Re: [GBlist] monster houses (swelling/shrinking)

[Alan Courtright <acourtri@linknet.kitsap.lib.wa.us>]

On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 deumling@socrates.Berkeley.EDU wrote:

> I meant it as a number worth discussing, not an edict.  Perhaps it is
> unhelpful to specify a number or a range.  Perhaps, as others have argued,
> Americans wouldn't go for it.  But I am not satisfied yet that we've
> thought this through, tried to persuade our fellow citizens (or list
> subscribers) and have failed.

Maybe we need a different approach.  I hate housecleaning.  My wife hates
housecleaning.  Therefore, we'll build a small house (though with a garage
and shop underneath; still, the footprint will be small: 1280-1400sf).  

Don't sell small houses, sell easy/quick-to-clean houses. :-)

                         -|//*Alan Courtright*\\|=   
                                Poulsbo, WA
                             acourtri@krl.org
                       



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