>I forgot one "silly" idea that I have always wanted in a house:
>
>A train that runs through the entire place; every room, the back
>porch, yard, pool etc... AND through the storage spaces and
>refrigerator. With a robotic arm that can pick up and place items
>on its flat cars. So I can ask for a box of cereal and a carton
>of milk and have it delivered to me.

With 10 acres it would probably be a not so silly idea to have a 5-1/4" or
7" gauge railway running around it to transport stuff around the property.
taken to the extreme one could run live steam, but for utilitarian purposes
a small diesel or petrol loco - maybe even run off "home grown" sunflower
oil or alcohol - would be a viable workhorse. Even an electric loco, but
that would involve battery maintenance, which could be a pain if that was
the only use for the batteries, unless they were also part of a solar
collection scheme when the loco wasn't out on the track.

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