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   > Ken S. Tucker wrote:   
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   >>On May 21, 3:11 pm, "EDS"  wrote:   
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   >>>"Kris Krieger"  wrote in message   
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   >>>>Well, in the casde of older homes, I can remember that the house I grew   
   >>>>up in had what today would be considered beautiful wooden floors, but   
   >>>>back when I was a kid, only poor schmucks had to suffer with hard,   
   >>>>exposed wood floors - it was just what was used for flooring after WWII   
   >>>>and through at least part of the 50's, so it didn't have any mystique or   
   >>>>elan surrounding it.  So, carpeting was a status thing (also added   
   >>>>cushioning, and insulation value given that the basements in that area   
   >>>>had no insulation of any sort when the houses were built) - and   
   >>>>*wall-to-   
   >>>>wall* was a luxurious thing.   
   >>>>   
   >>>Not so if you have animals and kids. Promotes dust, dust mites, and just   
   >>>plain crap. I wouldn't be surprised if the skyrocketing asthma cases in   
   >>>children couldn't be blamed partially on playing on wall to wall.  I   
   >>>remember inspecting a huge Victorian house on Commonwealth Ave, that had   
   >>>been converted to a funeral casket showroom by a casket co. Every major   
   >>>room   
   >>>had a different casket style centrally located. Anyway they were selling   
   >>>it.   
   >>>All floors were mouse gray wall to wall. I pulled up a few corners and   
   >>>discovered marble in many bright and cheery patterns. (House also had a   
   >>>full   
   >>>size pipe organ in the atrium/stairwell) Our developer wouln't pay the   
   >>>asking price, but eventually 12 condos went in.   
   >>>EDS   
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   >>   
   >>In my early 20's I had two kids, and rented a place with   
   >>hardwood flooring, so an inventor friend of ours has fat   
   >>thick wool shag rugs he's selling, beautiful looking blue.   
   >>Expensive, yes, but great for the living room, kids can   
   >>fall down, crawl around and it's warm and padded.   
   >>   
   >>The inventor explains there will be some shedding for a   
   >>month or so. Well of course our visitors remove shoes   
   >>and their socks are blue when they leave. The older   
   >>brat acquires a taste for chewing wool, and starts   
   >>grazing on the carpet. She's the type that No means   
   >>it must be good, (still is).   
   >>Well months go by and serious bald spots start   
   >>appearing, though we serviced it strictly in accord   
   >>with instructions, (except maybe the brat daughter).   
   >>Anyway he refunded our money and thanked us for   
   >>testing his new product, and we kept the rug!   
   >>   
   >>After mucho experiments, we now use industrial   
   >>grade indoor-outdoor carpeting, and crank a shop   
   >>vac to it located outside.   
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   > Why do I get the impression that you showed more interest in the longevity   
   > and condition of your shag than your daughter?   
      
   Sculptered, multi-colored shag carpet, now thats a cultural icon.....right   
   up there with the avocado fridge.   
      
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