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Subject: Re: [OM] Reminiscing [was: Re: iPhone et al]
From: Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 06:53:28 -0500
Now you just can't beat an outhouse with a cee-ment floor! <g>

--Bob Whitmire
www.bobwhitmire.com


On Nov 10, 2010, at 8:58 PM, Paul Laughlin wrote:

> On 11/10/2010 4:17 PM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
>> You just can't beat a quality hardwood outhouse. The cheap plywood things 
>> they're turning out these days ain't worth sh*t.
>> 
> Interesting.  The outhouse on my  Grandfather's farm was built by a WPA 
> crew.  As I understood it, the WPA project was that they would dig the 
> hole and build the outhouse for $25.  The floor and the base for the 
> seat was concrete but the seat was nicely finished and varnished..  I 
> seem to remember two sizes of holes plus a lid.  Not hardwood, though.  
> Just Pine or Fir.  But very well built.  Of course during the '30 s $25 
> was quite a bit of money.  A man could work hard all day for a dollar or 
> less.
> Paul in Portland OR

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