your best bet is a good bet. We can emotional slump together.
You do well to flee, townspeople! I will pillage your lands and dwellings! I will burn your crops and make merry sport with your more attractive daughters! Ha ha ha! Mark my words! Ooh! Ale! I smell delicious ale!
Olaf the Troll ,'Showtime'
Natter 76: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Foaminess
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
msbelle - Apr 23, 2019 5:41:02 pm PDT #7216 of 30019
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Atropa - Apr 23, 2019 6:08:42 pm PDT #7217 of 30019
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I agree that a cluster of homes and/or apartments is the way to go.
My second favorite lottery fantasy is to buy one of those cute 1920s -era apartment sets that area group single floor buildings around a common garden area. Eldergoth Retirement Community!
The absolute favorite lottery fantasy is owning the wildly cliche gothic manor house of my dreams, complete with staff, secret passages, and a creepy looking cottage for the ornamental hermit to live in.
(The ornamental hermit is not Mr. Loomy.)
WindSparrow - Apr 23, 2019 9:21:00 pm PDT #7218 of 30019
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
My lottery win fantasy is a campground with cabins and RV hookups with plenty of room for tiny-to-medium houses to act as a permanent F2F and/or Buffista retirement village. Only problem is I keep picturing 45-60 minutes drive from Minneapolis/St. Paul and I know that would not be the optimal climate for the group.
Karl - Apr 23, 2019 10:24:08 pm PDT #7219 of 30019
I adore all you motherfuckers so much -- PMM.
Good heavens, that link is a lot of house.
Also, ND, your garage is the size of my living space. I must admit I'm somewhat alarmed.
Leafs lost but the Sharks won. Life is weird, and hockey is weirder.
I remain very fond of all of you, but it is time for me to go to bed.
NoiseDesign - Apr 23, 2019 10:29:49 pm PDT #7220 of 30019
Our wings are not tired
your garage is the size of my living space.
Yes, it was one of the odd selling points for this place. The house is about 1500SF, and the garage is almost as big. The garage is actually just slightly bigger than the house we moved out of.
Our eventual plan is to remodel most of the garage into an 800SF place for Pix's mom. At some point she'll move out here from CT.
Fred Pete - Apr 24, 2019 4:03:35 am PDT #7221 of 30019
Ann, that's a ferret.
I'm actually considering whether to offer my services as an ornamental hermit. Probably need to grow out the beard some more.
juliana - Apr 24, 2019 4:37:18 am PDT #7222 of 30019
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Leafs lost but the Sharks won. Life is weird, and hockey is weirder.
True.
Jessica - Apr 24, 2019 5:32:48 am PDT #7223 of 30019
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
That house is a lovely combination of hobbit hole and Graceland.
Bwah! I don't know about lovely, but it certainly is extra.
meara - Apr 24, 2019 5:44:07 am PDT #7224 of 30019
Sarameg, sorry to hear slump!
I had a dream last night that I quit my job. It felt scary but good. But then waking up I remembered I still have to work, and that even if the scenario in the dream happened, the better plan would be tonfrantically job search, not quit on the spot.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 24, 2019 5:47:35 am PDT #7225 of 30019
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I am on board with the domes, though not with all of the wallpaper choices.
At least that's easier to replace than wavy balconies and stone or glass blocks in the walls. Actually, I think the dome house could be redecorated into a fairly nice resort lodge if there are any tourist attractions nearby.
Apartment buildings would have to be much more sound dampening than any I have previously lived in.
The trick is to get old timey construction like the previous apartment I lived in. 14" oak beams under the floors and two brick walls between apartments on the same floor do a lot of sound dampening. Alas, single pane windows separating you from the nearby expressway, not so much.