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People in glass houses (Original Post) moobu2 Sep 2012 OP
Beautiful, but... av8rdave Sep 2012 #1
Bathroom? dawg Sep 2012 #2
People in glass houses... baldguy Sep 2012 #5
An all glass house in the middle of snow country… NV Whino Sep 2012 #3
You noticed that too. Scuba Sep 2012 #20
Isn't that the set for 13 ghosts? Baitball Blogger Sep 2012 #4
It's beautiful as art lunatica Sep 2012 #6
It's beautiful! HappyMe Sep 2012 #7
And the woods could see you hobbit709 Sep 2012 #9
Meh, it's just trees. HappyMe Sep 2012 #10
Are you sure? Most eyes in the trees don't want to be seen. hobbit709 Sep 2012 #12
wonder how hot it would get inside that greenhouse in August here in Austin. hobbit709 Sep 2012 #8
Try Houston... AnneD Sep 2012 #11
We're almost as humid as Houston and usually a few degrees warmer. hobbit709 Sep 2012 #13
Houston is one of the few places I know... AnneD Sep 2012 #14
And it can rain and evaporate at the same time lunatica Sep 2012 #15
I have seen ... AnneD Sep 2012 #16
Humidity% is not an accurate measure kurtzapril4 Sep 2012 #19
After a certain point... AnneD Sep 2012 #21
Pretty little piece of art. LiveNudePolitics Sep 2012 #17
Notice in the 3rd photo of the bed in the upstairs bedroom? moobu2 Sep 2012 #18

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
6. It's beautiful as art
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 07:42 AM
Sep 2012

but in no time it would look like a piece of garbage if people actually lived in it. Where are the messy closets, the garage with the tool boxes and the big sink for messy jobs, and the cabinet under the kitchen sink with all the cleaners and buckets? Where's the bathtub and shower and toilet? Hell! Where's the catch-all den with the giant screen to watch football games and the computer for the computer games? Where are the baby toys?

I think it's meant to be art.

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)
13. We're almost as humid as Houston and usually a few degrees warmer.
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 08:46 AM
Sep 2012

It will be a 105° on the afternoon and 85° in the morning with 90+% humidity.

AnneD

(15,774 posts)
14. Houston is one of the few places I know...
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 12:20 PM
Sep 2012

where you can have 100% humidity and no rain. And combine that with subtropical temps and you have a recipe for disaster.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
15. And it can rain and evaporate at the same time
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 01:25 PM
Sep 2012

But if you want a thunderstorm that'll put the fear of God in you, Houston's the place!

AnneD

(15,774 posts)
16. I have seen ...
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 04:32 PM
Sep 2012

rain evaporate before it hit the ground in Az. and I have lived through some frog stranglers in Houston.

kurtzapril4

(1,353 posts)
19. Humidity% is not an accurate measure
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 07:11 PM
Sep 2012

of the amount of water in the air....100% humidity means all the air has been replaced by water. Dew point is what you want to pay attention to. Any dew point above 70% is uncomfortably humid.

AnneD

(15,774 posts)
21. After a certain point...
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 08:12 PM
Sep 2012

it is all mute, no matter the method of measurement. We have numerous bayous and the Gulf of Mexico. Trust me when I say, you can have 100% humidity and even a high dew point (which we frequently do), and still no rain. This is one reason why our poor asthmatics were having such problems during Ike. No power for cooling and heavy air. I am not asthmatic but I was having trouble breathing.

The nice perk....your skin looks younger, less dried out. It is a continual sauna. I don't even waste my money on moisturizers. When I went west this summer, I couldn't drink enough water or use enough lotion. The further west I went, the worse it got.

moobu2

(4,822 posts)
18. Notice in the 3rd photo of the bed in the upstairs bedroom?
Thu Sep 20, 2012, 07:06 PM
Sep 2012

you can see right through to the living room below. That's just too wild. The floors are glass too. I love the idea but I would settle for some glass walls with a solid roof and floor myself. If you notice there are some opaque less transparent drapes that blend in that could be pulled closed for more privacy.

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