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heh, i shouldn't second guess myself
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pxib
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An air-rifle pellet hitting a soap bubble?
Digg said it was a water bubble, which seems kind of surprising considering there are two (three?) bubbles within.
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Ironwood
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Indeed.
I'm guessing you put a nice rug down and your more expensive bottles never get burgled.
I love those pictures.
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NiX
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It could double as the worlds greatest panic room!  |
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schild
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It could double as the worlds greatest panic room! At panic room with a glass door is pretty much the worst idea in the history of ideas. |
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NiX
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I was following Zod's idea of putting a rug down.
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A restaurant we went to in Tokyo ( Honjin, in Ginza) had that setup for their sake. |
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Valmorian
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I was following Zod's idea of putting a rug down.
Hm, how do you get the rug on top after you're inside? ;) |
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I'd go with an intricate metal door that made it look like the entrance to a vault from Fallout or something.
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I'd go with an intricate metal door that made it look like the entrance to a vault from Fallout or something.
Or a big metal door with this spraypainted on it:  |
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Broken link. But ironically that would work very well here too |
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Aez
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Is Canada the only country where houses have basement.
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« Last Edit: June 08, 2009, 07:26:00 PM by Aez »
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schild
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Is Canada is the only country where houses have basement.
Yes. |
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The mounting of that door was done very poorly. The hinges (which are flush mount) are sticking up at least 1/8" and the edge of the frame also has several places where it is well above the floor.
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Grimwell
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Is Canada is the only country where houses have basement.
Yes. Michigan is not Canada. Though they may have to sell the UP to the Canadians in order to pay the bills soon. |
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Maybe this is the solution to Snakecharmer's gun safe problem.
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Maybe this is the solution to Snakecharmer's gun safe problem.
In Mobile? That thing would be a nice cistern with all the seepage from being so far below the water table. Still awesome though. |
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Abagadro
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Water is a great natural camouflage and defense!
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FatuousTwat
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Is Canada the only country where houses have basement.
The bottom floor of my house is half underground, is that considered a basement? |
Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
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base⋅ment –noun 1. a story of a building, partly or wholly underground.  |
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What is that and why ?
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The bottom floor of my house is half underground, is that considered a basement?
More soutterain than basement |
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Holy crap!
A 2600, a 5200 and an 800 with dual disk drives.
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Austin doesn't do basements. Some parts because the water level is 3 inches below the surface, others because the bedrock is (seriously, I went to bury a pet and hit rock everywhere, finally finding a spot where a little sledgehammer work got me down two feet). Even the places they could put basements or half-basements, they generally don't. At the southern edge of Tornado Alley, and no basement.
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Cyrrex
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Here in Illinois it seems like all of the McMansions have basements. I think that any place that can get hit by tornados and can otherwise dig down far enough will have a higher frequency of basements.
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rattran
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Every place I've lived in northern Illinois has had a basement. And they weren't McMansions.
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Paelos
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Every house I've had in the South has had some form of basement.
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Nebu
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I was once told that the frequency of basements was related to the depth required for the foundation to be below the frost line (i.e. if it's in a cold climate, the foundation would need to be deeper. If you have a deep foundation, it's easy to just have a basement.)
I'm not sure if it's true or just an urban myth, but I've see far fewer basements as the climate gets warmer.
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Teleku
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Basements are an urban legend in California.
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Oban
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Basements are an urban legend in California.
Oh the joys of illegal basements in La Jolla. |
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