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02:39:29 on Mon, 29 Oct 2012, 77002 remarked:
Well thats the problem isn't it. In the UK there seems to be a culture in
civil engineering to get away with as small as you possibly can. You see this
everywhere in roads, buildings and of course the hopeless railway loading gauge.

Not to mention the size of homes. I have seen bedrooms in which it
would be impossible to fit the smallest bed.

Not seen one quite that small, but the bed in my 4th bedroom only fits
in one direction, the other it's about an inch too long (and that would
be after removing the skirting boards). It is slightly longer than
average [single] bed though.
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Roland Perry

On Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:36:23 +0000
Roland Perry wrote:
Not to mention the size of homes. I have seen bedrooms in which it
would be impossible to fit the smallest bed.

Not seen one quite that small, but the bed in my 4th bedroom only fits
in one direction, the other it's about an inch too long (and that would
be after removing the skirting boards). It is slightly longer than
average [single] bed though.

Your 4th bedroom? Obviously you must live in a cramped hovel. How do you
manage?

B2003

In message , at 17:00:30 on Mon, 29 Oct
2012, d remarked:
Not to mention the size of homes. I have seen bedrooms in which it
would be impossible to fit the smallest bed.

Not seen one quite that small, but the bed in my 4th bedroom only fits
in one direction, the other it's about an inch too long (and that would
be after removing the skirting boards). It is slightly longer than
average [single] bed though.

Your 4th bedroom? Obviously you must live in a cramped hovel. How do you
manage?

It's half the size of the last house I owned! One of the bedrooms (the
biggest) is mine and my wife's office. One is our bedroom, which leaves
one each for the two teenage children. Clearly, neither was delighted at
the prospect of getting a 6ft by 7ft room...

If we have guests then there's a sleeper-sofa in the living room.
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Roland Perry

On Mon, 29 Oct 2012 17:21:25 +0000
Roland Perry wrote:
It's half the size of the last house I owned! One of the bedrooms (the
biggest) is mine and my wife's office. One is our bedroom, which leaves
one each for the two teenage children. Clearly, neither was delighted at
the prospect of getting a 6ft by 7ft room...

Sounds like a prime candidate for knocking down a wall or 2.

B2003

In message , at 09:45:39 on Tue, 30 Oct
2012, d remarked:
It's half the size of the last house I owned! One of the bedrooms (the
biggest) is mine and my wife's office. One is our bedroom, which leaves
one each for the two teenage children. Clearly, neither was delighted at
the prospect of getting a 6ft by 7ft room...

Sounds like a prime candidate for knocking down a wall or 2.

We've done that downstairs.
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Roland Perry