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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 12:49 AM Original message |
Do human dwellings need windows - or would skylights suffice? |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. screensavers |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
2. Why? nt |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 05:05 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Well, for one thing, being able to live well while "windowless" enables underground houses.. |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #13 |
22. That's one of the options I thought about, also "passive house" designs |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
3. I've lived with skylights only for 7 years so far... |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
4. Humans certainly can live for long periods |
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tgearfanatic234 (50 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 02:32 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. very interesting |
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Kennah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
5. Skylights only would facilitate the throwing of stones |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 01:41 AM Response to Original message |
6. Yes. We need to relax our eyes by viewing distant objects. |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 01:48 AM Response to Original message |
7. Need those windows |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 02:28 AM Response to Original message |
8. I would not want to live in a home without windows |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 02:29 AM Response to Original message |
9. A skylight is a window. |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 03:58 AM Response to Original message |
11. My experiences with skylights is that they usually leak. |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 06:24 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. My cat likes to watch the hummingbird feeder |
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geckosfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 06:36 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Agreed. There are sound architectural/engineering reasons to support the use of windows. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 08:53 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. My father said, when I was planning to install a skylight, |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #11 |
24. That was a big problem with the old models of skylights but aren't the new ones leak-proof? |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 04:55 AM Response to Original message |
12. my apartment |
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Hutchewon (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 06:06 AM Response to Original message |
14. We have 3 skylights in our home. |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 06:43 AM Response to Original message |
17. Are you suggesting a return to tenement houses with air shafts? |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
19. What a cheerless existence it would be to live in a house without windows. |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 10:46 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. For the psyche, for the soul |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. No, a static mural or picture is no substitute for life. |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 11:31 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. How about a 60 - 65 inch LED tv with video clips of nature that you could change at will |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 02:02 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Windows are so much more simple and satisfying. I can open them and enjoy the breeze. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-01-11 06:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Someone mentioned the focusing muscles upthread |
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