[Domesteading 00292] Re: Fw: books

rowley rowley at looknfeel.com
Tue Mar 25 10:43:53 PST 2008


Sal opined:

>  a slide rules? Oh.  Ouch. This punishment is making my brain mush.

Once, up in the Great White North, I was given the task of measuring out an acre. Procrastinator that I am, I had only 
finished 5 and a half yards when the supervisor came mushing up on his dog sled to check on me. He said, "Did you 
do your acre? " ...to which I replied, "No, but I did a rod."


>  On a more serious note, has anyone constructed a house using the randome?
>  I've seen the models, but have no idea how strong the resultant dome might
>  be.

Stephen Miller's house(s) might arguably qualify as randomes (though he might protest that they are anything but 
random). 

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>  -------Original Message-------
>  From: Sal Cerda <sal.cerda at rocketmail.com>
>  Subject: Re: [Domesteading 00289] Re: Fw: books
>  Sent: 2008-03-25 12:10
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>  >
>  
>  
>>  I've always found slide rules sort of counter-Inuitive, myself. But that's
>>  just  me. Perhaps in a slippery medium like ice,  a slide rules? 
>
>  a slide rules? Oh.  Ouch. This punishment is making my brain mush.
>  :-)
>  
>  On a more serious note, has anyone constructed a house using the randome?
>  I've seen the models, but have no idea how strong the resultant dome might
>  be.



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