@Boyo_Jim (Boyo Jim) posted a new topic, subject "Pictures of my new home". It read:

   I've been in my condo for just under a month now and am fairly well settled in, though it took 4 appointments with those bastards at Charter to restore my internet and cable service (nobody even showed up for 2 of them :mad: )
    
    But I finally took some pictures and put them online, and here they are in a Yahoo album.

@Laughing_Lagomorph (Laughing Lagomorph) replied

    I was a little surprised the picture labelled “The Throne” wasn't taken in the bathroom.
    
    A fireplace sure adds a warm touch, doesn't it? Nice recumbent bike, too.

@kittenblue (kittenblue) replied

    Lokks very nice, but as I'm sitting here freezing during the first snow storm of the year, all I can think is, “damn, that living room needs a rug!” Just the thought of cold hardwood floors under my feet is making me shiver! And the bedroom picture reminded me of a thread I've wanted to start about how many pillows people sleep with…I personally like four when I'm not sharing the bed, two when I am.
    
    But I like the artwork, and the cat placement is perfect!

Then @friedo (friedo) said

    Dude, you have a cool TV.
    
    So.
    
    Can I come to your new house and watch TV?

@Caught_Work (Caught@Work) replied

    What? You couldn't make the bed when company arrived (albeit electronically)? Sheesh!

So @Kitchen_Wench (Kitchen Wench) replied

    Laughing Lagomorph:
    
    > I was a little surprised the picture labelled “The Throne” wasn't taken in the bathroom.
    
    Heh… But there **isn't** a bathroom in Jim's new condo (I'll retract this if I see some evidence). Therefore, he has to use his nice cushy chair for that purpose. :eek:
    
    Jim- what you call your throne, we call “The Daddy Chair” or “The Helm.” I'm digging your art in the hallway. It's a real eye-catcher. Congrats on the new condo!

Then @ShibbOleth (ShibbOleth) said

    Two points:
    
      1. Your location says Wisconsin, yet there is greenery outdoors and this is December. Who do you think you're foolin'?
    
      2. I noticed in Yahoo these were posted by “Yojimboguy”. When did you change your username (I'm very un-up-to-date, a thousand pardons)? I'd been wondering whatever became of you.

Then @ParentalAdvisory (ParentalAdvisory) said

    Come on now, every one knows that Madison is surrounded by a bubble. Of course the trees are alive!

After which, @Laughing_Lagomorph (Laughing Lagomorph) added

    I noticed the greenery too. My guess was he took the outside pictures before he moved in, maybe when he first saw the place?
    
    I knew **Yojimboguy** had changed his name but I couldn't remember what the new one was. Maybe it'll stick in my brain now.

@pyrrthon1 (pyrrthon1) replied

    Out of curiosity, how much does a place in Wisconsin like that go for?

So @Boyo_Jim (Boyo Jim) replied

    The exterior daytime shots are from several weeks ago. The interior shots are from Sunday night.
    
    Actual photo evidence of toilet by demand of Seeker74.
    
    I had a housewarming party Friday night, and the fireplace was a huge hit. If you look closely at the pic, you can see the teeny DVD player (with a teeny screen)sitting on top of the big TV. I used it to feed in the fireplace picture (on a looping DVD) to the big screen, while I used the multidisc changer in the media cabinet to play either CDs or Music DVDs. It gave my guests something to look at rather than an empty screen or a Toshiba logo screen saver, which is what my main player puts out as a video signal when used as a CD player.
    
    I changed my user name nearly 2 years ago because of confusion with Yojimbo (I was Yojimboguy).
    
    A place like that in Madison costs well over 100K.

To which @Boyo_Jim (Boyo Jim) replied

    kittenblue:
    
    > Lokks very nice, but as I'm sitting here freezing during the first snow storm of the year, all I can think is, “damn, that living room needs a rug!” Just the thought of cold hardwood floors under my feet is making me shiver! And the bedroom picture reminded me of a thread I've wanted to start about how many pillows people sleep with…I personally like four when I'm not sharing the bed, two when I am.
    > 
    > But I like the artwork, and the cat placement is perfect!
    
    I'm still debating rugs/carpeting. I really like the simplicity of wood floors, and cat barf management is much easier. My bedroom and office (well, designed as a second bedroom) floors are carpeted.
    
    Don't get me started on any or all of the 2(?)+ Billion women I'm not sleeping with… how many of you are there? However many there are, that's exactly how many I'm not sleeping with. Maybe I should try buying more pillows.
    
    Thanks for your and other comments about the artwork. It was an outrageous extravagance a few years ago at Madison's Art Fair on the Square (it cost more than the TV, the big one).
    
    There are two cats in 3 pictures. My cats are of course both perfect.


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