[ExI] housing again, was RE: sex again

[William Flynn Wallace]

Needs?  Whose needs?  Just answer this question:

What are the things that a house (we are ignoring the outside, the yard,
right?) has to have for a women to move into it.  We can omit those things
that our forefathers (foremothers?) would have said, like running water and
electricity and a no-dirt floor.  bill w

On Sat, Dec 14, 2019 at 11:40 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: spike at rainier66.com <spike at rainier66.com>
> Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2019 9:14 AM
> To: 'ExI chat list' <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
> Cc: 'BillK' <pharos at gmail.com>
> Subject: RE: [ExI] sex again
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of
> BillK via extropy-chat
> Subject: Re: [ExI] sex again
>
> On Sat, 14 Dec 2019 at 15:43, spike jones via extropy-chat
> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> >
> > Move to the Bay Area?  This place is already the Star Wars Bar when it
> comes to diversity.  Others will already be comfortable with whatever you
> want to be.
> >
>
> Surely you jest?  At those prices?
> <
> https://www.newser.com/story/283270/to-afford-the-bay-area-he-lived-in-32-s
> quare-feet.html
> <https://www.newser.com/story/283270/to-afford-the-bay-area-he-lived-in-32-square-feet.html>
> >
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>
> BillK
> _______________________________________________
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>
> >...BillK, I will certainly admit life in the fast lane has is compromises.
> It was a big step down in standard of living for my bride and me when we
> came to the Bay in 1989.  Our living arrangements went from this:
>
> https://dianaoverbey.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/highclerecastle.jpg
>
> to this:
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>
> https://www.ocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/0415-sjm-l-birdave-041
> 3-1.jpg?w=467
> <https://www.ocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/0415-sjm-l-birdave-0413-1.jpg?w=467>
>
> ...
>
> The second link didn't come thru before.  Trying again:
>
>
> https://www.ocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/0415-sjm-l-birdave-041
> 3-1.jpg?w=467
> <https://www.ocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/0415-sjm-l-birdave-0413-1.jpg?w=467>
>
>
> I have been toying with an idea I wanted to bounce offa you.
>
> Things are very different now than when I started engineering.  At
> Lockheeed
> often a ranking engineer would have his desk, a drawing board, a flat file
> (ja I know you went to google because you never saw one of those), a
> typewriter desk, filing cabinets, a safe (for classified documents) a
> cabinet for drafting tools, perhaps several other pieces of equipment
> modern
> engineers couldn't even name and had never seen.
>
> In my last assignment at that company, I inherited the office of Jerry
> Wozniak, who retired a multimillionaire for reasons having little to do
> with
> this job there but you likely already know by his name.  We got rid of most
> of the outdated equipment in there and moved more guys in.  There were four
> engineers in that office and we still had pleeeeennnty of room.  We even
> kept Jerry's outdated filing cabinet just because it had his name on it.
> Hell of a nice guy he was.  Never a bit crowded in that office with the
> four
> engineers desks and some of Jerry's old stuff.
>
> Reason: that list of stuff from Jerry Wozniak's era was all made obsolete
> by
> Jerry's son's invention.
>
> OK then, let's think it over and see if our housing needs were reduced by
> technology.  I would argue that they are.
>
> Before I present my notions, I will offer a chance for you to think it over
> and post ideas.
>
> spike
>
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