The Nice People Thread, No.16: A Universe of Niceness.

zagubov

Pyxis wrote: »

I looked up these 'duplex' houses.

They appear to be quite traditional gabled houses, with lots of clapboard cladding, designed to look like one big house.


I remember once, an American telling me they lived in a 'row' house, in Baltimore, and I didn't have a clue what she meant!

It turned out to be quite an old house, and quite prestigious, in the same way that a Georgian terraced house in Bath might be.

I suppose another posh word for a deluxe terraced house here might be a town house, although I think town houses are often on three floors with an integral garage on the ground floor.

A few of us this thread are big fans of "The Americans" and there's a lot of online chatter about whether the main characters house is a duplex.

phillw

Pyxis wrote: »

I visited someone in one, and was amazed to see a group of blocks around a swimming-pool and sports area, and to be told it had its own hall for get-togethers.
I suppose over here, they would be sheltered housing complexes! But over there, there are no age or physical ability restrictions! :rotfl:

There are posh flats in the UK which have their own gym and swimming pool, along with horrendous service charges. Not sure about halls for get-togethers, that sounds more like a "community building" council tower block thing.

PasturesNew

phillw wrote: »

There are posh flats in the UK which have their own gym and swimming pool, along with horrendous service charges. Not sure about halls for get-togethers, that sounds more like a "community building" council tower block thing.

In the past, apart from OAP places, I have been aware of a couple of big old converted properties that did have a communal "party room" - from memory one was a grand old house that had a "Big Hall". But it was marketed more as a "function room" available to residents rather than a general "lounge" area you could randomly walk into and sit down. More of a "residents' bookable space"

So this was due to the constraints of the original building's layout rather than a Plan A.

I've also seen modern flats that had the gym/pool, that included studio flats in the mix.

There are also some "with a pool" where property has started off life as a "small holiday complex" but people either ended up living there, or flouted the residency (11 months) rules if they were in place.

Pyxis

zagubov wrote: »

A few of us this thread are big fans of "The Americans" and there's a lot of online chatter about whether the main characters house is a duplex.

i clicked on that link and found this..........

u/enricopollazzo
I've never quite been able to tell the layout of their house from the outside - is it a duplex? I can't imagine it would be due to the risks inherent in sharing walls with strangers, but it really looks that way from the outside.

Risks of having party walls? I didn't realise that millions of people in the U.K. were in such dreadful danger by living in terraced or semi-detached houses! :rotfl: :rotfl:

And what about flats? They not only have shared walls, but shared floors and ceilings too! :eek:

phillw wrote: »

There are posh flats in the UK which have their own gym and swimming pool, along with horrendous service charges. Not sure about halls for get-togethers, that sounds more like a "community building" council tower block thing.

It was definitely a private condo, but yes, as as Pastures says, it was probably more of a function hall. I think there may have been organised events in it for residents, like exercise classes or something, which presumably you paid for, but I can't really remember as it was aeons ago.

LydiaJ

SingleSue wrote: »

Another interview through, this time I have until 23rd October to prepare! Only a part time temporary job but you never know, it could turn permanent. Hopefully this one will be the one where there isn't the shock horror on their face when I walk in as I have been allowed to put exactly what to expect on my arrival rather than just tick a box saying disabled.

It's local, hours I think I can manage and the pay is above minimum wage...oh and for a company I have harboured hopes on since I was at school when I wasn't thinking about a nursing career. However, it is not in my usual sector and apart from a stint when I was 14 as a Saturday girl, have no experience in it aside from good old customer service standards and qualifications.

Hope you get this one... or something even better. I'm sure once you get into a job, you'ill quickly get them to realise what a good decision they made in seeing past the disability!

zagubov wrote: »

I seem to remember donkeys years ago when people described their house/flat/dwelling/whatever they used to number the reception rooms/bedrooms and call it say a four-apartment meaning it had a living room, dining room and two bedrooms.

I suppose this fell out of fashion when open-plan and kitchen-diners took off. Never heard it used in modern times.

Ages ago, I remember being told that in such and such a diocese, curates were entitled to a "5-room house" - meaning either 3 bedrooms and 2 reception rooms, or the other way round.

Pyxis wrote: »

I remember when I first came across a condominium, on my one and only trip to the States. Never heard of a condo before, and had to ask what it meant. Thought it might have something to do with condoms! :rotfl:
I visited someone in one, and was amazed to see a group of blocks around a swimming-pool and sports area, and to be told it had its own hall for get-togethers.
I suppose over here, they would be sheltered housing complexes! But over there, there are no age or physical ability restrictions! :rotfl:

They have flats like that in London. A friend of mine had a boyfriend who lived in a flat that belonged to a block with a swimming pool and other facilities. ETA I see other NP have said this too.

At the sheltered housing where my dad is going, people seem to call their homes "flats" but the paperwork from the Trust that runs the place calls them "apartments". My dad himself calls it a flat. He's called other such homes from his past "flats" too, unless they've been in Canada, in which case he's called them "apartments", conforming to local usage.

LydiaJ

Pyxis wrote: »

I looked up these 'duplex' houses.

They appear to be quite traditional gabled houses, with lots of clapboard cladding, designed to look like one big house.


I remember once, an American telling me they lived in a 'row' house, in Baltimore, and I didn't have a clue what she meant!

It turned out to be quite an old house, and quite prestigious, in the same way that a Georgian terraced house in Bath might be.

I suppose another posh word for a deluxe terraced house here might be a town house, although I think town houses are often on three floors with an integral garage on the ground floor.

"Town house" definitely means something terraced with at least 3 floors to me. Although not necessarily with an integral garage, particularly if built in the 18th century!

Pyxis wrote: »

i clicked on that link and found this..........

u/enricopollazzo
I've never quite been able to tell the layout of their house from the outside - is it a duplex? I can't imagine it would be due to the risks inherent in sharing walls with strangers, but it really looks that way from the outside.

Risks of having party walls? I didn't realise that millions of people in the U.K. were in such dreadful danger by living in terraced or semi-detached houses! :rotfl: :rotfl:

And what about flats? They not only have shared walls, but shared floors and ceilings too! :eek:

:rotfl:
Thanks for sharing that. I didn't have time to click on the link, but you've made me laugh.

michaels

Oh dear, I suggested that their might be an agenda behind the bbc not leading on the threat to 40,000 uber drivers jobs and it turns out I am an inflamatory racist

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I can't understand why the BBC doesn't headline on the 40,000 jobs at risk.

Anyone would think they had their own agenda when it comes to some jobs being more important than others. Perhaps it is because many drivers are immigrants unlike those 4,000 nice white Anglo-saxon steel workers in South Wales?


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Now if I were to reword it I would probably add '...predominantly white...' but I genuinely can not see why the big issue is not the number of jobs at risk. So my posting is really to ask NP on their opinion, am I being racist here and not realising it?

michaels

LydiaJ wrote: »

"Town house" definitely means something terraced with at least 3 floors to me. Although not necessarily with an integral garage, particularly if built in the 18th century!



:rotfl:
Thanks for sharing that. I didn't have time to click on the link, but you've made me laugh.

It is weird, my immediate thought on hearing the term 'town house' is something built in the last 30ish years in a terrace often on 3 floors with a built in garage.

But now you mention it those houses in the grand Victorian/Edwardian terraces in established towns/cities are also 'Town houses' so it is almost one term, two meanings.

silvercar

michaels wrote: »

Oh dear, I suggested that their might be an agenda behind the bbc not leading on the threat to 40,000 uber drivers jobs and it turns out I am an inflamatory racist



Now if I were to reword it I would probably add '...predominantly white...' but I genuinely can not see why the big issue is not the number of jobs at risk. So my posting is really to ask NP on their opinion, am I being racist here and not realising it?

You are suggesting that the BBC may be racist.

michaels

silvercar wrote: »

You are suggesting that the BBC may be racist.

Yes, I am questioning why the threat of job losses is not the main issue with the uber story whereas it was with the Tata steel story and suggesting that it could appear that the bbc was being racist when it gives different prominence to the threat of job losses in the two stories. Is accusing the BBC of possible racism against their editorial policy?