General Discussion & Chat: Coffee and...Part 32...! :-D, 1 by balvenie

balvenie wrote:
Jas,I'd love to have another 100+ year old house. I fantasize /daydream/yearn about restoring an old home. Step by step.Footings, foundation, how are the rafters? new roofing, strip the walls to the studs, wire and plumb, sheet rock or lath and plaster, new windows with old style glass, ad infinitum. The reality of it is that I'm too old to start anything like that now, and finding something really old 'out west' would be hard too.

Dig. I'm spoiled living here in what USED to be a quiet little rural town with everything now just a mile away on the Tulalip Reservation. They put in a huge new casino which brought in so much money they built a shopping center with Home Depot, Wal Mart and a dozen small businesses, then a month ago they opened a 100 store Outlet Mall. Most of the new stuff is meaningless to me, but 6 major grocery markets,Co-op, lumber yard, bakery,library, bookstore and two Starbuck's within a 3 mile radius, what more could I want? (someplace in the sticks)

MG, Lost has taken a new turn hasn't it. They did say there would be some surprises. That underground creation is getting a little too far out for my imagination, but that's Hollywood. It is still one of my favorite TV entertainments, along with 'Disparate' Housewives.
The outside looks a little better.