[Homestead] Building codes

Lynda lurine at com-pair.net
Wed Dec 17 17:32:26 EST 2008


It is something with your e-mail program, Bob.  When I hit reply to you, it 
either comes up with just you or you and homestead.  Your's is the only one 
that does that.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "bob ford" <bobford79 at yahoo.com>


>I don't really understand your rquest , Gene.  Like when I am , now, 
>replying to you; only your address comes up in the "to" address rectangle 
>for the reply.  So, I 'add' the homestead list address.  I do that with 
>practically every email.  Usually if I notice that a list member has mailed 
>only to me, I repost their post with an note saying what happened.  I must 
>not havenoticed this time.  sorry.  I don't know what else I can do.  Was 
>never a problem until yahooo upgraded our email and a number of us use 
>yahoo.  I will try to be more observant, though.......................
>
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> --- On Wed, 12/17/08, Gene GeRue <genegerue at ruralize.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Gene GeRue <genegerue at ruralize.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Building codes
>> To: bobford79 at yahoo.com, homestead at lists.ibiblio.org
>> Date: Wednesday, December 17, 2008, 1:52 PM
>> Bob, unless Roxann sent the below post only to you, which I
>> doubt, it only went to you, perhaps because you have your
>> address in the From line as well as Homestead. I have missed
>> posts before because of this. Can you fix it, please?
>>
>>
>> On Dec 17, 2008, at 11:05 AM, bob ford wrote:
>>
>> > I'm having problems picturing all of this; but, it
>> sounds like water is excellent on your property.  I guess
>> your water is crystal clear like in Gene's area of
>> Missouri.  That is one thing i will hand the Ozarks, they
>> have spectacular, live fresh water.  I learned to fly fish
>> on the White River when Mountain Home was still a tiny town
>> of which no one but fisherman had heard, I still remember
>> being shocked at the clarity of that water.  I love the
>> fresh water iin those parts, though, like you, I still might
>> use a filter or a drop of bleach before drinking
>> 'any' open water.
>> >
>> > p.s. Do you hasve any kind of well?  Is there any
>> need?  Are drilled wells not used a lot in your area?
>> >
>> >
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>> > --- On Wed, 12/17/08, roxann
>> <roxann at ancientearthwisdom.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> From: roxann <roxann at ancientearthwisdom.com>
>> >> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Building codes
>> >> To: bobford79 at yahoo.com
>> >> Date: Wednesday, December 17, 2008, 10:40 AM
>> >> we have a small pond, a creek running through the
>> valley
>> >> that ran all year this year (usually it goes
>> almost dry
>> >> except for a few deeper holes in august), and 3
>> springs in
>> >> use year round. one of the springs feed our
>> neighbor's
>> >> tanks. it's been used by their family for
>> generations
>> >> and they were afraid when we bought the land that
>> we'd
>> >> want to cut them off. that's ridiculous, we
>> told them,
>> >> they were welcome to make improvements to it if
>> they wanted,
>> >> even, and if i ever get that bench fenced off so i
>> can use
>> >> the pasture on it, i'll make a gate so they
>> can pass
>> >> through to service their spring. they drink the
>> water just
>> >> like it comes out of the hill. for our own
>> household spring,
>> >> we got someone to come in and 'develop'
>> it. they dug
>> >> out around it, added a layer of gravel, laid down
>> some
>> >> perforated pipe into the outlet, covered it with a
>> layer of
>> >> gravel, then a plastic liner, then replaced the
>> soil. now
>> >> you can't see where the water comes out except
>> for the
>> >> water line that leads to the silt tank. the spring
>> that
>> >> feeds my parents camper comes into a hand dug
>> basin and goes
>> >> to a silt tank then to the storage tank. we both
>> double
>> >> filter before drinking and lab tests show that
>> it's
>> >> good, except it has no minerals and is very soft
>> water. so i
>> >> add minerals to mine when i make coffee or drink a
>> glass.
>> >> the good thing about all of these springs is that
>> they are
>> >> above the level of the house, so it's all
>> gravity feed.
>> >> no electricity required to move the water to the
>> house and
>> >> in fact, our house needs a regulator to bring the
>> pressure
>> >> down by about 40 psi or it will blow the plumbing
>> apart.
>> >>
>> >> Roxann, NW AR
>> >> http://blog.ancientearthwisdom.com (Ozark Musings
>> from the
>> >> homestead)
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> -------Original Message-------
>> >> From: bob ford <bobford79 at yahoo.com>
>> >> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Building codes
>> >> Sent: 17 Dec '08 17:03
>> >>
>> >> interesting, roxanne; .  Do you have open water,
>> like
>> >> Gene, on your ozark land?.
>> >
>> >
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