u/rudesby

I typically only follow American baseball, so first of all apologies for my ignorance about the international scene.

I'm going to Japan in November and have always wanted to go to a Japanese baseball game because I heard the atmosphere is amazing. The league is over but the Asia Professional Baseball Championships are going on in Tokyo while I'm there.

I don't think the schedule is out and I can't find any information on buying tickets. Does anyone have any suggestions? And is this a thing that usually sells out early?

I would ideally like to see Japan play but I figure that's also the most likely to sell out fast.

Is this a good thing to go to to experience Japanese baseball? I love baseball anyway so I would definitely enjoy it but I'd appreciate thoughts from anyone who has attended.

this is the most info I can find about the tournament currently:

https://www.japan-baseball.jp/en/team/topteam/2026/apbc/overview.html

thank you!

In Pittsburgh, PA. Signature appears to say Kleeman.

Interestingly I found this very similar one with some slight differences with a different signature (Forrester). A copy? A mass market pseudonym?

https://www.etsy.com/listing/828425200/vintage-oil-painting-red-barn-autumn

Just curious to know more. Thanks!

Pictures: https://imgur.com/a/zNV5Lu0

We have a double envelope Ekosea house built in the early 80s and we love it. It's split-level and has a 3 story south facing solarium. We have a traditional forced air gas furnace and our heating bills are super low thanks to the sunlight and insulation just from having two layers of walls.

One downfall is our basement gets very cold in the winter. Obviously the problem is the massive 3 story open staircase. There are electric baseboard heaters in there but all the heat gets sucked up the stairs. If we run them it ends up costing like $40/day. We are a little cramped for space and I would like to use the basement living room as an office but it's barely habitable in the winter. There's a spare bedroom down there too but it has a door and so we can run a space heater with the door shut. The middle floor is temperate and the upper floor is toasty.

I am looking for creative solutions for making the basement warmer. I see some people block off their staircases with thermal curtains, but our stairs are very big and this would also block off a lot of the windows. Plus we have pets going in and out.

I have thought about having a gas fireplace or heater installed to be more efficient than the electric baseboard heaters, but I'm afraid I'll have to pay the money to have it put in and then discover it all escapes up the staircase anyway.

Would installing radiant floor heat be an help? There is a crawl space under the house.

Any thoughts or advice is greatly appreciated

additional pictures: https://imgur.com/a/zNV5Lu0

We have a double envelope Ekosea house built in the early 80s and we love it. It's split-level and has a 3 story south facing solarium. We have a traditional forced air gas furnace and our heating bills are super low thanks to the sunlight and insulation just from having two layers of walls.

One downfall is our basement gets very cold in the winter. Obviously the problem is the massive 3 story open staircase. There are electric baseboard heaters in there but all the heat gets sucked up the stairs. If we run them it ends up costing like $40/day. We are a little cramped for space and I would like to use the basement living room as an office but it's barely habitable in the winter. There's a spare bedroom down there too but it has a door and so we can run a space heater with the door shut. The middle floor is temperate and the upper floor is toasty.

I am looking for creative solutions for making the basement warmer. I see some people block off their staircases with thermal curtains, but our stairs are very big and this would also block off a lot of the windows. Plus we have pets going in and out.

I have thought about having a gas fireplace or heater installed to be more efficient than the electric baseboard heaters, but I'm afraid I'll have to pay the money to have it put in and then discover it all escapes up the staircase anyway.

Would installing radiant floor heat be an help? There is a crawl space under the house.

Any thoughts or advice is greatly appreciated

My house has 10 of these doors and they're a little ugly. They seem to be hollow and made of particle board.

I have been making mosaics with smalti and other glass scraps on wedi board. I would like to try putting some on these doors (avoiding the edges) because they're nice blank canvases.

Do you think this would make the door too heavy or otherwise cause problems? I've been using wood glue for my mosaics - would that work on varnished particle board? What kind of grout should I use?

Any advice appreciated!

I have smalti which are fairly easy to break up but I can't break them small enough to make a black dot for the eye of this heron or the yellow pieces surrounding it. It shatters into shards at that point. I have a glass sander that I've used to smooth the edges of other pieces but I think this is too small to hold it against the bit.

The piece is scaled so that everything else works - I'd hate to have to make it much bigger for just this one thing. Is there a place where you can buy tiny, tiny circular dots, or any suggestions for other materials I could use? Clay?

Thanks in advance