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Title: Do you have a manspace?
Post by: Tyler on October 16, 2009, 10:31:40 AM
I was watching a video over at TED.com today and it was all about manspaces.  If you don't know what a manspace is then go to this link (http://www.slybaldguys.com/serendipity/archives/248-The-world-of-manspaces.html) and watch the video I posted on the blog. 

Basically a manspace is a man's hangout, dwelling, man cave, etc.  How many of you have a manspace?
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Post by: Timmay on October 16, 2009, 12:15:46 PM
What you talking about?  I AM THE KING OF MY HOUSE!  MY WHOLE HOUSE IS MY MANSPACE.....when the wife is gone ..lol
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Post by: jamesh75 on October 16, 2009, 12:43:50 PM
You better not let your wife hear you say that Timmay.   :*))
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Post by: Timmay on October 16, 2009, 12:58:57 PM
oh  I am sure my views will get changed rather quickly.... lol
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Post by: andrew on October 16, 2009, 02:10:45 PM
Interesting topic.  I keep trying to create my man space, but it keeps getting invaded by all the women in my house.  My wife complained, in our prior house, that I had my own space in my office  and she didn't have such a space for herself.  So, in our new house, we designated a spare bedroom as HER ROOM.  Well, somehow she refuses to use HER ROOM and is constantly in my man space.  Of course, she insists on "cleaning it up" when she visits, which results on my not being able to find anything.

My attempt to create a man space has failed, for now ...  Between my wife, daughter, and the female cat, they're always invading my man space.
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Post by: Tyler on October 16, 2009, 02:57:24 PM
Andrew, you may have to build something outside or find a hidden manspace.
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Post by: Sly Red on October 16, 2009, 03:05:02 PM
Basically a manspace is a man's hangout, dwelling, man cave, etc.  How many of you have a manspace?

Need I even elaborate?

I blame the television shows of my day  :*)) :*)) :*))

(https://www.slybaldguys.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fhome.comcast.net%2F%7Edyarborough%2Fimages%2Fhe-man-woman-haters-club-bw.jpg&hash=aa4eea664c76a28ca4a240bebb5706ecbf80d56e)

Red
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Post by: D.A.L.U.I. on October 16, 2009, 03:09:39 PM
I have a library of sorts, everytime a get enough money to put in some book shelves, etc., the wife, the two daughters or our dog, a neutered female (Andrew, we seem to be living in parallel universes  ;D), seem to have another use--so its standing bookcases, books in boxes, and a general mess--but the mess keeps my family out >:D
They only come in to print something on the desktop, and other than that it's mine. 
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Post by: hammerdrill376 on October 16, 2009, 04:39:49 PM
Are you kidding me??? Have a wife, a daughter and even the oldest cat is a female!! Recently got a new male cat..so the scales are balancing! Sometimes I go stand in the tool department at Home Depot and in hale deeply for that real man fragrance!! :*)) :*)) :*))

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Post by: Mikekoz13 on October 16, 2009, 05:11:29 PM
This hilarious!! Any man with women in the house either doesn't have a man space or will lose it in relatively short order.....
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Post by: wpruitt on October 16, 2009, 06:38:00 PM
THE WHOLE HOUSE !!!!
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Post by: TheSlyBear on October 16, 2009, 06:43:48 PM
All-male household here. Even the two dogs.
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Post by: BaldBear on October 16, 2009, 07:52:30 PM
My whole place is sorta a "manspace" but I guess my recording studio and my home theater are two of my main areas that would be considered my Manspace.
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Post by: andrew on October 16, 2009, 08:04:14 PM
A friend of mine had a pretty cool manspace.  He slowly transformed his shed into a very functional manspace.  First, he added power.  Then, he added a fridge.  Then came the cable TV.  He had a really nice house, but seemed to spend a lot of time in the shed.  Whenever they had company, the women and kids would be in the house and all of the men would file out to the shed for beer, baseball, and swearing.   

Hmmmm....    I just got a new shed ....
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Post by: slyatlast on October 16, 2009, 08:07:48 PM
I was without a manspace for 18 years. Now the whole place is a manspace.
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Post by: Stu on October 16, 2009, 10:33:13 PM
This hilarious!! Any man with women in the house either doesn't have a man space or will lose it in relatively short order.....

Agreed, even with double sinks in the bathroom, my wife migrates to mine.  I've even done the experiment where I officially switch sides; she then migrates back to her former sink because it's mine.
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Post by: Timmay on October 16, 2009, 10:59:10 PM
LOL...Is manspace really real?  I mean come on....we really do not have a place...unless we are single.
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Post by: warhawk on October 16, 2009, 11:20:05 PM
LOL...Is manspace really real?  I mean come on....we really do not have a place...unless we are single.
ditto on that one.  O0

WARHAWK O0
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Post by: joergHH on October 17, 2009, 04:47:27 AM
It's a little desk in a corner of our livingroom, where I can place my PC and find all the bills.......

J
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Post by: schro on October 17, 2009, 06:57:13 AM
My office or the golf course would qualify.
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Post by: IRONHORSE on October 17, 2009, 07:48:59 AM
Yeah, I have a "manspace," It's the former single car garage that I've almost converted (It's at about 90%) to a woodworking shop. The down side is I can only enjoy it about 1/2 the year, because it's not heated  :Xo!
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Post by: jrppsuobx on October 17, 2009, 12:09:28 PM
I agree Mikekoz. I ry to create the manspace but living with three wemon in the house prevents that! I and the male cat are out numbered by 4 to 2
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Post by: hammerdrill376 on October 17, 2009, 12:43:46 PM
Well I guesss I did forget inside my Ford F150 with Hank Williams Jr, David Allen Coe or Colt Ford blarin through the speakers.
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Post by: andrew on October 17, 2009, 04:24:17 PM
My wife and I met with an interior designer today, to get some curtains and shades made, and when I was telling the lady what kinds of things I like, she said "you need to get a mancave for those kinds of things."  Funny, how she mentioned that when the whole man space thing has been I my mind ....

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Post by: D.A.L.U.I. on October 17, 2009, 04:29:54 PM
Something in me says "mancave" and "interior designer" don't mix at all.  >:D
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Post by: PBurke on October 17, 2009, 04:33:10 PM
i started working on mine today. actually just cleaned the shed out. but thought maybe that would be a start. hell no, leslie HAD to try to organize, move stuff, etc. told her she could just have it. i went for a walk. damn, why can't they just leave some things alone?
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Post by: Alexander215 on October 17, 2009, 05:20:13 PM
Yep, got a man space here aka the spare bedroom.

Abandon all hope, ye who enter here... ;)
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Post by: andrew on October 17, 2009, 08:31:59 PM
Something in me says "mancave" and "interior designer" don't mix at all.  >:D

They don't.  She dismissed my idea of putting snow shoes on the wall over the fireplace as something that belongs in a mancave.
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Post by: D.A.L.U.I. on October 17, 2009, 09:28:41 PM
Something in me says "mancave" and "interior designer" don't mix at all.  >:D

They don't.  She dismissed my idea of putting snow shoes on the wall over the fireplace as something that belongs in a mancave.

"She"  they just don't understand--God love them.  But she'll never, but never design a world class man cave, never.
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Post by: Sgt. Pate on October 18, 2009, 01:14:44 AM
I have a room that's mine... I need to find a woman to help me clean it up though!  ???
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Post by: GASlick on October 18, 2009, 08:59:34 AM
No such luck at my house either.  And I completely understand about the sinks!  LOL
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Post by: herronm on October 19, 2009, 07:55:59 PM
My car is my manspace.  My wife won't get in my car...and that is just fine with me.
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Post by: D.A.L.U.I. on October 19, 2009, 07:59:18 PM
My car is my manspace.  My wife won't get in my car...and that is just fine with me.
GREAT, she doesn't like mine, a Mini Cooper Convertible, either--maybe it's mine, except when we have to go somewhere like the Vieux Carre where mine is the easiest to park ;D
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Post by: SlyBaldDude on November 02, 2009, 05:53:51 PM
I have a man space complete with a coffee maker and a refer and a TV.  It has a really comfortable chair.  An aptly placed window allows me to receive advanced notice of predators.  Entry is possible with advanced notice.  Actually its more like my wife-and I's retreat.  We go there when the house gets too full and the inquires to many.
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Post by: Ming the Merciless on November 02, 2009, 10:54:34 PM
As with one or two others here, I can say...from my skin, out to my four walls, to my yard to my fence.  It's mine, mine, MINE!

But, hey, I have to admit that I share it with dust mites, and some mice, too.
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Post by: 440satellite on November 06, 2009, 09:38:55 PM
Amen Ming!  I'm lucky enough to have 10 acres of personal man space, including the abode, garage and pole building.  Some are more manly than others, such as the garage with a wood burner to fight off the cold winters, 200 watt XM radio and keg-u-lator with Hurst T-grip tap handle complete with line locker button.  Arrh, arrh, arrh
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Post by: andrew on November 07, 2009, 02:12:05 PM
Some are more manly than others, such as the garage with a wood burner to fight off the cold winters, 200 watt XM radio and keg-u-lator with Hurst T-grip tap handle complete with line locker button.  Arrh, arrh, arrh

Now that's what I call a manspace ...
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Post by: Alexander215 on November 09, 2009, 03:10:53 PM
My grandfather had a manspace, a huge barn that had 8 rooms and housed his tractor, tools, the 4 or 5 skidoos he had at any time. Had a loft filled with hay with ship parts up there, a big lazy boy in one area to sleep in, wooden floors, the sweet smell of gas, diesel, oil and WD-40. I think for me at least that was the manliest man space I've ever had the pleasure of enjoying.
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Post by: Bald_freak on December 06, 2009, 02:11:19 PM
yeah, my crapper,lol.    It's the only room I can smoke in. The Al Bundy special  :*))
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Post by: marty22 on December 06, 2009, 06:21:14 PM
no special space here.
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Post by: Robmeister on December 06, 2009, 09:51:00 PM
My home office is definitely my man-cave! (From which I've done 99.99% of posting on SBG since November 2006!!)

When my wife slips in there to get on the computer and I'm home, I REALLY don't know what to do with myself.
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Post by: Dome of Steele on December 07, 2009, 02:13:15 AM
My manspace is called my apartment. 
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Post by: Bald_freak on December 07, 2009, 05:43:08 AM
You get to keep a raccoon in your appartment? dude that's awesome O0 8)
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Post by: crazycoop on December 08, 2009, 12:59:58 PM
i have three spaces, the old body shop that was here when we moved in, the wood working room in the basement and the newest is the old camper i picked up cheap and put in the back woods. in a house with wife and three little girls and female cat. its just me and the male dog. i need the hideing space.
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Post by: PigPen on December 08, 2009, 01:44:17 PM
My entire apartment, Craftsman tool box in my bedroom, chaps, bridles and branding irons on the walls of my living room. Except maybe the kids room, but I've kinda taken it over to an extent.
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Post by: BaldRob on December 09, 2009, 06:01:13 AM
That would be my entire house!!

With the small exception of the downstairs bathroom, which my roommate (a girl) uses and her bedroom... so those are all girly.

The rest of the house... all mine!
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Post by: mangosink12572 on December 24, 2009, 03:09:09 PM
I have my entire house and big liquor and wine store that I own  - - - -enough space
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Post by: Larry on December 26, 2009, 02:57:54 PM
Well, I have a vacent rental apartment upstairs, a two car garage and a basement to play in.  I have no intention of renting the upstairs apartment and nobody goes near the garage so I have plenty of space to do whatever I want.
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Post by: Dome of Steele on December 29, 2009, 12:53:57 PM
You get to keep a raccoon in your appartment? dude that's awesome O0 8)

The coon belongs to someone else.  He's an orphan that this (kinda crazy) lady takes care of.  He's a cuddly little critter.