Hibijibi <km34@columbia.edu> wrote:

> "Dave Fossett" <reply@via.newsgroup> wrote...
> > "Hibijibi"wrote...
> > > Yes, there are a couple nice things -- genkan, bath + toilet
> separation...
> >
> > Maybe, but wouldn't it be nice to have the bath upstairs rather than on
> the
> > ground floor? ;-)
> 
> Come to think of it, you're right!  I don't remember ever seeing a bath or
> even - heavens to betsy - a shower stall on the second floor, unless you're
> talking about a mansion.  

You haven't been to the house we are renting....

> Maybe it has something to do with humidophobia.

I thought it was more to do with the difficulties of waterproofing a
room on an upper storey in a land of many earthquakes. As it happens,
though, the leaks that have appeared in this house's walls are both from
rain.

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