Daydream thread continues.....

Davesnave

rozeepozee wrote: »

That is lovely. Our view is interrupted by a country lane, but we can't complain. If we do manage to achieve the raise, it will still be quite something.

Oh, almost everyone has a lane or road, but that's not a bad thing, especially when you know the people who travel it regularly, or you want to sell things. I like to see the traffic going by, especially the school buses, because I don't have to teach any more! :rotfl:

lostinrates wrote: »

One wall almost gone!

We have a view, but i find it imposing and a bit cold. Sometimes i feel like a bug on a microscope aas we are part of the view many people have!

One wall is progress. You are under way!

I suppose you mean you're part of the view from the 'landmark,' but then, so are thousands of others. One bug among hundreds & thousands isn't likely to receive attention, hopefully!

RAS

Davesnave wrote: »

In our case, we've been trying to retain as much as possible, secure in the knowledge that every window, toilet, or whatever, that doesn't get moved is money saved. At the same time, we also have to address the barmy bits!

I have been trying to work out how to get a bathroom into my top floor for ages (years) and retain access for the two bedrooms (this is a mid-stairs terrace if you know what that is).

The young couple next door were trying to explain how they had done it and I got a look see at the weekend.

They have lost a three/four foot sliver off the end of one long bedroom and been able to use the same soil stack! The result is two really useable spaces and a decent shower room on the same floor accessible from both rooms. Why has that never occurred to me???

Now I am inspired - just need to think through all the stuff (and get rid of all the stuff) that needs doing at the same time/before that can go in.

alfie_1

hi all...

re upstairs bath/shower room........... my friend has a mid stair terrace and she had a shower room put in above the start of the stairs. there was a cupboard in each bedroom abutting each other over the stairs. so she had it "broken through" and had the door in on both sides.........so in effect a double sided shower room . sorry not a good description.:o

LIR.....you have a wonderfull setting ! AND if everyone misses the turn like me, i dont think they can see you clearly anyway !!:D

sold the box and chair....:D plus an order to paint the other one

me finks i have to dust off my paint brushes...:rotfl:

dave..........alas you are like you said "in a tree filled valley" BUT WHAT A VALLEY !!:) do you have any beavers that need to remove some tree's for a vital project ???;)

lostinrates

alfie_1 wrote: »

hi all...

re upstairs bath/shower room........... my friend has a mid stair terrace and she had a shower room put in above the start of the stairs. there was a cupboard in each bedroom abutting each other over the stairs. so she had it "broken through" and had the door in on both sides.........so in effect a double sided shower room . sorry not a good description.:o

LIR.....you have a wonderfull setting ! AND if everyone misses the turn like me, i dont think they can see you clearly anyway !!:D

sold the box and chair....:D plus an order to paint the other one

me finks i have to dust off my paint brushes...:rotfl:

dave..........alas you are like you said "in a tree filled valley" BUT WHAT A VALLEY !!:) do you have any beavers that need to remove some tree's for a vital project ???;)

If i am picturing this correctly its described as a 'jack and jill bathroom'. Excellent solution!


Hurrah for the painted goods!

Lotus-eater

Davesnave wrote: »

There's no Father Christmas here, that's for sure.:(

In our case, we've been trying to retain as much as possible, secure in the knowledge that every window, toilet, or whatever, that doesn't get moved is money saved. At the same time, we also have to address the barmy bits!

I think a whole new upper floor here is out of the question, but in pursuit of that amazing view, I've been toying with the idea of a mezzanine dining area. Then, we can eat our sarnies and wave to people on the bus!:rotfl:

Seriously, we didn't know there was a potential view here when we bought, the place was so buried in small trees, and had a 35' long barrow in the front garden.:eek: Now, it's frustrating, being right on the edge of a beautiful valley and not being able to see more than half way into it.

This is a view of the valley from a different angle. We are on the horizon, somewhere in the middle!

That looks very much like where I live!
But I live at the bottom of the valley, not the top and you have to imagine a few more houses.

Looks like forestry commission woods at the top, same as us.

Lotus-eater

Itismehonest wrote: »

Just heard on the news that Twiggy, the oldest known sheep, has died having fallen off a cliff. She was 26.
Darn it. We'll never know how old she could have got to.

There's one quoted by the Guinness BOR's at 28 years and something weeks.

Problem with sheep IIRC from my time on farms, is that they are good at being contenders for the Darwin awards, plus they get every disease and malady going

Which brings in an interesting subject, how intelligent does something have to be, before you won't eat it?

Itismehonest

Lotus-eater wrote: »

There's one quoted by the Guinness BOR's at 28 years and something weeks.

Problem with sheep IIRC from my time on farms, is that they are good at being contenders for the Darwin awards, plus they get every disease and malady going

Which brings in a interesting subject, how intelligent does something have to be, before you won't eat it?

Can't trust the BBC nowadays, can you? :rotfl: Now back in the days when they newsreaders were head-you-cated 'twere entirely different.

:rotfl: Yes, sheep are masters of the art of going belly-up at the first opportunity, aren't they?

How intelligent? I'm not sure many people think of that - but it's an interesting question.

Most people wouldn't eat dog (well, not in this country although there were stories about many a takeaway back in the 60s/70s) but pigs are actually as intelligent, if not more so, & more closely resemble humans in many internal ways than dogs do.
So, to be honest, I don't think I particularly consider intelligence.

Lotus-eater

Itismehonest wrote: »

:rotfl: Yes, sheep are masters of the art of going belly-up at the first opportunity, aren't they?

How intelligent? I'm not sure many people think of that - but it's an interesting question.

Most people wouldn't eat dog (well, not in this country although there were stories about many a takeaway back in the 60s/70s) but pigs are actually as intelligent, if not more so, & more closely resemble humans in many internal ways than dogs do.
So, to be honest, I don't think I particularly consider intelligence.

I was thinking about pigs tbh, when I wrote it. I suspect on another thread where people didn't know what they are talking about, it could have been a funny conversation.

Would you eat chimp for example? I believe some peoples do.

Itismehonest

Lotus-eater wrote: »

I was thinking about pigs tbh, when I wrote it. I suspect on another thread where people didn't know what they are talking about, it could have been a funny conversation.

Would you eat chimp for example? I believe some peoples do.

If you're asking me if I'd eat it served up in a restaurant in my current life then, no, I doubt it. However, if I was marooned in some jungle I probably would lose a lot of my present niceties.
In fact, I'm not sure that, if push came to shove, many people would actually prefer starving to death than eating almost anything available.
Take, for example, the soldiers eating their horses, rats & anything they could get their hands on during WW1. (Yes, I do know horse is stlll on the menu not far from our shores - but it ain't British. is it?! :eek:;)

alfie_1

i personally think it is a question dependant on so many things that it can only be answered individually rather than as a nation/group etc. if thought of as not knowing ,that doesnt mean they are indifferent maybe merely that considering countries/individuals that face starvation...food is food. we can afford ourselves the luxury of choosing what we personally eat. i love ALL animals but appreciate the food chain albeit i personally have no time for needless slaughter of animals for sport/vanity/greed who are not part of a practical food chain.........