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House Collapsing Due to Weight of Books
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I remember hearing Umberto Eco interviewed on the radio about a dozen years ago, and apparently he had a similar incident in which the floor of his house in Milan collapsed because of the weight of all his books and bookshelves. He had something like 30,000 books in a fairly small old home.
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That's pretty extreme.
I recall hearing a few years ago that a multistory library at UMass had been declared unsafe (? or something, it was falling apart) and it was thought the weight of the books was causing it.
That's going to be me in a few more years--look for me on Hoarders.
Wow, that is alot of books. I'll have to show my husband this article. Maybe he'll stop complaining about my collection.
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It has one thing lacking - a comfy chair to sit in to read.
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Or out in the gazebo with a cool breeze, the scent of peonies wafting through, and the sound of water trickling into a pool with beautiful koi. I'm moving in!
Janice wrote: "Or out in the gazebo with a cool breeze, the scent of peonies wafting through, and the sound of water trickling into a pool with beautiful koi. I'm moving in!"Sorry, I thought you wrote, "the scent of penis wafting through."
Phil Phil Phil...Scent of peonies - Yah! Scent of penis - Nay!
Best! Fucking! House! Ever!Only, Janice is on to something. Gotta have a comfy seat. A chaise lounge, preferrably. Done up in a deep purple, with plenty of fluffy, yet fancy pillows tossed about. I don't personally need a throw. I'm hot natured as all hell, so I'd have the ceiling fan creating a nice breeze as I smelled all the wonderful penises, UM, PEONIES that surrounded me.
My kind of house for sure! But I'd need more than 1 room for books. In my fantasy house the 2nd floor is solely for books.
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The entire house, not just one room, is made of shelves! It is designed to hold 10 tons of books!
well, that might be enough room even for me.
I'm glad I have solid foundation and a terrazo floor!
It looks to me like there is a comfy chair or couch on the left side of the photo, facing the rug. That house is beautiful.
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This makes me feel better about my messy basement.