[nbc] Re: Cob: bicycle powered cob mixer

[brian besold]

   Change is constant. It is for this reason alone that the search 
continues, that questions must be asked. Maybe those opposed to my idea are 
right. And if you are, we can look together, and learn together, at the 
mistakes that will be made. Maybe it will work, and again, we can look and 
learn. Either way, it is the process of inquiry: asking questions, carrying 
out experiments, the willingness to make mistakes that is ultimately 
necessary.
   Have we figured it all out already? Is cob best mixed with foot power? As 
Pedro has pointed out, there are any number of factors that need to be 
addressed, not just regarding cob building, but the entire design/build 
process. No, I don't know everything about mixing cob, but how can anyone 
say that they do. Change is constant. I'm so sorry that the masculine 
minority feels the need to remind me of place in the cob heirarchy, to knock 
me down. This attitude is so destructive, and not just to those who are 
pushed, but to the pusher, humanity, and our planet as well. I have a habit 
of looking at the deeper meaning in things, but that is because I like 
asking questions.  Reminder: learn from your students. What have you to gain 
once you've figured everything out? Thank you to all of you in support of 
this, and thank you to the person who sent the great suggestions regarding 
paddle mixers. Believe in the power of many. Brian.

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