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By Oblivion
Posts:  1251
Joined:  Sun Feb 07, 2010 1:32 pm
#68175
as some of you know, im building a shade house from an old S/House frame we got cheap from an auction. (its a birthday gift from my parents)

it was originally 5m X 3m, but my parents resized it to 3.6M X 2M at my request so it fits our small backyard better.


im doing a paved floor, and want to mark a walkway path down the centre. it was originally going to have the word SHADEHOUSE in block letters written into the paving (use a different paver colour for the lettering)

however after working it all out, im 2x letters too long for it to fit inside the S/house.

my mum suggested i change it to ECOHOUSE.

anyway, im after any suggestions you have regarding some alternate, shorter words for shadehouse or something else shorter to put down.
ill try post some pic's soon, to give you an idea of what im talking about.
By Oblivion
Posts:  1251
Joined:  Sun Feb 07, 2010 1:32 pm
#68176
aww, no excel sheet attachments allowed, no plans for you :(

a pic of the plans will have to do.

the area down the centre with the underlined words SHADEHOUSE is the walkway through the middle.
as you can see, im 2x letters too long to fit the plan. any alternate word suggestions appreciated.
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By tc3driver
Posts:  519
Joined:  Tue May 25, 2010 2:39 am
#68325
Sun Reducing Unit ... too long
no del sol ... still too long
bugs welcome ...
dark room ...
sun be gone ...
shady ...
dull ...
Hikage (pronounced he-ka-gay) japanese for shade
Hikage no ie (he-ka-gay no A-E) house of shade

I am out.... of ideas
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By Oblivion
Posts:  1251
Joined:  Sun Feb 07, 2010 1:32 pm
#68463
well today i got my package from triffid park, and as soon as i seen the label i couldnt stop laughing.

what would be more perfect and appropriate for a shadehouse full of CP's than to simply put

TRIFFIDS


wiki link to "triffids"
The triffid is a highly venomous fictional plant species, the titular antagonist from John Wyndham's 1951 novel The Day of the Triffids and Simon Clark's 2001 sequel The Night of the Triffids. Triffids were also featured in the 1957 BBC radio dramatization of Wyndham's book, a considerably altered film adaptation which was produced in 1962, a more faithful 1981 television serial produced by the BBC, and in a 2009 two-part TV series also produced by the BBC. Since 1951, when The Day of the Triffids was first published, the word "triffid" has become a popular British English term used to describe large or menacing looking plants
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By tc3driver
Posts:  519
Joined:  Tue May 25, 2010 2:39 am
#68505
ROFLMAO... Triffids!!!

Though I was confusing them with tribbles... (the little self replicating fuzzy balls from star-trek)
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