I thought a hovel is a house ..... like this.
Spare bedroom that is gradually being filled to the rim with everything I own because of the work I plan to do downstairs. How'd I get all this? I thought I did not have any stuff? Even though the work's just the kitchen I know from past remodel experiences at some point somehow I'll have all this and more and my bed and 'puter and bikes and dog and .... at some point it'll be the only room
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10-24-2007, 07:53 PM #1
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Oh, that kind of hovel.
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10-25-2007, 03:29 AM #2
Mmmmm.....chocolate
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Pigsty
You work in a hovel....I work in a pigsty. At least I will be for an hour or two this afternoon....attached is a picture of some of my "colleagues" for the afternoon....
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10-25-2007, 03:33 AM #3
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Aaaww. Pigs are cute!
(Have you read "Berlinerpoplene" by the way? It's been televised and is showing on Norwegian tv these days, speaking of pigs...lots of cute piglets and a very introverted pig farmer...)Winter riding is much less about badassery and much more about bundle-uppery. - malkin
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10-25-2007, 04:08 AM #4
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Silver - Love your work space...cool drill press!!
UK - Were you involved with the Swine Research Facility here at UI?? I once did a rescue on a grad student who went into the tank without an air pack...I smelled so bad afterwards the guys made me ride the tailboard of the fire truck back to the station.
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10-25-2007, 05:56 AM #5
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okay, i'll play. this is the inside of our lowspeed wind tunnel. Along the bottom of the picture you see a row of microphones (mine) they are 12 feet high.
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10-25-2007, 07:27 AM #6
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Ooooooh COOL!!!!
Originally Posted by mimitabby
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10-25-2007, 07:31 AM #7
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the down side to this cool looking huge room is there is so much particulate garbage in there that if I am down there for 5 minutes my nose and eyes start to run. We had hazmat folks come out and they tested it and they said it was safe enough to eat... a kind of fire retardant salt. salt irritates the eyes too...
sigh.. so it's kind of like outer space, cool looking, but not safe to be there.
I mostly sit in a beige cube like everyone else though.
it took me 20 years to get a window.. I have a nice window now.. i love it.
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10-26-2007, 12:47 AM #8
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Woah, SILVER! Back up a minute... Are you a jeweler? I'm a Metalsmithing and Jewelry major at the University of North Texas under Harlan Butt! Crazy coincidences... I wish I had half the setup you do at home...
Perhaps if I can find someone's digital camera to borrow I can post some pics of the metals lab at my university...
/hijack (sorry, girls!)
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10-26-2007, 02:10 AM #9
Mmmmm.....chocolate
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I have read it. A friend sent it to me for my birthday. A very good book, especially since I recognize the places described and can identify with the incredible smell of pig-farms. Could be interesting to see the tv adaptation. And I'm looking forward to reading the next two books. Originally Posted by lph
Aaaww. Pigs are cute!
(Have you read "Berlinerpoplene" by the way? It's been televised and is showing on Norwegian tv these days, speaking of pigs...lots of cute piglets and a very introverted pig farmer...)
Queen -- I had no involvement with farm animals at UofI. My degree is in ecology. I can understand making you ride on the back of the truck after being infused with pig smells. I have the pleasure of annoying a train full of commuters after my afternoons in the pig-house Luckily they haven't make me ride on the outside of the train yet....
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