On Fri, 27 Jul 2018 13:31:04 -0500, AMuzi wrote:

On 7/27/2018 9:25 AM, Joerg wrote:
On 2018-07-26 18:43, John B. Slocomb wrote:
On Thu, 26 Jul 2018 16:27:45 -0700, Joerg
Joerg wrote
On 2018-07-25 16:41, John B. Slocomb wrote:
25 Jul Joerg wrote
On 2018-07-24 19:53, John B. Slocomb wrote:
Joerg wrote
On 2018-07-23 18:27, John B. Slocomb wrote:
On Mon, 23 Jul 2018 15:13:21 -0700, Joerg
Joerg wrote:
On 2018-07-22 21:44, John B. Slocomb wrote:

If the bicycles are for work, what are the cars for?

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I might point out that my father built two houses (2
bedroom and 3
bedroom) while working as a postal clerk by doing all of
the work
himself. Granted it does take a long time but it is both
possible and
economically feasible.


And how did the lumber, cladding and all that get there? On
a bicycle? On foot?


When rebuilding my girlfriend's sun porch this spring, we
uncovered the the former exterior house wall which was rough
sawn 15~18" planks on rough sawn studs with squarecut nails,
circa 1920 when milled lumber was plentiful if one had cash
and a means to move it, which they apparently did not. What
they had were axes, 2-man saws and draft horses with chains
to get the logs down off the ridge in snow.


Depending on what sort of wood, I would think that 15 ` 18" planks
would be worth some money.

I was at an auction where they were selling off a whole household and
a guy bid on the stable building. Later I asked him what he wanted
"that shack" for and he told me that the interior was finished off
with 1 inch rough sawn oak and the interior wood was at least a 100%
profit over what he paid :-)

The best way to get any job done will vary a lot depending
on who you are and where (physically and philosophically)
you are. Sometimes that means a bicycle where other guys
might choose a truck or just not to do the job at all.