The Off Topic Topic

[PDH]

This isn't an RIP post, so I can say the following:

Rush Limbaugh dying is a terrible shame, terrible in that it didn't happen 70 years ago.

[Syt]

I'm also really disappointed in his death - I thought he was pro-life.

[Barrister]

Rush Limbaugh dead. Oh well.

I enjoyed the bits of him I heard in the 90s.

I don't think he's covered himself in glory these past 20 years.

[Oexmelin]

A shame his cancer metastasized to the United States.

[DGuller]

Regardless of what you thought of Rush, I think "speak no ill of the dead" is a good rule to live by.  I will say nothing, a whole lot of nothing.

[Tamas]

That may be the most "America in the 2020s" thing I've ever read. 😄

Indeed 

[Tamas]

This came up as a Facebook advert and reminded me of the recent conversation about office buildings turned into residential ones. I am pretty sure this is one them:

https://www.braxtons.co.uk/property-details/BMHCC_616549/maidenhead/maidenhead-82?fbclid=IwAR3xfYWi3DakkouCSuNOJ6JJ2VIi40_19HZCct0fIU0snd_wovve0M_o_Zo




But also it is a great example of the direness of the housing situation around these parts. £375,000 for a two-bedroom flat is a bit excessive yes but not by much, at all. And the "kitchen/dining/living" area is very typical for what they are selling around these prices. Flats with tiny bedrooms to boot, and then the "kitchen" is one of the walls in the living room:



These are usually advertised as "open plan kitchen".

And of course one of the reasons why this particular ripoff here is asking 375k is that you can use the "help to buy" scheme for it, where a mere 5% deposit is enough as the state vouches for part of your mortgage. All in the name of helping buyers of course.

[Habbaku]

That is a frighteningly small amount of counter space for that "kitchen".

[crazy canuck]

That may be the most "America in the 2020s" thing I've ever read. 😄

I hadn't looked at it that way, but .... you're so not wrong.

But then I read this, which may be even more indicative:

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.insider.com/texas-storm-mayor-resigns-said-peoples-fault-if-they-freeze-2021-2%3famp

Atlas Shrugged

[DGuller]

That is a frighteningly small amount of counter space for that "kitchen".

That's exactly how much counter space I have in my kitchen.  Which incidentally is also part of a living room wall.  In practice, that's a much better arrangement than having a separate kitchen, IMO, I enjoy my kitchen in the living room a lot more than I ever enjoyed separate kitchens in my previous apartments.

[crazy canuck]

That is a frighteningly small amount of counter space for that "kitchen".

That's exactly how much counter space I have in my kitchen.  Which incidentally is also part of a living room wall.  In practice, that's a much better arrangement than having a separate kitchen, IMO, I enjoy my kitchen in the living room a lot more than I ever enjoyed separate kitchens in my previous apartments.

I would need to bring in a table to do meal prep

[DGuller]

That is a frighteningly small amount of counter space for that "kitchen".

That's exactly how much counter space I have in my kitchen.  Which incidentally is also part of a living room wall.  In practice, that's a much better arrangement than having a separate kitchen, IMO, I enjoy my kitchen in the living room a lot more than I ever enjoyed separate kitchens in my previous apartments.

I would need to bring in a table to do meal prep

The flat top range doesn't look like a counter, but it can act as one (until you need to cook something on stovetop, obviously).  That gives you more effective counter space than it looks like at first.

[merithyn]

That may be the most "America in the 2020s" thing I've ever read. 😄

I hadn't looked at it that way, but .... you're so not wrong.

But then I read this, which may be even more indicative:

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.insider.com/texas-storm-mayor-resigns-said-peoples-fault-if-they-freeze-2021-2%3famp

Libertarians large and in charge!

[merithyn]

That is a frighteningly small amount of counter space for that "kitchen".

That's exactly how much counter space I have in my kitchen.  Which incidentally is also part of a living room wall.  In practice, that's a much better arrangement than having a separate kitchen, IMO, I enjoy my kitchen in the living room a lot more than I ever enjoyed separate kitchens in my previous apartments.

I would need to bring in a table to do meal prep

I have a line of cupboards in my new house similar to this. I added a kitchen table and a whole 'nother cabinet. Still not enough prep space.

[The Larch]

But also it is a great example of the direness of the housing situation around these parts. £375,000 for a two-bedroom flat is a bit excessive yes but not by much, at all. And the "kitchen/dining/living" area is very typical for what they are selling around these prices. Flats with tiny bedrooms to boot, and then the "kitchen" is one of the walls in the living room:



These are usually advertised as "open plan kitchen".

That's kinda like what my brother has at his place, and it's more convenient that you'd think. It's not as if you need a humongous kitchen or anything.