Fwd: Re: SB: RE: RE: did I miss something???

[txh2344@mynra.com]

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Subject: Re: SB: RE: RE: did I miss something???
To: rharding@sfu.ca
From: txh2344@mynra.com
Date: 29 Sep 2001 10:50:44 PDT

Being in the service, I have had the privilege of living in different countries. I lived 8 1/2 years in Germany and used to shop in a little bakery downtown Bamberg. Most buildings in Germany have the framing year carved on the door sill. This particular bakery's date was 1746. Imagine, a post and beam, Leichtbaum (mud straw) in-filled structure that still serves as a bakery and is older than our nation!
MG
On Fri, 28 September 2001, ruth harding wrote:

> 
> Hang on a minute,
> what about the centuries that buildings of earth, lime, straw, cow dung and 
> anything else that have been used to build home in Europe?  It will be a 
> long time before our homes come falling down, if we have built them even 
> half correctly.
> And I don't believe we can separate the skin (plaster) from the 
> bales.....even in Rob Thom's example, which would have to be load bearing, 
> if the bales are heavily compacted, and the roof load has been 
> distributed......what's the scare.....
> 
> I am going to relax knowing my heirs will live long and prosper in my home 
> when I am long dead and gone.
> 
> r
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