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Post by stratman19 on Jun 10, 2004 21:08:58 GMT -5
Wow Strat, that's neat view. I could never do that!
Phil, that's a cool looking house. You built that? Is that your current abode?
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Post by phil on Jun 10, 2004 21:57:51 GMT -5
I can't seem to get my scanner to work properly with transparencies so the picture you see doesn't come close to give a fair rendition of that house
It was built in the summers of 1976-1977
and I kept it for 10 years.
The(apparent from inside)frame was built with stacked 6x6" pieces of wood salvaged from a barn nearby and the exterior was all covered with cedar planks and cedar shingles ...
I'll try to find old B&W pictures in my files tomorrow ...
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Post by phil on Jun 10, 2004 22:05:35 GMT -5
The man that really built that house was 76 at the time and it was his 36th house ... !! All I did was draw a floor plan with the dimensions and the roof angle and then we just did what he told us to do ...
Took a fuckin'week just to put the shingles
on the 50º angle roof ... !!
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Post by tuneschick on Jun 11, 2004 8:14:28 GMT -5
Wow, that's beautiful Phil. This is Manitoulin Island, where I spent a lot of time as a kid. We still have a (very old, very rustic) camp here. It's only 1 1/2 hours from my hometown, but one of my very favourite places in the whole world. View from the Cup & Saucer Hiking Trail, which I plan on heading back to this fall... ![]() img.imagetown.net/16305076.jpg [/img] |
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Post by RocDoc on Jun 11, 2004 18:06:38 GMT -5
What body of water is that island situated in?
Like Hudson Bay or something?
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Post by phil on Jun 11, 2004 20:19:14 GMT -5
Northern Ontario is up there
but not that UP there ...
Try Lake Huron ... !!
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Post by phil on Jun 11, 2004 20:27:42 GMT -5
Damn !! I'd forgot I had lost almost all my photos in that early 80's fire ... Those are the only two I found and you can't see the beams construction ... !! Oh well ...   |
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Post by strat-0 on Jun 11, 2004 21:40:14 GMT -5
What a house, Phil! I can see the color of the wood even though it's black-and-white. I guess you need that steep roof slope up there! I love the fireplace. That's what I want in my next home - a fireplace designed to actually burn a large fire, and not a "scotch tape" fireplace made for one of those waxy, petrolium-filled phake logs, or worse yet - GAS LOGS! Ghah!
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Post by stratman19 on Jun 12, 2004 13:05:36 GMT -5
Very cool Phil. I can see what you mean...shingling a roof with a pitch like that. Holy shit!
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Post by tuneschick on Jun 14, 2004 9:23:39 GMT -5
Yep, we're not quite THAT far north, rocdoc. What Phil said - it's in the northern part of Lake Huron. Largest island in a freshwater lake in the world... and breathtakingly beautiful.  |
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Post by strawman on Jun 15, 2004 1:28:38 GMT -5
heres some photos of Wanganui, my home town  the river that runs right through the centre of the town  one end of the Edwardian main Street  with Mt Ruapehu in the distance  and Ruapehu erupting a few years back... |
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Post by InvisibleFloatingTorsoMan on Jun 15, 2004 4:10:38 GMT -5
Aw, NZ towns look so cute. Liz and I are going over there in February so I finally get to see for myself!
I'm gonna dig out a couple of scenery pics when I get home tonight. I have some good ones of Belgium and a few decent ones of England (however it was before I got the digital camera so they're not great)
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Post by phil on Jun 15, 2004 5:02:36 GMT -5
Québec City ...  |
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Post by phil on Jun 15, 2004 5:07:18 GMT -5
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Post by phil on Jun 15, 2004 5:25:58 GMT -5
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