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1175 Rob
becidaa Send Email
Dec 14, 2002
1:56 pm
... I'd take a look at what farmer wrote about his barn (in the archives) not too long ago. Next I'd go to the library and check out a couple of books on pole...
1176 Ms m c
farmgirl_3c Send Email
Dec 14, 2002
6:05 pm
I am looking for a breeder for future reference/ my husband is in love with this breed and I am interested in a pup or two for our farm- thank you and Happy...
1177 cammalu2@...
cammalu Send Email
Dec 14, 2002
6:27 pm
The Quonset hut looks easy but there are no windows and if I wanted to make a couple of stalls inside I don't think my feeble brain could handle thinking that...
1178 Doug Younker
duckyjo_2000 Send Email
Dec 15, 2002
6:27 am
... From: <cammalu2@...> ... Is a problem to worry about, how long do you think you will reside in the area? The first thing to discover what the...
1179 David Emery <clays...
clayshaper2002 Send Email
Dec 15, 2002
9:14 am
Is anyone here familliar with places in northern California (EG: Redding/Shasta/etc) or southern Oregon (EG: Klamath Falls/etc) that are friendly to...
1180 Quiet Rev
quietrev03 Send Email
Dec 20, 2002
7:48 pm
This is an invitation to visit and contribute to a new web site called Quiet Revolution. Quiet Revolution is an open publishing forum for people involved in...
1181 podlife59 <tea_ric...
podlife59 Send Email
Dec 22, 2002
6:52 pm
Hi All, It's been awhile since I was here but want to share some ideas with all of you. For now though here's a neat little tool for building an igloo I found...
1182 Guillermo Herdocia
gherdociam Send Email
Dec 23, 2002
3:00 pm
Thanks and wish you the best on this new instrument of awareness to help everyone to have a helping hand available merry christmas Quiet Rev...
1183 Sandy Stone
onestonefarm Send Email
Dec 23, 2002
3:46 pm
Thank you for posting the link, Rick. That is a really interesting site - and what a clever tool! It is slipforming with snow instead of rock and concrete....
1184 unclejoefromokla <...
unclejoefrom... Send Email
Dec 27, 2002
6:14 pm
ive another question in regaurds to rubble trench foundations when you go this route do you need to put rebar in like you dou for cement(i wouldnt think you...
1185 podlife59 <tea_ric...
podlife59 Send Email
Jan 1, 2003
7:22 pm
... site - ... rock and ... locations and ... night ... Sandy ... been pretty dry so far this winter. I was looking on the internet and found this site which...
1186 podlife59 <tea_ric...
podlife59 Send Email
Jan 1, 2003
7:35 pm
... of ... thinking ... for ... some ... of ... thinking ... 1/2 ... for ... im ... main ... also ... Howdy Uncle Joe, Where I work I have had some experience...
1187 Jerry Lentz <lentz...
lentz2001 Send Email
Jan 9, 2003
10:39 am
Hey Gang, I haven't posted in some time. I guess I'm a bit shy. I live in North Hollywood, CA and I'm getting ready to leave to go work at a radio station up...
1188 Rob
becidaa Send Email
Jan 9, 2003
12:29 pm
... Think cold as part of those 4 seasons while you are doing your planning. Past that I'd imagine it could be done, part of the "anything is possible" school...
1189 Jerry Lentz <lentz...
lentz2001 Send Email
Jan 9, 2003
12:46 pm
Rob, You're not going to believe this but I was actually thinking of that woodburning stove VW photo. I just didn't mention it cause I couldn't remember if it...
1190 ~David~
a22pickup Send Email
Jan 9, 2003
12:53 pm
Try a rocket stove.. easy to make.. works like a champ... Here's a how to on my site.. http://www.cyber-model.net/rocketsove.swf I just built one out of stove...
1191 Rob
becidaa Send Email
Jan 9, 2003
12:57 pm
... It's a small world... ... I'd rent a place to live first, there is enough adventure up here in the winter. After you get your bearings and see what's...
1192 William <williamjr...
williamjr85374 Send Email
Jan 9, 2003
1:01 pm
... Having owned a honda civic, and having spent many nights in it I would strongly recomend against it. While it would work in a desperate situation it is not...
1193 Daron Page
dagwood008 Send Email
Jan 9, 2003
1:03 pm
If you could find some sort of covered or enclosed parking space that would help cut down the wind. We have a 10x15 self storage unit that we pay $60 a month ...
1194 ~David~
a22pickup Send Email
Jan 9, 2003
1:54 pm
That's http://www.cyber-model.net/rocketstove.swf Sorry ... From: Daron Page To: cheap-shelters@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 5:03 AM ...
1195 Robinson
robinson46176 Send Email
Jan 9, 2003
3:07 pm
Interesting thoughts. I would recommend that you give serious thoughts to Rob's mention of their cold being "life or death"... Anyplace where the temps get...
1196 Pat Meadows
patmeadows Send Email
Jan 9, 2003
4:09 pm
... <snippy, snippy> Our minds must run in similar channels. I've often mentally designed something along these lines. Whenever I see one of those nice little...
1197 bob ford
bobford79@... Send Email
Jan 9, 2003
5:30 pm
I do have a copy of this book. The houses are small, but not necesarily inexpensive. Keep an eye at at ebay & half .com . I bought mine, brand new for just ...
1198 Busybee
busy22bee Send Email
Jan 9, 2003
6:43 pm
As a practical matter, living on the streets in a vechicle of some sort makes a great cheap shelter for one (maybe two). I lived on the streets in various...
1199 Pat Meadows
patmeadows Send Email
Jan 9, 2003
6:54 pm
... I will look on Half or Ebay - books are going for very very sadly and ridiculously low prices these days. Pat -- Pat Meadows CLICK DAILY TO FEED THE HUNGRY...
1200 GuyW
wguy47 Send Email
Jan 9, 2003
9:38 pm
When I was in Jr High during the "Summer of Love" in San Diego, hippies et al (and a hippie/biker I met) often lived in rented single car garages, quite...
1201 Frank Mancuso
snipertrader... Send Email
Jan 9, 2003
10:23 pm
Your Rocket stove like doesn't work, Thanks!...
1202 fm900@...
snipertrader... Send Email
Jan 9, 2003
10:34 pm
I'm sorry, your link doesn't work. :0)...
1203 ~David~
a22pickup Send Email
Jan 9, 2003
11:44 pm
http://www.cyber-model.net/rocketstove.swf Here it is .. I was just fooling with mine today. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
1204 Jerry Lentz <lentz...
lentz2001 Send Email
Jan 10, 2003
7:12 am
Hey Folks, I've gotten such a reply from people on this idea. I called my older brother who lives on a farm in Missouri and told him my idea. I could literally...
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