XPost: talk.politics.guns   
   From: flwp@in.valid   
      
   On Thu, 29 Jan 2026 13:14:57 -0500   
   Frank <"frank "@frank.net> wrote:   
      
   > On 1/29/2026 11:18 AM, Tal Yessen wrote:   
   > > On Wed, 28 Jan 2026 12:22:02 -0500   
   > > Ed P  wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> On 1/28/2026 11:07 AM, Retirednoguilt wrote:   
   > >>> On 1/28/2026 12:00 AM, Ed P wrote:   
   > >>>> On 1/27/2026 8:27 AM, Retirednoguilt wrote:   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>>>   
   > >>>>> We have a 4 handset cordless phone providing service for our   
   > >>>>> "land line" so whether someone in the open floor plan units we   
   > >>>>> inspected would be using their cell phone or one of our cordless   
   > >>>>> handsets, the noise factor would be identical.  If the kitchen   
   > >>>>> slider existed and was closed in most open plan units we   
   > >>>>> inspected, it would shut out all potential natural light   
   > >>>>> requiring us turn on lights to see what we were doing in the   
   > >>>>> kitchen.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> I don't understand that.  The slider is two 4' sections of glass   
   > >>>> on an outside wall.  LOTS of light.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> Unless you are referring to an interior divider.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> I thought you were referring to an opaque accordion shade   
   > >>> separating the kitchen area from adjacent areas in the open floor   
   > >>> plan.  I can't picture how a slider on an outside wall would   
   > >>> shield adjacent areas of the floor plan from noise originating in   
   > >>> the kitchen area.  In fact, if it is on the outside wall, and   
   > >>> allows plenty of light through it (I assume there's a window on   
   > >>> the outside wall where the slider is placed), what purpose does   
   > >>> the slider serve besides thermal insulation?   
   > >>   
   > >> The slider is the window and it is the door to the outside.  It   
   > >> provides light and access to the lanai and outside world.   
   > >>   
   > >> https://postimg.cc/PC70x8RD   
   > >   
   > > That's nice enough looking.   
   > >   
   > >>   
   > >> This is at the back of my property   
   > >>   
   > >> https://postimg.cc/kVkwrQhj   
   > >   
   > > Looks like something out of a horror movie with all that dead   
   > > spanish moss hanging around...   
   > >   
   > >   
   > > https://youtu.be/BiP6W0ZCQRg?t=101   
   > >   
   > Prompted me to take a picture of back of my house today:   
   >   
   > https://imgur.com/hZw21XI   
   >   
   > I prefer Ed's today but mine in warm weather.   
      
   You have a far larger and nicer lot, and prolly no hurricane or flood   
   worries.   
      
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