Ken Follett wrote:
>
> In a message dated 98-02-10 12:41:03 EST, you write:
>
> > > I question the need for any true skilled craftsmen in any of the areas
> > refered
> >  > to above. Last time I was thru Alabama it needed more dirt work, not hand
> >  > work.
> >
> >  ----------
> >  Is this a comment on agrarian life compared to urban life?
> >  OR
> >  Is this about vernacular styles compared to schools of styles?
> >  OR . . .
>
> I suppose it could either have to do with Native American earth mounds, or
> possibly the need of earth movers. I can't imagine it is a reference to early
> architectural styles in our rural/agrarian sandpile - a complex colony built
> on the dirt in our woods. Urban development for us used to mean throwing rocks
> at the dirt-mound houses on the other side until they were obliterated.
> Sometimes we hit each other and that usually resulted in the houses being
> saved (historic preservation by default) as we were too then busy beating each
> other up, or running for help, to worry about the stiff-plastic citizens.
>
> ][<en

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Ken

I'm real dumb, explain this to me.

Bryan