Here's Where I'm Investing My Variable Portfolio Money

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"Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb, mad-dog mean. 'Cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live nor win. That's just the way it is. "
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oooh! That is pretty cool! Not for backpackers though...
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I'll give someone $200 a month to let me live in one of those in their backyard.
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Yeah, that's pretty neat.  I'd love to put something like that out on my farm.
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at the end it said "potential to last ten years"  i wonder what the cost/value is if it isn't a permanent structure...

very cool technology either way
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It seems like it would be wise to put down some kind of foundation to start with.
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Now how cool is that?  I want one of these for the next camping trip.  I'd feel much more relaxed knowing that I have complete safety from small arms fire and shell fragments.

I don't know if any of you guys play \ have played real-time strategy games (like Age of Empires or Starcraft) but talk about your ideal "forward base" construction materials!
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Check out earthbag construction, if you're into that kind of stuff.  Really amazing what some of the guys from Cal-Earth are doing with earthbags as a construction material.
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Coffee wrote: I want one of these:

http://www.wimp.com/concretetents/
I want one, too.   :)
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"Well, if you're gonna sin you might as well be original" -- Mike "The Cool-Person"
"Yeah, well, that’s just, like, your opinion, man" -- The Dude
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