tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812618609344904057.post8347857216420052552..comments2023-08-07T17:20:09.692+08:00Comments on e-Cuneiform scratchings: Tuen Mun, A city contained...Sepiru Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08600130405222535830noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812618609344904057.post-65963593929345931272009-06-23T22:02:18.981+08:002009-06-23T22:02:18.981+08:00Hello Heidelweiss,
Container pool... I think you ...Hello Heidelweiss,<br /><br />Container pool... I think you are channelling Pui To (and, as Tuen Mun is channel gate, that makes sense).<br /><br />Green containers? <br /><br />Sounds odd, but, they probably are if you take into account the thermodynamics of reusing the steel rather than re-melting it... That would be my guess, at least, as to the justification for that claim...<br /><br />Tschuess,<br />ChrisSepiru Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08600130405222535830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812618609344904057.post-60328800187847667862009-06-23T12:09:12.090+08:002009-06-23T12:09:12.090+08:00I've seen homes built out of containers here. ...I've seen homes built out of containers here. The difference being that people here spend hundreds of thousands of dollars insulating them to make them livable (and yet still "green"?). I shudder to think of a summer in Utah spent in an uninsulated container. I'd only do it if I had a container pool as well. Really fascinating post.Heidelweisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11168361010700819603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812618609344904057.post-61960440498787397482009-06-23T08:30:27.471+08:002009-06-23T08:30:27.471+08:00Dear All,
I'm not feeling so well today, but ...Dear All,<br /><br />I'm not feeling so well today, but I am delighted to see the commentary.<br /><br />It warms the hillybilly subcockles of my heart, the cockles, and even the overhanging cockle eaves.<br /><br />I took my Dad and the Heroine to Tai Long beach the other day out in Sai Kung Country Park and there were protestations about the heat, the humidity and the inclination.<br /><br />The inclination to reside in a container, in this heat, must be economy induced, although, Teresa, you will note the affixed air conditioning on some of those units.<br /><br />I am in the process of some art pieces from one container I partially salvaged and I can tell you that the insulation consists of more than a Brahmsian finger-reach on the piano...<br /><br />As to the code-switching, Teresa, you have me. I am both. Of course, self-labeling as a Brit means that it is a passport of convenience. No Englishman would label himself as anything but that, and Scots, Welsh, and (Northern) Irish are similarly choosy...<br /><br />Cloudia, you are a bit of a modern day Pui To, living in your container, and preserving the lives of fishies through your photos to give them e-immortality for e-vermore...<br /><br />Debra, the stack is stunning, and the back fill of containers needing to be stored, and storied, is astonishing...<br /><br />Richard: Pui To had an awful lot of time on his hands; eternity, as he was exceedingly devout. Arhat quality, almost...<br /><br />Murat, You are exceedingly kind. And it is good to be in our cups, for a while, but only Bukowski could manage it day in day out... I'd like to say "and look where it got him", though, of course, it got him everywhere and everyone...<br /><br />Travis, and hillybillies too!<br /><br />Tschuess all,<br />ChrisSepiru Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08600130405222535830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812618609344904057.post-76707947562137643952009-06-23T02:02:22.026+08:002009-06-23T02:02:22.026+08:00Funny post. Glad to know there are hillbilly the w...Funny post. Glad to know there are hillbilly the world over. Means I could feel at home anywhere.Travis Erwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09420879160702098979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812618609344904057.post-3699071449022762502009-06-22T22:59:34.792+08:002009-06-22T22:59:34.792+08:00More marvels, Mr. Pepys (truth be told, the eloque...More marvels, Mr. Pepys (truth be told, the eloquence is grander here). I feared at first that we were headed down a drear path, but the opening lines were just the morning tonic - Wake up, Gentle Readers! Truly, you have the poet's eye, finding treasure not only in what is stored, but the storage itself. <br /><br />Dug the Pui To mausoleums, even if he was in his cups...murat11https://www.blogger.com/profile/00663364407992075130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812618609344904057.post-3878271034337473662009-06-22T21:57:20.768+08:002009-06-22T21:57:20.768+08:00Who knew shipping containers could be so fascinati...Who knew shipping containers could be so fascinating. I've seen people living in abandoned boxcars, some spiffed up, but nothing to the level of a split level container. I guess the downturn is nothing to be afraid of, after all.<br /><br />Pui To had too much time on his hands.Richard Wellshttp://web.mac.com/rwellsrwells/iWeb/RW%27s%20Bundle%20of%20Hiss/Blog/Blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812618609344904057.post-87168131105478929592009-06-22T19:56:44.910+08:002009-06-22T19:56:44.910+08:00Interesting post, Chris. I have heard about contai...Interesting post, Chris. I have heard about containers being used as houses but had not seen them. The scale of the stack of them is astounding.debrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17676300309029588465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812618609344904057.post-89591779544410516722009-06-22T11:19:30.628+08:002009-06-22T11:19:30.628+08:00*Applause*
A wonderful post, unique as you are, ch...*Applause*<br />A wonderful post, unique as you are, chris. I always wanted to build a home of shipping containers. Now I live on the ship (container).<br /><br />Love your posts!<br /><br />Aloha-<br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Comfort Spiral</a>Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812618609344904057.post-17822667986335626612009-06-22T10:03:50.730+08:002009-06-22T10:03:50.730+08:00I thoroughly enjoyed this post, Chris. I liked you...I thoroughly enjoyed this post, Chris. I liked your pictures and descriptions of the various container homes on the Tuen Mun market. (You should be a real estate salesman, you could probably make a killing selling swamp land in Florida to the occupants of Chung King mansions...)<br /><br />I find it interesting that your hillybilly style home looks very much like the container homes out in the high desert of California between Joshua Tree National Park and Victorville. I always wondered how those inhabitants were able to stand the large swings in desert temperature while living in a metal container. I wonder how the Tuen Mun inhabitants can stand the tropical heat day after day in a metal box. But they are roomier than some of the apartments I visited in Kowloon in the 80s, so I guess they must like them. <br /><br />I also enjoyed the history about Pui To and his unique method of travel. <br /><br />Your code-switching between containerisation and containerization was fun, too. Are you North American or Brit???<br /><br />Cheers,<br />TeresaTeresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12831169405732892599noreply@blogger.com