| JohnTheGreek |
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| Plains99 |
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| 20/07/07 04:31 AM |
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She's probably a keeper. I like the cabin. I have a similar one only it has rough cedar siding and a tin roof. Very restful. We have one small folding leaf table w 2 chairs, a bed, a small couch, and a simple set of cabinets. We use kerosene lamps and we hang our clothes on pegs. My grandparents homesteaded the sandhills of Kansas with a very similar house and lived in it without additions until the kids started coming along.
| AzGuy |
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| 20/07/07 04:46 AM |
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I'd strongly suggest that you convert your "fiance" to your "wife" ASAP. The word is out and she just might get a better offer
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| 20/07/07 03:05 PM |
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" My grandparents homesteaded the sandhills of Kansas with a very similar house and lived in it without additions until the kids started coming along. "
I visited some of my grandparents and great-grandparents old cottages last month when my mother had her birthday.
Old stone, wattle and daub cottages, the great-gp's house in much better condition which all is pretty much still intact than my gp's which has almost collapsed completely. So the older one is in far better condition.
But unlike J-T-G the place isn't think with moose, caribou and bear and definitely not Lake Trout!
Maybe a few rabbits, foxes and roos.
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J-T-G,
I think that Lake cottage might be a welcome change from Cairo. Have fun.
| ovis |
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| 21/07/07 02:27 AM |
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The first cabin I rented upon my arrival in Alaska was 12'x16'.......then I built(with my son & some friends)a 12'x24' on the river........I lived in that for 8 years, through 2 major floods & now live in a house "in town".........I miss the cabin......my cabin didn't have an outhouse(first one did) I installed a composting toilet.......beat the hell out of an outhouse at -40!!!!!!!!
Enjoy it John........nothing wrong w/going small.
Joe.
| JohnTheGreek |
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| 22/07/07 02:06 AM |
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Thanks to all for the kind words. There is no doubt Julie could get a better offer of some sort from someone...that's why I am a lucky man....because she doesn't care for any better offers.
Ovis,
I've thought about installing a small composting toilet room in the back corner of this place underneath the loft. Might still do it depending upon how much we are up there in the winter. I am planning a couple months in what will probably be minus 30 or lower this year so that might cure me of the outhouse's utilitarian appeal.
Best,
John
| NE450No2 |
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| 22/07/07 04:58 PM |
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John
Show us some pictures.... And I do not mean of the cabin.
| JohnTheGreek |
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| 23/07/07 03:48 AM |
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This was taken on the beach at Alexandria...
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...and at "Athenios", a nice Greek place in Alex.
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| Plains99 |
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| 23/07/07 11:22 PM |
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For my grandparents it was jack rabbits and coyotes... no roos though. Grandad never owned a deer rifle. I didn't see a deer in the wild until I was around 10 and a turkey until I was almost 30. Now they overrun the area.
They just added on to that house as time went on.... a bedroom here, two bedrooms there, a kitchen and porch, a larger living room, then a laundry area for new fangled washers and dryers. The house is long gone now... another victim of a Kansas tornado.
| 600JDJ |
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| 26/07/07 05:27 AM |
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Quote:
I'd strongly suggest that you convert your "fiance" to your "wife" ASAP. The word is out and she just might get a better offer
I agree with AzGuy----you better have a bullet proof reason why she's still just your "fiance". Especially after the pictures
| yukon_delta |
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| 15/09/07 05:16 AM |
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Where is your place at? Certainly sounds and looks like my area unless it's in Canada.
Hang on to that girl as you can't do better! Sounds like a very nice lady.
| 475Guy |
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| 18/09/07 05:13 AM |
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Dude, you're a very lucky man. You have a life-long partner that shares your outdoor interests. Definitely a keeper.
| empirevr |
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| 23/09/07 12:06 AM |
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WOO HOO!
Well done John, we should get a beer together-got engaged myself this year and wedding plans are in the making.
Nitrox- stone wattle and daub???.....England/Ireland/Scotland/Wales or?
I think one or two of mine were in the big game scene, one was in Burma anyway i know this much......
Ben
| 333_okh |
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| 01/12/07 03:04 PM |
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My wife, who would die in such a place, ....marry her...NOW!
| NE450No2 |
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| 01/12/07 07:15 PM |
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John, She is very pretty. Congratulations I wish ya'll well.
Are you still in Egypt?
I am in SLC visiting right now.
| JohnTheGreek |
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| 22/12/07 08:48 PM |
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Well, no more excuses, we were married August 31, 2007 in Crete. We had the nice traditional village wedding complete with celebratory gunfire and no shortage of friends, music, food, wine, moonshine etc. Will post photos in the next few days.
Hi Tony,
Yup, we're still in Cairo. Enjoying the winter!
Best,
John
| peter |
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| 23/12/07 05:04 AM |
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congratulations john
i hope you will have a long and happy life together.
best regards
peter
| NE450No2 |
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| 23/12/07 11:45 AM |
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Congratulations to both of you.
I wish you both well.
| JohnTheGreek |
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| 28/12/07 02:29 AM |
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This is us entering the church. In the Orthodox wedding ceremony as performed in Crete, the groom meets the bride at the doors to the church and presents her with her bouquet. There they have their first kiss. Notice the Colt Police Positive being fired by my uncle on the right. He kept it on him during the ceremony.
| JohnTheGreek |
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| 28/12/07 02:40 AM |
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This is us standing in front of the door to my great grandfathers house in the village. The family still owns it.
| JohnTheGreek |
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| 28/12/07 02:44 AM |
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Below is someone I like to consider the ultimate Cretan man. My uncles father in law is about 75, can drink anyone under the table, and lost an eye and arm in a fishing accident...he dropped the stick of dynamite (no, I'm not kidding). I think he drove home from our reception at 2am.
| JohnTheGreek |
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| 28/12/07 02:59 AM |
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And two more of the wife while in Crete.
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| 28/12/07 02:57 PM |
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John
Congratulations to you and your bride.
It must have been nice to get married in your "home" country as well.
Thanks for posting the photos. Love the vine covered arches.
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Nitrox- stone wattle and daub???.....England/Ireland/Scotland/Wales or?
Ben
No these ruins were in the South Australian bush. My G-G-Grand-Father came from East Brandenburg in Prussia in 1838. I visited some of the villages there in 2002, though no idea how old the village buidlings were. The Polish residents there now said they were "new" but they looked very old.
I will see if I can post some photos of the old South Aussie homestead ruins on another thread, so as not to hijack JTG's thread.
| JabaliHunter |
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| 31/12/07 07:46 AM |
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Felicidades! Many congratulations!
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John
Congratulations to you and your bride.
It must have been nice to get married in your "home" country as well.
Thanks for posting the photos. Love the vine covered arches.
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Nitrox- stone wattle and daub???.....England/Ireland/Scotland/Wales or?
Ben
No these ruins were in the South Australian bush. My G-G-Grand-Father came from East Brandenburg in Prussia in 1838. I visited some of the villages there in 2002, though no idea how old the village buidlings were. The Polish residents there now said they were "new" but they looked very old.
I will see if I can post some photos of the old South Aussie homestead ruins on another thread, so as not to hijack JTG's thread.
Looking through some digital photos I remembered this thread and comments. So posted the photos here:
Some 'colonial' cottage photos