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Christine K wrote:
Marina kirjoitti: Christine K wrote: There are windows in bathrooms here, almost as often as not... In apartments the bathrooms seldom line up to the outer wall of the building, but when they do, there's often a little window there. And in the row-house I lived in before moving here, there was a window both in the bathroom and the separate toilet. Here, there's a window in the sauna, but not in the bathroom, as it isn't on the outer wall like the sauna is. Really? I've lived in many different places - both apartments and houses - and never had a window in the bathroom. Neither does any of my family and I don't remember seeing windows in friends' bathrooms, either. The only place we have a window is the outhouse on the island. There's no window in the outhouse in our cottage in Sweden (Jämtland), but when one sits there, one usually leaves the door open and admires the view... hopefully no moose or bear decides to join in... And I did mentally go through the places I've lived in, and out of seven there were only windows in two - the previous rowhouse and this sauna (both built in the 80s I think...). It can't entirely be a cold-weather thing, because a lot of houses in Canada have bathroom windows. Modern houses will often have one in the main bath, and have a second bath or half bath with none. Older houses often have the window directly over the bathtub, which is probably why some of them may have been removed during renovations to put in the newer one-piece surrounds, as someone else mentioned. I always suspected that in some old houses, the bathroom was built in the smallest bedroom, which would of course have a window. In the case of my house, I think they just walled off the end of a hall - hence, no window (but a fan and vent). Unlike houses, almost all apartments I've been in have no window in the bathroom. They don't have saunas, though! Cheryl |
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"Christine K" wrote in message ... Marina kirjoitti: Christine K wrote: There are windows in bathrooms here, almost as often as not... In apartments the bathrooms seldom line up to the outer wall of the building, but when they do, there's often a little window there. And in the row-house I lived in before moving here, there was a window both in the bathroom and the separate toilet. Here, there's a window in the sauna, but not in the bathroom, as it isn't on the outer wall like the sauna is. Really? I've lived in many different places - both apartments and houses - and never had a window in the bathroom. Neither does any of my family and I don't remember seeing windows in friends' bathrooms, either. The only place we have a window is the outhouse on the island. There's no window in the outhouse in our cottage in Sweden (Jämtland), but when one sits there, one usually leaves the door open and admires the view... hopefully no moose or bear decides to join in... And I did mentally go through the places I've lived in, and out of seven there were only windows in two - the previous rowhouse and this sauna (both built in the 80s I think...). I'm guessing that bathroom windows depend on climate, economics and aesthetics. In colder climates there would be good reason to avoid running pipes through outside walls or even inside walls too close to the outside. In many buildings they will try to save on plumbing costs by having kitchens and or baths back to back so they can share plumbing lines. And from an esthetic point of view bathroom windows aren't easy to make look good from outside while providing privacy. Particularly on apartment buildings and condos. I see that a lot of the newer houses have far fewer and smaller windows than ours does. Saves both energy and construction costs. And the lots are so small, no one has much of a view anyway. And windows would have to be closed and covered to provide any privacy. Jo |
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On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:04:11 -0700, "Jofirey"
wrote: "Christine K" wrote in message ... Marina kirjoitti: Christine K wrote: There are windows in bathrooms here, almost as often as not... In apartments the bathrooms seldom line up to the outer wall of the building, but when they do, there's often a little window there. And in the row-house I lived in before moving here, there was a window both in the bathroom and the separate toilet. Here, there's a window in the sauna, but not in the bathroom, as it isn't on the outer wall like the sauna is. Really? I've lived in many different places - both apartments and houses - and never had a window in the bathroom. Neither does any of my family and I don't remember seeing windows in friends' bathrooms, either. The only place we have a window is the outhouse on the island. There's no window in the outhouse in our cottage in Sweden (Jämtland), but when one sits there, one usually leaves the door open and admires the view... hopefully no moose or bear decides to join in... And I did mentally go through the places I've lived in, and out of seven there were only windows in two - the previous rowhouse and this sauna (both built in the 80s I think...). I'm guessing that bathroom windows depend on climate, economics and aesthetics. In colder climates there would be good reason to avoid running pipes through outside walls or even inside walls too close to the outside. In many buildings they will try to save on plumbing costs by having kitchens and or baths back to back so they can share plumbing lines. And from an esthetic point of view bathroom windows aren't easy to make look good from outside while providing privacy. Particularly on apartment buildings and condos. I see that a lot of the newer houses have far fewer and smaller windows than ours does. Saves both energy and construction costs. And the lots are so small, no one has much of a view anyway. And windows would have to be closed and covered to provide any privacy. Jo Both of my bathrooms have large windows (they were both bedrooms when the house was built in 1932). This house was built with no indoor plumbinb and electricity hadn't come to this area yet. Electricity didn't come until around 1948. Hugs and purrs, Nan and the furkids |
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On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:21:33 -0500, Nan
wrote: On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:04:11 -0700, "Jofirey" wrote: "Christine K" wrote in message ... Marina kirjoitti: Christine K wrote: There are windows in bathrooms here, almost as often as not... In apartments the bathrooms seldom line up to the outer wall of the building, but when they do, there's often a little window there. And in the row-house I lived in before moving here, there was a window both in the bathroom and the separate toilet. Here, there's a window in the sauna, but not in the bathroom, as it isn't on the outer wall like the sauna is. Really? I've lived in many different places - both apartments and houses - and never had a window in the bathroom. Neither does any of my family and I don't remember seeing windows in friends' bathrooms, either. The only place we have a window is the outhouse on the island. There's no window in the outhouse in our cottage in Sweden (Jämtland), but when one sits there, one usually leaves the door open and admires the view... hopefully no moose or bear decides to join in... And I did mentally go through the places I've lived in, and out of seven there were only windows in two - the previous rowhouse and this sauna (both built in the 80s I think...). I'm guessing that bathroom windows depend on climate, economics and aesthetics. In colder climates there would be good reason to avoid running pipes through outside walls or even inside walls too close to the outside. In many buildings they will try to save on plumbing costs by having kitchens and or baths back to back so they can share plumbing lines. And from an esthetic point of view bathroom windows aren't easy to make look good from outside while providing privacy. Particularly on apartment buildings and condos. I see that a lot of the newer houses have far fewer and smaller windows than ours does. Saves both energy and construction costs. And the lots are so small, no one has much of a view anyway. And windows would have to be closed and covered to provide any privacy. Jo Both of my bathrooms have large windows (they were both bedrooms when the house was built in 1932). This house was built with no indoor plumbinb and electricity hadn't come to this area yet. Electricity didn't come until around 1948. Hugs and purrs, Nan and the furkids Ooops! that should have been plumbing. Hugs and purrs, Nan and the furkids |
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Adrian wrote:
Lesley wrote: On Aug 17, 3:15 pm, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote: Ummm..... Not to nit-pick, but I suspect you mean the Pachabel "Canon" which is quite popular for such occasions. (Bach had nothing to do with it - although the composer is more or less from the same period.) Well that;s what my brother called it- over here part of it used to be used as an advert for "Hamlet" cigars, which one of my brothers smokes and it came on just as they were bringing the coffin in and I looked at him and mouthed "You dare!" Dave knows my choice of funeral music Coming in anything by Frank Zappa that;s instrumental As the coffin goes behind the curtain the middle part of Marillion's "Forgotten Sons"- anyone who knows the song will know the bit I mean- it's suitably dramatic And at the end Warren Zevon's "Keep me in your heart for a while" My family are all under firm instructions that if they play anything soppy, sentimental and above all not rock I will come back and haunt them Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs The Hamlet advert used, Bach: Air on the G String. I still think of that advert everytime I hear it. I want "Don't Fear The Reaper" by Blue Oyster Cult, something Quintessentially 80s (If I've died via an accident, make it "Safety Dance", but Duran Duran or Soft Cell are also good) and "Don't Worry, Be Happy". If there's time or a place for more songs, it has to be trashy 80's hair music, and absolutely nothing sad or maudlin. They can play Pachabel's Canon if they have to, but it has to have a heavy metal beat and be on guitar. If whoever has to make it religious, then the only religious songs I want played are Black Gospel Choir ones with lots of clapping and Hallelejas. Anyone who gets sad and maudlin gets slimed. Celebrate my life, dammit. I enjoyed it, please enjoy it too. Yowie |
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On Sep 11, 6:21�am, Yowie wrote:
Adrian wrote: Lesley wrote: On Aug 17, 3:15 pm, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote: Ummm..... Not to nit-pick, but I suspect you mean the Pachabel "Canon" which is quite popular for such occasions. (Bach had nothing to do with it - although the composer is more or less from the same period.) Well that;s what my brother called it- over here part of it used to be used as an advert for "Hamlet" cigars, which one of my brothers smokes and it came on just as they were bringing the coffin in and I looked at him and mouthed "You dare!" Dave knows my choice of funeral music Coming in anything by Frank Zappa that;s instrumental As the coffin goes behind the curtain the middle part of Marillion's "Forgotten Sons"- anyone who knows the song will know the bit I mean- it's suitably dramatic And at the end Warren Zevon's "Keep me in your heart for a while" My family are all under firm instructions that if they play anything soppy, sentimental and above all not rock I will come back and haunt them Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs The Hamlet advert used, Bach: Air on the G String. I still think of that advert everytime I hear it. I want "Don't Fear The Reaper" by Blue Oyster Cult, something Quintessentially 80s (If I've died via an accident, make it "Safety Dance", but Duran Duran or Soft Cell are also good) and �"Don't Worry, Be Happy". If there's time or a place for more songs, it has to be trashy 80's hair music, and absolutely nothing sad or maudlin. They can play Pachabel's Canon if they have to, but it has to have a heavy metal beat and be on guitar. If whoever has to make it religious, then the only religious songs I want played are Black Gospel Choir ones with lots of clapping and Hallelejas. Anyone who gets sad and maudlin gets slimed. Celebrate my life, dammit. I enjoyed it, please enjoy it too. Yowie- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Write this down for someone. Or better yet, collect the music also, and store it with the rest of your wishes. (I'm all about making things as easy as posssible for the family) It's ironic that five days after I posted on this discussion I was sitting in the funeral home making purchases and decisions with my sister for Dad. I went to a funeral once where at the closing, at graveside just before everyone left, a lone violinist played "Brahm's Lullaby". I thought that was beautiful. Dad had everything as "in order" as could possibly be, and it's still a difficult task just to execute a will, go through probate, get all the bills paid, and just get the house cleaned out. I can't imagine how difficult it would all be if the decedent hadn't done any preparations. I guess we all manage to muddle through, though. |
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"Sherry" wrote in message
... I went to a funeral once where at the closing, at graveside just before everyone left, a lone violinist played "Brahm's Lullaby". I thought that was beautiful. Dad had everything as "in order" as could possibly be, and it's still a difficult task just to execute a will, go through probate, get all the bills paid, and just get the house cleaned out. I can't imagine how difficult it would all be if the decedent hadn't done any preparations. I guess we all manage to muddle through, though. +++++++++++++++++++++++ {{{{{{{{SHERRY}}}}}}}} |
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Yowie wrote:
I want "Don't Fear The Reaper" by Blue Oyster Cult, something Quintessentially 80s (If I've died via an accident, make it "Safety Dance", but Duran Duran or Soft Cell are also good) and "Don't Worry, Be Happy". If there's time or a place for more songs, it has to be trashy 80's hair music, and absolutely nothing sad or maudlin. They can play Pachabel's Canon if they have to, but it has to have a heavy metal beat and be on guitar. If whoever has to make it religious, then the only religious songs I want played are Black Gospel Choir ones with lots of clapping and Hallelejas. Anyone who gets sad and maudlin gets slimed. Celebrate my life, dammit. I enjoyed it, please enjoy it too. I want people to come to my memorial and do whatever it is they need to do with their grief. (Or maybe with their relief that I'm gone, who knows? ) If people want to tell funny Joyce stories and laugh their asses off, that's great. If someone's feeling really bereaved and needs to sob their heart out, what better place than a funeral?? As long as they get lots of hugs. I've never understood why some people don't allow crying at funerals. I'm not directing this at you, Yowie, because you just want people to have fun remembering you, which is reasonable. But I had a friend, years ago, who told me that when she was 13, her little 6-year-old cousin died of leukemia, and she was devastated and couldn't stop crying. Her parents told her very sternly that if she couldn't hold it together, she couldn't come to his funeral. She couldn't (she was a child herself), so they didn't let her go. I think that's incredibly cruel. And it sure had me scratching my head when she told me about it. I mean, it's not like they expected her to laugh and celebrate. It was going to be a very formal and solemn affair, with no emotional expression allowed, which would have been considered "disrespectful". I'm sorry, I think that's weird and kind of twisted. Anyway, back to my own funeral/memorial. There are some things that I would like folks to do for me. (I don't think it's so unreasonable to ask people to do something for me at my funeral - funerals might be for the living, but I'm still living now, and there are some ways I'd like to be remembered.) What I'd really like is for people to sit around in someone's living room or some other very comfy place, eating yummy food prepared by or obtained by people who are not deeply grieving, and sing songs and other stuff I've written. If there are no musically inclined people in that group, maybe they could play a tape or CD of my songs/ words. (I don't have a professional CD, but I could make a homemade one. Naturally, I would need to do this prior to death. ) Why do I want this? I want to be remembered as a creative person. And I think that my writing expresses who I am better than anything else. In addition, if people were feeling up to it, maybe they could make a "quilt square" for me, as has been done for people who died of AIDS. I have lots of artsy/craftsy types as friends, so this might not be asking too much, I don't think. Could be a fun group project to do. I just want to be memorialized in an informal, comfortable and creative way. And if someone wants to add their tears or their laughs, fine by me. -- Joyce ^..^ (To email me, remove the X's from my user name.) |
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"hopitus" wrote in message
... On Sep 12, 7:12 pm, wrote: Yowie wrote: I want "Don't Fear The Reaper" by Blue Oyster Cult, something Quintessentially 80s (If I've died via an accident, make it "Safety Dance", but Duran Duran or Soft Cell are also good) and "Don't Worry, Be Happy". If there's time or a place for more songs, it has to be trashy 80's hair music, and absolutely nothing sad or maudlin. They can play Pachabel's Canon if they have to, but it has to have a heavy metal beat and be on guitar. If whoever has to make it religious, then the only religious songs I want played are Black Gospel Choir ones with lots of clapping and Hallelejas. Anyone who gets sad and maudlin gets slimed. Celebrate my life, dammit. I enjoyed it, please enjoy it too. I want people to come to my memorial and do whatever it is they need to do with their grief. (Or maybe with their relief that I'm gone, who knows? ) If people want to tell funny Joyce stories and laugh their asses off, that's great. If someone's feeling really bereaved and needs to sob their heart out, what better place than a funeral?? As long as they get lots of hugs. I've never understood why some people don't allow crying at funerals. I'm not directing this at you, Yowie, because you just want people to have fun remembering you, which is reasonable. But I had a friend, years ago, who told me that when she was 13, her little 6-year-old cousin died of leukemia, and she was devastated and couldn't stop crying. Her parents told her very sternly that if she couldn't hold it together, she couldn't come to his funeral. She couldn't (she was a child herself), so they didn't let her go. I think that's incredibly cruel. And it sure had me scratching my head when she told me about it. I mean, it's not like they expected her to laugh and celebrate. It was going to be a very formal and solemn affair, with no emotional expression allowed, which would have been considered "disrespectful". I'm sorry, I think that's weird and kind of twisted. Anyway, back to my own funeral/memorial. There are some things that I would like folks to do for me. (I don't think it's so unreasonable to ask people to do something for me at my funeral - funerals might be for the living, but I'm still living now, and there are some ways I'd like to be remembered.) What I'd really like is for people to sit around in someone's living room or some other very comfy place, eating yummy food prepared by or obtained by people who are not deeply grieving, and sing songs and other stuff I've written. If there are no musically inclined people in that group, maybe they could play a tape or CD of my songs/ words. (I don't have a professional CD, but I could make a homemade one. Naturally, I would need to do this prior to death. ) Why do I want this? I want to be remembered as a creative person. And I think that my writing expresses who I am better than anything else. In addition, if people were feeling up to it, maybe they could make a "quilt square" for me, as has been done for people who died of AIDS. I have lots of artsy/craftsy types as friends, so this might not be asking too much, I don't think. Could be a fun group project to do. I just want to be memorialized in an informal, comfortable and creative way. And if someone wants to add their tears or their laughs, fine by me. -- Joyce ^..^ (To email me, remove the X's from my user name.) test here, we have a printing test going on now testing this line of print for newsgroup satisfactory transmission for the insulted eyes of fussy viewers who complain re same already. Know this by earmark spending its all over the network online. Stop. Period. Now I think it isn't breaking for paragraphs. And some caps are missing. |
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"hopitus" wrote in message
... On Sep 12, 8:10 pm, "Cheryl" wrote: "hopitus" wrote in message ... On Sep 12, 7:12 pm, wrote: Yowie wrote: I want "Don't Fear The Reaper" by Blue Oyster Cult, something Quintessentially 80s (If I've died via an accident, make it "Safety Dance", but Duran Duran or Soft Cell are also good) and "Don't Worry, Be Happy". If there's time or a place for more songs, it has to be trashy 80's hair music, and absolutely nothing sad or maudlin. They can play Pachabel's Canon if they have to, but it has to have a heavy metal beat and be on guitar. If whoever has to make it religious, then the only religious songs I want played are Black Gospel Choir ones with lots of clapping and Hallelejas. Anyone who gets sad and maudlin gets slimed. Celebrate my life, dammit. I enjoyed it, please enjoy it too. I want people to come to my memorial and do whatever it is they need to do with their grief. (Or maybe with their relief that I'm gone, who knows? ) If people want to tell funny Joyce stories and laugh their asses off, that's great. If someone's feeling really bereaved and needs to sob their heart out, what better place than a funeral?? As long as they get lots of hugs. I've never understood why some people don't allow crying at funerals. I'm not directing this at you, Yowie, because you just want people to have fun remembering you, which is reasonable. But I had a friend, years ago, who told me that when she was 13, her little 6-year-old cousin died of leukemia, and she was devastated and couldn't stop crying. Her parents told her very sternly that if she couldn't hold it together, she couldn't come to his funeral. She couldn't (she was a child herself), so they didn't let her go. I think that's incredibly cruel. And it sure had me scratching my head when she told me about it. I mean, it's not like they expected her to laugh and celebrate. It was going to be a very formal and solemn affair, with no emotional expression allowed, which would have been considered "disrespectful". I'm sorry, I think that's weird and kind of twisted. Anyway, back to my own funeral/memorial. There are some things that I would like folks to do for me. (I don't think it's so unreasonable to ask people to do something for me at my funeral - funerals might be for the living, but I'm still living now, and there are some ways I'd like to be remembered.) What I'd really like is for people to sit around in someone's living room or some other very comfy place, eating yummy food prepared by or obtained by people who are not deeply grieving, and sing songs and other stuff I've written. If there are no musically inclined people in that group, maybe they could play a tape or CD of my songs/ words. (I don't have a professional CD, but I could make a homemade one. Naturally, I would need to do this prior to death. ) Why do I want this? I want to be remembered as a creative person. And I think that my writing expresses who I am better than anything else. In addition, if people were feeling up to it, maybe they could make a "quilt square" for me, as has been done for people who died of AIDS. I have lots of artsy/craftsy types as friends, so this might not be asking too much, I don't think. Could be a fun group project to do. I just want to be memorialized in an informal, comfortable and creative way. And if someone wants to add their tears or their laughs, fine by me. -- Joyce ^..^ (To email me, remove the X's from my user name.) test here, we have a printing test going on now testing this line of print for newsgroup satisfactory transmission for the insulted eyes of fussy viewers who complain re same already. Know this by earmark spending its all over the network online. Stop. Period. Now I think it isn't breaking for paragraphs. And some caps are missing. And this is where in "netiquette"? I WAS KIDDING! |
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