I was looking over the print version of the PTN No Name Newsletter I got about 10 or so days ago. I thought the newspaper look of the publication was very cool. Substance over flash always wins in my book.
Under "PTN Mission" in the "education" section it is listed that we "...want to teach others and we ourselves want to learn from each other and from others." This line struck me as similar in spirit to a line I have on my desk at work. I lifted it off Duane Allman's grave stone in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon, GA. I visit Duane several times a year, often having lunch with him while watching the Ocmulgee River glide by and an occasional train pass while I sit under the magnolias and crepe myrtles.
" I love being alive and I will be the best man I possibly can. I will take love wherever I find it and offer it to everyone who will take it...seek knowledge from those wiser and teach those who wish to learn from me."
Here are links to a couple of photos...
B
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Subject: Re: [BP] Paved with good intintions....
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> In a message dated 4/15/2007 10:27:52 P.M. Eastern Daylight
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> Mike, Here's a question I have not thought of in over
> 35 yrs. Why
> were/are green cement blocks more expensive? Way
> back when I was married
> to a different fella we built a house using split face
> cement blocks. I
> orginally wanted green but they wanted ten cents a block
> more for green,
> all other colors were one price. The green pigment musta
> cost more, or they
> didn't sell enough green block to make stocking it
> worthwhile. Back when I
> used to do stained glass work, I was told red glass cost
> more than other
> colors because it had gold in it. We used brown
> instead. Smart move. Otherwise
> you'da been living in a booger-green, split face
> block house, and who wants
> that?
>
> We used brown mortar, it was brown all the way through,
> why mix up 2
> batches just to make the inside and outside 2 different
> colors. Don't know
> whether it was natural or unnatural cement but the house
> is still standing.
> Is the ex still standing? Or was he more of the
> lying type?
> I handled every block in that house at least twice and
> some more than
> that.And people wonder why labor costs are high!
> Ruth Ralph
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Brian Scott Robinson, MHP
Professor
Savannah College of Art and Design
School of Building Arts
Historic Preservation Department
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Savannah, GA 31402
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