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Curmudgeoness

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11. I have a few questions.
Fri Jan 17, 2014, 09:29 PM
Jan 2014

Oh, hi, Flaxbee! Hope all is well with you.

How often do you have company? Is it on a monthly basis? For more than a day or two at a time? Or is it only once or twice a year?

I used to think about things like houses, cars, etc. based on how it would affect guests. But then I realized that I was living in houses that were too big, just because once or twice a year I would have family come to visit. And I was driving cars that were roomier than I needed or wanted, except at those times when people were visiting. Then I realized that my guests could deal with a little inconvenience in life for the short period of time that they were here (or if they didn't like it, they could get a hotel room). And if I wanted that two-seater convertible sports car, I could rent a car when company was here.

Then again, I was raised in a house with one bathroom and six people, and we survived. I don't remember how we survived, but I don't remember fights or problems. I live in that same house now, with one bathroom, and it is not a problem.

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I'm not sure where you live, but if it's only going to be used for guests, how cbayer Jan 2014 #1
A spruced up port-a-john and a garden hose for washing up and showers? Kaleva Jan 2014 #2
Could be solar heated water in there, cbayer Jan 2014 #3
Seriously though, your idea is a good one. Kaleva Jan 2014 #4
Thanks, Kaleva! cbayer Jan 2014 #6
May have something, there. Perhaps a mbility-impaired john... Eleanors38 Feb 2014 #22
too cold here for that to be appealing in all weather -- but Flaxbee Jan 2014 #9
Yes, a sauna! Or maybe a small hot tub. cbayer Jan 2014 #10
How about this? 880 sq. ft. with 2 bedooms and 2 bathrooms Kaleva Jan 2014 #5
I like that one! cbayer Jan 2014 #7
that's definitely one I will bookmark. Thanks, Kaleva! Flaxbee Jan 2014 #8
I'd enclose the front porch and make that a utility , laundry and mudroom. Kaleva Jan 2014 #16
I'd like to have a screened in porch for summer evenings, but I also definitely want a separate Flaxbee Jan 2014 #19
no closets? n/t NMDemDist2 Feb 2014 #21
I have a few questions. Curmudgeoness Jan 2014 #11
Hi Curmudgeoness! Flaxbee Jan 2014 #12
Ah, there it is....why does the bathroom Curmudgeoness Jan 2014 #13
because then I can have the chaotic, private bathroom and the public one that Flaxbee Jan 2014 #14
I see your point. Curmudgeoness Jan 2014 #15
Are you sure you aren't just wanting a bathroom of your own?? cbayer Jan 2014 #17
welllll... now that you mention it Flaxbee Jan 2014 #18
Why not just put up Shankapotomus Jan 2014 #20
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