What's up today (bullchiting) thread.

Well, mid to upper 90’s and down to 70’s at night. When younger the heat didn’t faze us at all. Now, can’t seem to to tolerate it as well. Thank goodness for AC

 

Currently 63 high of 71 today;

 

Clean truck.

 

Beautiful shot taken by Michael Kennedy in Tors Cove

 

Beautiful picture. Seems odd to me why homes are set so close to the road. I have seen the same thing here in coastal communities where there is a lot of rocky outcropping.

 

I wish our place was toward the back of the property...but driveways and longer power lines are not cheap, so I suppose that explains that...

 

Certainly isn't the norm in such communities today. I know sometimes it's because the roads have widened over the years, other times for other reasons.

On the other hand, in our capital city of St.John's, the oldest part (Downtown/"Jellybean Row" mostly consists of rowhouses whose foundation borders the sidewalk, whereas the newer neighborhoods are your typical north American subdivision character, cookie cutter houses and a small front yard with 1 or 2 car driveway. Similar circumstances for old houses in the rural areas I suppose, they didn't have cars back then, so they didn't prioritize parking space. My house however is hundreds of feet from the road, with one neighbor almost touching it, and the others varying somewhere in between. That's one thing I like about such places, having the houses vary a little in position to each other and face different ways gives the area character vs everything in a straight line like the cookie cutter subdivisions.

Jellybean Row has a certain historical charm, but it certainly wouldn't suit my lifestyle. However, some of those houses have relatively large gardens behind them.

 

Awww

 

as a guy that has a long driveway.. YES
Privacy is nice but comes at a cost..
Trust me.. the wire 350mm at 500 feet was $3,000 before Covid. Without digging and pipe
Heck; the fabric under the rock was 1200 feet plus parking area was over $1,000..

 

Where are you moving?

 

I see. Good luck.

 

The Battery, a very unique little place on the edge of the city. This house is getting new siding, and I approve of the color choice very much.

 

Yeah, services, snow shoveling, plus not too many people actually use their front yards. My house is 300 feet back and I don't have services except for power (and have a pole in the middle of my front yard) and I don't have the bills that come with those services, which is nice in retirement. No water/sewer, no nat gas, I could have cable but don't, no more Ma Bell, none of the bills that come with them. I have my own well. There are advantages to living different.

 

If the houses are old, they probably had footpaths or wagon roads to each front door. Roads came along and followed the previous paths. We are seeing a lot of small communities with narrow roads and houses almost right on the street.

 

Dennis you have to remember those houses were designed with front porches. As a kid it could take an hour to walk 2 blocks; as after dinner people would sit on porches and talk with neighbors walking up the street.