| Kris Krieger 2005-06-16, 2:34 pm |
| "gruhn" <gruhn@deletehwb.com> wrote in
news:KO2oe.52$lI5.4421@news.uswest.net:
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> I see a cupola as a thing. Something you can point at and take off. A
> clerestory as a wall in a certain location in relation to the roofs
> around it.
Oh...OK, I didn't realise it was basically a geegaw.
Maybe what I was thinking of might be called a "crow's nest", like the
structure on a ship, used as a Lookout? I had thought some cupolas could
be accessed but obviously got it confused with something else.
Maybe I was thinking that a cupola originated as a type of roof vent...
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> My point was that the cupola on a round barn does the exact same thing
> as the clerestory just at a smaller radius.
Oh, I missed that, sorry.
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> I toyed with that interpretation too. if the wings were just a bit
> narrower then the corners at the clerestory would come all the way to
> the ground and the tower would be more apparent. Or if the clerestory
> wall were back just a bit then it would look more perched on the roof
> and less like it might go all the way to the ground.
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>
> Oh gods, I would SOOOO attend that place. Esp. if it were provisioned
> by Mike's on Hanover St.
I do have me evil streak, eh?
OTOH, hmmm, maybe soemthing like that could be a money maker - have it
somewhere warm, Tuscan <?> decor, decent wine and food - no cheap stuff.
Spa, massages, and so on - let someone else actually *run* it tho' <g>
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> That could be fun. I think I read recently about somebody who thought
> people with wind chimes should be shot. So be careful where you build.
I do have a limit myself, plus I insist on the ones that are tuned like a
musical instrument. (Bought a book on acoustics last week, and planning on
buying one about designing and making musical instruments, because I'm
wanting to make my own "wind instrument", also maybe figuring out how to
make and tune a tongue drum tho' that's a totally differnt thing - well,
unless it can be wind-driven in some way....hmmmm......)
Of course the advantage of having several acres (my fantasy) is that one is
more insulated from the rest of the world and the intrusions of annoying
busybodies ;)
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- Kris M. Krieger
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