yeah. me too.
wasn't any surprise if you were watching any of it being built. badly cured (or nearly green) lumber, shoddy methods, poor finish. amazing that any of it passed inspection -- and [here I get really ticked off] during those same years it was impossible to get a permit to build a solid little strawbale cabin, or put up a yurt, anywhere in the county I lived in. The difference between theory and practise in practise ...
The stuff they build in the Mid-Atlantic is even worse. They might not be as pretty, but I'll stick to the old brick buildings. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin