I had the boardwalk between the house and the summer cottage replaced, but with twist - literally: both ends of the boardwalk now gently rise up and meet the house's backdoor and the cottage's front porch level, so there are no steps anywhere. Also, it's wider than regular, commercial boardwalks. You could say it's a boardwalk with accessibility in mind.
My wife who has a disability can now easily go to the cottage and spend some time enjoying the lake and listening to music there without any help.
23 Comments
CombatWombat@feddit.online · 42 pts · 42d
I fear this "dull men's club" branding is going to do to the word "dull" something very similar to what the "liminal spaces" branding did to the word "liminal" or what meme communities did to the word "meme." Your boardwalk is awesome.
ExtremeDullard@piefed.social · 20 pts · 42d
Sorry... I figured a boardwalk wasn't exactly the most exciting thing in the world 🙂
eezeebee@lemmy.ca · 15 pts · 42d
On the other hand, I'm concerned about the use of the word "club" when you haven't invited us all over for a swim.
prettybunnys@piefed.social · 12 pts · 42d
But we can keep being loose with the term men … yeah? Cuz best I can do is dude.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 42d
Turning a janky old boardwalk into a smooth, gently sloped ramp for accessibility may not be exciting but it is a Good Thing.
uhmbah@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 42d
It ain't. But we love it LOL
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 42d
It’s for things other people find dull. We are here because we don’t.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 17 pts · 42d
I’m jealous you have two houses and I have a jar of pickled eggs.
ExtremeDullard@piefed.social · 13 pts · 42d
We only have one house 🙂 The second building is a summer cottage - with a sauna but no running water and no toilets, and it's not really livable in the winter. This is quite typical here in the north.
What's more unusual is that it is rather large: that's because the family who owned this place before us first built the cottage to spend the summer holidays when they lived far away (so it has bedrooms and a living room to stay in it for a week or two), then they moved here and built the main house on the same plot of land.
We got lucky, we got this place for very cheap.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 16 pts · 42d
Oh what you’re not going to congratulate me on my jar of pickled eggs?
djmikeale@feddit.dk · 8 pts · 42d
Congratulations on your picked eggs. What colour are they?
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 7 pts · 42d
Most of them are white but one is dark brown.
prettybunnys@piefed.social · 2 pts · 41d
That one is extra pickled
ExtremeDullard@piefed.social · 5 pts · 42d
lol
Janx@piefed.social · 8 pts · 42d
Now I'm kind of jealous that you have a jar of pickled eggs! I only have some sauerkraut...
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 8 pts · 42d
I’ll trade you half a jar of pickled eggs for a half jar of sauerkraut.
swankypantsu@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 42d
I thought him and his wife lived in different houses.
YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 42d
It might not be exciting to the public at large but it’s a fantastic idea. My wife has mobility issues so I approve!
Maeve@kbin.earth · 4 pts · 42d
Broadwalk on the incline?
blipcast@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 42d
Turtle power!
redlemace@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 42d
Speechless, please accept my bow
ladicius@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 42d
Won't that get slippery as fuck in rain and snow?
ExtremeDullard@piefed.social · 6 pts · 42d
Not rain, no. The wood is new, it's treated and it's slightly corrugated. The old boardwalk's wood was smooth as a baby's bottom after 40 years outside, and slightly covered in moss that would turn slimy in the rain - which is half the reason I replaced it: it tried to kill me once too often 🙂
As for snow, it's not slippery as long as it's dry. Once it's wet and melty, everything is slippery 🙂