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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 12:39 PM Original message |
When did screen doors on homes go out of style? |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. Here in southern California they are not really necessary |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I think that they're large enough to be stopped by a standard chain-link fence, aren't they? |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 12:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. *snerk* |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. Don't know when, but I'm sitting four feet from my screen door right now |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
4. Air conditioning. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
5. On front doors, it's a style thing. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. New houses simply aren't built to do anything but have the heat or AC on. |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
7. Dunno--but we made sure to put one up when we moved in |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
8. When the media started scaring people half to death about crime. |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 02:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. well, we always had a solid door behind the screen door |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
9. I built my house 2 years ago and I have them. They are a necessity |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
10. These elements? |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 02:13 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. You can protect yourself from those elements by |
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grannylib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
11. Here in Minnesota, you GOTTA have 'em, unless you're rolling in |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
12. Why? Looks and maybe heat buildup. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
13. Most modern houses are built to ALWAYS either have the heat or A/C on. |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
15. About the 3,214th time my dad yelled "QUIT SLAMMING THE DAMN SCREEN DOOR!" |
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Tikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
17. A lot of homes.... |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
18. I guess with the proliferation of air conditioning |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. people had air conditioning before |
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