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Posted by Big_Jake on September 22, 2007, 9:18 pm
> Roof Design
> When I was a kid, the attic of our house was a scary and exciting
> place. All sorts of adventures waited there for anyone who dared to
> part the cobwebs and crawl into the dusty darkness. It was a
> mysterious, secret realm, reached only through a tiny panel in the top
> of my parent's closet. I wasn't supposed to go into the attic, but
> what kid can resist exploring a hidden room in the house?
>
> Here in the Midwest, lots of kids have similar memories. The pitched
> roofs that shed our summer downpours and winter snows creates that
> space under the rafters that we call the attic. It's a storage space,
> or an extra bedroom, or it may not be used at all, but the space
> exists out of architectural necessity. The image of a roof, in fact,
> is synonymous with shelter; the pitched roof and the attic underneath
> it are a part of our culture.
>
> Continued athttp://construction.siteburg.com/roof.html
When I was a kid, there was no spam. There was arpanet and there were
newsgroups, but there would no websites to link to that had commercial
purposes. News was news. People could ask questions are offer
advice, but no one could abuse the privilege.
Those were the days...
JK
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