A Straw Poll
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Topic: A Straw Poll
Posted By: Snow Dog
Subject: A Straw Poll
Date Posted: June 24 2007 at 13:53
What is your preferred material for the construction of a house?
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Posted By: R o V e R
Date Posted: June 24 2007 at 13:55
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wood
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Posted By: R o V e R
Date Posted: June 24 2007 at 13:56
| Like "Hut of Baba Yaga" |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 24 2007 at 13:56
OK Rover.....you've got wood! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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R o V e R wrote:Posted By: R o V e R
Date Posted: June 24 2007 at 13:59
I'm Happy 
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Posted By: Passionist
Date Posted: June 24 2007 at 13:59
| 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. :) |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 24 2007 at 14:08
But will it keep the Carnivores out?
Not to mention the many mythicval beasts that live in your parts. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: June 24 2007 at 14:08
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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." ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: June 24 2007 at 14:09
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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.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6612381.stm - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6612381.stm
Fortunatley, since wolves are now extinct in the UK, it won't get blown down either.
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 24 2007 at 14:16
Not so fast........they may be reintroduced!
 Syzygy!!! Who the hell are the Diagram Brothers? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: R o V e R
Date Posted: June 24 2007 at 15:29
maybe "Disco Group" |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: June 24 2007 at 16:03
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. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: R o V e R
Date Posted: June 24 2007 at 16:16
i should check them out
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