[Domesteading 00300] Re: Fw: books

[Stephen Miller]

Randome units are made like the vertex pieces I designed for my  
plydomes 18 years ago. But the plydome itself is completely different  
from a randome. The randome is an assemblage of vertexes. The plydome  
itself has none but the ones added after the sheets are put together.
.
On Mar 25, 2008, at 2:43 PM, rowley wrote:

>
> 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).
>
> ^~    ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~
> Oo
> _      www.looknfeel.com   www.flickr.com/photos/looknfeel/
>
>
>>  -------Original Message-------
>>  From: Sal Cerda <sal.cerda at rocketmail.com>
>>  Subject: Re: [Domesteading 00289] Re: Fw: books
>>  Sent: 2008-03-25 12:10
>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>>  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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