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Skriven 2014-02-19 17:43:08 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
   Kommentar till text 9949 av Dave Drum (1:261/38)
Ärende: Re: Houses
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-=> Quoting Dave Drum to Nancy Backus on 15 Feb 14  20:36:50 <=-

 DD> My parents second house in Springfield was a big ol' four square of 2
 DD> 1/2 stories that was built in 1917. I know that because when I was
 DD> stripping the multiple layers of wallpaper from the upstairs hallway I
 DD> found where Albert Rechner and crew had signed the plaster work on
 DD> August 18, 1917. 

The house my parents bought here in Rochester was also a larger four
square, theirs had a full attic atop the 2 stories... and theirs had 4
bedrooms upstairs with 2 baths... theirs had to be built around 1900,
also, but I never really researched that.. it was in better shape than
the one your parents bought, too.  :)

 DD> The house, which my dad bought for $10K had but a
 DD> single circuit of wiring for the whole house - with both legs fused.
 DD> The lights were originally gas - so, they ran the cloth insulated
 DD> wires through the old gas pipes for the room lights. Wheeeeee. Turning
 DD> on or off an individual wall light was an adventure - never knew if
 DD> you'd get tingled or not. One of the first things me and the old man
 DD> did was re-wire the whole place with 200 Amp service. 

I remember you mentioning that before... :)  Apparently the people that
put in the electicity in my parents' house did a more adequate and safe
job... or at least it had already been properly upgraded by the time my
parents bought it in '65...  Other than turning the attic into 3 more
bedrooms for all the kids, Daddy didn't have to do much to the house. 
Later, when most of us were out on our own, we surprised them with a
refurbishing of the kitchen... new roll flooring, paint job, new
curtains... they were off on some trip... maybe for our church's General
Assembly... Daddy had been talking about it for a number of years, and I
think had gone so far as to have bought some of the materials needed...

 DD> Anyway - a lot of work went into the place - and it was on an
 DD> arrangement such as you describe. A split lot of 35 feet in width.
 DD> Which, according to the zoning restrictions in place could not have
 DD> a replacement structure built in it should the original burn to a
 DD> crisp. We had a shared driveway also. 

At least my neighbor's and her neighbor's lots combined were more like
two normal city lots, just with the houses quite close together... there
was more space on the non-driveway sides of the two houses...

 DD> But, Dad solved that by building a new garage that was
 DD> entered from the east-west street to the south of the property. Being
 DD> friends with the General Superintendent of the street department who
 DD> was also our precinct committeeman and the Republican County Chairman
 DD> didn't hurt with getting permits to "break the curb" and run the
 DD> driveway across the city-owned boulevard strip between the sidewalk
 DD> and the street. When the folks moved to Bloomington they sold the
 DD> place for upwards of 90K (in 1971). 

That worked out fine, then... :)   Both the "friends in high places",
and the re-sale...  :)

 NB>> The changing scene of business...  :)   So far Sears is still anchoring
 NB>> all the local malls, I think... their original location in the city has
 NB>> long been used for other things... although it was still Sears when I
 NB>> was in high school just down the road..  :)  People still refer to it
 NB>> as the Sears building, of course...  ;)

 DD> I used to shop at our local Sears when it was a stand-alone (and near
 DD> to my home) as it was easy to nip down the Sears, park fairly near to
 DD> the entrance I needed, get what I wanted and go back to what I was
 DD> doing. Now that they are in the maul, parking is problematic, they're
 DD> clear across town and traffic is horrendous anywhere around the maul
 DD> area. So, I go more to their parent company (K-Mart) these days - for
 DD> the same reason(s) that I went to the stand-alone Sears. 

I rarely shop either anymore... We did check out appliances at one of
the local Sears (one can usually park pretty close to that door, and not
need to go thru the mall itself; a couple of the large malls are close
enough not to be too much bother), but ended up buying from an appliance
store in town when we needed a new refrigerator fast... 

 NB>>> I know, back then the lines were strongly drawn.  I remember the
 NB>>> hassle my Latin teacher had to take her (Protestant) class to a
 NB>>> Latin mass, just so that we could hear it actually spoken/chanted...
 NB>>> :)
 DD>> I was an altar boy in a high church Episcopal (St. Paul's Cathedral)
 DD>> congregation -- if you can picture me as wearing a red cassock and
 DD>> white surplice -- but, the incense literally turned my stomach ... so
 DD>> I gave that up.
 NB>> It takes a little imagination...  ;)  But not much to believe that the
 NB>> incense turned your stomach... that can be quite strong...  Don't blame
 NB>> you for giving that up... :)

 DD> Now that the Romans have begun having their services in American
 DD> (other than one hold-out parish which is still all Latin) I can (but
 DD> usually don't) attend services in either Anglican Catholic or Roman
 DD> Catholic chapels and know what is going on and when to bob up and
 DD> down, etc. 

That's what the scorecard is for...  ;)   I might remember enough of my
Latin to follow, but wouldn't know the protocol without something in
hand or watching those around me (and hoping they are regulars)... I've
been to a few funeral masses along the way...

 DD> Title: St. Steven's Fruitcake Cookies
 DD> From the newsletter of St Stephen's Anglican Church
 DD> A parish in the classical Anglican tradition
 DD> From: http://www.ststeve.com

Those don't look half bad...  looked like a proper ratio of fruits and
nuts to filler...  ;)  and the liquid would give a proper tang to
them... ;)

ttyl         neb

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