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Vale (n., VEIL)
A valley, but a poetic way of saying it. Mainly used by people who want to rhyme with "dale" and "mail" and "fail" and "logarithmic scale."
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Man turns missile silo into attractive bachelor pad
Discussed at the office recently, Bruce Townsley decided to make a missile silo into a cool underground home:
Townsley’s living space is about 1,100 square feet and completely round. The room is essentially a concrete bubble suspended from the large column in its center.
When the site was an active missile base, this room “floated” on massive springs. This let the room move both up and down and side to side, which would absorb a bomb blast in the event that the Russians managed to get a shot off. Now Townsley has replaced some of the springs with poles so the room can only sway side to side.
Townsley wouldn’t trust his house with a nuclear blast these days, but it does just fine in strong Texas thunderstorms.
Every room in the structure revolves around the center pillar like a clock — kitchen, living room, office, bedroom — all separated by short partition walls built by Townsley.
Check out photos and the full article over at Wired.
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