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<< Rather than spend money on long masonry bits and a solution to drainage I
-- for one -- do not understand, how about investing in several actual or
replicated Porsche 356 Sportsters? >>

Well, if I can't afford the rental, I was thinking of putting  a dome over
the house.  This would mean I wouldn't have to get those expensive copper
gutters, too, and also that I would only have to paint the porches every 20
years or so.  By the way, how do you drill drainage holes into a 356?

Sign me,  Boo Gatty