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Two-time Prometheus award-winning hard science fiction author. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005JPPMS6  Learn how to homestead https://www.amazon.com/dp/B093BC3K1T 

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    1. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 21 Sep 2021

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      14/ LOL, MY DUDE! I spent a few minutes, while writing this thread, searching for "little house star drill rock scene video", without success. TY ! https://twitter.com/ActiveOgre/status/1440421993786974211 …

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    2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 21 Sep 2021

      15/ > a hawk from a handsaw referencing Hamlet, of course > "I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw." hawk = a mason's platter of mortar handsaw = handsaw also pun bc wind / bird hawk / tool hawk

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    3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 21 Sep 2021

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted silicon age tulpa

      16/ No, I don't think so. >>>https://twitter.com/mr_archenemy/status/1440423240531263497 …

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      silicon age tulpa @mr_archenemy
      Replying to @MorlockP
      i think you guys proceed from different assumptions, his something like "you're in a civilization and there's division of labor and a market" so you can get stones from a quarry and yours "i alone have survived the apocalypse and must create things utterly from scratch"
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    4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 21 Sep 2021

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Wrath Of Gnon

      17/ he explicitly says "the stone is free" because he thinks that you can just pick up squared off quarry stone out of the dirt because he knows absolutely nothinghttps://twitter.com/wrathofgnon/status/1440337777187442697 …

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      Wrath Of Gnon @wrathofgnon
      Replying to @SeanByers1015
      A sack of lime is seven quid (you'll need a couple or more depending on how well you cut your stone). The stone is free. The roof tiles are cheap or free second hand. Rafters etc. made from round timber (cheap or free). The bricks are not strictly necessary but. And so on.
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    5. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 21 Sep 2021

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Snake

      18/ oh, I know that picks wear! I'm just arguing that a dull point is acceptablehttps://twitter.com/tigerboy74u/status/1440423735538827270 …

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      Snake @tigerboy74u
      Replying to @MorlockP
      You know you say that but I’ve definitely ground half a point off a pick in a weekend before The funny part of the anecdote is it was helping my mother plant flowers; if your town has shitty enough dirt to have two quarries insist on raised beds
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    6. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 21 Sep 2021

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Lord Woodstone (Toss all MAPS out the airlock)

      19/ Great book! Also, as I mentioned at @based_con over the weekend: the title of that book was inspiration, via a bit of wordplay, for the title of my first novel.https://twitter.com/EricMertz_KC/status/1440424931372646403 …

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      Lord Woodstone (Toss all MAPS out the airlock) @EricMertz_KC
      The Pillars of the Earth drove this home for me. https://twitter.com/MorlockP/status/1440420495917137923 …
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    7. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 21 Sep 2021

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Ms. Samantha  🇺🇸 🇮🇱

      20/ also, since we're point out how WoG doesn't know crap about crap: you can't use lime alone to hold stones together. Among other reasons, a mortar of lime + water will be too soft and will squish out under the weight of courses of stone. Need sand.https://twitter.com/undrbedMonster/status/1440425325708525572 …

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      Ms. Samantha  🇺🇸 🇮🇱 @undrbedMonster
      Replying to @MorlockP
      I'm curious how he sticks everything together with just a few quid of lime. And since he's buying the lime, isn't he buying the tools?
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    8. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 21 Sep 2021

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted cyr

      21/ others are pointing out how tiles aren't free, even if you make them yourselfhttps://twitter.com/cyr_actual/status/1440425020426113024 …

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      cyr @cyr_actual
      Replying to @cyr_actual @MorlockP
      Firing those things is pretty menial too, but it takes some planning, and 30-40cords of wood. And someone to be there 72 hours tossing wood, 24/7. "AnYoNe CaN dO iT!"
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    9. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 21 Sep 2021

      22/ Also, as I read this thread on pick and shovel work, I'm reminded of the time a few years back when Patrick of P_pehat was trying to subtweet me and used the phrase "soft handed nazi". I guess he reflected for a moment and then deleted the tweet. 😂

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    10. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 21 Sep 2021

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Prince-philosopher Coinaday  🤴 🧐

      23/ yeah, I'm sorta tempted to offer him a $10k challenge to build a coop that looks like that, in less than 2 weeks ...but he wouldn't even try, so why bother?https://twitter.com/coinaday1/status/1440427661306646533 …

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      Prince-philosopher Coinaday  🤴 🧐 @coinaday1
      Replying to @MorlockP @based_con
      Yes, but the sand is similarly free because we're presuming there is an unlimited and plentiful supply on every property. 😄 Another line would be to ask to see Gnon's stone chicken coup, since it's apparently a $20 weekend hobbyist project.
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      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 21 Sep 2021

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Caleb Jordan Schulz

      24/ oh, yes, that's right @Based_Jedi is actually DOING this I've been following his thread for MONTHS as he constructs a small buildinghttps://twitter.com/Based_Jedi/status/1440429618494722064 …

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      Caleb Jordan Schulz @Based_Jedi
      Replying to @MorlockP @upstatefederlst
      Hahahaha I read his thread and yours. And as someone actually building a house with stone, I can't even get into how *not* easy building with stone is. 😆 It's pretty, but it's a giant amount of work.
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        2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 21 Sep 2021

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Patrick Tschetter

          25/https://twitter.com/ptschett/status/1440430978225242113 …

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          Patrick Tschetter @ptschett
          Replying to @MorlockP
          >the stone is free I once helped rockpick a 200 acre field of what the glacier scraped off Canada and left 10k years ago... burnt a lot of diesel fuel chisel-plowing / picking / chiseling again They weren't free to the Omaha development builder who wanted some nice prairie rock
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        3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 21 Sep 2021

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Caleb Jordan Schulz

          26/https://twitter.com/Based_Jedi/status/1440432958742036483 …

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          Caleb Jordan Schulz @Based_Jedi
          Replying to @Manicton @MorlockP @based_con
          It's heavy work. And if you buy all your stone it's not cheap. If you plan to get all your own stone, it's a LOT of work. Most people don't have a quarry handy. So you have to dig up/gather thousands and thousands of lbs of stone, haul it to your site, cut it to fit, etc.
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        1. Xplor.eth  ⚒️‏ @XplorCrypto 21 Sep 2021
          Replying to @MorlockP @based_con @Based_Jedi

          Is there much in Escape the City on making/building with brick?

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