Raise your hand if you've always wanted to live in 1 of these: - Page 2

jinx · 09-30-2005, 05:06 PM

"Don't mind" would be an understatement, for me anyway. I like wood, stone and plaster - wall to wall carpet and central air conditioning give me the creeps.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-30-2005, 05:16 PM

Oh..oh..the third one Jinx, the one in Oley. Jim could really polish his skills on that baby.

Undertoad · 10-03-2005, 11:51 AM

Off-hours, 422 is no problem. You lose 15 mins if you go inbound from 7:15 am - 9 am. You lose 15 mins if you go outbound from 4 pm - 6 pm.

Of course since there is no passenger rail and they continue to build out this way, those times will expand.

darclauz · 10-03-2005, 01:01 PM

i actually wrote this the other day, thinking about being a lighthouse keeper...how weird is that?

island keeper

black water

crashes
around me
like moses i stand
stone platform
out of the depths
caught between liquid and night

slicker alive in the wind
wet slap
staccato against my legs

for one absurd moment
i imagine myself a god
throwing my arms to the sky

stirring the storm

leaping
in yellow light,
my shadow
thrown onto brutal rock
mocks my power

i turn away sharply
my back to the churning sea
inhale the mist
and the salt

stride through the great wooden doors.
i
hold the ocean.

wolf · 10-03-2005, 02:26 PM

On second thought, I'd probably be better off in a windmill. Or my original plan of a decommissioned silo.

It was the grocery anecdote that made up my mind.

Clodfobble · 10-03-2005, 07:17 PM

Every time I open this thread, I start humming that weird old Erika Eigen song, "I Wanna Marry a Lighthouse Keeper"...

limey · 10-03-2005, 07:47 PM

But I already live 130 metres above sea level with uninterrupted sea views from west-south-west to south-east ...

xoxoxoBruce · 10-03-2005, 07:58 PM

With a bottle of W(h)iskey, peat fire and a cute lamb. Sounds like heaven.

limey · 10-05-2005, 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

With a bottle of W(h)iskey, peat fire and a cute lamb. Sounds like heaven.

That's "whisky" where I come from, but I can see where the "whiskey" comes from on a clear day ...

xoxoxoBruce · 10-05-2005, 06:18 PM

Oh, ok. I've seen single malts spelled wiskey, also.

BigV · 10-03-2005, 08:05 PM

Ewwwwwwe crack me up xoB.

wolf · 10-11-2005, 05:06 PM

Can't you just leave some of those silica gel packets on the stairs?

barefoot serpent · 10-14-2005, 04:23 PM

Wolf Trap - 75,000 sold
Thimble Shoals - 65,000 sold
Middle Ground - 31,000 sold

but wait... Smith Point is still up! Currently at 90,000.

barefoot serpent · 10-24-2005, 11:48 AM

Smith Point has drawn some new blood:
History: Amount
Bidder
Bid Date/Time

$170,000.00
(trimac)
October 21, 2005 19:25:22

$165,000.00
(killer)
October 21, 2005 17:10:29

$155,000.00
(trimac)
October 21, 2005 14:54:42

$150,000.00
(angel )
October 21, 2005 14:37:59

$145,000.00
(trimac)
October 21, 2005 13:51:13

$140,000.00
(killer)
October 21, 2005 12:45:14

$135,000.00
(trimac)
October 20, 2005 16:22:57

$130,000.00
(killer)
October 20, 2005 10:42:23

$125,000.00
(trimac)
October 20, 2005 10:27:44

$120,000.00
(killer)
October 19, 2005 14:56:58

Apparently Smith Point has a 3-mile long extension cord (note the breaker box and outlets on the wall) and so the availablilty of power has drawn in higher bids. But who pays the light bill?

lheene · 10-26-2005, 11:08 PM

it would be great to experience living there,but I guess after a while it gets kinda inconvenient..

09-30-2005, 05:06 PM	#1
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	"Don't mind" would be an understatement, for me anyway. I like wood, stone and plaster - wall to wall carpet and central air conditioning give me the creeps. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

09-30-2005, 05:16 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Oh..oh..the third one Jinx, the one in Oley. Jim could really polish his skills on that baby. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-03-2005, 01:01 PM	#4
darclauz Breathing into a paper bag Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 334	i actually wrote this the other day, thinking about being a lighthouse keeper...how weird is that? island keeper black water crashes around me like moses i stand stone platform out of the depths caught between liquid and night slicker alive in the wind wet slap staccato against my legs for one absurd moment i imagine myself a god throwing my arms to the sky stirring the storm leaping in yellow light, my shadow thrown onto brutal rock mocks my power i turn away sharply my back to the churning sea inhale the mist and the salt stride through the great wooden doors. i hold the ocean. __________________ Taking up smoking to lose weight.

10-03-2005, 02:26 PM	#5
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	On second thought, I'd probably be better off in a windmill. Or my original plan of a decommissioned silo. It was the grocery anecdote that made up my mind. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

10-03-2005, 07:47 PM	#7
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	But I already live 130 metres above sea level with uninterrupted sea views from west-south-west to south-east ... __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

10-03-2005, 11:51 AM	#3
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Off-hours, 422 is no problem. You lose 15 mins if you go inbound from 7:15 am - 9 am. You lose 15 mins if you go outbound from 4 pm - 6 pm. Of course since there is no passenger rail and they continue to build out this way, those times will expand.

10-03-2005, 07:17 PM	#6
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Every time I open this thread, I start humming that weird old Erika Eigen song, "I Wanna Marry a Lighthouse Keeper"...

10-03-2005, 07:58 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	With a bottle of W(h)iskey, peat fire and a cute lamb. Sounds like heaven. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-05-2005, 06:18 PM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Oh, ok. I've seen single malts spelled wiskey, also. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-03-2005, 08:05 PM	#11
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Ewwwwwwe crack me up xoB. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

10-11-2005, 05:06 PM	#12
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Can't you just leave some of those silica gel packets on the stairs? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

10-14-2005, 04:23 PM	#13
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	Gone! Wolf Trap - 75,000 sold Thimble Shoals - 65,000 sold Middle Ground - 31,000 sold but wait... Smith Point is still up! Currently at 90,000.

10-24-2005, 11:48 AM	#14
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	Still going... Smith Point has drawn some new blood: History: Amount Bidder Bid Date/Time $170,000.00 (trimac) October 21, 2005 19:25:22 $165,000.00 (killer) October 21, 2005 17:10:29 $155,000.00 (trimac) October 21, 2005 14:54:42 $150,000.00 (angel ) October 21, 2005 14:37:59 $145,000.00 (trimac) October 21, 2005 13:51:13 $140,000.00 (killer) October 21, 2005 12:45:14 $135,000.00 (trimac) October 20, 2005 16:22:57 $130,000.00 (killer) October 20, 2005 10:42:23 $125,000.00 (trimac) October 20, 2005 10:27:44 $120,000.00 (killer) October 19, 2005 14:56:58 Apparently Smith Point has a 3-mile long extension cord (note the breaker box and outlets on the wall) and so the availablilty of power has drawn in higher bids. But who pays the light bill?

10-26-2005, 11:08 PM	#15
lheene Resident Denizen Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 60	it would be great to experience living there,but I guess after a while it gets kinda inconvenient..

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