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I'm curious...if you're not planning to use this space as for what it was intended (a dining room), where do you eat? This is just like our condo, and a very typical condo layout in LA...a dining room that's separated from the kitchen by a counter, that opens into the living room.

If you have plenty of eating space somewhere else, no reason not to do something else with the area, though. If I were going to use this as den, I think I would use a piece of furnture to act as a partition... so that it defines the space as a separate room. Maybe a small couch, small bookcase or at least a chair placed where the carpet begins, that faces into the room. Once you do that, the other furniture will be easier to arrange.

aquarabbit,

They legally HAVE to refund your money if it was their mistake. Tell them you're going to take them to small claims court if they dont.

patrick, um...the house came down in 1967.

I've never had an electric stove until moving into my new home 3 months ago. It was very strange to get used to (when you turn gas stoves down, the heat is instantly reduced...not so with an electric stove) but now I love it. With a glass top stove, you can just shift the pot off the burner when it's too hot, and the stove top is much easier to clean ...you just wipe it off. I love it. It gets hotter than gas, and quicker.

Between that and our dishwasher (another first for us), we feel like the Jetsons.

It looks like ants crawling all over it.

MonsterMash, there is no downside, horrific or otherwise, to people consuming less (if they choose to). I would never try to tell people how to live their lives. However, passing legislation that would have a serious and permanant negative impact on our standard of living (as well as needlessly increase the power of the government) could have a huge downside.

As you can see from Sea's post, there are people who feel that these types of political causes are more important than people "maintaining their own lives." That's a somewhat scary thought, but it's true.

Lesley, I never meant to suggest that I considered the documentary to be the last, definitive word on the subject of global warming. I wouldn't expect a documentary that goes against a popularly held belief to not be criticized. Then you have one of the scientists appearing in the film who obviously feels his comments were taken out of context, etc.

It would be very convienent for us all if everything in life were cut and dried, and we could believe everything our media and politicians tell us. Unfortunately, that's rarely the case. In the case of global warming, there are climate scientists at the top of their field who believe it is not being caused by mankind. It doesn't take much research to find this information in books, on websites, etc. It is not a case of, as you suggest, one documentary against the views of leading scientiests.

Vagary, why did you make that comment? Was it because I urged people to consider boths sides of an issue? If MrGreen was banned, I would assume it was because he was insulting to people. If you've ever read any of my posts on other topics, you'd see that I've never been insulting to anyone. In fact, I always do my best to give good advice to people on the subject of decorating, painting, etc. (the main theme of this site, and the main subject matter I come here for).

Which part of my above post do you disagree with? The part about people having a responsibility to consider both sides of an issue before voting on it? Or the part about politicians having agendas? Those were the only opinions I expressed. The other things I said were facts: There ARE many climate scientists who dont agree with the idea of "man-made global warming.", and there IS a documentary and websites that support that with evidence.

This thread is a poll, which asks what people believe on this subject. Do you feel that people should only express their opinions if they agree with you?

Before deciding to consider something "a critical, global emergency", I would urge people to consider both sides of the issue. This is everyone's responsibility, especially before voting on issues that would mean a drastic and permanent reduction in man's standard of living.

Keep in mind that politicians (whether left or right wing) all have agendas, and are generally not the best sources of scientific information. There are many climate scientists who say that, at the very least, that not enough is known about global warming to hand it over to policy makers.

There is a lot of good information about global warming and the hysteria surrounding it on these sites:

http://www.junkscience.com/

http://www.globalwarminghysteria.com/

There is also a very good documentary which aired on British television. Youtube has it broken into 8 parts. Here is a link to the first part:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f8v5du5_ag

wende, if you'd like to learn more about the causes of global warming, there's a British documentary that was shown on the BBC. It's posted on Youtube in eight parts. Here's a link to the first part:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f8v5du5_ag