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We took out both bathtubs. Very large walk-in shower in the master and standard size shower in the spare.

Nobody takes baths down here, and nobody really has kids - who would be most likely to use bathtubs.

Young moms always envision themselves taking a luxurious bath in a Jacuzzi tub.  Our neighborhood is built entirely for young families, and so are all of the houses within it.

Removing a tub from a master bedroom in this neighborhood, would pretty much make your house unsellable.

I used to have a young mom (old mom now) and in the 20+ years we had a jet tub, she maybe used it 40 times??

We have a hot tub as part of the pool. We use that, now that there are no kids to tend to.

Dig difference. You live in a bedroom community, and I live in a retirement community.

Had we still lived in a bedroom community, there is no way I'd pull out the tub, for the reasons you state.

one of my daughters used the jacuzzi regularly, especially in the cold dark winter

I keep telling myself I will try it as my old body has more pain, especially in the cold dark winter

Yeah like bf, we have a hot tub/jacuzzi attached to the pool.  That's the one we use all the time (especially in the sort of cold somewhat dark winter).  And as I've gotten older, it DEFINITELY helps.  It's pretty much mandatory for me now, if I go out and run anything more than 4 or 5 miles.

https://theconversation.com/even-as-the-fusion-era-dawns-were-still-in-the-steam-age-217273

Why are we still reliant on steam?
Boiling water takes a significant amount of energy, the highest by far of the common liquids we’re familiar with. Water takes about 2.5 times more energy to evaporate than ethanol does, and 60% more than ammonia liquids.

Why do we use steam rather than other gases? Water is cheap, nontoxic and easy to transform from liquid to energetic gas before condensing back to liquid for use again and again.

Steam has lasted this long because we have an abundance of water, covering 71% of Earth’s surface, and water is a useful way to convert thermal energy (heat) to mechanical energy (movement) to electrical energy (electricity). We seek electricity because it can be easily transmitted and can be used to do work for us in many areas.

When water is turned to steam inside a closed container, it expands hugely and increases the pressure. High pressure steam can store huge amounts of heat, as can any gas. If given an outlet, the steam will surge through it with high flow rates. Put a turbine in its exit path and the force of the escaping steam will spin the turbine’s blades. Electromagnets convert this mechanical movement to electricity. The steam condenses back to water and the process starts again.

Steam engines used coal to heat water to create steam to drive the engine. Nuclear fission splits atoms to make heat to boil water. Nuclear fusion will force heavy isotopes of hydrogen (deuterium and tritium) to fuse into helium-3 atoms and create even more heat – to boil water to make steam to drive turbines to make electricity.

If you looked only at the end process in most thermal power plants – coal, diesel, nuclear fission or even nuclear fusion – you would see the old technology of steam taken as far as it can be taken.

Chilly morning here. 50F at sunrise. About 60 now. High of 76.

Not normal.

Chilly morning here. 50F at sunrise. About 60 now. High of 76.

Not normal.

So pretend it's Wisconsin, and put on a tee shirt.