Five Strange Things About My New Apartment

[Dynasty]

1. Was Mike Brady the architect of the master bathroom?

There appears to be something missing here.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v720/DynastyPoker/003_23A.jpg

I've got the standard sink, counter, and mirror in the middle. On the right, there is the tub/shower. You can see the left wall in the mirror image (far right of the picture). But, no toilet?

Well, not really, of course.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v720/DynastyPoker/005_21A.jpg

The master bedroom toilet is basically in a closet to the left of the bathroom.

So, what's missing? There's no door. There's an archway between the bathroom and bedroom but no door to seperate them. That seems odd to me.





2. Mirror above kitchen sink

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v720/DynastyPoker/007_19A.jpg

I'm not sure what inspired somebody to put a mirror directly above the kitchen sink. What's it supposed to be used for? Am I supposed to be watching myself while I wash the dishes?





3. There's a second bedroom

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v720/DynastyPoker/027_00A.jpg

All my moving is done. Every piece of furniture I own is in place.

It appears I have some shopping to do.





4. My patio/balcony furniture

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v720/DynastyPoker/013_13A.jpg

It seems a bit too much for patio furniture. But, it'll be nice in the fall and spring.





5. Too many washers and dryers

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v720/DynastyPoker/008_18A.jpg

This picture isn't very good. On the left, you can see the washer and dryer I bought four years ago. On the right, you can barely make out the washer and dryer which came with the new apartment.

So, my washer/dryer has basically become a table. Any Vegas residents want to buy a washer/dryer on the cheap?

[[censored]]

Apartment? I thought you just bought a new house?

[nolanfan34]

The mirror above the kitchen sink is like the strangest thing ever. I've been thinking, but I can't fathom how someone would think that's a good place for a mirror.

[RacersEdge]

I just moved into an apartment and my strangest discovery was no sprayer thingy on the kitchen sink. And my garbage disposal must be about 300 horsepower..

One good discovery - I have perfect line of sight from the toilet to the TV...

[-Skeme-]

That's a sweet patio.

[TStoneMBD]

nice place. i like the archways. nice couch on the patio haha. this is 1.5 miles off the strip?

[TStoneMBD]

i just moved into my apartment and i dont have a spray thingy for my kitchen sink either. i have a dishwasher though so i dont think id ever use it anyway. no garbage disposal either, but nothing unusual about that.

[2+2 wannabe]

my mom's new house has telephones in every bathroom (4) in the house - and none anywhere else?!?! /images/graemlins/confused.gif

[Chaostracize]

Noticed Harry Potter 2 lying on the kitchen counter.
TWO MORE WEEKS BABY.

[2+2 wannabe]

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Noticed Harry Potter 2 lying on the kitchen counter.
TWO MORE WEEKS BABY.

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haha

[sfer]

What'll really throw you for a loop is when, in like 6 months, you're washing your hands in someone else's kitchen sink and you'll try to check yourself out only to see that there's no mirror.

[nolanfan34]

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What'll really throw you for a loop is when, in like 6 months, you're washing your hands in someone else's kitchen sink and you'll try to check yourself out only to see that there's no mirror.

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This is a damn good point.

[Mike Gallo]

Thats how the bathrooms are set up in Europe, except the toilet sits in a totally different room then the bathroom.

My mother has her entire kitchen mirrored. Its a gaudy italian tradition.

Congrats on the new place.

[Lawrence Ng]

NH Dynasty.

Lawrence

[Talk2BigSteve]

I noticed a copy of a Harry Potter Book in EVERY Picture. Even the "empty" room has the Order of the Pheonix standing next to the outlets.

Steve

[Dynasty]

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I noticed a copy of a Harry Potter Book in EVERY Picture. Even the "empty" room has the Order of the Pheonix standing next to the outlets.

Steve

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Steve wins.

That was my little joke.

[Zeno]

Congrats on the new place, hope the move went smooth. You do have a few oddities in the place, the mirror above the sink being the most standoutish. Replace it with a Degas print Some examples (http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/degas/ballet/) .

The 'velvet' overcushy patio 'chair' is, at least to me, revolting. For some reason it reminds me of all the bad fashion and clothes from the mid-1970s. Sell that thing to a casino and get some well made Rattan style chairs or 'love seat'. Good ones are very comforable and cool in the summer.

-Zeno

[jgunnip]

that's a classy patio. now just get a tv/computer screen out there with a wirless keyboard and construct a mousebad on one of the chair arms and you're set.

[Talk2BigSteve]

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I noticed a copy of a Harry Potter Book in EVERY Picture. Even the "empty" room has the Order of the Pheonix standing next to the outlets.

Steve

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Steve wins.

That was my little joke.

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Thanks Dynasty.

I am almost as excited for this book as you are.

Steve

[Brain]

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I noticed a copy of a Harry Potter Book in EVERY Picture. Even the "empty" room has the Order of the Pheonix standing next to the outlets.

Steve

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I was wondering what that little square was at the bottom. I am stupid.

[elwoodblues]

I would check what's on the wall behind that mirror ASAP.

[TimTimSalabim]

That looks exactly like my apartment in Green Valley -- closet toilet, Roman tub, the five lights (they call it "Hollywood lighting" in my complex), archways, mirror in the kitchen, everything. Same builder I guess.

[Trix]

I´m trying to think of a place in Europe with a bathroom like you describe, but can´t come up with any..

[Arnfinn Madsen]

Thinking the same, been in 20 European countries. Never seen one. Maybe Albania?

[krazyace5]

Sometimes mirrors are used to make the room look bigger? Other than that I got nothing.

[youtalkfunny]

Desert Club rules.

But make sure, when you move out, somebody from that office walks through the place with you. I didn't know any better, and they billed me for damages that I know weren't there.

[OtisTheMarsupial]

That looks awfully familiar.
Do you live in an Olen property apartment?

[siccjay]

Looks like the bathrooms in my old dorm. Except the closet would have a shower in there with the toilet.

[Clarkmeister]

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I am almost as excited for this book as you are.


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Whoa whoa whoa!

[drexah]

wow, weird, didn't even realize..

although i am drunk and high.

[SinCityGuy]

[ QUOTE ]
that's a classy patio. now just get a tv/computer screen out there with a wirless keyboard and construct a mousebad on one of the chair arms and you're set.

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Probably not a good idea, as a passerby might hear, "You f***ing fish!"

[whiskeytown]

regarding #1 -

It's nice if you want to take a shower and don't have to deal with the stink of someone's [censored] from 5 min. before (cause they all rush to dump that in there if you say you're going to take a shower)

I know they do - it's what I used to do for fun /images/graemlins/grin.gif

RB

[jakethebake]

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The mirror above the kitchen sink is like the strangest thing ever. I've been thinking, but I can't fathom how someone would think that's a good place for a mirror.

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Very odd.

[jakethebake]

Maybe it's just the angle, but there a few 00tiots that would be in trouble if they had to use your toilet. I don't think they could fit in there.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v720/DynastyPoker/005_21A.jpg

[jakethebake]

Is there a special closet to keep your Hermione blow-up doll?

[spamuell]

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I´m trying to think of a place in Europe with a bathroom like you describe, but can´t come up with any..

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My house.

[sfer]

Worst avatar change ever.

[jakethebake]

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Worst avatar change ever.

[/ QUOTE ]

Especially considering he's as far from a pirate as you can get.

[beerbandit]

[ QUOTE ]
2. Mirror above kitchen sink



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that is weird --- it seems that a lot of the time the mirro may be steamed up if you are doing the dishes also


that patio does look cozey

place looks good - cheers

[Luv2DriveTT]

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Worst avatar change ever.

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sad /images/graemlins/frown.gif.... I miss RB.

TT

[IndieMatty]

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Worst avatar change ever.

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If it's what I think it is. It's an awesome avatar.

(Piebald skulll and crossbones)

[Luv2DriveTT]

[ QUOTE ]
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Worst avatar change ever.

[/ QUOTE ]

If it's what I think it is. It's an awesome avatar.

(Piebald skulll and crossbones)

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You obviously have never met RB. He is no pirate, his old avatar was fantastic. Trust me on this one, its a classic /images/graemlins/smile.gif

TT /images/graemlins/club.gif

[GreywolfNYC]

I looked at a bunch of apartments on one of my recent trips to Vegas, and I saw the same "no bathroom door/archway" business. I specifically remember it at an apartment complex called Camden Del Mar. Maybe this is something peculiar to Vegas?

[chaas4747]

[ QUOTE ]
I looked at a bunch of apartments on one of my recent trips to Vegas, and I saw the same "no bathroom door/archway" business. I specifically remember it at an apartment complex called Camden Del Mar. Maybe this is something peculiar to Vegas?

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My house is this way. I do have a door that leads to the toilet room on the main level from the living room, and a door that shuts the toilet room (with a sink) off from the shower, and the archway to the bedroom. It is nice, because you can use the pisser while someone is taking a shower.

[scalf]

/images/graemlins/laugh.gif.. dyn:

if you are such a successfull pro poker stud???

why aren't you buying a house or condo???

huh??

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[BottlesOf]

The next question is why you moved into a strange 2 BR with a washer and dryer included, with your washer and dryer, if you only need a 1 BR?

[Dynasty]

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that patio does look cozey

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Here's the view looking west towards the Strip.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v720/DynastyPoker/014_12A.jpg





[ QUOTE ]
this is 1.5 miles off the strip?

[/ QUOTE ]

It's just half a mile from the Strip. Here's what I see when I walk out of the properties main entrance.

To the left, you can see Bally's, the Bellagio, the Flamingo, and a small piece of Caesars Palace.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v720/DynastyPoker/025_01A.jpg


Straight ahead, you can also see Imperial Palace and Harrahs.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v720/DynastyPoker/024_02A.jpg


To the right, you can see the Venitian and Wynn

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v720/DynastyPoker/023_03A.jpg

[RacersEdge]

That's a regular indoor couch on the patio right? So it never rains there I take it?

On a related note, is water expensive?

[KingOtter]

[ QUOTE ]
That's a regular indoor couch on the patio right? So it never rains there I take it?

On a related note, is water expensive?

[/ QUOTE ]

Las Vegas was built in the desert, btw.

[OtisTheMarsupial]

[ QUOTE ]
Las Vegas was built in the desert, btw.

[/ QUOTE ]

Among other common misconceptions about Vegas is this one.
Yes, Las Vegas is a desert now, but it hasn't always been one. Las Vegas means "The Meadows."

excerpt of LV history lesson (http://www.sincitychamberofcommerce.com/las_vegas_sin_city_history.htm):
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The completion of the main railway, linking Southern California with Salt Lake City in 1905, established Las Vegas as a railroad town. The availability of water made Las Vegas an ideal refueling point and rest stop.

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Then gambling became legal and soon after that quickie divorces... low and behold! The stigma of sin was born.

Then the Hoover dam was built and Vegas grew larger.

Along with some natural springs in LV, the city gets some of the run-off from the Colorado River, which created seasonal meadows (b/c Vegas is a flood plain). Urban development channeled and poluted that water and thus Vegas became more and more pure desert.

But we're getting some meadows/ wetlands/ wash back...

Las Vegas Wash (wetlands) (http://www.snwa.com/html/env_lv_wash.html) and more (http://www.lvwash.org/)



yw

[KingOtter]

[ QUOTE ]
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Las Vegas was built in the desert, btw.

[/ QUOTE ]

Among other common misconceptions about Vegas is this one.
Yes, Las Vegas is a desert now, but it hasn't always been one. Las Vegas means "The Meadows."

excerpt of LV history lesson (http://www.sincitychamberofcommerce.com/las_vegas_sin_city_history.htm):
[ QUOTE ]
The completion of the main railway, linking Southern California with Salt Lake City in 1905, established Las Vegas as a railroad town. The availability of water made Las Vegas an ideal refueling point and rest stop.

[/ QUOTE ]

Then gambling became legal and soon after that quickie divorces... low and behold! The stigma of sin was born.

Then the Hoover dam was built and Vegas grew larger.

Along with some natural springs in LV, the city gets some of the run-off from the Colorado River, which created seasonal meadows (b/c Vegas is a flood plain). Urban development channeled and poluted that water and thus Vegas became more and more pure desert.

But we're getting some meadows/ wetlands/ wash back...

Las Vegas Wash (wetlands) (http://www.snwa.com/html/env_lv_wash.html) and more (http://www.lvwash.org/)



yw

[/ QUOTE ]

None of that stuff requires rainfall. And in fact only Arizona has less raingfall/year than Nevada.

And I already feel I argued this point farther than I should have or wanted (or cared... I was just making a point about someone asking about rainfall in Vegas, for gosh sakes ... I hate the dang internet, everyone's a frickin expert).

KO

[whiskeytown]

it's a temporary change - may be a few days or a week or two...

I won't get into the whole thing right now, but here's the jest of it -

"There comes a time when every man feels the urge to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and start slitting throats." - H.L. Mencken

[JaBlue]

mirror above sink is for shaving when your wife kicks you out of your toiletless bathroom.