Papercreters: [papercreters] Re: Greetings from Silver City

Monday, July 21, 2008

[papercreters] Re: Greetings from Silver City

Thanks for your hearty welcome,
I have been out of town off and on since I decided to abandon the project.
It was just too hard being here in a small town, not really wanting to talk about it to
anyone, since I don't see it as a negative thing in spite of the associated financial burdens
etc. I am actually feeling much better about everything now and know it was meant to
happen just as it did.
I joined the group mainly to be of service to others that are planning or currently building
so they may perhaps avoid some of the pitfalls I encountered.
I hope some strong standards from the industry will eventually result as to not diminish
the value of the product and further support the reluctance and criticism from traditional
home builders.
Overall, the experience proved to me the insulative qualities and showed me that the
medium is truly flexible and adapdtive to many forms of architecture wnen properly
planned and good materials and building techniques are used. I will continue to be an
enthusiast at least, but unless some miricale occurs don't see myself being involved in
building my own house. Thanks again to all of you for the support and interest in my
house.
Ed

--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "slurryguy" <slurryguy@...> wrote:
>
> Welcome to the group Ed,
>
> Thank you for choosing to join our group and share your experiences
> with us. I don't blame you for being frustrated. I know I would be
> frustrated if I were in your position.
>
> The whole point of what we do here is try to learn from each other.
> Sometimes we learn the right things to do, sometimes we learn the
> things to avoid.
>
> I think in my case most people have learned just to laugh at what I
> do. :)
>
> I'm convinced that your project had good points as well as the
> problems. While you clearly had many obstacles, the pictures of what
> you managed to accomplish are stunning. I'm saddened that you
> weren't able to complete the project in the manner that you wanted to.
>
> My hope is that you'll stick around with us and try to help others.
> I have no doubt that you'll be able to share experiences to people
> that might be encountering some similar problem that you
> encountered. Perhaps a few words from you will help them head off
> their problems while they are still small and before the become huge
> project killing nightmares.
>
> We're here for you Buddy. Almost everyone in the group feels rather
> sick about what you've gone through.
>
>
> --- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "Edward Conley" <c_edward@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hello fellow papercreter's,
> >
> > After giving Mikey Sklar permission to post my emails that I sent
> him on your group
> > message board, I decided that I should see for myself what the
> group is all about.
> > Since the "Ed Conley project" has been part of discussions, I felt
> it only proper to join the
> > group and interact directly.
> >
> ><snip>
>