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   joeh | Feb 06, 2004 12:47am | #1

   Do I get a vote for the house in progress?

   Joe H

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   Ruth | Feb 06, 2004 12:49am | #2

   I guess you'll have to call it "new," since we didn't make a category for the conception to birth stage. Ruth DobsevageTaunton New Media

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   JeffBuck | Feb 06, 2004 01:08am | #3

   That's pretty cool ..

   I was wondering what the little pic of the fax machine on the heading was ...

   voted ... house completed 1902.

   JeffBuck Construction   Pittsburgh,PA

        Artistry in Carpentry                

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   Sphere | Feb 06, 2004 01:09am | #4

   nah..a box of tissues..fax tissues..

   Go Stab yourself Ya Putz! Ya think I Parked here?

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   DavidxDoud | Feb 06, 2004 01:11am | #5

   does Andy C get three votes?

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   GregGibson | Feb 06, 2004 01:31am | #6

   Conception . . . . hmmm - how do you know if you're going to get a house . . . . or nothing at all ? ? ? ?

   Greg.

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   RW | Feb 06, 2004 04:41am | #10

   And how do you protect yourself if you don't want the mortgage payments just yet?

   Does what position you frame in affect the outcome?

   You're opening a whole can of worms here."The child is grown / The dream is gone / And I have become / Comfortably numb "      lyrics by Roger Waters

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   AdamB | Feb 06, 2004 04:48am | #11

   Does what position you frame in affect the outcome

   Does that matter?  IE: stick framing in some rafters, shouldn't you do that laying on your back in order to drive the nails in along the highest plane of resistance?

   Adam

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   JoeyB | Feb 06, 2004 03:23am | #7

   Of those of you who own older homes, any cool architectual details?

   Coming to you from beautiful Richmond, Va.

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   stonefever | Feb 06, 2004 04:31am | #8

   About the conception?

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   gecko | Feb 11, 2004 11:25pm | #28

   one detail among many is our front door. its 2" think and pretty ornately hand carved. if I'm sitting on the front porch its not often that passerbiers don't complement it.

   Custom Cabinetry and Furniture

   http://www.BartlettWoodworking.com

    

5. 
   MojoMan | Feb 06, 2004 04:35am | #9

   Ruth:

   I wonder if you would get a better response if you introduced yourself and told us what the poll was for.

   Al Mollitor, Sharon MA

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   jonblakemore | Feb 06, 2004 04:57am | #12

   Ruth is Andy E's alter ego... 

   Jon Blakemore

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   plantlust | Feb 06, 2004 05:12am | #13

   Right, kindof like Batman and Bruce Wayne.Fannie May?  Fannie May?  FIE, I'll take Cookiemonster's exquisite creations anytime.

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   Luka | Feb 06, 2004 11:46am | #14

   Does it count if your home has wheels ?

   I can peacefully choose, to peacefully do, that which I do not want to do.

   I can also peacefully choose, to peacefully not do what I really do want to do.

   quittintime

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   dIrishInMe | Feb 06, 2004 03:01pm | #15

   Not sure of what this info is being collected for, but I think, for this croud that there should be a catigory of "new - 5 years" based on the fact that a lot of builder types, build new, move in, live in it, build new, move in, live in it, build...  And of coarse, I know a few who's houses that are prepetually under construction... :-)
     

   Matt
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   calvin | Feb 06, 2004 04:42pm | #16

   gee matt, do you think she meant "when done"?  If that be the case, change mine to "not completely yet".Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.

   Quittin' Time

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   Ruth | Feb 06, 2004 05:04pm | #17

   Whoa, everyone.

   It's just a poll -- the results won't be reported to the IRS, NSA, NFL, Homeland Security, or anywhere else. We've been putting them up on our other forums (Cooks Talk and Over the Fence) for a while now. They're for our general information and for your general amusement and discussion.

   The little icon is the Florida ballot box, chad and all.

   The mallet next to my name tells you I'm a woodsplitter and a venerable Tauntonite. I'm the editorial ghost in the new media machine. In past lives I've been copy editor for Fine Woodworking and Fine Homebuilding, and I've also edited Taunton books. I generally post the polls, but I don't necessarily dream them up.

   And my house, by the way, is off the charts -- parts of it date to the late 1700s.

    Ruth DobsevageTaunton New Media

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   BossHog | Feb 06, 2004 09:07pm | #18

   I thought it was interesting that roughly 1/3 of our houses were in the 50 to 100 year old range.

   You'd think a bunch of contractors and such would have newer homes, wouldn't ya ???I am becoming increasingly worried that there isn't enough anxiety in my life

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   JeffBuck | Feb 07, 2004 11:01am | #20

   Unless they're "remodeling contractors" ..

   like i told the wife ...

   her chances at living in a brand new home went to zero the second she married me!

   I remodel ....

   New home are for "beginners" ...

   JeffBuck Construction   Pittsburgh,PA

        Artistry in Carpentry                

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   Gunner | Feb 07, 2004 08:19pm | #23

   It's like mechanics and junk cars.Who Dares Wins.

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   Ruth | Feb 09, 2004 07:25pm | #24

   No, we don't write the scripts. There's a simple interface that we use. Ruth DobsevageTaunton New Media

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   Mongo | Feb 11, 2004 01:04am | #25

   Are you nuts? We all know that the new housing being built is garbage. That's why most of us live in houses built before we started building.

   'Course, I built my own house. 'Course, I'm pretty darn stupid.

   Al, Ruth has been here...no offense, Ruth...but Al, she's been here forever. She's one of the good guys...er...gals.

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   JohnSprung | Feb 11, 2004 02:37am | #26

   Remodeling probably accounts for a lot of that.  A majority (53%) are 50 years and up.  Here in the older parts of LA, you pretty much have to remodel whatever is on the land because of the setback requirements now.  Lose 15' on both sides of a 50' lot, and you don't end up with much house.

   -- J.S.

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   brian_pontolilo | Feb 11, 2004 09:50pm | #27

   Okay, the polls are my idea. Well, not originally, but I'm responsible (or not) for scheduling the content for the FHB web site. When Ruth told me that we have the ability to run polls, I jumped at the chance... what better way to spark some interesting discussions, get to know who's reading FHB, who's visiting our website, what they like and don't like, trends in home building,... you get the idea.

   So the polls are on our home page and linked to a discussion on BT. They'll change every few weeks, cover a range of topics, maybe even make the magazine once in a while. But without input I'll run out of (good) ideas, so I welcome your help. If there is anything you'd like to see polled, drop me a note, and I'll do what I can to get it online.

   Cheers,

   Brian P.

   [email protected]

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   DavidThomas | Feb 07, 2004 12:50am | #19

   My house is 4 days older than my son.  So it will be 4 years old on Feb 25th.  Something else happened the week the concrete was poured and suddenly I only had 9 months to finish the house.  And I did.  With plenty of time, a whole 100 hours, left over.

   David Thomas   Overlooking Cook Inlet in Kenai, Alaska
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   andybuildz | Feb 07, 2004 05:10pm | #21

   How come you don't have over 300 years old in the list????? Mad at me or sumpin'? lol

   edit: Just caught David Doud's comment..good one Dave!

   You comin' to Mike's Fest? Bring hard cider!!!!!! and it better not taste like Boone's Farm (member that cider back when we were just kidz?)

   Be hard..lol

                   ANDY

   My life is my practice!

   http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM

   
   

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   Edited 2/7/2004 9:15:16 AM ET by Andy Clifford(Andybuildz)

10. 
    KGambit | Feb 07, 2004 07:05pm | #22

    Ruth,

     That poll is pretty cool. Did you write the scripts? How do you place it in a post?

    I don't understand! I cut it twice and it's still too short!