October 31, 20241 yr Popular Post comment_345329 https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/building-garden/bathroom-fixtures/solid-wood-bathtub-carved-from-single-piece-wood-fully-functional-logniture/id-f_41378342/ Report
October 31, 20241 yr Author Popular Post comment_345335 The toilet is in the woods next to the tree. Report
October 31, 20241 yr Popular Post comment_345350 5 hours ago, DuckSoup said: The toilet is in the woods next to the tree. I'd hope it would be in the woods next to the cornfield. Report
November 3, 20241 yr comment_345520 On 10/31/2024 at 9:34 AM, DuckSoup said: The toilet is in the woods next to the tree. Helps the tree grow In the 1990's I was working on and off on gold exploration projects in Mexico. One expression I heard often was "Voy a mi arbolito".... One old guy even explained to this dumb gringo the difference between that and "Voy a mi ranchito" That old timer was the only one I ever heard use the second expression, he may have made it up or perhaps so much of Mexico has moved beyond outdoor "plumbing" that no one knows it any more. Report
November 3, 20241 yr Popular Post comment_345527 That tub tops the one I talked my ex out of in Santa Fe just a few years ago. The one she admired was carved out of travertine and cost a mere $15k as I remember. Talking her out of it is not why she's my ex btw Most of the reason I succeeded in this was because she is basically a sensible person and I pointed out just how much floor reinforcement we'd have to do to support the weight, and just what a pain it was going to be to move a stone tub - we'd just ripped out some 1960's cast iron inserts which were plenty heavy and the memory of that was still fresh in her mind. Next step of success was finding a very similarly shaped hollow molded tub on the internet. That one weighed so little I had to stick it down with caulk! It was super easy to move into a tight space. The molded tub was actually more attractive to my eye than the stone one. Stone is often fairly fragile and the carver didn't trust travertine to not break, so it wasn't as gracefully shaped as the one I later found on the internet. That house was one of the best remodels we ever did, I almost miss living there. Report
November 15, 20241 yr comment_346286 On 10/31/2024 at 8:29 AM, HandyDan said: Seems reasonable. Don't forget, that's Canadian dollars. Roughly $250 US! Report
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