Comments on: American Spirit http://thomaslitchford.com/blog/2008/04/17/american-spirit/ Writing.Life Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:05:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: tlitchfo http://thomaslitchford.com/blog/2008/04/17/american-spirit/comment-page-1/#comment-5670 tlitchfo Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:14:36 +0000 http://thomaslitchford.com/blog/2008/04/17/american-spirit/#comment-5670 I'm not sure a newly constructed house would be the way to go, here. Old houses were constructed with a higher quality of workmanship than houses are today. I also give them points for taking on almost no debt to get it done. I’m not sure a newly constructed house would be the way to go, here. Old houses were constructed with a higher quality of workmanship than houses are today.

I also give them points for taking on almost no debt to get it done.

]]> By: jriske http://thomaslitchford.com/blog/2008/04/17/american-spirit/comment-page-1/#comment-5669 jriske Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:36:36 +0000 http://thomaslitchford.com/blog/2008/04/17/american-spirit/#comment-5669 Is this really a positive? Or just a display or an inability to figure out when it's time to level the pathetic excuse for a building, and build a new house on top of it? You probably spend less money in the end, you have a shiny new house, you get 12 years of your life back, and you get to live in the shiny new house for 12 more years... I give pioneering points to anyone nuts enough to live in the UP, Montana, the Dakotas, etc. And to folks who venture from here to try to build up 3rd world countries, that used to be their homes, whether Iraq, Afghanistan, or (a small movement of late) Liberia. But, as Beth Hamilton used to say of tornados, natural selection is for buildings too. :-) Is this really a positive? Or just a display or an inability to figure out when it’s time to level the pathetic excuse for a building, and build a new house on top of it? You probably spend less money in the end, you have a shiny new house, you get 12 years of your life back, and you get to live in the shiny new house for 12 more years…

I give pioneering points to anyone nuts enough to live in the UP, Montana, the Dakotas, etc. And to folks who venture from here to try to build up 3rd world countries, that used to be their homes, whether Iraq, Afghanistan, or (a small movement of late) Liberia.

But, as Beth Hamilton used to say of tornados, natural selection is for buildings too.

:-)

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