The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[FutureCEO]

I just realized I forgot to take more pics of the home design I was working on.
Oh well, Monday isn't that far away...!!!!!!!


In the meantime, here's a partial 3-D model of that monster one I worked on recently...!

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Nice house if you can call it a house or small village but looks very plan looking. I'm sure it's nice but newer houses just have no character.

 

[donaldtoo]

Nice house if you can call it a house or small village but looks very plan looking. I'm sure it's nice but newer houses just have no character.

Hmmm...how snotty of you. Rough day in 'Merica at a job you hate, sport...?
As I posted, that is just the beginnings of a massing model. It's now being rendered with topography, existing trees, colors, textures, landscaping, a pool, etc. I'll post a pic of the more highly developed model next week.
Although, it still may not be your thing, I assure you, it has more than enough "character" IMO.
Have a drink or two and calm down...or ten.

 

[donaldtoo]

Just recovering from dinner at Chuy's this evening. No pics, as y'all've seen it all before...!
Elvis Memorial Combo Platter tonight...!!!!!

 

[donaldtoo]

WHOA...that's a lot of tree regulations! Where I am, we're surrounded by ENORMOUS eastern white pines...I'm talking in the neighborhood of three feet in diameter in some cases and they can grow to be 230ft. tall...there are no regulations for what you cut down on your own property. We had 5 REALLY big pines (around 30" in diameter) cut down around our house because there was too much shade and they were so close that it was causing issues with the siding. They had to not only have dudes climb them and cut them off in sections, but they also brought in a crane to lift them over the house. It was pretty crazy, but the neighborhood kids had a blast watching!

Yep, and the trees are just the beginning.
There are building "tents" restrictions, floor to area ratios and impervious coverage limits, ADA visitability requirements, building articulation minimums, etc., etc., etc....!!!

That is crazy about the pines though!
That is some big tree!!!
They would never allow that cutting around here...!!!

We don't have many pines 'round here, but, the "Piney Woods" of East Texas are full of them...!!!

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

I just received a phone call from my primary care doctor, and my echocardiogram came back normal. The doctor still wants me to keep my cardiologist appointment in January, and I have an appointment with her in December. I will then have my normal bloodwork, and she can see how my new medication is working. Good news on this Friday.

Good news!

 

[Pixieish]

Yep, and the trees are just the beginning.
There are building "tents" restrictions, floor to area ratios and impervious coverage limits, ADA visitability requirements, building articulation minimums, etc., etc., etc....!!!

That is crazy about the pines though!
That is some big tree!!!
They would never allow that cutting around here...!!!

We don't have many pines 'round here, but, the "Piney Woods" of East Texas are full of them...!!!

It gets to a point around houses and stuff, that they become a danger during nor'easters and hurricanes. They do plenty of preservation in town (thank goodness), and the 20 square mile state forest is 1/4 mile from my front door. No shortage of big trees here.

ADA Signage...I was in the sign business for many, many years. Interesting little fact...there are two ways to do braille. It is either molded as part of the sign (so, all one piece), or holes are drilled and (in many cases) a "pen" is used to insert clear or colored beads into the holes. The beads are a smidge too large for the hole, so they stick out just enough to be felt.

A big part of my job was to work with architects and do site surveys, review plans, check quantities and types of signs ordered to make sure nothing was missing, design, produce, and then install all kinds of signage in hospitals, apartment/office buildings, etc. I made a rig for installing ADA signage - which needs to be at a specific height - so I could drop well over 200 signs into place in an afternoon. True story - scariest installation EVER was in a psych ward at a hospital. It was very "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", but with dim lighting that made it extra freaky. I had to have an escort in order to be present on the floor at all.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

After a long day of work I made the drive over to Minneapolis and had dinner at Margaritaville before heading to the hotel to just hang out for the night before I fly out tomorrow. A San Adams beer and a bacon cheeseburger with BBQ aioli.

 

[donaldtoo]

I haven't started my Christmas shopping yet. Maybe the Grinch has stole my Christmas. No, I'm a slow starter this year.

You always crack me up, Bets...!!!

 

[donaldtoo]

That's an amazing preservation effort, and thank goodness your city is protecting the older trees. And, I'll also bet that your fine city doesn't use that creepy fake grass, like a certain section of a certain theme park does.

Nope. They don't even use that on the UT football field anymore...!!!

 

[donaldtoo]

You'd love it

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

Wouldn't bunny & groundhog wire work better...?!

I just realized I forgot to take more pics of the home design I was working on.
Oh well, Monday isn't that far away...!!!!!!!


In the meantime, here's a partial 3-D model of that monster one I worked on recently...!

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Oh my goodness!! That is amazing. Incredible what abodes some deem necessary.

My London Fog coats have come out of storage and

Wearing my Land’s End parka. Fffffreezing. What happened to November? Feels like it is the middle of January.

 

[Pixieish]

I just realized I forgot to take more pics of the home design I was working on.
Oh well, Monday isn't that far away...!!!!!!!


In the meantime, here's a partial 3-D model of that monster one I worked on recently...!

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WHOA. I wouldn't want to pay to heat that sucker no matter how wealthy I was!

 

[donaldtoo]

Our stairs are on the side of our family room. The only issue I have with that is that the people who built the house didn't take into account that they would be losing 3 plus feet of width away from the family room. They should have widened the room out by 3 feet for the stairwell. Also wish that the staircase was wider. Overall the house layout is ok. Just think the dimensions on our first floor should have been wider. Not like there isn't enough land. We're almost on an acre. Three feet. That is all I ask. But if dh gets what he wants we won't be here forever. He is looking to head south somewhere. South of Virginia. Better be the last move though.I hate moving.

Oh my. Yea, ya' kinda' gotta' factor the stair width into the design...!
Most big homes we do these days have minimum 12 ft. ceilings on the ground floor. We always compensate for larger staircases. 4 ft. wide minimum in most cases, sometimes as wide as 5-6 feet or more, with 12" treads. Whatever the client wants!
"They got the money honey, we got the time!!!"

 

[StarWarsGirl]

Hubby and I just had a discussion about son #1 driving in the future last night...on the one hand, I'm dreading it because he was my first and he's growing up way too fast, etc. etc.. On the other - he will be able to go for takeout!

My mom was happy when I got my license so I could start grocery shopping for her. Back then, I was happy to be going somewhere and she was happy not to have to shop. Now that I've had my license for five, almost six, years, I'd rather just stay home... Although if she gives me the choice between dishes and grocery store, I will pick the grocery store. Every. Single. Time.

 

[Pixieish]

My mom was happy when I got my license so I could start grocery shopping for her. Back then, I was happy to be going somewhere and she was happy not to have to shop. Now that I've had my license for five, almost six, years, I'd rather just stay home... Although if she gives me the choice between dishes and grocery store, I will pick the grocery store. Every. Single. Time.

I can totally see our little man being the same way!

 

[donaldtoo]

Hubby and I just had a discussion about son #1 driving in the future last night...on the one hand, I'm dreading it because he was my first and he's growing up way too fast, etc. etc.. On the other - he will be able to go for takeout!

Yep, definitely a double-edged sword...!!!!!

 

[StarWarsGirl]

I took Belle back to the vet today. Prognosis: she's finally healthy. BUT she can't get her vaccines quite yet. The vet believes her immune system is overactive, given her pododermatitis and IBD. Which would mean the vaccines would cause more problems than they would help. So we'll wait six months and make a decision then. She might never be able to get another vaccine, but she said as long as Belle remains a strictly indoor cat and we keep Jasmine fully vaccinated, it should not be an issue. It makes me a little wary because I'm big on making sure my cats are vaccinated, but hey, I had to skip a couple of vaccines before college (I had a written exemption) and it didn't hurt me, so I guess she'll be fine too.

 

[donaldtoo]

OK gang, gone for tonight, I am...!
Sweet Disney and/or gyroplaning dreams to all...!!!!!!!
See y'alllllllllll...!!!

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[Gabe1]

Several thousand when all is said and done. You can't learn by yourself over here...you have to take lessons from an acredited instructor and those cost upwards of 50 euros per hour. Now, I already know how to drive, but I DON'T know how to drive a manual transmission, plus there are some different rules. So while I wouldn't have to start from scratch like some people, I would still need quite a bit of training....the testing is so much more strict here, most people fail at least once. I think the written theory test is something like 500 euros to take, and then the practical. So somewhere between 2000 and 4000 Euros.

And is getting your license in the US as a citizen perculuded. We are about $40.00.

 

[Gabe1]

Have you ever noticed the quantities of anything they eat? I'm sure you saw a few pics from my vacation. I may not make it often but when I do just watch out for your appendages, edit make that any food

And this too shall end. Though my son never ate the volume your sons do. Is your hubs tall that they have a long growing spurt in store? DS His Dad is 6 foot son is 5 11. Given I’m 5 2 not a bad growth curve. DD not so much. 5 4 to my 5 2