Yup. It is reasonable to line up front and rear doors, and it is
reasonable to not line up doors. Feng Shui makes it simple and gives
out simple rules for those who don't want to do work necessary to
determine what is reasonable in a specific instance. But rest assured
that if your doors are shut, it doesn't matter how many you have or
where they are located, shit tends to stay put until acted upon by
people...which may also be how shit multiplies.
Your son is a barbarian. You should send him to archtecture school
right away.
-jc
On Nov 16, 2003, at 9:16 AM, Ruth Barton wrote:
> Our youngest son had the "benefit" of attending a private day school
> for
> his middle school years. This because the town had no middle school
> and
> tuitioned it's middle school students. This was a fairly new school
> with
> lots of "new" ideas of education. All in all he got a good education
> there, most importantly learning to think for himself and find answers
> in
> unconventional ways. They did have some rather unorthodox learning
> experiences however. One day John came home and anounced that he knew
> what
> was wrong with our house--which he never liked because it wasn't new.
> It
> seems that they had had a guest speaker at school that day who talked
> about
> Feng Shui and he learned that if the front door lines up with the back
> door, which ours did, that all the Chee or Shee--oh hell Shit, will
> escape. That's all I know about Feng Shui. What do you expect? I'm a
> Vermonter with 3 front doors and a back door. We only use the back
> door
> except in summer when we open one front door for cross breeze. This is
> a
> different house and none of the doors line up but son still doesn't
> like
> the house. He says it's a CREEPY old house. What does he expect with
> the
> ghosts of my ancestors moaning in the corners because my grandfather
> had
> the slate roof removed and shingles put on. I think the slate was
> quarried
> right here on the farm too. Ruth
>
>
>
>
> At 1:01 AM -0500 11/16/03, [log in to unmask] wrote:
> In a message dated 11/15/2003 11:50:14 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> Would Mrs. Ralph be surprised to learn that you are a pillar of the
> preservation community She wouldn't be surprised to learn I was a
> pillar of
> salt. Or a termite mound, for that matter. and considered a sage,
> largely
> because of your sensitivity and tact? She would be surprised at the
> use of
> those last 4 words in conjunction with my name, yes. Surely these
> virtures
> are self-evident to her. Shirley, you jest. I'd be glad to tell her.
> If you
> would be so kind. Preferably before my funeral, when it might still
> do me
> some good.
>
> Ah but I think you underestimate Feng Shui...if not hemroids. Feng
> Shui has introduced millions of folks to the idea that design might be
> a system of orgainizing elements, rather than the "talent" and
> "inspiration" of the feel good folks on HGTV. Sure its bull shit, but
> its systemitized bull shit.
>
> Cow pies lined up in neat rows are not chocolate truffles.
>
> God knows I agree about the beneficial effect on design of good
> organization, and vice versa, but I don't see that there's much
> difference
> between pulling a design out of one's supposedly-talented ass, and
> attributing it to one's advanced studies of the ancient art (hitherto
> unknown to Western architecture in the course of 3000 years) of Feng
> Shui.
>
> A load of shit is a load of shit.
>
> Ralph
>
> --
> Ruth Barton
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> Dummerston, VT
>
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