On Mon, 5 Apr 2010 10:17:07 -0600, the infamous "Max"
scrawled the following:

"Larry Jaques" wrote

On Mon, 5 Apr 2010 07:39:30 -0500, the infamous "Leon" wrote

Our new home, 30 years ago had all carpet and 10 years later we replace
with
expensive carpet. 14 years later replaced with all tile. Tile is
sooooooooooooooooo much easier to maintain and clean and does not stink.

It's also cold, hard, and much more dangerous. Fall on the carpet and
you get a bump. Fall on tile and you can break bones or crack skulls
and die much more easily. If you go barefoot, it's hard on the feet as
well as being very cold (unless you spend $10k on radiant flooring.)

Methinks we're a full 180 apart on this one.

Cold? We have a difficult time getting cold here in El Paso. We *Love*
cold.

In the _winter_? Suuuure you do, Max.


It's not as easy to trip and fall on tile as it is on carpet. G

But let the dog drool a bit and you slip and fall on tile. Ouch!


Barefoot. Ah........the coolness of a tile floor. .........exhilarating.
But Mama don't allow no bare feet here.

She prefers slippery socks?


Methinks you're right.

Then you're with me? Together, we can get those cold and dangerous
tile floors banned!

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