Cob: Old Info and Humor

Fri Sep 22 21:15:34 CDT 2000

Old letters from early 1800's
mention using horse hair in earthen wall mix

also thomas jefferson's house put bricks in ditch around home so water from
roof flowed away from home to cistern.
note all letters stressed house never was to be on lower ground unless raised up
guess they had to learn the hard way allso.

Humor
take a look at this 24 hour business for those who live in rural areas
http://www.weirdnj.com/stories/eggomat.htm
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Old letters from early 1800's</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>mention using horse hair in earthen wall 
mix</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>also thomas jefferson's house put bricks in ditch 
around home so water from</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>roof flowed away from home to cistern.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>note all letters stressed house never was to be on 
lower ground unless raised up</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>guess they had to learn the hard way 
allso.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Humor</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>take a look at this 24 hour business for those who 
live in rural areas</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A 
href="http://www.weirdnj.com/stories/eggomat.htm">http://www.weirdnj.com/stories/eggomat.htm</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>