[Info-vax] Completely OT: Frank Lloyd Wright
Bill Gunshannon
billg999 at cs.uofs.edu
Thu Oct 25 16:00:52 EDT 2012
In article <Wregn2WJMXKz at eisner.encompasserve.org>,
koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) writes:
> In article <nospam-09AF6C.16461925102012 at news.chingola.ch>, Paul Sture <nospam at sture.ch> writes:
>>
>> Is it because you remember clearing all that snow that you don't like a
>> long drive then? Or the lack of privacy?
>
> "privacy" is a great thing to have when you're breaking into somone
> else's property.
>
> Not on mine, thanks.
>
> It's not that I don't like a long drive, but I consider it a cost
> to be offset if I'm bidding on the house.
>
>>
>> In my early teens we moved into a house with large picture windows and
>> had to get used to folks staring in. We got good at out-staring them
>> but it wasn't until the hedge matured that we could get any privacy.
>
> Why didn't you close the drapes?
>
> To reduce crime, folks need to be able to see the house, not see
> into the house.
>
Everybody can see everybody else's house here in the city where I currently
live. Hasn't prevented breakins. In fact, they are on the rise. Biggest
difference in that respect between my current two houses is I can't use a
gun here.
bill
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