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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

      ⓘ 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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    2. ⓘ 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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    3. ⓘ 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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    4. ⓘ 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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    5. ⓘ 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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    6. ⓘ 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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    7. ⓘ 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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    8. ⓘ 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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    9. ⓘ 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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    10. ⓘ 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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      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Sep 2021

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Robot Bastard!

      26/ If asked to do a seven year apprenticeship in an ancient guild stretching back millennia, I would SIMPLY ask for some shortcuts and then do the job over the weekend.https://twitter.com/Robot_Bastard/status/1440653886017052682 …

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      Robot Bastard! @Robot_Bastard
      Replying to @MorlockP
      like, there's a reason *why* masonry is a skilled trade and why masonic guilds are major players in any civilization that builds by stacking stone.
      5:34 AM - 22 Sep 2021
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        2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Sep 2021

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted jeet ਪ੍ਰਭਜੀਤ 🦎 🌋 🐊

          27/ that may well have been a house, or a blacksmith's building, or something, when it was originally builthttps://twitter.com/jeetsidhu_/status/1440657072152932366 …

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          jeet ਪ੍ਰਭਜੀਤ 🦎 🌋 🐊 @jeetsidhu_
          If stonecutting was so intensive, why is an outlying building for animals built with stones? I accept the premise but I feel like I’m missing something. https://twitter.com/MorlockP/status/1440417479012982786 …
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        3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Sep 2021

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Robot Bastard!

          28/ re WoG:https://twitter.com/Robot_Bastard/status/1440655155540549643 …

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          Robot Bastard! @Robot_Bastard
          Replying to @upstatefederlst @JohnTaloni @MorlockP
          a hardcore anti-Marxist position, "the value of labor is ZERO"
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        4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Sep 2021

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Robot Bastard!

          29/https://twitter.com/Robot_Bastard/status/1440656146633691150 …

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          Robot Bastard! @Robot_Bastard
          Replying to @MorlockP @based_con
          Tiles were another major resource in the pre-industrial world. The Barbary Pirates had a lively economy going where they'd kidnap Dutch sailors and get a ransom paid in Delft tiles...
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        5. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Sep 2021

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted

          30/ yes, using field stone would cut the work a fair bit ... but, man, at least around here, field stone doesn't stack for crap, except in roughly pyramidal shapes, so... I'm not sure. https://twitter.com/octal/status/1440658235862618120 …

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        6. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Sep 2021

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Micah Odor

          31/ also a good point a lot of my workshop shelves are made out of 3/4" CDX plywood ... because I had scraps after I built the addition on my old house.https://twitter.com/micahodor/status/1440659667198218245 …

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          Micah Odor @micahodor
          Replying to @MorlockP @based_con @Based_Jedi
          Or economies of scale: if you're building a stone manor house, you might have some extra materials with which to make a small outbuilding. The original post makes it sound like everyone has this stuff lying around.
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        7. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Sep 2021

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted PPE Longstocking

          32/https://twitter.com/GsdJstn/status/1440663727947202569 …

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          PPE Longstocking @GsdJstn
          Replying to @MorlockP
          Haha I’ve read his stuff before. “Just build a house, it’s easy” I’m a carpenter and I’d like to see him frame a wall correctly
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        8. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Sep 2021

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Gay Robot Devil

          33/ yes, this is the goal, IMO I'm a software engineer, not a coder. But it's not THAT hard to frame a small garden shed, build a field stone wall, tile a fireplace surround, etc. 80/20 rule, ftw.https://twitter.com/GayRobotDevil/status/1440664670755381264 …

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          Gay Robot Devil @GayRobotDevil
          Replying to @MorlockP
          There’s an interesting midpoint between a Master Craftsman (who can build his own house) and the Complete Layman (who can’t build or fix a thing)- the person who isn’t going to cut stone, but probably could turn a pile of leftover cut stone into a decent little structure
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        9. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Sep 2021

          34/ OTOH, you don't see me building sweeping curving staircases with balustrades out of walnut with teak inlay, etc.

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        10. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 22 Sep 2021

          ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted The Bicoloured-Python-Rock-Snake

          35/ the latter, I'm certainhttps://twitter.com/pythonrocksnake/status/1440675983896444945 …

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          The Bicoloured-Python-Rock-Snake @pythonrocksnake
          Replying to @MorlockP
          I've gone back and forth whether his constant downplaying of expertise and difficulty of traditional methods is just him trying to encourage people to get out and try stuff (which I might excuse, even if misguided) or sheer ignorance. Gotta be the latter in this case.
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        11. End of conversation
        1. The Bicoloured-Python-Rock-Snake‏ @pythonrocksnake 22 Sep 2021
          Replying to @MorlockP @based_con @Based_Jedi

          Seems like a deep unfamiliarity w/ long learning curves. My last company struggled to develop metal polishers, despite starting at $21/hr, bc so many people can't grasp that it takes months of practice before you can produce an acceptable result. They just quit in frustration.

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