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Youth Decay posted:there are exposed beams, and then there are obstacles If you've got a better idea for stringing up a few dozen hammocks for off-watch sailors I'd like to hear it
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Youth Decay posted:there are exposed beams, and then there are obstacles WHY NO WHY DEAR GOD NO Theres such obvious and easy solutions that dont involve a giant piece of wood through the middle of your room, why would they do this?!
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CarForumPoster posted:WHY NO WHY DEAR GOD NO Because just finishing an attic is about 40 000 times cheaper than first literally completely changing the structure of the house and then finishing the attic?
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Mar 26, 2020 02:27
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CarForumPoster posted:WHY NO WHY DEAR GOD NO Either a reclaimed industrial space or post-earthquake reinforcements. I'm betting on the latter.
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Mar 26, 2020 02:58
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HardDiskD posted:I always assumed that most if not all animals had a "don't poo poo where you eat" instinct but I guess humans are too smart for that. Humans have a complication where we have this amazing system of pipes and pumps that sends excrement far, far away where it cannot imperil us, but the same system provides fresh water for drinking, and in some residences there was no room/money to run extra pipe and split those two functions into different rooms. We're also pretty dumb at times. Also I remember getting really annoyed at an episode of QI once because they claimed that every word for bathroom was some kind of euphemism, and this conversation is taking me back.
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Mar 26, 2020 04:00
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PainterofCrap posted:Either a reclaimed industrial space or post-earthquake reinforcements. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2600-E-Grace-St-APT-22-Richmond-VA-23223/72636822_zpid/ The rest of the condo is totally fine, even with the neat dormers they didn't need to force a loft and extra bedroom/bath up there. It is also seriously overpriced for the neighborhood. You could buy a nice house there for less money.
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Mar 26, 2020 04:15
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canyoneer posted:If you've got a better idea for stringing up a few dozen hammocks for off-watch sailors I'd like to hear it Fun fact, Sailors used to sleep in the holds of sailing ships used to store gunpowder for cannon, because it was typically the driest compartment on the ship. Sometimes, when they were particularly drunk from rum, or in the case of Officers, Naval Strength Gin, they would be too drunk to make the trek from the powder room to the head, so they would poo poo in empty powder kegs. Hence the term "Powder Room" for a bathroom with only a toilet and sink.
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Mar 26, 2020 05:02
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That's bullshit from beginning to end. Those cutesy etymology stories always are. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/powder%20room
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Mar 26, 2020 05:41
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i like nice words
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It's powder room because you put on makeup and talc n poo poo
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Mar 26, 2020 11:41
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not literally poo poo
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Anne Whateley posted:That's bullshit from beginning to end. Those cutesy etymology stories always are. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/powder%20room did you know that the origin of "bullshit" is from the stock markets where people would make things up to convince counterparts they're in a bull market while shorting stocks, hence "bull" poo poo
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Mar 26, 2020 12:49
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Jaded Burnout posted:did you know that the origin of "bullshit" is from the stock markets where people would make things up to convince counterparts they're in a bull market while shorting stocks, hence "bull" poo poo This is a good paraphrasing of the original quote from Chancellor Otto von Bismarck
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Mar 26, 2020 13:16
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 I find it hilarious to repost this kind of picture, and now I'm being hoist if not by my own petard then a similar one. edit: Oh poo poo, I forgot I had content. We were aimlessly driving yesterday, and I saw and took a pic of this house. Why's it got horns? 
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Mar 26, 2020 13:38
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Gaaah, how I hate that poo poo. "It's not just a pair of partial hips mashed together! It's got...style! *dies from anaphylactic shock while clearing out the hornet condos* PainterofCrap fucked around with this message at 15:58 on Mar 26, 2020 |
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Mar 26, 2020 15:01
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Why do I feel like that photo is some kind of glitched panorama?
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Mar 26, 2020 15:46
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The moral of the thread: The etymology was a 'BULL', with a 'poo poo'!!
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PainterofCrap posted:Gaaah, how I hate that poo poo. I was thinking the same thing, it's a loving wasp / hornet condo.
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Mar 26, 2020 15:56
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there wolf posted:Also I remember getting really annoyed at an episode of QI once because they claimed that every word for bathroom was some kind of euphemism, and this conversation is taking me back. They aren't all euphamisms: https://i.imgur.com/YoRkAM8.gifv Edit: Well, I guess poo poo/shitter can be a euphemism? I'd consider it more a synonym. I guess we all should call it the excrement or defecation room. DrBouvenstein fucked around with this message at 16:24 on Mar 26, 2020 |
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Mar 26, 2020 16:21
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rear end-blastatorium
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Empty Sandwich posted:Oh poo poo, I forgot I had content. We were aimlessly driving yesterday, and I saw and took a pic of this house. Why's it got horns? That house is 100% a mimic.
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Mar 26, 2020 16:53
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there wolf posted:Humans have a complication where we have this amazing system of pipes and pumps that sends excrement far, far away where it cannot imperil us, but the same system provides fresh water for drinking, and in some residences there was no room/money to run extra pipe and split those two functions into different rooms. We're also pretty dumb at times. that's a really lovely system
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3D Megadoodoo posted:The moral of the thread: The etymology was a 'BULL', with a 'poo poo'!! Forget rainwaa Have flangewaa
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Mar 26, 2020 17:54
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DrBouvenstein posted:They aren't all euphamisms: Poop Room.
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DrBouvenstein posted:They aren't all euphamisms: Shitter/poo poo house was exactly what came to mind. It's not a euphemism because poo poo literally means feces and always has.
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Mar 26, 2020 20:04
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there wolf posted:Shitter/poo poo house was exactly what came to mind. It's not a euphemism because poo poo literally means feces and always has. That's called a dysphemism, a word that's less pleasant or acceptable than the neutral version
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Mar 26, 2020 20:08
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HardDiskD posted:that's a really lovely system Call it what you want, but it gets the poo poo done 
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Bad Munki posted:That house is 100% a mimic. 
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Mar 26, 2020 20:25
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Mitsukurina style.
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McMansion Hell's newest post is a real doozy.  I can't figure out the relationship of the back and front of the house and what is happening with the rooflines. Some non-Euclidean geometry going on.
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I'm guessing the normal windows and dryrot part of the house is behind the vintage taco bell part. So it's like a big L shape strip mall but with that giant foyer thing grafted on the front to make it look like a house.
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What's up with the window AC unit on the rear above the dryrot, did they run out of duct halfway through the build or did they just put too small a system in?
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I have found them - the worst stairs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8_6mpPxWZw&t=152s Yes, when the stairs retract, they do leave the upper floor a death trap anyone could step off. I love this youtube channel. It's like Dahir Insaat meets As Seen On TV and is full of things which have no right to exist.
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corgski posted:What's up with the window AC unit on the rear above the dryrot, did they run out of duct halfway through the build or did they just put too small a system in? Pretty common with larger (>2500 sq/ft) or sprawling houses to need more than one air handler for central AC/heat. Even larger systems can't push the required volume of air to far away rooms if there's dozens of feet of duct to travel. It doesn't excuse the fact that if you can afford a house like that, you can afford to have a less offensive looking, quieter, and more efficient mini split system installed instead of a $300 Best Buy window shaker.
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Megillah Gorilla posted:I have found them - the worst stairs. What could be more convenient storage than one where you need a ladder to reach the top drawers? Even if you're tall enough to reach the drawer you still couldn't see what's in them. Oh, maybe you can just pull out every other drawer and use them as a ladder?! Ingenius.
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I'm holding out for the complex mechanism to break in hilarious ways. not so hilarious for whomever stands on the stairs though.
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Mar 29, 2020 14:59
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I want a spiral staircase where the steps can swivel and turn it into a spiral slide.
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Mar 29, 2020 15:33
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Platystemon posted:I want a spiral staircase where the steps can swivel and turn it into a spiral slide. A staircase made out of those river rocks from Takeshi's Castle.
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I'm just imagining forgetting my keys or some poo poo and then having to wait for that slow contraption to unfold to go get them. It's like when they how how the Bowflex just folds up under the bed when you aren't using it. No one is ever going to do that.
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there wolf posted:I'm just imagining forgetting my keys or some poo poo and then having to wait for that slow contraption to unfold to go get them. It's like when they how how the Bowflex just folds up under the bed when you aren't using it. No one is ever going to do that. It could work for something like an attic entryway but even then a fold-out ladder with a chest of drawers on casters under it would be about 40 000 times better and functionally equivalent except functionally actually better too.
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there wolf posted:I'm just imagining forgetting my keys or some poo poo and then having to wait for that slow contraption to unfold to go get them. It's like when they how how the Bowflex just folds up under the bed when you aren't using it. No one is ever going to do that. It's 3 in the morning. You've been drinking. Now you're awake and REALLY need to pee... Do you: A) Wait 10 min for stairs B) Leap of Faith C) Aim for sink D) All of the above
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