[Greenbuilding] completely nuts?
RT
archilogic at yahoo.ca
Fri Apr 6 13:42:35 CDT 2012
On Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:16:50 -0400, Vadurro, Rob, EMNRD
<rob.vadurro at state.nm.us> wrote:
> RT, you need to drive the Miata at / after sunset in the summer or fall
> with your honey and you will see the purpose of the vehicle's design.
Hey! I'm not that much of a geezer yet.
I think that I remember what the purpose of convertible automobiles is.
I even have vague memories of a T-shirt that says "Been there, done that"
... acquired back when I was 16 in high school and had a 1956 MGA & a 1967
Olds Cutlass convertibles.
The Olds was able to accommodate five honeys at once ( #1 SteadyHoney up
front, 4 lesserhoneys,friends-of-#1 in the back (this was in the days when
seatbelts were either non-existent or not required by law... don't
remember which) and would lay rubber like crazy.
#1 SteadyHoney preferred the older 2-seater MGA (which couldn't lay
rubber no matter how hard a 16 yr-old boy would try) and truth be told,
so did I (when there were no guys around). Ah, sweet youth.
These days, for after-dinner/sunset rides, I prefer a bicycle and more
sedate starts and stops with speeds well under 20 kms/hr .
and Sacie & Anne wrote:
>> The idea of lots of windows that could be opened ... seems desireable
>> in the ideal...reality is one opens only a few.
> But that reality depends on the person, doesn't it?
I'd say that it depends upon the house & climate more than it does the
person.
If the house has "rooms" and a particular room has only one window, then
I'd say that that one window should be an operable vent even if "the
person" seldom opens it. Good to have a means of escape in the event of a
fire or a farty human or pet.
If the room has lots of glass, then I'd say that having operable vents at
the lowest and highest positions would be a Good Thing, preferably on
opposite ends of the space. For large expanses of equator-facing glass,
like Clark "lame Paddy O'Furniture jokes" Olsen, I like to use
standard-size patio door glass (of which more sizes than you might think
are available), single panes configured into multi-panes with dry seals at
the edges.
Me ? During the mild days of Spring/Autumn, I like to leave most of the
windows open but for much of the Climate Change Era Summer, when it's 80
degF or hotter out, I keep them closed during the day and open them up at
night.
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For the benefit of Clark O'lsen who clearly needs some better "Irish"
jokes:
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=3460185
And may ye all have a Good Friday.
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Rob Tom
Kanata, Ontario, Canada
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