FinanceDude
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DW's "dream house":
Back view. I need to water that grass!
My dream house.
Quite the Mcmansion you got............
DW's "dream house":
Back view. I need to water that grass!
My dream house.
Heh...me too.Growing up my folks wanted to raise us in the country - that meant a number of increasingly large bits of acreage for the cattle and not a lot of consideration for the house. Can remember at least four places that had outhouses - even though the homes had indoor plumbing. Where others had mortgage burnings, we had the ceremonial outhouse burning once we were all moved in and everything was working. During the couple years the family lived in a barn while building a house they actually built an outhouse and had an outdoor solar shower and hauled water from the springhouse. Missed most of that by being in the Navy. To tough for my delicate sensibilities.
Being a city dweller all my life, I would just not go to such weekend "retreat", if I had a choice.
Thank goodness for RVs.
Perhaps he learned from his past mistakes that one can be too frugal or rustic?...and for my step mom's enjoyment... my dad considered many of these "luxuries" non-grata for many years...
Perhaps he learned from his past mistakes?
Better than sliced bread....Thank goodness for indoor plumbing.
No words, just------->Yes, I have used an outhouse and I guarantee one does not waste time in there at 30 below zero.
Our house is way too big for empty-nesting (woo-hoo!) and has way too much maintenance for my preferences, but we like our views:
Yes, I have used an outhouse and I guarantee one does not waste time in there at 30 below zero.
I wanted to FIRE early so I sold the house seen in the last two pictures.
The first picture is my present home.
Now I can retire early. You need to keep those expenses down !
Probably so but that pre-dates me. We never had an outhouse at my home but I had relatives that lived outside of town that didn't have indoor plumbing until the late 50s. I had one uncle that persisted in using the outhouse long after the indoor plumbing had been installed. In fact, he didn't give it up until he was too old to live on the farm anymore and had to move into town.Wasn't that why they invented... what were they called? The original "boom boxes"?