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Snow Dog 
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Posted: June 24 2007 at 13:53 |
What is your preferred material for the construction of a house?
Edited by Snow Dog - June 24 2007 at 13:53
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R o V e R
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Posted: June 24 2007 at 13:55 |
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wood
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R o V e R
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Posted: June 24 2007 at 13:56 |
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Like "Hut of Baba Yaga"
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Snow Dog
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Posted: June 24 2007 at 13:56 |
 R o V e R wrote:
wood
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OK Rover.....you've got wood!
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Posted: June 24 2007 at 13:59 |
Snow Dog wrote:
R o V e R wrote:
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OK Rover.....you've got wood! |
I'm Happy 
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Posted: June 24 2007 at 13:59 |
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wood here too. It breathes better than bricks, and allows you to attach stuff onto the walls without drilling. Also, bricks tend to be cold, and it's cold here where I live. :)
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Snow Dog
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Posted: June 24 2007 at 14:08 |
Passionist wrote:
wood here too. It breathes better than bricks, and allows you to attach stuff onto the walls without drilling. Also, bricks tend to be cold, and it's cold here where I live. :) |
But will it keep the Carnivores out?
Not to mention the many mythicval beasts that live in your parts.
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Syzygy
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Posted: June 24 2007 at 14:08 |
As the Diagram Brothers so eloquently put it:
"Bricks!
Lay 'em down in a straight line
Bricks!
Build 'em into a wall
Bricks!
Very useful objects
They're not expensive at all."
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Dean
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Posted: June 24 2007 at 14:09 |
I'd go for straw. It is environmentaly sound, grows quicker than wood so is emminently renewable, does not use heat to fire it like brick so is a low-enegry material. It is a perfect insulator so it's cool in summer and warm in winter and covered in mud or plaster it does not rot.
Fortunatley, since wolves are now extinct in the UK, it won't get blown down either. 
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Snow Dog
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Posted: June 24 2007 at 14:16 |
darqdean wrote:
I'd go for straw. It is environmentaly sound, grows quicker than wood so is emminently renewable, does not use heat to fire it like brick so is a low-enegry material. It is a perfect insulator so it's cool in summer and warm in winter and covered in mud or plaster it does not rot.
Fortunatley, since wolves are now extinct in the UK, it won't get blown down either. |
Not so fast........they may be reintroduced! 
Syzygy!!! Who the hell are the Diagram Brothers?
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R o V e R
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Posted: June 24 2007 at 15:29 |
Snow Dog wrote:
darqdean wrote:
I'd go for straw. It is environmentaly sound, grows quicker than wood so is emminently renewable, does not use heat to fire it like brick so is a low-enegry material. It is a perfect insulator so it's cool in summer and warm in winter and covered in mud or plaster it does not rot.
Fortunatley, since wolves are now extinct in the UK, it won't get blown down either.
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Not so fast........they may be reintroduced!
<FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=3>Syzygy!!! Who the hell are the Diagram Brothers? |
maybe
"Disco Group"
Edited by R o V e R - June 24 2007 at 15:30
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Syzygy
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Posted: June 24 2007 at 16:03 |
Snow Dog wrote:
darqdean wrote:
I'd go for straw. It is environmentaly sound, grows quicker than wood so is emminently renewable, does not use heat to fire it like brick so is a low-enegry material. It is a perfect insulator so it's cool in summer and warm in winter and covered in mud or plaster it does not rot.
Fortunatley, since wolves are now extinct in the UK, it won't get blown down either. |
Not so fast........they may be reintroduced!
Syzygy!!! Who the hell are the Diagram Brothers? |
A Manchester band from the late 70s/early 80s who were regulars on the John Peel show. They're somethimes compared to XTC - sharp, angular new wave stuff. Andy Diagram is still going strong as a musician (he plays MIDI trumpet) - amongst other projects, he's part of Pere Ubu spin off David Thomas and 2 Pale Boys, and he also reviews albums for avant-noise magazine The Wire.
Bricks was regularly requested on Peel's show, and is probably the closest they came to a hit. There's a CD called Marvels of Modern Science, which I think contains all their official releases.
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R o V e R
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Posted: June 24 2007 at 16:16 |
Syzygy wrote:
Snow Dog wrote:
darqdean wrote:
I'd go for straw. It is environmentaly sound, grows quicker than wood so is emminently renewable, does not use heat to fire it like brick so is a low-enegry material. It is a perfect insulator so it's cool in summer and warm in winter and covered in mud or plaster it does not rot.
Fortunatley, since wolves are now extinct in the UK, it won't get blown down either.
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Not so fast........they may be reintroduced!
<FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=3>Syzygy!!! Who the hell are the Diagram Brothers? |
A Manchester band from the late 70s/early 80s who were regulars on the John Peel show. They're somethimes compared to XTC - sharp, angular new wave stuff. Andy Diagram is still going strong as a musician (he plays MIDI trumpet) - amongst other projects, he's part of Pere Ubu spin off David Thomas and 2 Pale Boys, and he also reviews albums for avant-noise magazine The Wire.
Bricks was regularly requested on Peel's show, and is probably the closest they came to a hit. There's a CD called Marvels of Modern Science, which I think contains all their official releases. |
i should check them out
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