What do you love the look of despite it being impractical, uncomfortable, or high maintenance?
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From the very first one I saw in person, the wildly variable steps and gaps between panels was a big "nope". The very long single wiper blade on the windshield also tickled my engineer brain as "nightmare to maintain".
You're right, on top of the other problems I mentioned, it also has poor quality control.
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You'd have to, like, add a whole other layer to the inside or outside
That is, actually what they do, by my understanding. If the house isn't brick, then when you need to replace the siding they will actually put an entirely new layer of sheathing on over the outside, something like Zip R that has poly-iso foam insulation and acts as an air barrier. They then can put siding back on that fits the original look of the house, hopefully using architectural elements and details that were saved from teardown.
Another way is to go from the inside, and rip out the walls to the studs while saving trim pieces and put in new insulation and replace the horsehair plaster with drywall. Then you'll be dealing with special ordering non-standard modern double glazed windows in weird sizes, because if you wanted to use the standard window sizes you can't use your beautiful old growth mahogany trim pieces lovingly carved for your whacky leaky windows.
The attic is often not that bad to insulate because there should be relatively few cut-ins and blown in cellulose can go everywhere, but then you miss out on your perfect gothic "Wednesday's room" unless you want to spend even more money trying to figure out how to get all of those turret towers and vaulting and weird rooflines into your envelope.
So, it's possible, just prohibitively expensive
Thanks! That makes sense.
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SUITS! I LOVE SUITS! They also are comfortable to me
Had to read this twice.
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I love, love, love this comment! So interesting to see and read how styles have changed over time and I appreciate the detail you put into your descriptions.
This was the exact picture I was looking at as an example of how I would want one of the rooms in my dream house to look and what led to the creation of this post, haha. I would also want each room to be a different color, and I desperately want a conversation pit in my living room.
Add a Ligne Roset Togo orange sofa cluster and it's perfect.
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It was bright carpeted floors that inspired this post.
Dragons. How do people feed this thing !?
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Had to read this twice.
Did you also see "SLUTS"?
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It was bright carpeted floors that inspired this post.
Fountain pens. I very rarely write anything, but goddamn do I appreciate the artisanship of the pen itself, the myriad of inks to choose from, along with the physical sensation of writing on nice paper.
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Thing is. I have no clue how or if they reached america. I'm italian so i'm just going off of my experience with them. And how easily i found spare parts on the web for them. Not their availability in America.
While they were not sold in America, you could theoretically import a first gen model under the older than 25 years rule without too much trouble. Thanks to the internet getting parts wouldn't be too hard, though you'd want some form of backup transportation as you may have to wait a bit for them to arrive.
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Steam locomotives!!! Maybe not the full intent of this thread, but they’re terrible for the environment, inefficient, complicated as hell, and SO COOL!
related, steam turbine locomotives! they never really took off, but they're amazing!
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It was bright carpeted floors that inspired this post.
cyberdecks. they're basically unusable as daily devices since they're just made to look cool... but they look cool
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Fountain pens. I very rarely write anything, but goddamn do I appreciate the artisanship of the pen itself, the myriad of inks to choose from, along with the physical sensation of writing on nice paper.
Writing implements in general: pencils (mechanical and not), pens, fountain pens and anything in between.
It's ironic, since I'm a programmer and it's way more usable to just take notes on the computer (easier editing, linking, organization and searching).
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It was bright carpeted floors that inspired this post.
I just put together a mechanical clock from a lasercut wood kit. Not particularly accurate, and you have to wind it every once in a while. I don't even have it working properly because the drive train seems to have too much friction with the current placement. But it looks really cool with all the gears exposed.
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cyberdecks. they're basically unusable as daily devices since they're just made to look cool... but they look cool
This is the exact thought I had as I saw this post.
I'm currently building one out of an ammo can with a raspberry pi and an ungodly amount of squeezing and CAD work.
Very much inspired by this guy's buiild:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qo-nNeZTQE
My current progress:
https://i.imgur.com/k1WUoJb.png
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Fountain pens. I very rarely write anything, but goddamn do I appreciate the artisanship of the pen itself, the myriad of inks to choose from, along with the physical sensation of writing on nice paper.
I write a lot of things on paper for notes. I found that when I write with a cheap ballpoint, I'm pressing down hard to get the ink to work right, and it cramps up my hand in short order.
With a fountain pen, you can't press down hard. You'd ruin the nib if you did that. You need to learn to slow down a bit and glide over the paper. Your notes will tend to be more readable as a result.
The main issue becomes weight balance. I find I don't want to put the cap on the other end, because that puts a lot of weight on that side and my hand will get tired from holding it up.
It all works very nice when it comes together. You do want to wait for the ink to dry so it doesn't smudge. That's the one real cost.
If you don't want to do all the cleaning and ink maintenance of a fountain pen, then I've found Ohto ballpoints to be a good alternative. Still have to wait for the ink to dry, but they glide across the page with minimal pressure. When someone borrows one of mine, I warn them not to press down too hard, and they're surprised when that works very well.
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This is the exact thought I had as I saw this post.
I'm currently building one out of an ammo can with a raspberry pi and an ungodly amount of squeezing and CAD work.
Very much inspired by this guy's buiild:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qo-nNeZTQE
My current progress:
https://i.imgur.com/k1WUoJb.png
that's sick
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that's sick
Agreed. I've been obsessed with it. And I Made it extra challenging for myself by using a bigger screen, a whole whopping 9 inches. And then to add insult to injury I'm making removable batteries, a locking mechanism so it can be taken apart on the fly, a full mouse and keyboard, and a fan for airflow.
Eventually I might also add a GPS unit inside it too for the hell of it.
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Dragons. How do people feed this thing !?
Feed it the rich
