Whoa! So was the dog ok, Attalus? What a way to find a cistern! LOL
Guess I'm glad my house is only 5 yrs old and built on land that was a meadow before it was bought years ago for developing.

Well, they rescued it that night, but it died shortly thereafter (it was old). He decided to redo the whole house, and he is still working on it, about 10 months, I guess. Poor guy, I feel sorry for him.

LOL, it absolutely cracks me up that you guys think that's old ;)
A lot of the housing in London is late 19th century - we consider that modern ;) and most of the remaining housing is 1920s or '30s Now if I was living in a 17th century cottage, that would be quite old [img]tongue.gif[/img]

I'll have you know the house I live in is over 20 years old! [img]tongue.gif[/img] Errr oh yea you knew that. But I have a pool here! Anyone can come by and swim all they want! Isnt that right Epona? ;)

Erm yeah, great pool Pauly - is that on Moni & Cloudy's repairs list? ;) How in the heck did it get in that state anyway?

i know, Epona, I know. Once, in London, I was talking to a pharmacist and I mentioned that in my town in Texas, we have the longest consecutively run pharmacy in the state, and he took me outside to show me the cornerstone of his building, and it read "1726." I guess that they made houses better back then. But, my point wasn't that my house was that old, just needed some repairs. And, I suspect that you would be as appalled at finding your back porch replaced by a pool of black water.

Oh of course! It would be awful! I wasn't trying to detract at all from the seriousness of that incident [img]smile.gif[/img] My apartment was built in 1975 and had a leaking roof recently, I can appreciate how it feels!
Most of the houses in London need work doing to them, I'm probably gonna be buying a victorian house soon. I have been in some that are lopsided due to structural problems like a crazy house at a fair (obviously I won't buy one like that!)

[ 06-16-2002, 07:42 PM: Message edited by: Epona ]

You wouldnt buy a crazy house Epona?????? Whats wrong with you? [img]tongue.gif[/img]

On another note about how 'old' things are relatively, I used to have a Canadian flatmate. She had some friends come over from Canada, and I took them all to the Museum of London (visit it if you're ever over here, it's great!).

On the way, we went past part of the old city walls. I pointed out to the guests which parts were 'old' and which were 'modern' because there had been some reconstruction. My flatmate turned to me and said 'Look Laura, you'll have to explain what you mean by old and modern because to us, 100 years ago is old'. We all had a good laugh when I explained that the old parts were Roman (1st century AD) and the 'modern' parts were 17th Century.

LOL, well I can see the attraction - your furniture sliding down toward one wall etc. Perhaps if I got one I could open it up for paid tours, maybe that would help me pay the mortgage [img]graemlins/biglaugh.gif[/img]