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Comments (3)As far as what SEER and COP to shoot for set your budget and go for the Highest you can find within that budget from an installer you trust. Top Equipement Manufacturs from what I can tell. Trane: Some problems on the 16XLi from my Trane vendor. American Standard: Really never head anything bad about them Lennox: One of the more prominent posters on the forum doesn't like Lennox Heat Pumps some say over engineered products. Carrier: Controls are amazing quality seems to be falling off some. I would get a variable speed air handler for dehumidification on demand in that area too. Honeywell IAQ thermostat is highly recomended And with the Foam insulation you will also need a air exchanger to bring fresh air into the house. Thats my 2 cents; good luck w/ the new house....See MoreMother/Daughter Trip: Where to go?
Comments (73)Yes, I know exactly what you're referring to. I seem to recall first hearing about the cannibalism theory at one of the visitor's centers for a national park/monument - cannot for the life of me recall which one though. The evidence of trade with Mexico fascinates me, as does the network of ancient roads that have been mapped out. How cool is this: When the Spanish first arrived in the southwest in the 16th century, they recorded feather trade and the keeping of macaws among Pueblo peoples (Hodge and Lewis 1907:106; Schroeder 1968:98-99). As evidenced by Lyndon Hargrove (1970), macaw skeletal remains make their appearance in the American Southwest by 1000 AD. Most significant are the remains of the scarlet macaw (Ara macao) whose native habitat only extends from the jungles of South America into lowland Mexico. The presence of scarlet macaws in the desert southwest illustrates the importance of trade in exotica between the cultures of the southwest and Mexico. The earliest macaw feathers that have been recovered in this region date back to 750 A.D. These feathers indicate the start of a large trade network between the southwestern cultures and Central Mexico. Turquoise from New Mexico and Arizona have been found in Mexico, while marine shells from the Sea of Cortez, copper bells, and cacao from Central Mexico have been recovered in the southwest. Of course, my dad liked to remind me that as some of these civilizations flourished, cathedrals were being built in Europe, but that makes the mud-bricked ruins no less amazing in my mind. ;-)...See MoreIf you sell on eBay (even occasionally) . . .
Comments (24)E-bay; I spent a summer or three shopping e-bay back when you had to have a paypal account to bid and I did not. A friend handled all that. She loved getting packages. We argued over the different shipping charges. Later I found out I was correct sellers did use shipping charges as a way to hide profits from Ebay's % take. Nothing about selling made sense. I was buying 'collectables' for pennies compared to their original purchase price. The seller is under a lot of pressure to get things in the mail RIGHT NOW once an item is sold. Items come broken... Our post office is to be avoided at all costs. Nope the church garage sales/good will make sooo much more sense to me when off loading STUFF. The people shopping there also get items they are wanting at prices they can afford and that makes me happy. When I am done with something I am done! I don't need to expend even one more minute than necessary getting rid of it--and it doesn't end up in a landfill by my hand. Plus plus. Posting items, dickering on price at times, watching for final sale, wrapping, hauling to the Post Office adds up to a lot of time I sure don't have to give and I have a TON of time on my hands!!!...See MoreWould you buy a house with main rooms facing North-East?
Comments (25)" I never even thought about the direction of any house I bought." Me, either. There is no perfect house, there's always something that's a compromise. In this house, I have an interior kitchen, how I wish I had a window -- I'd take any window, even a north one. But there are lots of windows in the house, including a great room that has banks of windows on three sides = abundant light. The property itself is terrific, and in the geographic location I wanted, so I bought the house. My last house had a south-facing entry and kitchen/eating area with two decent-sized windows, after many years there and trees filling in, guess what? Wasn't all that sunny in there -- bright, but not sunny. My southern view was of the driveway and cars driving down the street -- I'd take a northern or eastern exposure with a great view over that. That same house had the living and dining room facing north with huge window and patio door -- never was sunny in there, either, but it never felt dark or dreary in there, even in winter, because of the abundance of natural light and I maximized my view out those windows with the patios and landscaping, it was lovely to be in there and look out those windows. Those north-facing windows. What I'm trying to say is there are so many variables to take into consideration, not just the exposure....See Moreplllog
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