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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 27 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Friendly reminder that Eddie Lampert effectively drowned Sears Holdings (Sears & Kmart) in the bath tub. He single-handedly wiped out two major retailers, hundreds of smaller ones, and tens of thousands of jobs in one of the most successful corporate raids ever executed.

What a greedy shit bag.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

I'll be honest: I'm no fan of big corps, but I'm kinda sad that I can't still buy a build-it-yourself house kit from Sears.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

You could probably get it all from Home Depot, but you'd have to bundle the kit together yourself.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Not Sears, but I just spent a fun few moments looking up "adu kit" "cabin kit" "house kit" "home kit" and "prefab home kit."

There's not room to build one inside my little condo, but lots of choices if you have a place to put one.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Depending on what kind, I have the room to add as many as 3, but the problem here is city restrictions limit them to BACK yards only, not front yards. :( I have no back yard, it's ALL front yard.

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

So your mailbox and front door just need put on the other side, pave a little path around so it’s accessible by mail carriers and now you have a colossal back yard but no front yard.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What if you build one larger or at least wider than your house so it becomes the main dwelling and your house is the ADU?

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

At that point it's just two houses, which is also doable since it's a double lot.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Redefine your house as the ADU and the new unit as the house!

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(It probably won't work because of rules saying that ADUs must have less square footage than the house and that the total must not exceed some floor area ratio for the whole lot, but it's a fun thought.)

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

There would probably be some nightmare with changing the address as well because the new unit(s) would be between the existing house and the street where the address is. Apparently your street address is determined by where your front door faces.

One more thing to figure out. LOL.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

East Indian trading company had a navy

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Interestingly it was nationalised.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

Always wondered what happened to them.