Coffee anyone ?

[farmerjan]

The dog run houses are called dog trot houses here. Often yes, there is kitchen/dr on one side, LR and such on the other. Most have the BR's upstairs. Many times they were also for 2 separate families... like a parents/child share type thing.... "common rooms" downstairs and "private family rooms" upstairs
Ceilings are tall, too, in older houses, for the heat to rise in the summer. Ceiling fans in many when they were invented... and windows were often lined up too so that you could get some direct breezes.
There are many of the room to room older houses here also. No hallways in the older houses, except the one "dog trot" down the middle.....it was a waste to heat the space, and they mostly were for space saving.... no wasted extra lumber to build hallways that took away from room space... and that allowed for the rooms to have better air flow directly from one side of the room to the other... again, a straight line.

 

[Alaskan]

Our ol' buddy Sourland might not agree, but chocolate cheesecake is to die for.

And I've seen this:
https://www.wect.com/2021/02/18/explainer-why-power-grid-failed-texas-beyond/

Nice link...

And yes, chocolate cheesecake is nice, but not as tasty as plain cheesecake..


But... we actually found a blue cheese ripened while soaked in an alcoholic chocolate then coated in chocolate powder, and some chocolate cheddar cheese. odd I tell ya.

 

[B&B Happy goats]

Here they are called "Florida cracker" style houses, they are getting very popular and sought after for rehabilitation...built on three foot pillar's but definitely need insulation and AC...don't know how they survived without AC back then ....

 

[Alaskan]

Bruce shotgun houses are rooms in a row. Each one opens the door into the next room, no hallways. Just long and narrow, usually 3/4 small rooms long.

Dog run houses have living area and sleeping area separated by open ended wide hallway.

Love old Texas houses... I missed the start of this conversation.

Where is it?

 

[Alaskan]

There are also the ones set up like a shotgun, but they have a covered porch added along one side, and the porch acts as the hallway.

And yes Bruce, in summer the cold water can get pretty darn hot.

 

[Baymule]

Here they are called "Florida cracker" style houses, they are getting very popular and sought after for rehabilitation...built on three foot pillar's but definitely need insulation and AC...don't know how they survived without AC back then ....

They didn't know any better. There's a reason people sat out on the porch, because the house was too danged hot! BTDT

 

[Baymule]

My ex's grandparents had a double shotgun house. The front door opened into the living room, then dining room, then kitchen, all open. To the left of the living room was a bedroom, then bathroom, then another bedroom that opened into the dining room. To get to the bathroom, you had to walk through one of the bedrooms.


On a good note, the TV came on and I didn't have to go up the ladder to fool with the satellite dish. YAY!

 

[Alaskan]

My mom said of COURSE she had AC growing up..

You lie down on the bed, get the top covers, and flap them a few times.

 

[farmerjan]

OMG

 

[Baymule]

My Daddy said when he was a boy, his Mom sprayed the bed sheets with water and turned the fan on. Daddy said the evaporation of the water cooled him off. There has been times in my life that I didn't have AC and I used that water spray trick. It works!