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Old 09-10-2004, 01:59 PM   #16
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Build it half submerged in the ground and cover it with dirt and then you don't have to cut around your house any more.
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Old 09-10-2004, 02:57 PM   #17
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Build it half submerged in the ground and cover it with dirt and then you don't have to cut around your house any more.
Plus if you bury it you won't notice how ugly it is.
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Old 09-10-2004, 03:09 PM   #18
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And, if you bury it in Florida, you get a free, indoor swimming pool.
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Old 09-10-2004, 05:20 PM   #19
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that is the ugliest thing I've ever seen.

The struggle to purchase it, however, was nearly a year in fighting and extremely frustrating for him. Because these houses are so unusual and unique in appearance (read: "fugly"), it seems that no banks or companies will provide a loan for one because any attempt to re-sell is difficult. He searched endlessly until someone finally gave in, but attached some rider to the agreement that complicated matters if he ever could not make payments, had to sell, etc.
If you are gonna stay somewhere you have to live the way you want. I'm glad your friend stuck it out, homes have to be personal.
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Old 09-11-2004, 03:25 PM   #20
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that is the ugliest thing I've ever seen.
Your call, but you have to admit that's subjective. If I owned it, it wouldn't be white.
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Old 09-11-2004, 07:18 PM   #21
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Your call, but you have to admit that's subjective. If I owned it, it wouldn't be white.
Eight ball paint job?
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Old 09-11-2004, 11:44 PM   #22
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Naw, camo.
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Old 09-12-2004, 12:47 AM   #23
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big titty with a red light at the top !!!!!
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Old 09-12-2004, 12:57 AM   #24
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ghetto rats and spray paint
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Old 09-12-2004, 01:00 AM   #25
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Cover it in a vine of some sort, just this big green leafy dome.
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Old 09-12-2004, 11:38 AM   #26
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Missile cone tip, with silo-like circular fence around the outside.
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Old 09-17-2004, 11:49 AM   #27
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OK. Here's another dome house that just made it through Ivan. The houses on either side were destroyed.

Dome House beats hurricane

This one also looks more interesting visually, but had a little water seep in through some weatherstripping, and some exterior stairs separate, as designed, from the house.

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Old 09-17-2004, 08:38 PM   #28
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It's good looking, too.
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Old 09-17-2004, 10:16 PM   #29
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SEE !!!!!!THIS is the home of the furure that were talking about all those years ago !!!!!
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