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The Lord Bude posted:I'm not entirely sure what a picture window is, so I don't think we have those; or at least the concept of windows in a residential building that aren't designed to be opened to let air in is extremely foreign to me. I've also never heard of storm windows before. Behold! The average American window.  If you look through the window you can see a second pane with a metal frame. That's a storm window, basically a second layer of window that's lighter and removable; it provides extra insulation. The upper half is the screen which can be slid up or down so when I want an open window, I just move the glass storm window section up/down, and move the screen over the opening to keep bugs out. Energy is pretty cheap in the US, so we love our AC, especially in the south where it gets super humid on top of the heat. I'm comfortable with just fans until it starts getting over 35, but I have to run it anyway just to keep the mold at bay.
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Sloth Life posted:Flyscreens are not needed in the UK. The one thing this lovely little isle has as a bonus. Are you excluding Scotland from the UK? Because I remember absolutely ravenous biting midges down near some of the Lochs, and I don't remember the Midlands being exactly bug-free, either.
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there wolf posted:Behold! The average American window. Yeah we definitely don’t have storm windows. The overwhelming majority of us don’t even have double glazed windows. Or insulation for that matter.
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CaptainSarcastic posted:Are you excluding Scotland from the UK? Because I remember absolutely ravenous biting midges down near some of the Lochs, and I don't remember the Midlands being exactly bug-free, either. LOL Scotland isn't real.
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The Zillow search term of the day is "dome"      looks very safe   the Teletubbies went to art school 
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Some of those own. Some of them don't. I'm glad they exist, though.
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Youth Decay posted:The Zillow search term of the day is "dome"
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there wolf posted:Behold! The average American window. One of the best parts about moving from the US to Germany was discovering the amazingness that is German-style windows. Here's an annoying Youtuber describing them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Taff2jJKaZs I'm in a warmer, more humid part of the country though and while flyscreens are definitely not necessary and are very much not the norm, a lot of people (including me) do have these velcro screens attached to their balcony doors that do a relatively okay job of keeping stray flies out. And we have a few plants on our balcony that attract bees, so it keeps them out too.
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CaptainSarcastic posted:Are you excluding Scotland from the UK? Because I remember absolutely ravenous biting midges down near some of the Lochs, and I don't remember the Midlands being exactly bug-free, either. I live in the Midlands, I get a few house spiders but that's it Being around a body of water is probably worse, the reservoir has mayflies sometimes But there are no plague-like swarms of mosquitoes, locusts or cockroaches like America gets ( probably because we're not warm enough) https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/27/us/mayflies-swarm-ohio-trnd/index.html Sloth Life fucked around with this message at 08:05 on Mar 15, 2020 |
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This is how the bedroom windows in our house are designed. Yes we've lived here since 2014 and I've yet to install any curtains around this window. Anyway both windows can be opened but the big one has two locks and they are covered, the key is stored elsewhere, looks like a removable handle, like on the small window.  And on the inside there is a double pane window, and on the outside there is a permanently mounted storm window, that pane is mostly sealed but not completely, so some air circulation happens between the two sections. You can see the hinges that they rotate on when opened.  This is another window but shows the small window-portion opened, again a double pane window and an outer storm window, this time locked to the interior frame so it also opens, and furthest out is the screen: 
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Sloth Life posted:
I don't get the "not warm enough" part, Alaska has terrible mosquitos in summer.
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The Lord Bude posted:Yeah we definitely don’t have storm windows. The overwhelming majority of us don’t even have double glazed windows. Or insulation for that matter. In Texas I have never seen a storm window. I have seen storm shutters on the coast, literal metal shutters that close completely for a strong storm or during a hurricane, but never a full bolted on 2nd window. Older construction has a single layer of glass. Newer construction will have double glazed windows with argon (or another moisture-free gas, to precent condensation) in between the glass layers for insulation, and probably have a UV blocking coating for extra energy efficiency. Almost all windows in the southern US are screened because there are huge bugs, and because malaria was endemic to the southern US until the 1950s or so, so mosquitoes were a Big Deal (and still are, but they don’t carry malaria anymore, now it’s West Nile Virus and other things).
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Suspect Bucket posted:I don't get the "not warm enough" part, Alaska has terrible mosquitos in summer. Shrug, it's what I have always assumed (mosquitoes survive in hot countries) and we don't have too much of a problem here. I've seen pictures of New Orleans being swarmed
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Facebook Aunt posted:LOL Scotland isn't real. We have midges in the countryside during midge season, not really a thing in populated areas. Midlands is no different from the rest of the country insect wise.
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I have an old house and most of the windows were retrofitted with storm windows (which include screens) at some point in the past. I would dare to say that every (openable) new window installed in America includes a screen. As someone with indoor cats, I never open the few windows I do have without screens.
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EIDE Van Hagar posted:Almost all windows in the southern US are screened because there are huge bugs, and because malaria was endemic to the southern US until the 1950s or so, so mosquitoes were a Big Deal (and still are, but they don’t carry malaria anymore, now it’s West Nile Virus and other things). For some reason I never realized the US once had malaria. Thank you for the education today.
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Youth Decay posted:The Zillow search term of the day is "dome" If you still have it, could I get a link to this listing ? I want to know where that ladder leads. I'd go myself but that Sombrero Soldier will strike me down, causing an immediate game over, and I don't have the right items to solve the King Tut puzzle path to the right. This room feels like a garage sale. Youth Decay posted:The Zillow search term of the day is "dome" I can't tell what enamors me more: the lil pink worms or the asterisk butthole windows. I really love this room, if I was still a child. Books everywhere, large space to lounge around on the floor, fantastic.
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value-brand cereal posted:If you still have it, could I get a link to this listing ? I want to know where that ladder leads. I'd go myself but that Sombrero Soldier will strike me down, causing an immediate game over, and I don't have the right items to solve the King Tut puzzle path to the right. This room feels like a garage sale.  quote:can't tell what enamors me more: the lil pink worms or the asterisk butthole windows. I really love this room, if I was still a child. Books everywhere, large space to lounge around on the floor, fantastic. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/610-NE-173rd-Ter-North-Miami-Beach-FL-33162/44131161_zpid/ displaying your ketubah by your wet bar feels kinda tacky tho  I think Jews are required to have a dedicated bookcase for all the random gaudy judaica that somehow winds up in our possession . Probably in the Talmud or something.  Probably the only dome with a kosher kitchen (2 sinks and 2 of every appliance, one for meat and one for dairy/pareve)  theory: fewer doors in open floor plan dome home = less mezuzahs required Youth Decay fucked around with this message at 20:50 on Mar 15, 2020 |
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Love the Super Mario-rear end exposed pipes running throughout. I'd go full bore and paint them green and shaded like in the game though.
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The Zillow search term of the day is "prepper" because those fuckers are probably super smug right now eating their stash of rehydrated meat or whatever  these folks even got their stash of toilet paper ready to go why is this a real estate ad photo  this hotel room sucks  a hand pump for the kitchen sink mean you're serious about it  
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This was interesting, for the kosher dome. I haven't seen schematics like this before. 
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PRADA SLUT posted:I don’t have window screens but I live 15 floors up Iphone packaging doesn't come with window screens, so obviously. Kase moch posted:For some reason I never realized the US once had malaria. Thank you for the education today. "Once had"? We still get about 2k cases a year in the South. https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/about/index.html Liquid Communism fucked around with this message at 05:43 on Mar 16, 2020 |
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R.E. Windows - You also do have Awnings and Casements in the US, beyond just sliding windows. For example, my house has a bunch of casements, and awning for the bathroom, and then sliding for the kitchen + garage.
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Didn't malaria get brought over in colonial times? IIRC from a national geographic article, there were no Mosquitoes in North America until the explorers came. Same with earth worms apparently.
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Apparently the earth worm stuff is true: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasive_earthworms_of_North_America I had heard of Hawaii having no mosquitoes before white men came, because of it being insulated. But not the whole of North America.
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wooger posted:We have midges in the countryside during midge season Moammar: *heavy breathing*
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His Divine Shadow posted:Apparently the earth worm stuff is true: Imagine, a land without mosquitos... That would be a dream come true...
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I recall years ago hearing from some entomology students that there were some university researchers working on breeding mosquitoes that only sucked plant juices. Clearly they haven't been released yet......
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The Zillow search term of the day is "whimsical"      This is by far the best mobile home renovation I've ever seen  dream quarantine compound  NEON VICTORIAN (actually Neon Italianate)  Neon Contemporary? 
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Kase moch posted:For some reason I never realized the US once had malaria. Thank you for the education today. One of the first major success stories for the CDC, the same organization that lead the eradication of small pox and just dropped the COVID-19 ball.
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Youth Decay posted:The Zillow search term of the day is "whimsical" I would live in all these houses.
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I... what the gently caress? The rocks go on the outside of the ridiculous female attracting showers. No no no this is all wrong! And where's the upside down wallpaper?!
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value-brand cereal posted:
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MetaJew posted:The shower head is a copper pot with holes punched (drilled?) in the bottom. Can't bath your woodland nymphs in a regular Kohler rainfall shower head.
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Not sure if this is where to post this, but how do I remove this kind of phone plate? The weird button bolt things don’t pull out, and they just spin it I try to twist them. https://ibb.co/pyRR2gk
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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:This was interesting, for the kosher dome. KOSHER DOME TWO KITCHENS ENTER TWO KITCHENS REMAIN
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Sexual Aluminum posted:Not sure if this is where to post this, but how do I remove this kind of phone plate? The weird button bolt things don’t pull out, and they just spin it I try to twist them. Pry them out with a flathead screwdiver?
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Sexual Aluminum posted:Not sure if this is where to post this, but how do I remove this kind of phone plate? The weird button bolt things don’t pull out, and they just spin it I try to twist them. Those bolts are to hang the phone on. Get a rotary phone and toss it on, problem solved!
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