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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On May 15, 2008, at 12:27 PM, Roy Morgan wrote:

> I'll be head carpenter, plumber, and electrician for all these ideas
> you folks are contributing.. and I want to say THANKS A LOT for
> them.

You are welcome. That's why we're here.

Roy, does your kitchen participation extend beyond build and repair?  
Are you allowed--say, for sous chefing--to actually participate in  
food preparation? If so, and if, as I suspect, you are substantially  
taller than the Moon midget, consider a prep sink in a counter that is  
of a height comfortable for you. I built this kitchen before 5-3 Chris  
became my wife, and made the counter top 38.5 inches tall. When I  
build the dream kitchen, she will have a lower counter for when she is  
allowed to do prep work.

Memory flash: I calculated for a one-and-a-half-inch plank floor over  
the plywood. Somehow that never happened and we walk on linoleum only.  
But I find the counter-top height to be comfortable. Haven't measured  
myself recently; I used to be 5-11 1/4, gravity has no doubt lowered  
the number.