How’s the “man cave” in your home?
I don’t really consider anything in our home to be my “man cave.” Yes, I have my computer set up in one cluttered corner of our dusty basement with various shelves and filing cabinets and, as you might suspect, newspapers scattered around. About one-fourth of our basement, another corner, is my workshop with power and hand tools, but I seem to find far too little time to tinker there.
I don’t have a big-screen TV in either spot, nor a bar with running water and/or refrigerator.
To me, those items seem to be priorities for a proper man cave. I saw a story about the man cave in advance of a Milwaukee-area home show earlier this month. It reminded me of our neighbor’s man cave in his garage, though he and his wife both enjoy hanging out there together. On steamy summer evenings, they’ll often be enjoying cold beers or sipping wine while watching a big-screen TV and passing traffic on their quiet street. They sometimes invite my wife and me to join them. It’s a nice setup.
From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. this Saturday and Sunday is the South Central Wisconsin Builders Association’s Stateline Living Home, Health & Garden Expo at Beloit’s Eclipse Center (formerly the Beloit Mall). I wonder how well one might equip a man cave by checking out the merchandise and contractors at this show...
Greg Peck can be reached at (608) 755-8278 or gpeck@gazettextra.com. Or follow him on Twitter or Facebook
Feb 23, 2013 at 7:18 a.m.
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I'm predicting that there will be no comment section in the new online version of the Gazette.
Feb 22, 2013 at 5:32 p.m.
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A pay site for the Gazette Extra? Okay, I guess I find another place to hang out. Goodbye to all my fellow commentators who I have agreed with, fought with, and basically ignored upon occasion. Back to the man cave to drowned my blues in music.
Feb 22, 2013 at 4:08 p.m.
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greg, in case I don't get dispensed with altogether with the new system, would the gazette prefer that I change my user name?
Feb 22, 2013 at 11:47 a.m.
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WiGrf
Feb 20, 2013 at 12:36 p.m.
...invite my wife and I...?
YOU BET !!!
Feb 22, 2013 at 6:50 a.m.
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gazettefan: Yes. Details still to come.
Greg Peck
Feb 22, 2013 at 6:37 a.m.
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greg, will it be a pay site at that time?
Feb 22, 2013 at 5:44 a.m.
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35 taxidermy mounts,a full gun safe,2 recliners,big screen tv.Then off to the 600sq ft garage,well insulated,furnace,tv,pizza oven,and a well stocked fridge.My wife thinks I should put a bed out there ?
Feb 21, 2013 at 9:38 p.m.
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We've been having problems with our Internet system provider; those, we hope, should be a thing of the past when we launch our new website with a new systems service, likely in April.
Greg Peck
Feb 21, 2013 at 5:45 p.m.
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Same here. The site's running slow.
Has there been a psychological or sociological examination of the phenomenon of the man cave?
Feb 21, 2013 at 4:26 p.m.
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hg, I know what you mean, mine is real slow too when I am on the Gazette Extra
Feb 21, 2013 at 3:32 p.m.
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Oh yeah, the last post was sent from my man cave.
Feb 21, 2013 at 3:31 p.m.
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Momentarily off subject: Why is it that my computer is satisfyingly fast EXCEPT when I click on anything to do with the Gazette Extra? Then it takes forever to load or change a page. Very frustrating Gazette.
Feb 21, 2013 at 1:22 p.m.
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My items include a small PA system, my Seagull S6, a music stand, and usually about 3 empty beer cans. I share this space with family items that include 2 microwaves (anyone wanna buy one?) a baby crib, height chair, baby bouncer (just in case we get more grandkids) and anything else my wife tells me to put there.
Feb 21, 2013 at 9:47 a.m.
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My man cave is every mans dream. Seating for one, plenty of reading material,hot and cold running water, and all the solitude one could desire. Card games are allowed, with only one house rule. A flush beats a full house !
Feb 21, 2013 at 3:32 a.m.
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My Man Cave is set up with a music theme. Since playing the guitar is a good way for me to relax. With mixing boards, multi track recorders, amplifiers, and of course a good selection of guitars to choose from, I can come down here and do my own thing for a while. Sometimes its good, some times its not so good. With computers and video equipment I can even make my own music videos. No, I am not a professional musician but when I am down here doing my thing, I am the star of the stage.
Feb 20, 2013 at 3:03 p.m.
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Thank you, Greg. I enjoy your columns and blogs.
Feb 20, 2013 at 2:44 p.m.
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Thanks, WiGrf. Fixed.
Greg Peck
Feb 20, 2013 at 12:36 p.m.
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...invite my wife and I...?
Feb 20, 2013 at 12:35 p.m.
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Mine is my shop !
Everything I need is in there...and I spend a lot of time there too.
I have heat, three stalls, one for Wife's car, one has an old Willys jeep and a 1926 Model T hot rod jammed in it, and the other my 1963 Chevy Biscayne...
Also stocked with a bottle of Korbel Brandy, as yes some good Old WV Moonshine...Radio is always on with Old Country Music, several chairs to sit on and BS, as well as a few other "Interesting" things as well...
I am retired, and love it..
OH, the Wife loves it too, as it keeps me out of the house....
Feb 20, 2013 at 11:28 a.m.
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In Arkansas we use our tornado shelter for our cave.
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