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Just a musing. Spent the morning with builders at my place.
I was thinking of chopping the Morgan for a Gallardo Spider, as they seem to have come down a bit and doubtless will some more this year, bringing them into range. I have no wife, no children and no debt apart from a mortgage, so I thought "why not"?
But no. Instead it looks like double glazing, rebuilt bathrooms, new kitchen and numerous other works to my place. And while I have wanted to do these things for a while, they have never been that important. My place looked nice, worked (if alittle patchily) and was a great bachelor pad. Charming, but a little scruffy around the edges.
Now, after seeing the builders I am getting excited about heat reflective sound deadening glass, underfloor heating, wetrooms and fridge drawers. So much so that for one dark minute I actually thought:
"wow - can't believe I was thinking about a Lambo when instead I can make my house amazing".
This means that I am both gay, and old. It's finally happened. The worst is, while I cannot believe I actually thought those heretical thoughts, I'm definitely going ahead with the work on the house. Over the amazing car.
I should probably be sin binned for this post. I'm sorry.
I was thinking of chopping the Morgan for a Gallardo Spider, as they seem to have come down a bit and doubtless will some more this year, bringing them into range. I have no wife, no children and no debt apart from a mortgage, so I thought "why not"?
But no. Instead it looks like double glazing, rebuilt bathrooms, new kitchen and numerous other works to my place. And while I have wanted to do these things for a while, they have never been that important. My place looked nice, worked (if alittle patchily) and was a great bachelor pad. Charming, but a little scruffy around the edges.
Now, after seeing the builders I am getting excited about heat reflective sound deadening glass, underfloor heating, wetrooms and fridge drawers. So much so that for one dark minute I actually thought:
"wow - can't believe I was thinking about a Lambo when instead I can make my house amazing".
This means that I am both gay, and old. It's finally happened. The worst is, while I cannot believe I actually thought those heretical thoughts, I'm definitely going ahead with the work on the house. Over the amazing car.
I should probably be sin binned for this post. I'm sorry.
Edited by Harry Flashman on Monday 20th April 13:35
I've obviously got a few more candles than you on my cake then.
I was running a stage up the M1 in a rented van the other week, and started thinking how practical these things were, and what sort of large vehicle I could get if I chopped the Vette in....
I did come to my senses however, kept the Vette and rented a van again the next weekend to shift yet more kak.
I was running a stage up the M1 in a rented van the other week, and started thinking how practical these things were, and what sort of large vehicle I could get if I chopped the Vette in....
I did come to my senses however, kept the Vette and rented a van again the next weekend to shift yet more kak.
Pints said:
Ooh! Heat reflective sound deadening glass. I shall have to look into that at my earliest convenience. 
Actually, the heat reflective glass is really quite something - they brought some over. Very slight tint, completely cuts out the sun's radiation - you get slight warmth, nothing more. My south facing rooms are sweatboxes in the summer, but I don't want to leave windows open, and dont want thick curtains - just thin blinds.
Sound deadening uses a thicker pane on one side and thinner on the other to catch different frequencies, with larger argon gap between them. Again, trialled it - couldn't even hear police sirens (I live on a main road).
And the photochromatic glass bathroom doors will darken when you lock them, but allow light through to the rest of the house when unlocked.
Dear god - LISTEN TO ME. It's all over. I may as well sell the Morgan and get a Prius.
Edited by Harry Flashman on Monday 20th April 14:03
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