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    Quote Originally Posted by bad manners
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    I also like Southern European floors.
    I see. The type of floors I am into is more common in the North, Sweden or Norway
    Ah. Now this is even more interesting. I've never been to Scandinavia, so can't pass judgement. The opportunity has arisen, though, to spend a week in Trondheim in June. I will, of course, pass on my impressions. It's all about workmanship of course; a good floor is a long-lived (if scuffed) floor. Fancy, short-lived floors you can keep.

    Parquet can be rather nice, granted, but not the cheap stuff they call “parquet” these days
    Yes. The swine have rendered the word meaningless.
    А если отнять еще одну?

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    Do computer chairs with wheels mark wooden floors? Assuming an average weight person is sitting on the chair and not an elephant.

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    I have a question...why are we talking about floors? a floor is a floor, you guys are talking about floors as if it was your dream car.

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    I don't like cars. I don't want one.

    I do want a floor.

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    A few years ago I owned a house built in 1930. All the wood in the whole structure was solid California Redwood except for the floors which were solid 1" thick oak planks. Now that was a great house!
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    Dream cars? I change my cars every so often. I tend to stay with my floor a bit longer than with any given car. I also spend more time at home than in my car.
    Jonesboro, Arkansas. Mean, stupid, violent fat people, no jobs, nothing to do, hotter than a dog with 2 d--cks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Angel_of_Death-NZ
    I have a question...why are we talking about floors? a floor is a floor, you guys are talking about floors as if it was your dream car.
    I wholeheartedly apologise for my crude and premature claim that you contribute nothing worthwhile to this forum. I was quite wrong: you bring the half-cocked, pig-headed, alpha-male mindlessness. And where would our picnic be without it? You're an asset, AofD. Oh yes.
    А если отнять еще одну?

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    Quote Originally Posted by BJ
    Do computer chairs with wheels mark wooden floors? Assuming an average weight person is sitting on the chair and not an elephant.
    Depends whether said floor is varnished. If so, yes.
    А если отнять еще одну?

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    I still don't understand why Americans don't take their dirty shoes off when they walk around their nicely carpeted houses
    Having visited Saint Petersburg recently, I noticed this: THERE IS DIRT EVERYWHERE! For example, outside Площадь Восстания, there is a small very busy, very dirty street. However, I didn't see any genuine soil around. The main problem is that all this dirt is just dust from the vehicles. In America, we wear our shoes to the car, following a clean sidewalk. Then we drive to our destination. We then walk to the house, following another clean path. Our shoes are not yet dirty! However, if it is raining or our shoes get dirty we remove them.
    My house has very clean floors and we wear our shoes often. Also, in my dormitory, the floor is so heavily carpeted by stray papers that no dirt actually makes it to the floor.
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    I like carpets. And I always take off my shoes. I don't know why, but I do. But hardwood floors are nice too, I guess. Although the high gloss floors drive me crazy after a while.

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    Yeah, but it's way more comfortable to walk around with your shoes off, isn't it? And the floors of public buildings and bathrooms are really rather dirty. Sidewalks, although gray, are also not that clean.

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    And a pimpin' cane.

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    And the Morning Star. Or was it the Telegraph?
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