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[Travis]

Maybe I need to tie string on my fingers to help me remember. That'd take a lot of string. Might as well just knit a pair of mittens

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Travis sivarT wrote: "I have a battery pack. It's not charged either lol. I drained it all charging my phone"

You're a man who lives on the edge. I cannot help you. lol

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Travis sivarT wrote: "Maybe I need to tie string on my fingers to help me remember. That'd take a lot of string. Might as well just knit a pair of mittens"

*snort* You'd forget those too.

[Travis]

It's -22C here. I have so much broken equipment at the moment that uncharged headphones is kind of just the icing to the cake. The crap cake. Ugh equipment just doesn't like the cold some days. And neither do I at least not this cold

[Sandra, Moderator]

21F / -7C here, first snow, AND two hours delay at school.

[Travis]

Well you've got to have some of the fun too Sandra

[Janice, Moderator]

I've had a couple of real life friends join YLTO, but they didn't stay long. None of my friends seem to have taken to Goodreads, though lots do love books. So far, I haven't met any of the YLTO members but hope to some day.

I play backgammon, Yahtzee, and scrabble online through It's Your Turn and play with people around the world. A couple of years ago, one of them came to Jasper for a holiday, so I joined him and his wife for a weekend. It was like we'd always known each other, and had a great time.

[Cody]

Janice wrote: "I've had a couple of real life friends join YLTO, but they didn't stay long. None of my friends seem to have taken to Goodreads, though lots do love books. So far, I haven't met any of the YLTO mem..."

Are you any good at scrabble? my dad taught me when I was young and he battered me every single time, he knew all the two letters, knew how to get rid of his vowels with words like euoi and would not ever leave anything open to me.

nowadays it reminds me of that dad from Harry Enfield playing cricket

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2x_D...

[siriusedward]

We used to play Scrabble as a family..It was fun!
I think restarting it might be a good idea in this era of internet and mobiles...
And yeah meeting up GR friends maybe cool and a little bit scary..will we live upto each others expectations? Sort of scary.
And its great that some of you have met up..

[Peggy]

We had scrabble at home when I was a kid (probably still do) but we didn't play often. I do play Wordfeud on my phone now, against my mom, dad and sister ;-) also against my uncle and one of my elementary school teachers, lol.

[Margo]

Paul wrote: "Rusalka wrote: "Margo wrote: "The only online friend I've met in real life is Paul. He was visiting the town I live in on business. We had a great chat mostly about books and films and a bit about ..."

Pshaw, I live at the centre of ireland! Everybody passes through my town eventually ;-p

[Paul]

They make a nice Club Sandwich there anyway. And that town is rocking of a Tuesday night.

[Peggy]

So, question for US members. We have a new tv channel called Fine Living which is great no-brain tv, especially the programs in which people go house hunting.

I've noticed that almost all houses, even the small/standard/low-budget ones, come with at least 2 bathrooms. And the people looking for the houses often mention that they can't imagine sharing a bathroom with their children or absolutely don't want to. Is that really such a big thing in the US?

I don't know a single person who lives in a house with more than 1 bathroom. One full bathroom (bath/shower and toilet) and one separate toilet is common, but two bathrooms is not.

I wonder about this every time (and I watch the channel way too much ;-)) so I thought it time to ask.

[Travis]

I know a couple people with one bathroom but usually there's a main bathroom and a master bathroom off the main bedroom. Sometimes I see one downstairs one upstairs and one off master bedroom. My SIL lives in a 2 bedroom apartment and there's 2 bathrooms. It's pretty standard. I know people with a basement 1st floor and 2nd floor bathroom too

[Margo]

Paul wrote: "They make a nice Club Sandwich there anyway. And that town is rocking of a Tuesday night."

The bars empty when they here the dublin gurriers are coming to town lol

@cody - i love scrabble! I could play all nigh ;-)

@peggy - most newer houses here have a bathroom and a shower room.

[Travis]

I'm going to say anything bought it built after 1990 has a minimum of 2 bathrooms. I can't think of anyone with only one bathroom who lives somewhere built since then.

[Travis]

A lot only have a shower in one though. All will have a toilet and a sink after that it's variable. I live in a 16x80 mobile home or single wide trailer depending what you call it and I have 2 full bathrooms. The master bathroom used to have a shower and a garden tub but I ripped out the tub and moved the washer and dryer there

[Peggy]

Thanks Travis, interesting! Funy that it's so different here.

Many houses here with the one bathroom only have a shower, not a bath tub. I think more and more people are opting for just the shower. We have one full bathroom (and an additional toilet downstairs) with a bath tub and a shower.

[Kristie, Moderator]

I think for houses, it is very typically now to have a separate bathroom (with toilet, sink and shower/tub) off the master bedroom. When we bought our house last year, I don't think we saw one house without that option. We looked at new construction too, which had multiple bathrooms for the kids bedrooms too, which we thought was just too much. I didn't want to have four bathrooms to clean!

We ended up with a master bathroom (with toilet in a separate little room, common in our area, not common where we moved from, double sinks and separate shower and tub), another bathroom for the kids (with toilet, double sinks and shower/tub combo), and a half bath downstairs (with toilet and small sink) in the main living area. This was pretty standard in the homes we looked at.

In apartments, I find that it is still common to have one bathroom for the family.

[KimeyDiann]

Oh my, I haven't checked in here in 3 weeks and there are over 400 new posts!!!!!!!! I'm going to skim over most of the older ones, but I have to ask:

Travis, did you keep the Yorkie or find its owners? I love the image of you driving your tractor around with a yorkie in your lap! :)

[Cody]

Travis sivarT wrote: "A lot only have a shower in one though. All will have a toilet and a sink after that it's variable. I live in a 16x80 mobile home or single wide trailer depending what you call it and I have 2 full..."

i may be being completely stupid travis but how would you move that?

#YLTOscrabbleclub

[Peggy]

Thanks for the info Kristie. I think you answered my next question too: what is a half bathroom? Just a small room with toilet and sink?

[Kristie, Moderator]

KimeyDiann wrote: "Oh my, I haven't checked in here in 3 weeks and there are over 400 new posts!!!!!!!!"

I find that this thread can get away from you very quickly! I've had to skim many times after not checking it for a few days.

[Kristie, Moderator]

Peggy wrote: "Thanks for the info Kristie. I think you answered my next question too: what is a half bathroom? Just a small room with toilet and sink?"

Exactly. If there is no tub or shower, it's a half bathroom.

[KimeyDiann]

It most definitely has gotten away from me. That's the most I've ever had when I've been away for a little while. I don't think there have ever been more than 100 new posts in this thread while I've been away.

I haven't actually been away, just busy and not checking in. November is year end for my company which means everything is super hectic at the end of the Nov and beginning of Dec. Add in holidays, Christmas parties, and weekend trips... online time is limited.

[KimeyDiann]

I had to bring one of my dogs to the vet this week and since my boss was away, I brought him to work with me after. He's supposed to be a yorkie, but he's bigger than most and has curly hair. He weighed 14 pounds at the vet.
Here is my Britton in my office:


And helping me with paperwork ;) lol

[siriusedward]

KimeyDiann wrote: "I had to bring one of my dogs to the vet this week and since my boss was away, I brought him to work with me after. He's supposed to be a yorkie, but he's bigger than most and has curly hair. He we..."

cute...
and that look is so adorable!

[Peggy]

Such a cutie

[Peggy]

Oops, I forgot the exclamation mark..

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[siriusedward]

Peggy wrote: "Oops, I forgot the exclamation mark..

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Lol

[Sandra, Moderator]

Working with mom! That is so sweet!

[Kristie, Moderator]

Aw! He's so cute, Kimey!

[Sarah]

Isn't half bathroom just a toilet then? That's what we'd call it. Not many houses here have multiple bathrooms. My parents have a bathroom with sink and bath with shower over and a seperate toilet. I know some houses have a 2nd toilet. An old boyfriend lived in a house that had a main bathroom, an ensuite bathroom off the main bedroom and a downstairs toilet but they built their own house so they had it how they liked.

Just back from Star Wars and it was awesome.

[Kristie, Moderator]

I think what you call a toilet is a half bath for us, Sarah. I assume you have a sink in your toilet? That sounds so funny to me. A toilet is the actual porcelain thing you sit on.

[Cherie]

Yes, Sandra! I've had a nice vacation day off from work. I got my free Starbucks coffee and went to the library this afternoon. I bought myself three books off the for-sale shelf. All were on my TBR list.

[Janice, Moderator]

I've played scrabble since my teens and I'm still not very good at it. I seem to attract all the i's and h's at the same time. I do manage to make some good plays and win a few games here and there.

My house was built 6 years ago and it's 2 bedrooms, one bathroom. The basement is unfinished, but the plumbing is there to install a second bathroom in the event you finish the basement. It's what you'd call a "starter home". It's a good way to start out when you're young and haven't started a family yet. It's also good when you're my age and living on your own. I don't need a second bathroom.

I looked at an identical floor plan a couple duplexes down that had a finished basement with an additional bedroom and bathroom. They were asking more money for it, and I couldn't qualify for the mortgage, or I would have bought it.

Interestingly enough, the apartment I lived in for 5 years had 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. There was a full bathroom off the master bedroom, and then a full bathroom across from the second bedroom.

[Peggy]

Lol Kristie, we call both the porcelain thing and the room toilet. It has a sink, but much smaller than the one in the bathroom.

To me it sounds funny to call it a bathroom, even if it's half, when there's no tub/shower in it!

Funny, all these small differences across the world.

[Paul]

When we bought earlier this year we went from a one bathroom place to a two full bathrooms and a toilet room downstairs. For just three of us it feels extravagant to me but not sure i could go back now.
Of much more importance whe we were looking around was a decent spare room to turn into a library.

[Peggy]

I just think of the cleaning. I already hate doing that one bathroom!

[Cody]

Kristie wrote: "I think what you call a toilet is a half bath for us, Sarah. I assume you have a sink in your toilet? That sounds so funny to me. A toilet is the actual porcelain thing you sit on."

from what I have seen, that happens fairly regularly on our side of the pond, we (well my family and friends at least) call a vacuum a hoover even though that is the trademark name, there are others that I am desperately failing to think of

[Margo]

KimeyDiann wrote: "I had to bring one of my dogs to the vet this week and since my boss was away, I brought him to work with me after. He's supposed to be a yorkie, but he's bigger than most and has curly hair. He we..."

Ah what a cutie <3 That pic cheered me up before my trek to the hospital for yet another pain treatment. Going with a smile on my face!!

[Paul]

Peggy wrote: "I just think of the cleaning. I already hate doing that one bathroom!"

It can also mean you can keep your own toilet immaculate and leave all the rest to use and clean the others

[Peggy]

If my partner and I each had our own bathroom, I would definitely make him clean his own. Come to think of it, he makes more of a mess in the bathroom than I do, so maybe two bathrooms wouldn't be such a bad idea for us ;-)

[Paul]

Myself and my wife share one bathroom and our five year has the other. Great fun... I am not allowed pee in his toilet or there will e trouble

[siriusedward]

Cody wrote: "Kristie wrote: "I think what you call a toilet is a half bath for us, Sarah. I assume you have a sink in your toilet? That sounds so funny to me. A toilet is the actual porcelain thing you sit on."..."

We generally call diapers by Pampers.
And here too we call bathroom minus shower as toilets.

[siriusedward]

Paul wrote: "Myself and my wife share one bathroom and our five year has the other. Great fun... I am not allowed pee in his toilet or there will e trouble"

And the bathrooms are generally used by both the kids and the adults .There is no separate bathroom for children.And here, the bathrooms are generally attached to the bedrooms too.

[Sandra, Moderator]

Cherie wrote: "Yes, Sandra! I've had a nice vacation day off from work. I got my free Starbucks coffee and went to the library this afternoon. I bought myself three books off the for-sale shelf. All were on my TB..."

Happy belated birthday then! It was my husband birthday too, and I remembered yours for some reason.

[Sarah]

Kristie wrote: "I think what you call a toilet is a half bath for us, Sarah. I assume you have a sink in your toilet? That sounds so funny to me. A toilet is the actual porcelain thing you sit on."

Yes there is more often than not a sink in there too. Still the room is called the toilet.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Here, it depends on room. If you have a house built or renovated since the 90s, you will probably have a main toilet (no sink), main bathroom (usually with a separate bath and a shower), and an ensuite smaller, combined bathroom and toilet (shower, no bath). Unless you're my sister in law, who's ensuite is larger than most bathrooms.

If you're in an old house, or a flat/apartment, you usually won't have an ensuite. And flats tend to have a combined toilet/bathroom instead of two rooms. But there are always exception to the rules, Dad's old flat he moved into had two bedrooms, and all three rooms. It was a waste of space.

[KimeyDiann]

Thanks all! My doggies are my babies. @Margo, I'm glad my pictures made you smile before your treatments! I hope they are going well and you are getting some relief.

Someone dropped off 6 puppies by my mom's house earlier in the week. She was planning on taking them to the humane society, but I managed to get contact with a local rescue group that agreed to take all 6. They will make sure all of the puppies are vetted and spayed/neutered before going to loving homes.
I don't understand how people can be so heartless to just abandon animals to fend for themselves. Especially babies and in these cold temperatures we've been having.