> > > > > > Brunnen-"which is the only possible explanation for why I now rent the world's only black and orange house"G
> > >
> > > I accept the challenge. Beginning with my next trip, I shall always carry a camera as I watch for a black and orange house. I know it's out there. I just have to find it.
> > > Howard
> >
> > Well, Howard, you might try looking just to the south of you in Birmingham, Alabama. I am almost certain there is a house visible from I-20 that is both black and orange. I've made fun of it many times. There is also a bright pink house near there. Of course, I moved about a year ago. Good sense may have caught the owner by now.
> >
> > Shan-hmm...this looks like a nice shade of neon orange to paint the shudders-dar
>
> Yuck. In the interests of truth and the scientific method and all that, then, I'll change my original statement to "the CITY'S* only** black and orange*** house."
>
> *Auckland
> **As far as I have seen
> ***Exact shades may vary due to brand and batch number. To a decorator it might be Deepest Charcoal and Spanish Sunset, for all I know.
>
> Brunnen-"that bright pink concrete house with all the seashells stuck to the walls, where the kilt-wearing guy lives, now THAT'S another story"G

In parts of Florida, pink house are fairly common and look almost normal.
Howard