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Cheap housing alternative being examined for use in Atlantis

Posted by $ jbrenner 11 years, 3 months ago to The Gulch: General
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Freedomforall and I are going to check out aidomes.com's Rockledge, FL office on 11/22 as a cheap housing alternative for Atlantis. If interested, contact me at jbrenner@fit.edu. It is only 6 minutes from my house, and we are going to have a Gulch meetup before or afterwards. I'll probably play AS1 on my DVD as we game plan for Atlantis.
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  • Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 11 years, 3 months ago
    Hello jbrenner,
    Very interesting. We have a few geodesic homes around here, but the exterior finish is quite different. For Florida these make a lot of sense when you consider the hurricane threats. I could deal with it, but many may not appreciate the non-traditional appearance. Low maintenance and utility costs are attractive features; especially for retirement.

    My wife says, we would need to paint a very Florida color... Probably offend the neighbors... :) Lately she has grown fond of that light aqua blue we keep seeing in the Keys.

    I see they are quite flexible in design and square footage. I don't see how I could downsize to less than 1500 square feet and at least a two plus car garage... toys you know. :)

    The more important factor would actually be location and parcel size. I need enough distance to rattle my windows with my guitar and stereo from time to time without offending the neighbors. This is also why I live in the sticks.
    It is a dream… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCJfKtvxe...
    Regards,
    O.A.
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    • Posted by $ jbrenner 11 years, 3 months ago
      I like peach, sea foam green, and aqua blue. However, my house is white with some dark pink and dark green highlights. I'm not sure what colors I would get for a dome.
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  • Posted by Technocracy 11 years, 3 months ago
    I wish I was down in that part of the country to participate. (For a lot of reasons, not least of which winter is coming apace here in NH)

    I like the concept of those units, and if the material specs are accurate they appear to be a good option.
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    • Posted by $ jbrenner 11 years, 3 months ago
      It's time for you to come down to east central Florida as a snowbird, Technocracy.
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      • Posted by Technocracy 11 years, 3 months ago
        Ouch...I've only technically been a senior for 3 weeks LOL
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        • Posted by $ jbrenner 11 years, 3 months ago
          Sorry, Technocracy. This was no comment on your age. It was a comment about the wisdom of people who come down to paradise when they are able to do so. Why put up with snow and ice? I have 211,000 miles on my car because I don't live in a place where the car won't last.
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          • Posted by Technocracy 11 years, 3 months ago
            Just pulling your chain :)

            Winter road salt is an unpleasant fact of life up here. I wind up at the car wash a lot in winter for undercarriage washes.

            Now that I no longer commute out of state for work, it would take me over 30 years to put that kind of mileage on a vehicle. I average around 7k miles a year now. I am actually more concerned with not enough use to keep everything lubricated. I figure the FJ will last me quite a while.
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            • Posted by $ jbrenner 11 years, 3 months ago
              My car is a 97 Honda Accord, perhaps the best car ever made. Until a couple of years ago, of the five faculty my department had then, three of us had 97 to 99 Accords. All of them lasted at least 12 years.
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              • Posted by $ allosaur 11 years, 3 months ago
                Coincidentally, I had a 97 Honda Accord that, yes, lasted exactly 12 years. All the electronics going out on the dashboard during a long night drive was when I finally decided to trade it in.
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                • Posted by $ jbrenner 11 years, 3 months ago
                  I have had to replace parts of the A/C a couple of times. Other than that, only routine maintenance!
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                  • Posted by $ allosaur 11 years, 3 months ago
                    I forgot. My A/C being out was why I was making a 5-hour trip at night. It was an August drive from the Florida Panhandle to my Birmingham area. Glad my headlights stayed on in the middle of nowhere. I was by myself and had a broken cell phone too! It got real boring without a working radio or CD player.
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