I have a 9 foot cat tower that is tensioned into place against the ceiling. My 14 pound cat flies on and off it like the floor is lava, and it hasn't budged yet
Shouldn't have been raised above the rest of the floor. Now you've got to use a relatively skinny tree and you can't put a train or tree skirt around it.
Put the tree relatively far forward, cover the step with a nice skirt, then put your train along the front edge of the step with smaller presents below it and larger ones behind it.
The step makes the tree and the pile of stuff under look bigger than they are and makes a nice raised platform for the train to run along.
Okay, I did the math (or rather, found an online calculator to do the math for me) and, assuming a tread depth of 10" and therefore a platform radius of 60", you could fit a 48" diameter train track on it. Not great, not terrible for O-scale, but barely big enough for the most cramped G-scale circle (which might've otherwise been preferred to stay in proportion with a tall tree in the high-ceilinged room).
55 Comments
Obi@sopuli.xyz · 64 pts · 343d
Everyone talking about Christmas trees but that's obviously where you put the cheap-ass "Venus de Milo" replica to go with your Mac mansion.
lime@feddit.nu · 11 pts · 342d
is a mac mansion a mcmansion styled like the imac g3 because if so i am in
Obi@sopuli.xyz · 10 pts · 342d
No no, it's the Scottish version.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 342d
Dang, I was hoping for a mansion filled w/ mac and cheese.
topherclay@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 341d
Make Justin Long stand in the Mac Mansion while John Hodgeman stands outside the Public Community housing.
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 343d
Ya know, that was what I had in my head too, but I couldn't describe it properly like you did.
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 341d
I'd go with this
Ileftreddit@lemmy.world · 62 pts · 343d
Reverendender@sh.itjust.works · 89 pts · 343d
I would say the fascism is what’s wrong. Buts that’s just me.
RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 343d
I'll take School Shootings and Privatized Healthcare for $100, Trebek.
Ileftreddit@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 343d
5in1k@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 342d
I don’t live in a huge house but if I had to go back to a tiny apartment with nowhere to put stuff I would just end it. Fucking terrible way to live.
Ileftreddit@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 342d
cabillaud@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 342d
We have to start building cities in the countryside.
Szyler@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 341d
Car dependence hellscape with no efficient use of space*
418_im_a_teapot@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 341d
I blame GM
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · -9 pts · 343d
Many would say that all of Manhattan is wasted space and the most of America is wide open so why not use it?
Harvey656@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 343d
Not sure about that one chief.
PunnyName@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 343d
Half the US lives in cities. It's not an inaccurate assumption. They'd be wrong, still.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 2 pts · 342d
Ninety-nine percent of American cities still have more and cheaper square footage than Manhattan.
Ileftreddit@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 342d
blarghly@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 342d
This is true, but on the flip side, 99% of American cities aren't Manhattan.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 0 pts · 342d
Which is another upside of them.
blarghly@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 342d
Not for everyone driving up the cost of rent in Manhattan, apparently.
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 29 pts · 343d
Elaborate throne spot if ever i saw one
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 343d
Halloween skeleton in a chair.
bobs_monkey@lemmy.zip · 12 pts · 343d
Pretty much the perfect spot for any and all holiday decorations
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 343d
I'm imagining an easter party:
PrimeMinisterKeyes@leminal.space · 4 pts · 342d
That's beyond weird.
smh@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 342d
I've stolen it. I'm sure I'll find a use for it somewhere
cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone · 11 pts · 343d
cat tree obvs
bran_buckler@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 343d
Cat throne
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 343d
I know with 100% certainty a cat would jump from the second story and knock a cat tree right the hell over
Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 343d
With tall cat trees; if it's not in a corner you've gotta anchor it down. Some even come with brackets to screw them to the wall.
FoxyFerengi@startrek.website · 6 pts · 343d
I have a 9 foot cat tower that is tensioned into place against the ceiling. My 14 pound cat flies on and off it like the floor is lava, and it hasn't budged yet
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 342d
cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone · 27 pts · 343d
that was literally made for a big family that likes taking pictures around the christmas tree like in the movies
Adderbox76@lemmy.ca · 23 pts · 342d
You don't tear out an architectural feature like that. You make it a focal point.
toast@retrolemmy.com · 21 pts · 343d
Call a plumber. Install a toilet or, if there's space, a claw-footed tub with the whole over-head bath curtain around it. Embrace the awkward
LORDSMEGMA@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 343d
I vote a functioning toilet. Completely visible, no curtains.
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 342d
Pooping eye contact with your guests on Thanksgiving is a real power move
grue@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 343d
Shouldn't have been raised above the rest of the floor. Now you've got to use a relatively skinny tree and you can't put a train or tree skirt around it.
Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 343d
Put the tree relatively far forward, cover the step with a nice skirt, then put your train along the front edge of the step with smaller presents below it and larger ones behind it.
The step makes the tree and the pile of stuff under look bigger than they are and makes a nice raised platform for the train to run along.
grue@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 343d
Okay, I did the math (or rather, found an online calculator to do the math for me) and, assuming a tread depth of 10" and therefore a platform radius of 60", you could fit a 48" diameter train track on it. Not great, not terrible for O-scale, but barely big enough for the most cramped G-scale circle (which might've otherwise been preferred to stay in proportion with a tall tree in the high-ceilinged room).
yeather@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 342d
This guy’s mom took tylenol while pregnant.
viscacha@feddit.org · 11 pts · 342d
One ginormous cannabis tree!
PunnyName@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 343d
Punching bag hanging from the ceiling.
FooBarrington@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 342d
Better yet, hanging from the floor
prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 342d
A bow front fish tank would go so nice there
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 343d
Life-sized LEGO Christmas tree
Unpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 342d
An altar to the elder gods.
ALilOff@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 343d
Stormtrooper
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 3 pts · 342d
Aquarium.
JackbyDev@programming.dev · 1 pts · 343d
It's only good for a tree if there is a living room that can see it.
prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 342d
I want to start with “I’m not rich”
One of the luxuries I afford myself is more than one Christmas tree.
They smell great.
My gremlin ass cats LOVE THEM.
And blinken lights.
I recommend you too splurge if you can.
I’d have a tree here for display and (it’s only) smellz.
JackbyDev@programming.dev · 1 pts · 342d
Oh heck yeah, I just want at least one tree I can see from my primary seating area.
PunnyName@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 343d
Or if you walk past it as you enter your home.
JackbyDev@programming.dev · 0 pts · 343d
Hah, walkable cities! Good one! If only...