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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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They'll say they want the 'charm' of an older house then find out the wiring is shot, the rooms are tiny, the hvac-if it has any-needs replacing adding a good $100K+ to the cost. Not so charming at that point.
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Oh I've got my perfect house all figured out, it's just that most of it won't fit in 3d.
And they spend way too much money for my tastes. Especially the kitchens.
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Right. I'll see them say "lots of natural light" and I'm thinking lots of curtains.
Or a bathroom you could have 4-5 people in at once. Nope.
I like the shows where people have attempted something they saw in a 1/2 hour show. And what it takes to fix their attempt.
I'm not a fan of open concept. My tastes are strictly old school.
It drives me absolutely bat stuff crazy, even though it shouldn't, when people appearing on HGTV call everything a "space". When did we ban the word "room" from the dictionary?
Happily for me, not so much for my wife...HGTV went away when we cut the cable.
Then there's one of my "favorites": water closet. That's where we used to store the extra bottled water containers.Happily for me, not so much for my wife...HGTV went away when we cut the cable.
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WC, or Water Closet, is what shorebound people call a head 
(... also known as Room 100 because there are no hotel rooms on the ground story)
(... also known as Room 100 because there are no hotel rooms on the ground story)
Hmm. On CB radio, 10-100 meant...uh,...bathroom break. Related?WC, or Water Closet, is what shorebound people call a head
(... also known as Room 100 because there are no hotel rooms on the ground story)
I've always been amused by the term "rest room". Sometimes workin' hard in there. (TMI?)As a plumber , I always called 'em "Manure Receptacles."
There's also the cute phrases like cabiney and beachy which I guess means it seems like cabin or the beach. My wife is as much of smartass as I am so we rip on those shows big time. "That kitchen feels really kitcheny while that deck is nice and decky." I won't tell you about the how the bathroom feels.
My basses are really bassy or stringy, and the amps feel ampy. lol.
My basses are really bassy or stringy, and the amps feel ampy. lol.
When toilets were first introduced in homes in London, they converted cloths closets into water closets. In old theatres and fancy establishments, sometimes they had a room with chairs and sofas just outside the toilets. It was a rest room.
Then there were attendants that kept the place clean. One such facility that I used had a woman standing outside the cubicle, ready to clean any stains left behind. It was kind of embarrassing, no anonymity allowed. Sometimes there was a tip jar, well ashtray type thing.
Then there were attendants that kept the place clean. One such facility that I used had a woman standing outside the cubicle, ready to clean any stains left behind. It was kind of embarrassing, no anonymity allowed. Sometimes there was a tip jar, well ashtray type thing.
I was using the 'facility' in the Enlisted Men's Club in Yokosuka, Japan. The cleaning lady came in and waited for me to finish standing there and then cleaned as I walked away. A trifle unnerving for a Westerner, common for them.
In Central America there are people whose hustle is selling tp in the bano publico. I always carried my own, which annoyed them.
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"Bano" is pretty close to universally understood, IME.
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