In a message dated 3/22/2001 5:22:07 PM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask]
writes:

<< an 1815 wood frame (mortise and tenon) house, which was demolished
 last fall because an engineer said that generally M&T construction was
 "structurally unsound" with a "potential for failure." >>

Ralph replied:

<<<It did become structurally unsound and fail in the process of being
demolished, didn't it, Miss Smarty Pants?>>>


Of course "it" no longer existed after having traveled through the time
machine and being diminished in the process. What "it" became was unstable.

I beleive authenticity is a quality of the artifact and integriry is what we
hope is a quality of the craftsman responsible for it's conservation.

Rudy