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Comment on Welcome… by iPoppy

iPoppy — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:30:02 +0000

You know this viewer…it is I, iPoppy! Hope your day is going well, son.

Comment on For the craftsman… you will be amazed and inspired by loudandcleartech

loudandcleartech — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:55:43 +0000

Hi Rachel,
Thanks for visiting the site. Well I have to admit you caught a mistake. I made a blanket statement that wood is outrageous right now. Well It is expensive but the price of wood has been declining for the last 5 years. So things are getting better, but I stand by the statement that wood is expensive. For example if I go to the local store and pick up a 2″x4″x10′ pressure treated board, which is a very common size, I will pay $4 per board. I priced building a modest shed in our back yard a couple of years ago and just materials were in the $1500 range. That is expensive to me. I believe that cost has risen over a longer period of time due to increased fuel cost, increased health care and operations cost, and the increase in the use of steel and other building materials. The economic recession is also sure to be effecting the industry.

Comment on For the craftsman… you will be amazed and inspired by Rachel (from Vancouver)

Rachel (from Vancouver) — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:33:17 +0000

Hey Matt,

Rachel from Vancouver here, wandered over from Sara’s blog… Your blogs are like these little windows in to this other part of the world and I find some of the things you write about really interesting. What kills me about what you just wrote was your comment about how expensive wood is for you. Do you know that the biggest economic backbone of my province since the time of European settlement (up until recently) has been the forestry industry? And yet one by one all of our mills are shutting down and lumber companies are going broke because they’re not making any money – and yet wood is EXPENSIVE down there?? Do you know why that is? Shouldn’t it be super cheap, since no one is buying any to make houses, since there are (sadly) so many houses sitting there empty?

Rachel

Comment on Could the almighty iPhone have a flaw? by ken

ken — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:53:04 +0000

I take offense at your condescending remarks about the iPhone. Of course, I also have pocket lint so deeply embedded in the bottom of my speaker grille that I can barely hear the phone ring… but that’s beside the point.

(oh, thanks for the tip).