I notice she visited 29 countries in 14 months. Not to be a smartass, but I would think that a person who is concerned about their carbon footprint would try...
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Jean Bellinger
jbellinger
Sep 4, 2008 4:59 am
Sherman, maybe there is the youthful wanderlust in play here. I know I had it it in my 20s and my 22-year old son too who, other than travel to international...
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Sherman Johnson
mrnatural121769
Sep 4, 2008 5:38 am
Hi Jean, Actually, I messed up -- that email was meant for Gregory alone, not the entire group. I didn't mean to come across as being overly harsh. Still,...
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Jean Bellinger
jbellinger
Sep 4, 2008 5:48 am
Some info on Jim Merkel, one of my environmental heroes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Merkel http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2003/12/01.html -Jean ... From:...
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Sherman Johnson
mrnatural121769
Sep 4, 2008 5:55 am
Merkel sounds like an impressive person, I can see why you admire him. Sherman ... From: Jean Bellinger To: smallhousesocietyonline@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
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Dennis Fukai
insitebuilders
Sep 4, 2008 1:53 pm
This is interestg, Britain's smallest Council house(1620), with a small lady to live in and run it...nice arch detailing: http://tinyurl.com/5m35k7 /Dennis ...
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Marganne Meyer
margannem
Sep 4, 2008 6:03 pm
Another way of bringing out benefits of smaller, modular homes. I picked this up from the Northern Echo, a British publication. Housing pack popularity may...
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Gregory Paul Johnson
smallhouseso...
Sep 5, 2008 3:33 am
Friends, I'm in contact with a journalist working for the New York Times on an article about simpler smaller living. He'd like to get a phone interview with a...
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Gregory Paul Johnson
smallhouseso...
Sep 5, 2008 2:17 pm
Friends, I just received an email from Dale Snyder telling me of his Canyon Classic Cabins website. It's a beautiful website, definitely worth a visit: ...
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jpswan9254
Sep 5, 2008 2:29 pm
... a ... That's cute - but that's also $200/sf(built) w/out a site, foundation, kitchen cabinets etc. etc. Whew!...
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dogmatiqua
Sep 5, 2008 3:56 pm
Hello! Just joined the group about a month ago. I've come here by way of several inspirations--1.) finding an article and youtube vid on Dee Williams' tiny...
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Gregory Paul Johnson
smallhouseso...
Sep 5, 2008 8:13 pm
Dear Dogmatiqua, What a delightful and thoughtful post. I'm inspired by your desire to escape the rat race. You'll find that once life gets smaller and ...
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Michael
janzenms
Sep 5, 2008 8:42 pm
Dogmatiqua, You said a couple things that really rang loud and clear in my ears. - "I'm tired of working to spend all my money on material conformity" -...
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g rooney
gerrie4unity
Sep 5, 2008 11:03 pm
Welcome dogmatiqua! Here is an interesting observation. Â http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0611/p09s01-coop.html?s=yaho ... From: dogmatiqua...
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Sherman Johnson
mrnatural121769
Sep 6, 2008 1:12 am
Hi Dogmatiqua, Good post. On the RV vs. small house question, what about a small house on a trailer like Gregory's? Of course, you said that you don't want to...
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Sherman Johnson
mrnatural121769
Sep 6, 2008 1:14 am
Good thought provoking article, thanks! ... From: g rooney To: smallhousesocietyonline@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 7:03 PM Subject: Re:...
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Dan
drftrdan
Sep 6, 2008 4:23 am
Hi Dogmatique, Welcome to the group. Travel trailer verse Small house: There are several things that would effect a choice. What part of the country do you...
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Daniel
hamop5
Sep 6, 2008 12:01 pm
Hi Dog... I know what you meen by wanting to escape the rate race. I work with the military and due to deployments, I've hardly spent any time at "home". Even...
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Ron Mauer
kb4jnk
Sep 6, 2008 12:22 pm
Living in a 35' park model travel trailer worked very well for me while I saved big time for building my 621 sq ft house ...
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Larry
lribookend
Sep 6, 2008 1:20 pm
Hello Dog, and others: THis has been a very thought provoking thread. I share many of your goals about being debt free, but I found it was going to be very ...
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Robert Durkin
bobdurkin2002
Sep 6, 2008 1:39 pm
Dude! You plan is awesome, and is working in execution! "Small house" philosophy all the way. I particularly like this: "Do what makes you happy, not what...
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Stephanie Reiley
coming_unmoored
Sep 6, 2008 1:43 pm
I love the color of paint you chose for the internal walls of your house. By any chance, do you still know what it was? Steph...
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Ron Mauer
kb4jnk
Sep 6, 2008 1:51 pm
The paint is "Sassy Lilac" available from Lowes. ... wonderful ... water. ... the ... the ... was ... pressed ... heat...
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Stephanie Reiley
coming_unmoored
Sep 6, 2008 1:54 pm
Great! Thank you. I'm going to have a wonderful time browsing around your blog. I'm currently up to my eyeballs on my own smal house construction project so...
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Daniel
hamop5
Sep 6, 2008 2:42 pm
Looks a lot like the color I painted my step-daughters room. Looks great and relaxing too. ... me ... $4000. ... although ... heater ... ($75). ... The ... and...
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Larry
lribookend
Sep 6, 2008 5:09 pm
Thank you for the kind words. I had a lot of very kind people in this group support me the past couple years in my quest. Without their encouragement, I am not...
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Gregory Paul Johnson
smallhouseso...
Sep 6, 2008 5:28 pm
If you're currently working on a small house building project and journaling your experience online, please let me know. I'd like to create a list of small...
