Re: torus

["JEJ" <newageco at dbtech dot net>]

They find a way into the concrete /foam combo....Seen it before, and the
pest control people can't get to em once they get in. You're right
Ernie...they like the insulation too but given the choice they build HUGE
colonies in the foam under the concrete exterior before they start on the
wiring. Amdro didn't even get them. Customer is thinking about abandoning
the house. The exterior of the home had litlle neat piles of styrofoam
around the base in about 250 spots. Customer was pretty hacked.. JJ

----- Original Message -----
From: Ernie Aiken <wgd at gtwn dot net>
To: <domesteading at sculptors dot com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 9:08 AM
Subject: torus


> Torus: Not as space efficient as a dome, but it has some fun
> applications. For instance, a home with a center courtyard or garden.
> http://www.monolithicdome.com/design/shapes/index.html
> Also shows oblate and prolate elipse domes.
> A search for 'fire ants' on the site came up blank. I was curious since
> they are near Waxahatchie where the super-collider ("atom smasher") was
> being built and they had some fire ant problems with that failed effort.
> Ants were eating the plastic wire insulation if I remember right.
> Ernie
>