When You Live in 650 SF ...

"Steve in Manhattan" (blogenfreude01) 06/16/2016 at 13:26 • Filed to: None

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... and buy in bulk, accommodations must be made:

CalzoneGolem > Steve in Manhattan 06/16/2016 at 13:48

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Is that your Dorian Gray painting?

Matt Brown > Steve in Manhattan 06/16/2016 at 13:53

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I once thought it was a good idea to buy a gigantic case of toilet paper from Costco, figuring i’d always need toilet paper and why not get it at a discount. I moved twice before i finished it all; had moving boxes filled with toilet paper.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Steve in Manhattan 06/16/2016 at 13:58

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Yeah, I have lots of shelves in any upper space. Nobody can buy a house in SF or nearby anymore. Houses that a plumbers family could have in the 70's are now 800k to over million.

Steve in Manhattan > CalzoneGolem 06/16/2016 at 14:16

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That is a print of Ginevra de Benci, the only da Vinci painting in the U.S. She lives at the National Gallery in DC, and you should pay her a visit. Don’t forget to walk around to the back - she’s painted on panel, and the reverse show, if I recall correctly, a coat of arms.

Steve in Manhattan > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 06/16/2016 at 14:17

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The owner of this apartment laid it out perfectly, with lots of overhead storage. I want to buy it (they’d sell it) but SigOther says it’s too small. So we continue our search.

Jonathan Harper > Steve in Manhattan 06/16/2016 at 14:21

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I amazingly still have empty cabinets in my nyc apt, but slowly filling them up. Cabinets become closets once all the kitchenware has been stowed...

Steve in Manhattan > Jonathan Harper 06/16/2016 at 14:24

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SigOther is in Japan for a week - my assignment is to get rid of books and clothes that we will not read again or wear again. No pressure.

CalzoneGolem > Steve in Manhattan 06/16/2016 at 14:41

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Can I just come look at it in your bathroom?

Steve in Manhattan > CalzoneGolem 06/16/2016 at 14:43

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Sure - just let me know the date and time so I can scoop the litterbox ...

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Steve in Manhattan 06/16/2016 at 14:46

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In Japan they have magazines with clever tricks, if I built a place I would use them, I kept clippings from over the years with some cool stuff. One had drawers under the lip of every step in the staircase for shoes.

CalzoneGolem > Steve in Manhattan 06/16/2016 at 14:51

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6/16/2016 6:16:20pm

Ash78, voting early and often > Steve in Manhattan 06/16/2016 at 14:53

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Hell, we have 2600sf, but our linen closets still look like that on a good day. For some reason, the wife frowns on stacking boxes of toilet paper in places like our “Dining Room” (which has been dined in exactly 3 times in 5 years). As a general rule, your crap will always expand to fill the space allowed — cars, software, houses, anything.

Steve in Manhattan > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 06/16/2016 at 15:51

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Her shoes are in Container Store bins under the bed. Does she wear them? ... do I look suicidal?

Steve in Manhattan > CalzoneGolem 06/16/2016 at 15:53

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There are cold Newcastles in the fridge ... I’ll wait here.

Steve in Manhattan > Ash78, voting early and often 06/16/2016 at 15:56

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We’ve been looking for an apartment to buy - the worst wastes of space are dining rooms and foyers. We sit on the couch and watch TV and eat. A dining room will not be of any use.

Frank Grimes > Ash78, voting early and often 06/16/2016 at 16:27

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cats

Ash78, voting early and often > Steve in Manhattan 06/16/2016 at 16:30

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All the more reason we should use it for warehousing when it’s not needed for dining. The day before Thanksgiving, I can just move all the toilet paper out to the garage and park my car in the driveway for a couple days. Best of both worlds. In theory. Sometimes I look at our unused heated/cooled space and think “People right here in my town are paying MORE than my mortgage to have climate-controlled storage of this size.” Suburban First World Problems. I need to do like an AirBNB for storage space.

Whatevs > Steve in Manhattan 06/16/2016 at 16:43

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Hell 650sq ft is a mansion. My wife and I lived in 267 sq ft in Hong Kong but we were never so foolish as to buy in bulk!

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Steve in Manhattan 06/16/2016 at 16:46

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Oh my wife and her sister in Japan have a serious number of shoes.

Steve in Manhattan > Ash78, voting early and often 06/16/2016 at 17:08

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That might work ... and we can’t have turkey. A Manhattan-sized refrigerator won’t hold all the leftovers from even a 10 pound bird. If anyone breeds a small turkey that feeds 2 or 3, they’ll make millions.

Steve in Manhattan > Whatevs 06/16/2016 at 17:10

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Shit - from what I understand, HK is crazy expensive. My world-traveling SigOther has her own nomination - after staying in Seoul in 2007, she said it was the most expensive city she’s ever seen - and she lived in Tokyo for years.

Steve in Manhattan > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 06/16/2016 at 17:12

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And never call them on it ... it will only cause you pain.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Steve in Manhattan 06/16/2016 at 17:57

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I draw the line at bags that cost as much as used JDM engines on Ebay.

Steve in Manhattan > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 06/16/2016 at 18:12

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She has a $600 wallet (Chanel). I said, wouldn’t you rather have a $100 wallet with $500 in it? She said - you’d just take the $600 and shove it into your pocket!

She’s right - although she did get me a slender wallet from a London shoemaker. And I use it.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Steve in Manhattan 06/16/2016 at 19:16

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She didn’t like my velcro wallet when we lived in Japan so she got a Diesel one that zips up, I still use it. I know she has an $800 bag, don’t know the brand, I always say, “hey there’s that $800 bag” when she uses it. She has never said, “hey how much have you spent on the Z....”

Steve in Manhattan > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 06/16/2016 at 19:29

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There are rings that are worth a few grand apiece (am I setting myself up here?) that I need to add to the contents policy. She has stuff that is from designers I might not even know their names. ...

Whatevs > Steve in Manhattan 06/17/2016 at 08:11

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Housing is for sure. That 267 sq ft apt cost us about $2200/mo US.

thebigbossyboss > Whatevs 06/17/2016 at 17:21

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Jesus! That sounds horrible. I like life on the plains here at 54th parallel...lots of space!

thebigbossyboss > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 06/17/2016 at 17:23

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This is why I got my mustang in convertible form. I didn't really want a convertible, but if I have gf buy in, then it's not "that stupid car I waste all the money on" it our car we waste all the money on.

Whatevs > thebigbossyboss 06/22/2016 at 11:50

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Living as a local is pretty cheap if you know how...we did a mix and loved it...

thebigbossyboss > Whatevs 06/22/2016 at 13:20

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My place is probably 1400 sq ft to rent and costs a little more than half.

Whatevs > thebigbossyboss 06/23/2016 at 09:38

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never made it over there...but we did thailand a bunch, Vietnam, Bali etc