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Re:Just Room Enough Island by warent on Saturday May 16, 2020 @08:17PM (#23208299)
What I love most about this is that there seems to be some form of nominative determinism at play here because the surname of the original owners is Sizeland, which doesn't take a big leap of the imagination to connect to their owning an island of notable size. At the very least, Sizeland is definitely an aptonym.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptronym

Re:Just Room Enough Island by dmckeon on Saturday May 16, 2020 @08:17PM (#23208300)
From the title, I was expecting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_on_Zanzibar (title from a mention in the novel of a factoid that the entire human race, standing close together, would just cover Zanzibar.

Would love to see either this or Brunner’s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shockwave_Rider as well-produced films.

Re:Just Room Enough Island by canjobear on Saturday May 16, 2020 @08:08PM (#23208265)
Do they have electricity and running water?
Re:Just Room Enough Island by watersb on Saturday May 16, 2020 @11:56PM (#23209445)
Looks like a lot of running water to me.
Re:Just Room Enough Island by potiuper on Saturday May 16, 2020 @09:50PM (#23208784)
Re:Just Room Enough Island by dmd on Saturday May 16, 2020 @08:03PM (#23208241)
The "Sizeland family". What a perfectly matched name.
Re:Just Room Enough Island by hn_1234 on Saturday May 16, 2020 @08:08PM (#23208262)
I see there is also something similar here , castle in an island https://www.boldtcastle.com/visitorinfo/
Re:Just Room Enough Island by sonofgod on Saturday May 16, 2020 @08:43PM (#23208405)
They're around 250 metres from each other.

The Thousand Islands seems a completely ludicrous place that feels like a fantasy novel. Or Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Boldt+Castle+%26+Boldt+Yacht...

Re:Just Room Enough Island by RickJWagner on Saturday May 16, 2020 @11:01PM (#23209162)
Cool looking house.

I'd have to wonder how they keep the siding in shape, though. You'd have to think waves would keep it wet, leading to rot or at least mold on the north side.

Anyone got any ideas about that?