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I lived in a boat shed once and was glad to have it.

I have been saying for years that their should be a drive to build small houses that are as affordable and easily obtainable as possible instead of building groves of these over-sized, over-priced McMansions on under-sized, treeless lots that cost eight hundred grand a copy. We don't need socialism. We just need to be able to reasonably afford housing, cars, groceries and med.

My old house was a 1000 sf bungalow and the old guy that lived next door told me they were built for the soldiers that returned from WWII. It was awesome. Two bedrooms, one bath and one in the basement.  There was like a weird bungalow room upstairs with slanted ceilings. I think the lot was 50 feet wide and 75 feet deep. Detached garage, deck. I made it nice. It was 40 g's - $215 a month. - that's 116,000 and $621 a month in today's dollars - and THAT is the way it should be for starter homes now.

How the hell are our kids going to afford houses when they're a half-million bucks and cars are fifty grand? I had a brand new Bronco II when I lived in that bungalow. It cost me 17k and that seemed staggering.  A house and a new car for around 60k or like 170 today.  That seems about right. How did things get so askew?

Lol. My next door neighbor just about lived in his shed with his booze and portable TV.

It was one of those Channel Lumber shed kits he and I built.

My mistake. 84 Lumber.

I bought a bungalow like that when I got out of the army. It was cheaper than renting an apartment. he garage had a mechanics pit in it. It was cool. The one of only three times I used the VA. There was one hard time over the winter one year when I couldn't afford heating oil for a month or so.

Right….it was cheaper than renting. The equity I built in that bungalow has been the core of my life ever since.

Right….it was cheaper than renting. The equity I built in that bungalow has been the core of my life ever since.

I think I made about 2 grand when I sold it. I lived there a couple of years in Riverside, an old steal town with a bar on every corner.

Muslims never fail to behave like savages:

"Syrian Islamists are going village to village, murdering Druze and Christians in Syria.

Israel has launched strikes to try and stop them, but the international community has condemned Israel, rather than the Syrian government."

"In terms of global wealth distribution, the poorest Americans (with net worth under $10,000) are still wealthier than approximately 52.5% of the global population, though they fall well short of the global top 5% (which requires at least $100,000 in wealth)."

There’s also what looks like a sand bag. I’ll wait until dark and get a tow strap and my tractor and move it down the road a reasonable distance.

Sounds like either road construction or they have a permit of access to a tract where they are building. Not good either way.