8 years ago the spring weather was different. It drizzled almost every day. It was cloudy. Now we have these clear sunny days, big winds and scant rain.

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    28 days ago

    Yeah it’s called climate change and we’ve known about it for decades but the internet ruined things.

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      28 days ago

      A shower needs a window. A bathroom needs a window. It’s proper, natural and practical. A window provides necessary ventilation and cleansing light (uv). A bathroom without a window is a broken bathroom.

      That said, bathrooms without windows are pathologically common.

      I feel strongly about this.

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        28 days ago

        I take it your bathroom window isn’t facing a public road?

        I feel strongly about not having to lock eyes with the kids going to school, or anyone for that matter, when I’m in the nip.

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          28 days ago

          Get a $5 sheet of diffusor panel sticker. All the light with none of the image. Ez to apply.

          And then crack the window 2" for air

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            28 days ago

            I agree with you, but just to propose a (possibly easier) alternative, it’s also possible to buy spray on window frosting. I’m not sure how the price compares, but I found it far easier to apply.

            That said, the stickers can have nice colors and patterns. AFAIK the frosting cannot.

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            28 days ago

            This is the solution I went for. Still, I reckon I’d be just as fine in a windowless bathroom. Not a place I hang around more than I have to.

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      28 days ago

      No you don’t. I have one shower in my house with a window in it, and it’s an extra special pain in the ass. Window frames and windowsills are full of nooks and crannies and accumulate mildew like you wouldn’t believe, and require 600% more cleaning effort than is appropriate to prevent them from doing so.

      That, and good luck finding any window treatments that are suitable for use while being constantly soaked. I resorted to making a “curtain” out of a modified shower curtain.

      This is what I get for my house being a 1920’s redneck abomination where everything is an addition, and what is now the ground floor bathroom is in the spot where the original kitchen was in the 1930’s, with the window that used to be over the kitchen sink now directly in the center of the bathtub.

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        28 days ago

        Ok, yes. If you do a window that’s gonna get sprayed then it’s gotta be aluminum and plastic or whatever. That’s a fact. And uv resistant too of course. And that’s pretty common in the world of specify your dims and order a nice window.

        And there are options for how it opens too. It doesn’t have to slide.

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    28 days ago

    The weather is always changing. You mean to say the climate is changing. It’s a very important distinction. And I’m not refuting what you said but I’m having a pleasant and normal feeling spring at my location.

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    28 days ago

    Yep, where I live, growing up I’d go trick-or-treating in waist deep snow (I was much smaller at the time, so more like knee deep on an adult). Now, first snow isn’t until mid November and we don’t get massive accumulation until mid-december.

    Both high temperatures in the summer and low temps in winter have also increased by like 10F. What used to be a major heat wave 15 years ago is now normal. Sub-zero temps used to be normal for weekly lows in late January into mid-late February. We have multiple false breakups each winter where temperatures get above freezing for days at a time and all of the snow starts melting.

    Shit’s very noticeable if you’re paying attention over time.

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    28 days ago

    We have blossoms. They’re 3 weeks too early. Even during a “hot” year the high season for blossoms was around 7 April. We will probably have a frost in April that will kill off the fruit.

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      28 days ago

      We get that here too. Damn flipflopping temperature. Warm weather tricks everything into blooming then frost kills it .

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    28 days ago

    Could be climate change, could be normal weather cycles. My country tends to get five wet years followed by five dry years.