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Re: Anyone fancy a bath? [message #16109 is a reply to message #16089 ] Thu, 14 May 2009 01:23 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Diane in MN  is currently offline Diane in MN
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skating librarian wrote on Wed, 13 May 2009 20:28

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathtub_madonna

See, it's true ... it's in Wikipedia.


I'm surprised at the mention of Minnesota/Wisconsin as prime bathtub Madonna territory, as I haven't noticed them in my part of the state. Concrete grottos, yes, some, but not bathtubs. In rural Minnesota, my guess would be that old bathtubs would more likely become watering troughs, as in b_twin_1's area--we have lots of dairy farms around here. I will have to keep my eyes open. Smile



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Re: Anyone fancy a bath? [message #16118 is a reply to message #16078 ] Thu, 14 May 2009 07:28 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Robin wrote on Thu, 14 May 2009 01:14

YES. Thank you. I kept thinking 'Aero' but it didn't google. It's apparently notorious among builders. That and the awful woodchip paint on the walls which I had stripped the minute the ink on the deeds was dry. There are LIMITS and that was even beyond the ducky tiles.


We still have that on our corridor walls - it's been there well over 30 years and I have no idea how you would start getting it off, especially as it's been painted over several times. The main corridors in the building are all Artartex, and I have a feeling it is massively ancient, possibly even original 1930s.

I have seen old stone kitchen sinks used as water-features, and my grandmother used an upturned dustbin-lid (the old-fashioned kind, not the modern plastic ones!) as a bird-bath. But not a bathtub! Although you could use it as a planter, perhaps? Fill it with earth and you'd have room for lots of plants. Only they would have to be annuals or hardy ones as you couldn't drag it indoors on a frosty night!


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Re: Anyone fancy a bath? [message #16120 is a reply to message #16108 ] Thu, 14 May 2009 08:17 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Diane in MN wrote on Thu, 14 May 2009 01:14

Robin wrote on Wed, 13 May 2009 19:10

Oh gods! Gold veined mirror tiles! Orange shag carpeting! AAAAAAAAAAAUGH! I *looked* at that house! Smile


I babysat in that house. How we date ourselves by these experiences . . .!


I spent my formative years in that house. Oh, shag carpet.... you hid a multitude of food-based accidents from prying parental eyes...


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Re: Anyone fancy a bath? [message #16130 is a reply to message #16096 ] Thu, 14 May 2009 11:10 Go to previous message
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b_twin_1 wrote on Wed, 13 May 2009 19:22


Yes.... It would make a lovely lily pond.... Wink


My mother actually did that years ago. She acquired a half size tub - I can't imagine how anyone ever bathed in it - which she sunk in the back yard. She placed rocks and plants around it. Ground cover grew over the rocks and the rim, disguising the shape. With water lilies and goldfish, it was an attractive water feature.
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