"cshenk" > wrote in message
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> jmcquown wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> On 7/15/2017 10:04 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> > On 7/15/2017 7:29 PM, wrote:
>> > > On Sat, 15 Jul 2017 19:14:22 -0400, jmcquown
>> > > > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > On 7/12/2017 12:16 PM, notbob wrote:
>> >>>>On 2017-07-12, jmcquown > wrote:
>> > > > >
>> > > > > > And there will never be a time in my life when I eat
>> > > > > > food that comes out of a 3-D printer.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Howzabout live in a 3D printed house?
>> > > > >
>> > > > > nb
>> > > > >
>> > > > Nope! I won't be living in a "tiny house", either. Back in
>> > > > the day those were called trailers.
>> > > >
>> > > > Jill
>> > >
>> > > Not the tiny houses I've been seeing. They are just that, tiny
>> > > houses built of the usual building items, wood, plywood, tiling
>> > > whatever. With extremely innovative storage capabilities.
>> > >
>> >> If you see the movie Maud (about Maud Lewis the folk artist from
>> NS)
>> > > she lived in a tiny house, appx 9 x 12, it's in the museum here.
>> > >
>> > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maud_Lewis
>> > >
>> >
>> > I could live in a small house, but the tiny house is too
>> > inconvenient for me. Some have strange gyrations to use the toilet
>> > or to cook.
>>
>> Some don't even have an oven. The tiny house concept is not for me.
>> I don't need a large house but I like a normal size bathroom and
>> shower space. And a couple of closets.
>>
>> Jill
>
> I've always been fascinated by them. If it was just me, I'd not mind
> it at all. In fact, in a way I have lived in 2 of them. The first was
> a 500ft 3 room with an unfinshed loft that I partly finished off to
> make a sort of livingroom out of an extra 200ft. The other was an 8ft
> x ?48?ft (might have been 50ft) trailer I rented for my last 2 years in
> Clemson.

I can and have had to live in places like motel rooms for extended periods
of time. Some with kitchens, some with only a tiny fridge or fridge and
microwave. But that was out of necessity. I would not choose to live that
way. I like my "stuff" too much.

I do try to continually get rid of that which I don't want or need. And
thankfully a lot of that has stopped now. Some people in my life would seem
to drown me in gifts. Mainly things that they thought were cute or funny or
that they got on sale for a very good price. Or things for the kitchen. Most
of the people I know do not cook so they'd see some gadget and assume that
I'd want it because it could be used for cooking or meal prep. Often, they'd
have no idea what this thing was even for but they would look pleased as
they presented it to me, saying something like... But you don't have one, do
you?

I have seen what happens when people keep too many things and then have to
move to a smaller place or when they die. This presents a headache to
someone else who has to get rid of all the stuff. I do like decorative stuff
but for the most part what I have is small. Because I had to make so many
moves when husband was in the military, I pared that all down, keeping only
things that I could pack by myself in one box. Most of these things are
miniatures, and I don't even really have a lot of those any more.

I also like my rocks. I polished tons of them as a child and have since
gotten a bowl full of them back from my mom. They're in a metal bowl that
was a wedding present for her. My nephew had about the same amount, some of
which I might have polished. I bought a similar bowl to house those. And
then I have crystals. Again, some of of these came from my mom after my dad
died and she had to move. I have since added to my collection with very
specific things. Most of the rocks that I did were given away as gifts and
the few I had left were left behind in the flower beds of our military
housing on Cape Cod. I just got tired of moving them.