Aaron Siddall writes:

>Congratulation's!
>    Ah the enevitable place that all men and their hobbies occupy in 
>a
>home, The Basement! We do not yet own a house (we rent an apartment at 
>this
>time) so I have yet to achieve that ideal manly cave (sigh). My father 
>in
>law (now deceased, and quite missed) had developed his basement to a
>beautiful degree, he had two of those great heavy duty (wood)work 
>benches,
>with the BIG c-clamps bolted to their sides, he also had plenty of 
>tools
>and widgets and gadgets (oh my!) galore, with lots of work space, and
>plenty of his own decorating touches.   Perhaps you could purchase a 
>really
>good de-humidifier to cut down on the damp, so as to cut down on mold 
>etc.

To be fair, my wife's sewing machine and all the paraphernalia are also
in the basement.

I do have a dehumidifier going 24/7.  What is disconcerting are the
washer and dryer noises as I try to think in a medieval setting ;-)

And I do have a workbench.  I will be able to make some DR props quite
easily here.  Of course, I have a couple more weeks worth of work to just
get the house straightened out.  The yard is another matter.  Several
trees to cut down and replace, hedges to move, back filling all around
the building...  Too bad I don't have a few dozen Amish friends :-)

In any case, starting next week, I am going to block out a half an hour
every night to work on DR stuff.  Maybe an hour on Saturdays.

Joe