if a tree falls in the woods...

remember that time when it was the coolest thing in the world to have a tree house in your backyard? when i was kid, my brother and i (but mostly my brother) attempted to construct one. we had the perfect trees for it. unfortunately, that was all we had. turns out, neither of us was much of an engineer and we failed. we REALLY failed. we ended up with a single sheet of plywood nailed (using three times as many nails as was necessary) sort of between a couple of branches. this was fine when we were simply hanging out in the tree, but it did not allow for any privacy, nor did it provide much protection from the elements. and sleepovers? forget it, roll over one too many times and you might find yourself with a broken bone (or eight). unhealthy. too bad, would have been awesome. who am i kidding, it would still be awesome. if i had a yard with a tree, i would definitely build a tree house. that is, i would find someone a bit more skilled than i am to do it for me. forget about your basic tree house, i want an actual house in a tree. with bedrooms and a kitchen and stuff. kind of like these ones...