The General Chat Thread (2025)

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

That's what we go to sleep to! (I've even got an app...)

Its not insulated at all here, so rain or worse hail, sounds horrendous. Massively worse than it's actually raining. It's not that gentle sound apps play... more like someone playing the drums on the roof.

 

[Barriehie]

Its not insulated at all here, so rain or worse hail, sounds horrendous. Massively worse than it's actually raining. It's not that gentle sound apps play... more like someone playing the drums on the roof.

The barns are like that. The houses have an attic which helps a bit.

 

[badjak]

We got uninsulated iron sheeting on the roof as well
Can be quite noisy during one of those tropical storms

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

We got uninsulated iron sheeting on the roof as well
Can be quite noisy during one of those tropical storms

The entire house is like that.

 

[TastyReuben]

We go with metal roofs around here.

Same here, every other house has a metal roof. They look great, because they come in a thousand colors, it seems.

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

I don’t really know what you mean by a metal roof? The only type of metal roof I’m familiar with is the corrugated type and I have a feeling it wouldn’t be that?

 

[JAS_OH1]

Coconut water is good too.

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I like coconut water ok. I'd rather eat a handful of cashews though. Below is just the minerals in a 1 ounce serving:

The Benefits (and Drawbacks) of Cashew Nuts

 

[Barriehie]

I like coconut water ok. I'd rather eat a handful of cashews though.

I drank it by the quart working in the desert...

 

[JAS_OH1]

I drank it by the quart working in the desert...

That totally makes sense to keep electrolytes in balance.

 

[kaneohegirlinaz]

Barriehie and SatNavSaysStraightOn metal roofs here in Cowboyville AZ aren't very common because of the terrible hail storms, they have been getting pretty beat up.

 

[The Late Night Gourmet]

My wife’s 83-year-old mom, who we took along with us on our 30th anniversary trip to Cancun, tripped and fell on a curb, smacking her forehead on the sidewalk. She has a massive bump on her forehead, and she’s in a hospital now. She’s lucid, and aware of what’s going on, which is a good sign. She has slight fractures in her skull, and she’s in ICU now. But we have no medical coverage in Mexico. What a mess.

 

[badjak]

I don’t really know what you mean by a metal roof? The only type of metal roof I’m familiar with is the corrugated type and I have a feeling it wouldn’t be that?

Mine's corrugated. Sort of.
It's made to look like roof tiles

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

Mine's corrugated. Sort of.
It's made to look like roof tiles

Now I’m more confused, corrugated roof tiles? I’ll have to google it!

 

[Barriehie]

Barriehie and SatNavSaysStraightOn metal roofs here in Cowboyville AZ aren't very common because of the terrible hail storms, they have been getting pretty beat up.

In NV they use those clay tiles a lot. They last well but eventually the paper underneath dry rots, 20 or 30 years...

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

In NV they use those clay tiles a lot. They last well but eventually the paper underneath dry rots, 20 or 30 years...

What paper is under the tiles?