Xann Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 Was peacefully eating shreddies in my dressing gown when I got dragged out into the street, because the car was making a funny noise when she drove it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozzavfc Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 (edited) 9 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Which reminds me - probably one for the "things you wonder" thread, but... why do Americans, in a country notoriously prone to fire, flood and devastating winds, persist in building houses made of wood? Do they not know the story of the three little pigs? Lumber is really cheap in America, so it's substantially easier and cheaper to just rebuild your home if something happens to it, than build a brick building Edited February 19, 2022 by Mozzavfc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 19, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted February 19, 2022 4 minutes ago, Mozzavfc said: Lumber is really cheap in America, so it's substantially easier and cheaper to just rebuild your home if something happens to it, than build a brick building Short term thinking. Buy cheap, buy twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted February 19, 2022 Moderator Share Posted February 19, 2022 38 minutes ago, Xann said: Was peacefully eating shreddies in my dressing gown when I got dragged out into the street, because the car was making a funny noise when she drove it. What's up with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 2 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: What's up with it? The trapped inverted dustbin lid was acting like a phonograph over tarmac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted February 19, 2022 Moderator Share Posted February 19, 2022 Aha! I wondered what that was underneath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Xela Posted February 19, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 19, 2022 2 minutes ago, Xann said: The trapped inverted dustbin lid was acting like a phonograph over tarmac Bet it sounded rubbish. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 29 minutes ago, Xela said: Bet it sounded rubbish. Trash talk, 'bin' done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekka Posted February 19, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted February 19, 2022 12 minutes ago, foreveryoung said: Trash talk, 'bin' done. Garbage! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Xela said: Bet it sounded rubbish. I refuse to believe that 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekka Posted February 19, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted February 19, 2022 (edited) 6 minutes ago, theboyangel said: I refuse to believe that I just gave you a like. Might be a waste of my daily quota but I won't get down in the dumps because of it. Edited February 19, 2022 by trekka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 2 hours ago, mjmooney said: Short term thinking. Buy cheap, buy twice. Well to be fair wood is a better material than brick for houses in every way except tornado resilience, and even in tornado alley your chances of personally being struck by a tornado are not that high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted February 19, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted February 19, 2022 Oh god, not another punathon. Put a lid on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 1 minute ago, sidcow said: Oh god, not another punathon. Put a lid on it. Wheelie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekka Posted February 19, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted February 19, 2022 6 minutes ago, sidcow said: Oh god, not another punathon. Put a lid on it. These things get recycled quite often I've found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted February 19, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted February 19, 2022 30 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: Well to be fair wood is a better material than brick for houses in every way except tornado resilience, and even in tornado alley your chances of personally being struck by a tornado are not that high. In every way? Not sure it's got better fire resistance, is as hard wearing, as resistant to insects, as low maintenance as bricks but for sure other than that it's better in literally every way 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted February 19, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted February 19, 2022 4 minutes ago, trekka said: These things get recycled quite often I've found. True, good tip there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekka Posted February 19, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted February 19, 2022 2 minutes ago, sidcow said: True, good tip there. Most posts are often just throw-away comments anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 1 minute ago, sidcow said: In every way? Not sure it's got better fire resistance, is as hard wearing, as resistant to insects, as low maintenance as bricks but for sure other than that it's better in literally every way You're right, that was an unsupportable hot take! But they are better in a number of ways, and often the ways they are better make them better for middle America, which is why they use it. Wood is cheaper, more plentiful, and more flexible; carpenters are widely available; and wooden house construction crucially requires less cement (cement manufacturing being both a big source of pollution and really hard to make environmentally-friendly). I have to take 'in every way' back though! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 Timber in the UK is ridiculously expensive at the moment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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