• neo2478@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    I live in a 274 year old building with original stained glass windows. The US mind cannot comprehend this.

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      3 months ago

      I live on land 200 million years old. The human mind cannot comprehend that.

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        3 months ago

        Above*. Pretty sure the land from 200 million years ago has been buried quite deep by now

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      3 months ago

      When I lived in Germany, I lived in a building that was built before Columbus sailed on a canal built by the Romans.

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      3 months ago

      Yeah, we would have replaced them with at least double pane windows to keep heating and cooling costs down by now. Central AC is standard most places here. Especially because I grew up in what could be considered the northern part of a swamp.

      • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
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        3 months ago

        Yeah, 200+ years old houses arent too alien. Especially since mexico has ones that are even older. Hell if I looked around the east coast enough I could probably find some built by my ancestors.