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Comments (29)I sent off a bunch of window questions last night. We'll see what I get back. Dh is ready to get this thing started and I am well...nervous. gbsim-thank you for speaking to flow and thanks for the info on the sound proofing! We don't watch much TV now but I suppose as they get older they will! Pocket doors - I am hesitant to use them in higher humidity areas - such as bathrooms because I fear they will warp or 'stick' or something. I have heard some bad stories of doors in those areas so I was trying to avoid them. As for the master I stayed away there because I think sliding the door would be significantly louder than swinging and softly latching a swing door. Anyone have any experience with the pockets in bathrooms? Ontario (hello from across the lake, and well head south west a bit, lol)! Thanks for the pics-very cool! I am passing all of these window tidbits on to dh as he is the window decision maker. We have decided to divide and conquer. I have never seen anything like those. First time building so you never really know what's out there besides the 'standard' doublehung/casement/slide by. lyfia-I know - only slideby windows I had experience with were in college and they were cheap junk! So I was really leery of that but I think they have come a long way and I was shocked at how many there are around now that I have actually been paying attention to other houses (new and older builds) around. I'll be honest - I have a hard time visualizing these drawings in 3d. I know the covered porch is gabled and the other small porch is cantilevered but I can't really tell how the dining area roof ties in. I am still teetering on that angled window. I really don't have any place to hang much of anything - even a clock! I'm not a heavy decorator/fashionista so it mostly works in my favor but it would be nice to have a little bit of wall space. Dh is leaving that one up to me. We have a 'bump out' like that in our current house and you are right - they are much colder than the rest of the floor come winter. That is another reason why I am teetering with it. I am thinking about that very thing - adding a window to the north side of the dining room and removing that angled window. :( I need to just make up my mind! Renovator - thanks for the explanation (and for being gentle since we aren't using an architect :) ). I really appreciate your explanation. I have asked for clarification on the basement and boys bedroom windows to be sure we meet code and safety requirements. I will double check the dormer - I think it is that size because it's actually real and not a facade but at the same time we don't need any water or ice melt issues. I think we are close to signing off. I am just waiting for his feedback on the window sizes/adjustments I sent last night. Lisa...See MoreDo You Notice Glaring Spelling Errors On Commercial Sites/Blogs?
Comments (34)What drive me nuts is when reading real estate listings (I am an agent) someone will invariably write "parkay" floors. I always think of how awfully slippery they must be! They also misspell other commonly used words in our field and I am afraid that the new versions will somehow take hold. Think of good old duct tape. It is now duck tape and commonly labeled that way. I typo all the time and even had to go back to the word "typo" to correct it, lol. However, I do try to catch mine. I see people on FB all the time who seem to make no attempt at spelling or grammar. Frequently they are in college or recently graduated, so you would think they'd have learned by now (my peers' children). I think by the time I was 10 or so, I had a pretty decent grip on the English language. I hate to sound crotchety, but kids these days...... I do my best with our sons (7.5 & 9), but it is an uphill battle with all the errors I catch while watching tv, surfing the web, reading professionally made signs, etc... The younger generation is bombarded with poor examples everywhere they look!...See MoreNew glasses are driving me bonkers!
Comments (31)My husband (and his whole family) have bad eyes - think Coke bottle lenses in the 1970s. He has had a vitrectomy and cataract surgery and had a twisted nerve in one eye that causes glaucoma-like symptoms. He has to use 2 types of drops plus Refresh - and just yesterday had a follow-up appointment with his eye specialist - no change in the past 6 months fortunately. His left eye is worse than his right eye - he had to give up wearing contacts years ago since one had to be made thicker than the other and it was always falling out. I asked him if his glasses had lines - they don't - but it was a nightmare getting the prescription right - I happen to have a fabulous optometrist and I have 20/20 - and yet for years he resisted going to her now he wonders why I didn't suggest it - men. But he does not have transitional lenses and is not about to get them. He absolutely has to buy small frames and the frames selected have to accommodate his very strong and different left/right prescriptions - which is where our fabulous optometrist comes in. I met a couple there during my check-up who had moved 100 miles away so went elsewhere and could hardly see out of their new frames so decided it was worth the drive to see my Dr. We have an acquaintance in his early 30s who has a very strong prescription as well. He did opt for the transition lenses and was sorry. We live in Canada and they just don't work right. Yet when he went on vacation to St. Maarten they performed beautifully - maybe the lack of pollution - who knows - but he gave them up when he bought his last pair. My husband also has a pair of clip-ons that he uses as sunglasses - so the frames he chooses have to accommodate them. He also has a pair of computer glasses for use at work - actually they really suit him but they were not appropriate frames to handle his whole prescription and also were not compatible with the clip-on sunglasses. Since his glasses cost an absolute fortune - and our provincial health insurance does not cover eyes and neither does his office plan - and he needs 2 pairs of regular just in case - he is not about to get and lose a pair of specific prescription sun glasses. I did buy him the type you wear over your prescription glasses but he wouldn't wear them - so clip-ons it is. I would be seriously having my prescription checked out in your situation - it is very possible that it was not made right. I am very grateful for my vision at 63 - especially the excellent peripheral vision. Not a chance we would buy his glasses on-line - or from one of the big box type of eye glass stores. Our optometrist guarantees her glasses. I hope you get all of this resolved....See MoreNight driving issues and choosing glasses
Comments (8)Interesting...unless there are cataracts which cause a halo effect, I just assumed it was because a) as you age, you need more light to see something and b) that your retina reaction time and flexibility deteriorates with age so it takes longer for your eyes to adjust to brightness and darkness. I know DH has trouble seeing sometimes inside the house for a minute if he's been outside in very bright sunlight. So when a car comes the other way, I avert my gaze the far right side of the road to minimize the light impact and to see the edge of the road where it's darkest so easier to see. I've also noticed that the new headlights on many cars (LED?) are especially bright and piercing. I don't know but have an impression that drivers are less careful about dimming their headlights as well. It may also be that with the ubiquity of the taller SUVs, headlights are relatively higher which could also contribute to the problem as their aim is more directly at your eyes, esp if you're in a regular car, as am I....See More- 11 years ago
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