On Sep 20, 12:12*pm, Dan Abel > wrote:
> In article >,
> *"Bob Terwilliger" > wrote:
>
> > Om wrote:
>
> > > My mom's pulmonologist told me that he felt that WTW carpeting was the
> > > dumbest idea man ever invented.
>
> > Given carte blanche with the decorating in Lin's and my house, I'd opt for
> > painted concrete floors. It's cool underfoot and it can look gorgeous (and
> > of course you can always put rugs down, too).
>
> >http://www.concretenetwork.com/concr...eriorfloorshas a nice slideshow of
> > painted flooring.
>
> > My vote for "dumbest idea ever" would be cigarettes.
>
> But *most* people don't put cigarettes on the floor.
>
> :-)

They don't? Well they do well enough on streets to make up for small
mercies.

>
> "Cool underfoot" might be a good thing where you live in the summer, but
> my floors stay cool enough in the summer, and I would just as soon not
> have cool floors in the winter.

Underfloor heating . It worked for the Romans and still works for
the Koreans.

John Kane, Kingston ON Canada