Idle curiosity: weirdest part of your house?

RebeccaB88

luckya23 said:

RebeccaB88 said:

Oh yeah...my bedroom ceiling fan has a light, but neither my mom nor I, nor my ex, has ever been able to figure out how to change the lightbulb in it. It doesn't screw off, there's no screws or tabs holding it on, no way to reach inside it, nothing comes off, doesn't swing to one side or the other...and it's the only thing in the house that the previous owner didn't leave the instruction manual for. It's the stupidest thing ever. I've looked at home stores and online to see if I can find the model number or instruction book, but nothing yet.  I'm using a lamp, but I'd like to have an overhead light again.

Have you tried to twist it?  I had an old fixure that you had to push up the glass and turn it until it fell out, because there was a lip or tab something holding it in.

Yep.  It was an almost new fan when I bought the house 8 years ago. Pushed up, pulled down, side to side. Nothing.

charlieyankee03

My mom's house was built in the 1950's and has the ugly bathroom tile issue as well. The floor, shower, and half the walls are covered in tiny black and white checkers, so you feel like you're having a bad acid trip when you try to take a shower. Also, every light socket is upside down. Very strange.

My dad's house has a safe room in the basement, which is equal parts awesome and terrifying. It has 8 inch thick concrete walls, a reinforced corrugated steel ceiling, and a door with 6-inch long steel rods that go into the wall when it closes. They use it to hold ammo and food for the apocalypse (but that's a story for another day). The cats use it to poop in.