logic here, especially if the resident is an elderly person and needs a place to sit while they bathe. It's basically just a small wet bathroom.
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Are you missing the fact you have to come through the shower to use the front door?
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therobit posted:LOL goons are so scared of fire. I get that it isn't wise to have fuels building up all over ther place but goons are always sperging out about fire danger over the most mundane stuff. last year the most destructive wildfire in California history killed 22 people here and wiped out entire neighborhoods. almost 3,000 homes were destroyed. it took 3 weeks before the fire was out; we were evacuated for 2 weeks. some families are still homeless while others, especially people who rented, have had to leave the area entirely because they can't afford new housing. There's high incidences of PTSD and trauma-related emotional issues amongst people in the area. we're on a pretty much permanent fire ban and our local utilities are now cutting power to most of my county when it's windy because there's high risk of another fire starting. i think i have a justifiable reason to be cautious. could you take a moment of time for a little consideration before you post? I'd appreciate it.
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cakesmith handyman posted:Are you missing the fact you have to come through the shower to use the front door? ...yes, yes I was. 
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Ashcans posted:It really feels like they misunderstood the plans and thought it would be 30% smaller, then when they were moving in and had a bunch of spare room they just went 'eh, fill it with old persian rugs, I guess?' There's a tremendous amount of deadspace between the open kitchen and the pool, and the rugs and plants just make it seem like they had no idea what to do. The rugs are because as soon as they moved in they realized how bad the echo was and had to do something to make the place live-able.
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ChickenOfTomorrow posted:last year the most destructive wildfire in California history killed 22 people here and wiped out entire neighborhoods. almost 3,000 homes were destroyed. it took 3 weeks before the fire was out; we were evacuated for 2 weeks. some families are still homeless while others, especially people who rented, have had to leave the area entirely because they can't afford new housing. There's high incidences of PTSD and trauma-related emotional issues amongst people in the area. we're on a pretty much permanent fire ban and our local utilities are now cutting power to most of my county when it's windy because there's high risk of another fire starting. i think i have a justifiable reason to be cautious. Oh word? Are there any other subjects that should be off limits so we don't hurt your feelings?
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therobit posted:Oh word? Are there any other subjects that should be off limits so we don't hurt your feelings? your posts are bad so if you could stop posting completely that would be 👍
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Truly the chicken of tomorrow.
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The Dave posted:Truly the chicken of tomorrow. Very tender!
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Obsoletely Fabulous posted:Are you sure you aren’t a sleep arsonist? I can count on one hand the number of people I know who’ve been in one fire. 3 is nuts. It is insane, but I've been living in sketchy apartment buildings for over thirty years.
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I had to go back to the place where everything was planned very bad. I had to remount a (only one - luckily) light on a wall, because the second floors towards the garden suddenly got a balcony on stilts! And one of the stilts was in front of the light. To my misery I had to install another 5 lights on the new balconies. Also, after all this time, someone realized there was no mailbox for 8 people living there. So here's a story about a lamp: I installed that lamp like a year ago. It's a lamp where you have a base-plate that you mount to the wall. There's a small opening for the cable coming in. You connect those wires to the lamp and then try to fit the cables and the converter-thing into the little box that goes onto the base-plate and then you tighten it with very tiny, fragile screws. The outside of the house had to be renewed. So I uninstalled that light. The reinstalled it after the plaster was off. Then the new plaster came, so I removed it again. After it was on, I reinstalled it. Last week I had to take it off again to run a line from it to the mailboxes, then reinstall it. If I have to touch that light ONE MORE loving TIME I will probably lose my job  Because there will be loud things coming out of my mouth.
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ChickenOfTomorrow posted:last year the most destructive wildfire in California history killed 22 people here and wiped out entire neighborhoods. almost 3,000 homes were destroyed. it took 3 weeks before the fire was out; we were evacuated for 2 weeks. some families are still homeless while others, especially people who rented, have had to leave the area entirely because they can't afford new housing. There's high incidences of PTSD and trauma-related emotional issues amongst people in the area. we're on a pretty much permanent fire ban and our local utilities are now cutting power to most of my county when it's windy because there's high risk of another fire starting. i think i have a justifiable reason to be cautious. I guess it depends on the climate. If you live in an area with a sustainable way of life it's not as much of an issue. At the moment I'm surrounded by hundreds of acres of dried cornstalks and hay, but we have an appropriate water supply to support our population and wildfires aren't even on the radar. Terraforming a desert to support multimillion dollar home values may yield different results.
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JoshGuitar posted:I guess it depends on the climate. If you live in an area with a sustainable way of life it's not as much of an issue. At the moment I'm surrounded by hundreds of acres of dried cornstalks and hay, but we have an appropriate water supply to support our population and wildfires aren't even on the radar. Terraforming a desert to support multimillion dollar home values may yield different results. You have no idea what California's climate actually is. Turbohint: there are plants in California that have evolved to require wildfires to germinate. Which mean that wildfires have always been a thing around here. They've just gotten more frequent lately because of global climate change. Yes, there's a lot of farming in the desert, and that uses a poo poo-ton of water, but that's also not usually the part that goes up in flames, oddly enough. It's the parts that aren't micromanaged by humans that get a poo poo-ton of plant growth during the winter and spring, which then turns into fuel in the summer when it doesn't rain at all for like six months. Fires start there, and then spread everywhere else. Once the temperature's over 1000F it really doesn't matter if you keep your local plants well-watered, they're burning anyway. tl;dr the problem is that we have a generally warm climate, lots of sun, and a wet season and a dry season, instead of getting intermittent rain throughout the year like most of the US does.
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:You have no idea what California's climate actually is. Turbohint: there are plants in California that have evolved to require wildfires to germinate. Which mean that wildfires have always been a thing around here. I'm familiar enough to know the bolded part is the problem (or at least a symptom). Living in CA and being surprised by wildfires is like living in the Amazon without rain gear, or wondering why your asthma acts up in Denver. It's an unfortunate part of life there, and a reason it may not be meant for permanent human inhabitation, but one's experiences in California don't necessarily mean a 20 acre plot in Pittsburgh is a fire hazard.
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There is plenty of land in California that doesn’t burn like that.
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glynnenstein posted:Someday I'll get around to I bet that's what the last guy said too. 
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Also, California hasn't always burned like that. Humans are the reason the dry season is now so long and so dry. Dams are not as great as we thought they were 50 years ago.
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The part of CA that burned in that fire is literally wine country, it gets warm up here, but this isn't desert land or redwood forest I also don't think the plants evolved to take down horribly maintained PG&E power lines. Which have caused a ton of CAs wildfires Yay deregulation The Glumslinger fucked around with this message at 02:15 on Oct 21, 2018 |
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:Sure, lot sizes of 1-2 acres I can at least conceptualize. Like, it's a ton of space for one dwelling, but it's not totally isolating. 22 acres is an order of magnitude more space and pretty much means that at most the only neighbors you're going to see regularly are the ones living across the street, assuming their house lines up with yours. 20 acres, using the common size of 660' by 66' (one furlong long and one chain wide, old school surveyors' measurements are funky) is only 1320' x 660' or so. Not overwhelmingly large, more like a small corn field.
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Pigsfeet on Rye posted:If any of you have $800K and an interest in restoration, one of the Ringling's mansions in Oak Ridge, NJ is up for sale. Really interesting looking place, but years of semi-neglect have taken their toll. That fireplace is sexy. I want lean against it while plotting dastardly clown themed crimes. The love of my life and partner in crime can perch on the crimson leather sofa, eyes twinkling at the thought of robbing the poo poo out of the rich. I wish there were more photos of the inside. Someone buy that place with me. 18 bedrooms, we can fit.
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JoshGuitar posted:I guess it depends on the climate. If you live in an area with a sustainable way of life it's not as much of an issue. At the moment I'm surrounded by hundreds of acres of dried cornstalks and hay, but we have an appropriate water supply to support our population and wildfires aren't even on the radar. Terraforming a desert to support multimillion dollar home values may yield different results. Sweden had the biggest wildfires ever this year, and that's not exactly desert.
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JoshGuitar posted:I'm familiar enough to know the bolded part is the problem (or at least a symptom). Living in CA and being surprised by wildfires is like living in the Amazon without rain gear, or wondering why your asthma acts up in Denver. It's an unfortunate part of life there, and a reason it may not be meant for permanent human inhabitation, but one's experiences in California don't necessarily mean a 20 acre plot in Pittsburgh is a fire hazard. I'm curious what parts of the world you would consider to be "meant for permanent human inhabitation". In particular in the US it seems like your options are the earthquake/wildfire combo, hurricanes, tornadoes, hellishly hot weather, or being periodically paralyzed by "unprecedented" winter storms. In particular, we kind of need coastal cities if we want to participate in global society. And nobody's being surprised by the wildfires, beyond maybe thinking "okay, California gets fires, but ~it won't happen to me~". That doesn't change that they're traumatic, life-ending events. I wouldn't taunt a Floridian for being upset that their house got pulverized by a storm, and I'd consider Florida to be far more "unsustainable" than (non-coastal) California.
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:I'm curious what parts of the world you would consider to be "meant for permanent human inhabitation". In particular in the US it seems like your options are the earthquake/wildfire combo, hurricanes, tornadoes, hellishly hot weather, or being periodically paralyzed by "unprecedented" winter storms. In particular, we kind of need coastal cities if we want to participate in global society.  Also the increase in "unprecedented" winter storms is due to climate change, unlike the bits of california that have been catching on fire for so long that things have evolved to take advantage of it. Ireland's pretty nice. Our only real problem is being next door to England. Splicer fucked around with this message at 17:49 on Oct 21, 2018 |
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Splicer posted:What I'm hearing is that Europeans settling America was a mistake London is on the same latitude as New York. Once climate change disrupts the ocean currents that keep the isles temperate you'll get crazy snowstorms.
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Splicer posted:What I'm hearing is that Europeans settling America was a mistake In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
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Blue Footed Booby posted:London is on the same latitude as New York. Once climate change disrupts the ocean currents that keep the isles temperate you'll get crazy snowstorms.
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The Dave posted:I’m kind of into the balcony shitter if it’s the top floor and there’s a coffee maker out there. In may I stayed in a airbnb apartment in Vietnam with a shower on the balcony. So loving good.
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Splicer posted:Ireland's pretty nice. Our only real problem is being next door to England. drat those Anglicans coming into Ireland to rape all those children.
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Jerry Cotton posted:drat those Anglicans coming into Ireland to rape all those children.
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Another part about wild fires is, we've been so good at stopping wildfires for years and years that the fuel has built the gently caress up. Had we let poo poo burn, in smaller fires, the big ones wouldn't be as big.
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fist4jesus posted:In may I stayed in a airbnb apartment in Vietnam with a shower on the balcony. So loving good. A shower or the only shower? You can't just say this and not post a picture.
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