prendrelemick
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Aw. That's kind of you. Thank you and you're welcome.

Well thankyou!

I feel guilty now because I should've posted something incredibly positive about you after your brilliant, generous first post on the " Old Members" thread.

You were missed.

I think you are delightful around and about on these forums. I'm bad at remembering to compliment people, but I consistently enjoy your posts.

I was getting my morning Sandy Denny fix and found this version of "Who Knows Where the Time Goes". Thought you might enjoy it.
(we briefly touched on Fairport Convention in the past)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=3ycaoV0WXfk

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lighter-Game...ht_2901wt_1608

It's a cheap keyboard that you use instead of your built in one. There are cheaper (and nastier!) ones, and many that are more expensive and much better (like the Wolfteam backlit at about ten bucks more (has three backlight colours to choose from (except red unfortunately). Just do an ebay search and click lowest to highest. Probably best to ensure it's usb over ps/2, which I doubt laptops still support. Don't know what this one is - go for the Wolfteam actually.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ajazz-WolfTe...t_14932wt_1179

It's not for lack of trying. That type of writing is a talent, you know... one that you seem to have.





J

What have you, given up blogging? You stinker.




J

Part II
Small cores were taken from the logs in order to evaluate the tree rings.
This sectional view through a wall gives you an idea of the construction. The core of the wall was less refined, but as they reached the exterior faces, the stones were carefully selected, shaped and laid to obtain a flush face.



No mortar was used, but the exteriors were often coated with a sun baked "adobe" stucco, reinforced with fine shreds of grass or yucca fibers.
The National Park maintenance crews typically mortar (portland cement mortar) the top few courses of stone on all walls for preservation.

Part I
"Walling" is interesting stuff indeed. Lichens on the south and algae on the north means you don't need a compass. Kind of like the algae on the north side of a tree.
The climate in that region of New Mexico is extermely dry. in fact most of NM and the southwest U.S is very dry, therefore no algae. You will find some lichens. In fact it is due to the dry climate that accurate dating was able to be obtained through tree rings. The wood used in construction doesn't rot. The wood lintels here are roughly a thousand years old...

“…go on for hours”
That’s fine with me. It is music to my ears, carrying on about the primordial masculine traits that are intrinsic to the working of rocks.
I can relate to rocks much better than I can to mutilated hemp smokers who swear.
“throughs” I equate to “headers” in double wythe brick masonry.
How many generations, in your family, does your wall span?
Is that concrete vault part of a septic system?

I found this pic among a pile of slide photos I converted to digital. This is from my first trip to Chaco in the early 1990's. The stone was actually covered in a layer of mud "plaster".