Greetings, folks, First, many, many thanks for all of the feedback and suggestions on attaining deeper colors with pigmenting. I appreciate all of the...
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Huff'n'Puff
huffnpuff2003
Aug 3, 2005 2:55 am
G ‘day Balers Back home at last from an inspiring journey to Chicago and South Africa. If you are interested I have written an account of the South African ...
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Huff'n'Puff
huffnpuff2003
Aug 3, 2005 3:23 am
G ‘day Internet Savvy Balers Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong with my links? As I type them or copy them across the look OK when I send them but...
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Chris Green
hraefn_2
Aug 3, 2005 4:28 am
... The following quote is from a website named Plaster Architecture, which strikes me as having more information about pre-20th Century plaster methods than...
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David Neeley
dbneeley
Aug 3, 2005 6:33 am
Wolfie, You forgot the brackets. If you really want to have both the quoted name and the URL (which is merely duplication in this case), it'd be: ...
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kyounge1956
Aug 3, 2005 7:10 am
... Thanks for the additional info on lime for floors. How much is "a lot" of abrasion? The cattery could easily be a soft-footwear-only area, and it would be...
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Barbara Roemer
barbroemer
Aug 3, 2005 2:37 pm
Jacob, try Sinopia in San Francisco. Excellent mail order service; colors are true to the samples and are indicated for lime stability; marmarino and other...
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justanother_islander
justanother_...
Aug 3, 2005 2:47 pm
This is my initial foray into the "straw" field (so to speak) in search of help from those with experience / information on constructing a [preferably passive]...
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pennbo@...
lovemymorgans
Aug 3, 2005 2:57 pm
Just thinking, on the heels of the announcement of the search for same, what IS a green kitchen? What would those of you on this list do, or what have you...
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Barbara Roemer
barbroemer
Aug 3, 2005 2:57 pm
Thought this an interesting excerpt from a post on Japanese plastering from ... those silly monks or tea conniseurs sometimes, put iron fillings in the final ...
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RT
archilogic
Aug 3, 2005 3:02 pm
... there, ... in ... Dear Huffy; I'm relieved to see that you survived your trip to Murrica and thanks for your report. I know of a couple of...
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M Williams
machelle_wil...
Aug 3, 2005 3:03 pm
I attended an American Clay Seminar in Montrose, Colorado and the gentleman conducting said seminar had a substance they sell to help the walls stay a deeper...
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RT
archilogic
Aug 3, 2005 3:18 pm
... same, ... as ... Ms.PeeBo; As it is with a house, it's not the material choices so much that determine its Green-ness as it is the long-term operating...
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pennbo@...
lovemymorgans
Aug 3, 2005 3:22 pm
Yep, everything you said RT- now specifics. WHAT exactly would YOU do? <G> Chris PB...
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David Neeley
dbneeley
Aug 3, 2005 3:45 pm
Chris, although I'm obviously not RT, let me try a few ideas: 1) Cooking: A solar oven for nice weather; a haybox for retained heat cooking; an induction unit...
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V.M.
mudpiefactory
Aug 3, 2005 3:49 pm
Barbara, Actually, the Japanese traditionally used stove black - the nasties inside your stove pipe OR rusted iron scraped off and added to their earthen...
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Athena & Bill Steen
caneloprojectaz
Aug 3, 2005 3:55 pm
I don't have time at the moment to reply at this exact moment, but I will shortly. I will say that there is a lot more to the presence and appearance of iron...
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home_place@...
jobellwilhelm
Aug 3, 2005 4:28 pm
We have a cook top in the house, but put the range on the back porch. Obviously NOT a good choice for folks in the frozen north land, but for those who keep...
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Rick Blanchard
rcbdesign
Aug 3, 2005 4:49 pm
... Eat raw vegies from your own garden and bake in a solar oven. If you have unlimited time and money, the tendency is to do something less green. Enough...
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Caralee Woods
caraleekanab
Aug 3, 2005 4:54 pm
I wonder if it's a matter of the pigments actually fading, or just the natural lightening of any colors--clay for sure--when lime is mixed with it. It tends...
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pennbo@...
lovemymorgans
Aug 3, 2005 5:03 pm
... I'm not so sure I agree with you Rick. If this were true we wouldn't be living in a SB home. It certainly wasn't cheaper or easier but it was the right...
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David Neeley
dbneeley
Aug 3, 2005 5:21 pm
Jo, The refrain that "dishwashers use less water than washing by hand" is to some extent an urban legend. It depends totally upon how you do dishes by hand. If...
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jd_hafner
Aug 3, 2005 5:23 pm
... Is there such a thing as too much pigment in a mix? If you use a strong pigment, you should get a nice rich color without worrying about this. You can get...
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Thomas Lockhart
thomaslockha...
Aug 3, 2005 5:36 pm
... HTML allows you to put a label on a hyperlink, and hide the link itself. When that gets converted to plain text by yahoogroups.com it is probably showing...
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jd_hafner
Aug 3, 2005 6:02 pm
Good discussion. In trying to go green, don't forget about helping, influencing, and inspiring others as part of your energy output--as many in this group do. ...
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michelle morgan
enzoinub
Aug 3, 2005 7:20 pm
I probably don't have a green kitchen, but I feel comfortable with the fact that its low waste and the materials are mostly recycled and/or recyclable. We have...
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Caralee Woods
caraleekanab
Aug 3, 2005 10:22 pm
One thing some folks might not realize is that if they have a gas range/oven, it might well have what's known as a "glow bar." It works to regulate your flame...
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Roze
fatcatmedia
Aug 3, 2005 10:32 pm
Hi David, THANKS for the info on th induction cook top. Never heard of this but VERY cool! I'm going through an unexpected divorce. Have designed a 600sf cabin...
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David Neeley
dbneeley
Aug 3, 2005 10:45 pm
Caralee, On the Internet, there are many stories of people's dissatisfaction with the Sunfrost units. If you're off grid, the most efficient refrigerators made...
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Caralee Woods
caraleekanab
Aug 4, 2005 12:22 am
David, thanks for the advice. You can bet I'll do all the research and take that into consideration. For the record, we've been very happy with our Servel...
