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Yea not that is an idea ... I love reading in bed

We could have four or five little library cubicles with good beds that can be armchairs or whatever and a coffee making machine so one does not have to go into the kitchen to make coffee with fresh juice and filtered water. Some humous and a variety of rice crackers with egg plant dips in the bar fridge for late night snacks. I can read for hours and am oblivious to what is happening around me but for the people who want to read silently they cna have head phones and sound proofed cubicles.

posted by Norwood on January 25, 2009 at 9:58 PM | link to this | reply

Could I reserve a bed in the library part?

posted by adnohr on January 25, 2009 at 5:11 PM | link to this | reply

Mine would be located on the beach. Hut or mansion, just give me the beach!

posted by Ariala on January 24, 2009 at 5:39 AM | link to this | reply

Cricket is a great game

and I really enjoy it. I would love to take my son to a day at the cricket if I could afford the MCG I would go tomorrow.

Much more skill involved that say AFL football which I loathe. So violent and so just brutal. JMHO

posted by Norwood on January 24, 2009 at 4:50 AM | link to this | reply

Nautikos

Your place sounds great but a bit too lavish for me. I am a person of simple tastes, and if I was to go near the sea I would have to build my own shule and move a minyan of people close by for shabbat and yom tovim unless I wanted to take over Elwood shule in Melbourne and walk down to Elwood beach.

Naw, I would probably over look Caulfield park and just walk around the perimeter of Caulfield Park once or twice a day. Nice gardens and the oceans are a plus, but closeness to shule and my friends are important. If I had the money I would build a place with a mikveh in the cellar, with water heated through solar energy. If I was going to build a swimming pool I would rather build one that I could open to the Orthodox Jewish community in summer and winter but with separate swimming days for Men and Women. Eg Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday for Women, then Monday, Wednesday and Friday for Men and target especially the disabled and the infirm as well as times for the younger kids after school.

Personally I just feel that such a thing is so lavish for just a few people. In may case it would only be my son and I and I could not justify all that water and all that energy expense for just two or three persons. One of the reasons I would want a house with five bedrooms and split level, is so I can have friends to stay and yep, Metalrat writers and artists and students would be welcome. I like to help people out and I enjoy human contact but I am a bit of a loner at times while I write read and work. I like my own company a lot, too much some time.

posted by Norwood on January 24, 2009 at 4:45 AM | link to this | reply

Horseshoe Pit ????????

Is that some form of entertainment or a place to shoe horses???

enlighten me muley12 please?

posted by Norwood on January 24, 2009 at 4:31 AM | link to this | reply

This sounds great!

but you left out the horseshoe pit.

posted by muley12 on January 23, 2009 at 5:59 PM | link to this | reply

Good luck! Make it happen! I miss having a library in my home! sam

posted by sam444 on January 23, 2009 at 2:31 PM | link to this | reply

Nor

Sounds good, but a few things are missing! 1) A properly equipped gym; 2) Two squash courts, one of them a double. 3) And since the house is overlooking the sea anyway, at the shore there will be a dock, large enough for a trawler, a 42' sloop and a runabout. 4) The garage must be large enough for six cars. One of them will hold a Ferrari, the others I am willing to negotiate about. 5) And sorry, but I do insist on a pool, indoor/outdoor, with a permanent life guard for the kids...

posted by Nautikos on January 23, 2009 at 12:50 PM | link to this | reply

Am I invited?

I started packing after the first sentence.

posted by metalrat on January 23, 2009 at 3:24 AM | link to this | reply

Nice dreams

Your dream home may one day become your reality. Work hard for that home you dream. However, if I were you, I'd lose the cricket pitch. A boring game--I feel. Robin Williams once said; "Watching cricket is like watching baseball on valium" . Install the pool and when there are no adult present to oversee the swimming, cover the pool with aluminum sheets. I mean, what's a beautiful house and home, without a pool?