On Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:55:49 -0500, Swingman wrote:

On 4/13/2012 1:26 PM, wrote:


Around here the plumbing is in the BASEMENT. I know much of the USA
hasn't got a clue what a basement is. Crawl-space or cellar, perhaps -
but not an actual useable basement.

And why do you suppose that is?
Mostly because half the US is built on land that you could not get a
building permit for in Canada???

Why anyone would want to build in New Orleans totally escapes me.
And half of Florida you'd be better off with a houseboat.