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  • Founded: Jul 5, 1999
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30 Farmer
robinson@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx Send Email
Aug 19, 1999
1:41 pm
There is at least one brand of these that uses a pipe the full length of both sides of the building inside of a full length sewn hem instead of "D" rings or...
29 Lynn Summers
ridgebackmom@xxxxxxxx... Send Email
Aug 12, 1999
6:16 pm
What a darling, you must be so proud. LynnS. ... **You must live your life from beginning to end. No one else can do it for you.** Hopi Proverb ... Free...
28 Farmer
robinson@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx Send Email
Aug 11, 1999
4:50 am
In case you get bored... The link below is to a picture of our new Great grand daughter. Click on it to enlarge. ...
27 Farmer
robinson@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx Send Email
Aug 8, 1999
2:20 pm
Here is further from an ongoing discussion on another list which I have reposted here previously. ... place to store ... fabric idea sounds ... thanks guys for...
26 Farmer
robinson@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx Send Email
Aug 5, 1999
4:30 am
... Your mention of yurts is a bit ironic, I was just watching a documentary last night where they were digging for dinosaur fossils in central Asia. They...
25 kwadek@xxxxx.xxx Send Email Aug 5, 1999
3:20 am
Hi everyone, This is exactly the kind of list I've been looking for! Has anyone here tried living in a yurt or a portable dome like Pacific Domes? What I...
24 Farmer
robinson@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx Send Email
Aug 3, 1999
5:28 pm
I should mention here that I consider small bridges to be very much "on topic". :-) Also, hi Karl ! It's good to see a name I associate with common sense ...
23 Farmer
robinson@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx Send Email
Aug 3, 1999
5:18 pm
... Telephone pole acquisition tip: Don't go to the power co. office to ask for poles, they are usually too afraid of liability to sharpen a pencil or they...
22 Karl Olmstead
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Aug 3, 1999
3:56 pm
... Seems to me that a used telephone pole, cut into sections, would work nicely here. Good source of cheap timber, already pressure-treated. I wouldn't put...
21 rosebock@xxxx.xxx Send Email Aug 3, 1999
1:58 pm
I need to bridge a shallow creek on our property and would like to hear some suggestions for a cheap yet safe crossing. The sides of the creek are about two ...
20 Farmer
robinson@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx Send Email
Aug 2, 1999
2:39 pm
I have been building some bridge abutments from old tires laid up like bricks and filled with dirt as they are laid. I have come up with a tip for laying them....
19 Farmer
robinson@... Send Email
Jul 31, 1999
5:10 pm
This was the main part of a discussion about "hoop" barns. I thought some folks here might be interested. Type we are looking at starts out as a post...
18 DFoster987@... Send Email Jul 31, 1999
3:09 pm
In a message dated 7/31/99 9:58:38 AM Eastern Daylight Time, robinson@... writes: << From what I have read about cord wood / stack wall construction...
17 Lynn Summers
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Jul 31, 1999
2:07 pm
... Juana writes: Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 21:39:25 -0700 From: Rick and Juana <ricjuvet@...> Subject: cheap houses Hello, I just joined this list for...
16 Farmer
robinson@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx Send Email
Jul 31, 1999
1:17 pm
... From what I have read about cord wood / stack wall construction the primary problem is keeping the logs tight in the mortar. It seems that if you use green...
15 Rick and Juana
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Jul 31, 1999
4:39 am
Hello, I just joined this list for this very reason...building a house very cheaply. I have read a bit about stackwall, or log cord houses, and would like some...
14 Farmer
robinson@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx Send Email
Jul 31, 1999
2:15 am
Below is a "reprint" of a posting to an antique tractor group I belong to from when we were discussing cheap shop ... There was a tent in the old Mother Earth...
13 Farmer
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Jul 30, 1999
11:24 pm
The URL link below may be of interest to some. I will post these from time to time, please feel free to share interesting shelter related sites that you run ...
12 Lynn Summers
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Jul 30, 1999
9:10 pm
Hello everyone, my name is Lynn and I am new to the list. My fiancee and I are planning to move to Utah within the next year and want to build our own home....
11 Kurt Quandt
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Jul 29, 1999
3:04 pm
Hi. I am looking forward to being on this list and seeing this list grow. My dh and I are in the planning stages of building a cordwood house. We have heard...
10 David Holcombe
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Jul 29, 1999
1:16 pm
... Yeah, I remember it. The main reason I joined the list was to find out about building a house from firewood or using the rock from our pastures instead of ...
9 Farmer
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Jul 29, 1999
1:34 am
The news article at the link supplied will tell you a little about me. To those on other list with me please forgive the cross posting. ...
8 Farmer
robinson@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx Send Email
Jul 29, 1999
1:11 am
The number of members on this list is growing rapidly but you folks sure are quiet. Please do feel free to jump right in. Do any of you remember a 3 story...
7 Farmer
robinson@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx Send Email
Jul 27, 1999
11:11 pm
Excerpt from a message from onelist: Email delivery for a small number of ONElist communities was delayed today due to a power failure at our service...
6 Curtis J. Raymond
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Jul 19, 1999
1:41 pm
For half lap at the end of a tire wall, Use a smaller tire :)...
5 Farmer
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Jul 18, 1999
1:00 pm
Hi Folks :-) Does anybody on the list have any experiences in using old tires in constructing retaining walls (or just walls) ? I am doing some retaining...
4 Farmer
robinson@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx Send Email
Jul 17, 1999
4:02 am
Welcome to the Cheap Shelters e-mail list. Postings of introduction are not only allowed but are most welcome. :-) This is a new list but I suspect it will...
3 Farmer
robinson@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx Send Email
Jul 15, 1999
2:41 am
Welcome to the Cheap Shelters e-mail list. Postings of introduction are not only allowed but are most welcome. :-) This is a new list but I suspect it will...
2 Farmer
robinson@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx Send Email
Jul 14, 1999
3:08 am
Welcome to the Cheap Shelters e-mail list. Postings of introduction are not only allowed but are most welcome. :-) This is a new list but I suspect it will...
1 robinson@xxxxxxxxx.xxx Send Email Jul 5, 1999
4:21 am
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