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Offbeat Design is Right!

Posted on19. Jan, 2010 by Mrs. Mecomber.

When I was young– back in the late 70s and early 80s– there was a craze for families to get “back to nature.” Not to be swinging from the trees, mind you, but to leave the dirty urban centers with their high taxes, crime, and chaos, and live free in the wilderness. We moved away [...]

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Is It Illegal to Collect Rainwater?

Posted on01. Jul, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber.

Short answer: YES.
Long answer: Depends on what state you live, and depends on the outcome of new bills coming through the U.S. Congress, as they seem to making up new and stupid ones every day….
From what I have ascertained so far, it is illegal to collect rainwater in the following states:

Utah
Washington State
New Mexico
Colorado– although I [...]

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A House Made From Garbage

Posted on20. Mar, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber.

No! It’s not MY house I’m talking about.
Although it could be….
nah, MY house was made from good stuff. 150 year-old stuff. It’s actually turning into garbage now.
Anyway, this is about a rather cool and very eccentric house called the Nit Wit Ridge house. There’s a whole slew of photos on a Flickr page about it [...]

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