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[Pseudonym]

Hm. Well, not sure if this is much help but I live in a fairly old house, and it can be a bit of a nightmare to be honest. I always seem to be battling with damp, or leaks, or cracks - they just seem to be the pitfalls of older houses. I think if I was moving I'd definitely choose somewhere newer with less problems. 

[Doe]

Hm. Well, not sure if this is much help but I live in a fairly old house, and it can be a bit of a nightmare to be honest. I always seem to be battling with damp, or leaks, or cracks - they just seem to be the pitfalls of older houses. I think if I was moving I'd definitely choose somewhere newer with less problems.

You are maybe right. I will consider.

Thank you.

[Arcadia]

I prefer old houses and the country, but I agree with Pseud, a newer house is more practical.

 

I had two tabs open until I clicked on Shadow's link, now I have three. Which is fairly average for me. I think the most I ever have is about 6.

[Pseudonym]

That's what normally happens with me. I'll have my four or so basic tabs open, then I'll come across an interesting link to something to read, or look up, or watch and click on it so it's there when I have time and before I know it I've got a huge stock pile of things to do. I don't think I ever have less than eight at a time, and that few is very rare. 

[Arcadia]

One reason I have a habit of closing them is because my browser's more likely to hiccup if I don't. Unless they're all text sites; but I usually go to sites with a lot of videos, images etc., and the browser (or maybe it's my internet connection) just has an existential crisis after awhile. Also I've had ads creep in through an open but untended window ... nothing serious, but it's annoying.

[Carol the Dabbler]

Right now (on my cell phone) I have 15 tabs, most of which are either A} things I would simply bookmark if I knew how to do that on my phone, or B} stuff I use all the time (forum, email, weather forecast, etc.) -- these tend to stay up indefinitely. Then there are a few things I was looking at and haven't gotten around to closing.

 

On my laptop, I probably average half a dozen. I start out with just the one, gradually accumulate more (sometimes up to a couple dozen, generally divided between a few windows), then close some as I finish projects, finally closing everything at the end of the day, before shutting down the computer.

[T.o.b.y]

Hm. Well, not sure if this is much help but I live in a fairly old house, and it can be a bit of a nightmare to be honest. I always seem to be battling with damp, or leaks, or cracks - they just seem to be the pitfalls of older houses. I think if I was moving I'd definitely choose somewhere newer with less problems. 

 

:lol: That's what I thought...

 

I grew up in a very old house and like you say, damp, leaks, cracks... Also mold, spiders, bad wiring, fickle plumbing, an inefficient and often out of order heating system, uneven floors, cracked tiles, rust stains, lime deposits - etc etc etc.

 

When I first moved out, I had very little income, so I continued to live in places like that. My student apartment had open pipes and the heat went off like once a month.

 

I loved it, though, just like I loved my old home. But when I got my first real job, I wanted something new and shiny and low maintenance, so I moved into this brand new place. Only one former resident and she had only been there for two months (then she died, but it was of a natural cause so nothing spooky about the place). It was modern and in tip-top shape, the floors were heated, the energy bills were low, everything worked all the time, the walls were flawless, the floors were shiny and perfectly level, the shower was strong and there were no odd noises.

 

And you know what? I never felt properly at home there. The place had no soul and it didn't want me. I was also always terrified that I would stain or scratch something and get into trouble with the landlord (who was super nice, not his fault at all that I felt that way, it was just the apartment itself that was intimidating). So when my husband was finally able to switch jobs and join me in the town where I live, we went looking for another charming dump and moved there. Now I feel much more comfortable (and my furniture is no longer out of place).

[Carol the Dabbler]

Doe,

I found two houses but my brain is confused.

First house is country style that old and cheap.

Second house is new style that new and expensive. It has a pool.

Both of them are far my husband's job, my job and my son's school.

There aren't houses close to three of us.

I'm tired. :/

If you're wanting to rent a house, then the age doesn't matter. What's important in a rental is, has the landlord been taking good care of it? If they take good care of the place, then they will be good people to rent from, and you won't have problems with the house. If the house is new, the big stuff will be OK even if the landlord does nothing. So look at the little stuff. Do things work? Are the floors in good shape?

 

But I think you're probably wanting to buy a house. In this country, I would personally look for a house built between about 1910 (when they had figured out how to build closets and bathrooms) and 1941 (when the war made certain materials scarce and expensive). Other countries will have their own "golden ages" of home building.

[Shadow Dweller]

One reason I have a habit of closing them is because my browser's more likely to hiccup if I don't. Unless they're all text sites; but I usually go to sites with a lot of videos, images etc., and the browser (or maybe it's my internet connection) just has an existential crisis after awhile. Also I've had ads creep in through an open but untended window ... nothing serious, but it's annoying.

Don't enter a hotel with free Wi-Fi for its guests if the WLAN option in your phone still active and you didn't register to the network yet, that's how I reached forty tabs in less than a minute. :lol:

[Arcadia]

Yet another reason I don't have one of those devices. :p

 

No, seriously, I wouldn't mind having a smart phone, but I can't afford the data plan. I can't see that I'm suffering from the lack, except that I could process credit cards at art shows if I had a smart phone. Alas, I don't have enough sales to pay for it. :(

[SherlockedCAMPer]

Laptop 10-20 on main browser window. 2nd window varies from 1-40. Phone has about 10.

[Pseudonym]

I have 'Police Interceptors' on in the background as I'm pottering about online, and it's so ridiculous. I'm normally quite interested in cop shows, but this is one of those that goes stupidly out of the way to be macho and blokey. The voice-over guy has a 'cool' urban accent with lots of street slang thrown in. Every time a new cop comes on screen there is a little bio slide, with inanities such as 'favourite patrol car' and 'favourite tipple.' The two presenters who are in a couple of the ride-alongs are bigging everything up as being dangerous and amazing. It's all so fabricated and painfully male orientated I don't even know how men can watch it without cringing. The contrast is particularly ridiculous when the cops talk directly to the camera and are just normal people rather than the BAMF superheroes they've just been bigged up as. 

[Arcadia]

Aha. Thanks for the reminder: that's why I watch Sherlock. It's not any of those other shows. :p

[Doe]

Doe,

I found two houses but my brain is confused.

First house is country style that old and cheap.

Second house is new style that new and expensive. It has a pool.

Both of them are far my husband's job, my job and my son's school.

There aren't houses close to three of us.

I'm tired. :/

If you're wanting to rent a house, then the age doesn't matter. What's important in a rental is, has the landlord been taking good care of it? If they take good care of the place, then they will be good people to rent from, and you won't have problems with the house. If the house is new, the big stuff will be OK even if the landlord does nothing. So look at the little stuff. Do things work? Are the floors in good shape?

 

But I think you're probably wanting to buy a house. In this country, I would personally look for a house built between about 1910 (when they had figured out how to build closets and bathrooms) and 1941 (when the war made certain materials scarce and expensive). Other countries will have their own "golden ages" of home building.

 

 

Thank you Carol,

 

I rented the new house.  

 

[J.P.]

Guys, I need your help. Would someone with a credit card be willing to buy something for me from a company that I think is in UK? I will send the money immediately via PayPal or bank transfer.

 

Just found a head for a very good price. :P

 

 

http://www.bscsrb.xyz/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=16878

 

[Doe]

Who is this? Is this Benedict?

[Fantasy Lover]

Yes.

[J.P.]

Okay, the case is solved (kind of) Thanks, Arcadia!

[Van Buren Supernova]

All right. Which cookies?

 

 

Yay..!

I only need one type of cookie: every. :p

 

And Arcadia n Pseud, thot you guys didn't trade! Kisses for you, cookies are mine..!

 

 

But just wondering if this is happening to anyone else -- in which case it could be some problem with the forum software.

I think almost everytime there is something weird, you can count on me that I had it also.

Once. Just once though, and it's not operator error as I always re-read my posted post to check for quoting errors. So I am pretty sure it was posted, done, and eventually the next time I couldn't find it back. It was in Mycroft thread, but I forgot what I wrote, happened quite long ago.

 

  

Here's an obscure getting to know you all question... how many tabs do you have open on your browser right now? I have 30 in this window and 4 in another window. I'm wondering if it's a generational thing, my mother can barely cope with two.

 

It depends. When I'm free, I probably only have four. When I'm busy (that is the time when I'm most messy for everything), I'll max my phone's 16 tabs and even replace some because I keep opening new one.

Same with computer, if I'm doing something that needs researching, I could easily fall into rabbit hole with more than dozen of windows with more than 20 tabs each. But when I'm not doing that, I don't even bother to open my email.

 

  

I rented the new house.  

 

Good choice.

Old house could be charming (not for me though), but not with the problems, especially humidity, pest, sanitary or other utility problem. I live in quite young house and even that, it gives me headache everytime, although the problem is mostly lousy contractor. Now I just found one of the exterior wall finishing is falling apart. I just need to be careful because the falling chunks are bigger that my head.

 

As for giving it warmth and personality, imho it's up to you. New house can be made homy easily as well, but maybe my idea of cosy can be different. As long the house has least problem, I think it's easy to make it 'your own'.

Currently I can't even put bean bag (love those), open book case or sofa because I don't want to worry about the humidity etc. How I wish for sparkling new house without problem, I don't mind if it's bare cement wall and floor.

Making it homy from that could actually be a lot of fun for me.

 

 

Okay, the case is solved (kind of) Thanks, Arcadia!

Aaaand.... I further deduce that Arcadia is running an underground or under the table human head transaction business.... Dear me, Arcadia. Dear me....:p

[Arcadia]

 
By the way, you were gone so long that Doe, Pseud and I decided you weren't coming back, and shared the cookies ourselves. Sorry, tough luck, maybe next time. :P

[Van Buren Supernova]

Wha... what?!

 

That..that is... wait..hold on.. (flip dictionary)....Preposterous..!!

I don't want to sound like a certain annoying sibling we know, but I though you are on diet? :p

 

I was doing good deeds when I was away.. scaring children.

[Arcadia]

I should hope so. Children need a good scare. :p

[Pseudonym]

We did you a favour VBS. If we hadn't shared the cookies out you would end up like this. 

 

[J.P.]

Happy? :P

[Pseudonym]

Yup, she'll be able to pick up her belly like that and everything ;)