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circletimessquare writes "This story should excite the nerd in anyone. Build a luxury treehouse! The New York Times reports on an entire subculture devoted to an idea which sounds funny at first... but really, why not? Much serious discussion in the article about the technical considerations involved in treehouse construction. Also mention of 'treesorts' at the bottom of the article (one being called 'Lothlorien Woods Hide-a-way' lol). I hunted down some links to two of the big players mentioned in the article, TreeHouse Workshop Inc. and the World Treehouse Conference. No mention as to whether or not they support Banyan VINES (sorry, I couldn't resist)."
Uggggh ....
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/i:protman.ini
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..... it's been many years, but that stuff still haunts me :)
I really didn't need that flashback
I see horrible memories of BeyondSnail and IM III......
Yikes.
device=c:\banyan\protman.dos
@echo off
c:\banyan\e2131
ban
bind
yikes
I hope you didn't catch that poor tree on fire too.
Banaaaana!
No mention as to whether or not they support Banyan VINES (sorry, I couldn't resist).
Apology DECLINED.
Ironically, if a treehouse owner fell out of their tree, and ended up in a wheelchair, they'd have no way of getting back into their house. How do you make one of these handicapped accessible? Maybe a really long ramp? Or maybe create an elevator up the trunk? ;-)
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With the ADA, anyone foolish enough to build a tree house hotel or restaurant will get sued out existence. A proper tree house would have a wheel chair ramp and elevator. You would also need to chop down the adjacent forest to make room for the legally specified number of handy capped parking spots.
I say sue 'em and sue 'em good.
I had a lean-to. I accidently torched it one day though.
Oh, and I used to keep a tent setup in my backyard in case I stumbled home drunk at 3 am and I didn't want my parents to catch me. Does that count?
Robots are everywhere, and they eat old people's medicine for fuel.
Bah. Even the trees were a bad move; we should never have left the oceans. ;)
Yeah, but still, if it's good enough for Chewbacca, Wicket, Prince Barin, and Cosmo Fishhawk, it's got to be good enough for us, right? ;)
Ok, if you are actually going to spring for indoor plumbing (read: A place to poop), how are you going to get it there? What if the tree tips over and fecal matter starts shooting everywhere? *shudder* Trees should be left to monkeys and little kids. They don't use the bathroom anyways.
Where do they put the toilet in these things?
AC
Plumbing is no problem. Just glance down before unloading. Make sure there's no cops or unfriendly neighbors around.
--TheOrangeSquid Is it any wonder things seem so awry? We swim in a sea of confusion and don't have to think to survive
"Darling, this is marvelous! You're so wonderful.......ants, ants, ANTS! Damn you you f8cking geek!"
Table-ized A.I.
put this seed on the ground, and water it. It may take a while.
To guard against falling trees, rotting, storms.. etc.. use lots of padding. Develop the entire house with padding, and then when it falls, you'll just have a minor brain trauma from bouncing around inside.
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"In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."
-- George Orwell
AAAGH! My rotting house is being smashed by a flaming elephant!
Ron Paul 2012
I've always thought of tree houses as an insult to injury. First, you're wounding the tree, that's ok. But then you're attaching another dead tree to it. It's almost like beating someone with their own arm. The trees in the forest must riducule thier members with dead trees nailed to them. (its funny...laugh)
Cthulhu Saves.