And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Wednesday, February 8, 2023
A mudhif house made entirely of reeds, Southern Iraq
Labor is cheap in all those places. In the middle east, they have workers who's only duty is to roll spliff for the reed workers and rope makers. At Lake Titicaca they have families who's job is to provide coca leaf to the reed workers and rope makers.
An ancient craft.
ReplyDeleteSame same on Lake Titicaca and origins of Mexico City.
Thor Heyerdahl experimented with it.
Labor is cheap in all those places. In the middle east, they have workers who's only duty is to roll spliff for the reed workers and rope makers. At Lake Titicaca they have families who's job is to provide coca leaf to the reed workers and rope makers.
ReplyDeleteWhere do the camels and goats sleep?
ReplyDeleteIt wasn’t too long ago that they used bamboo scaffolding in China. The labor to tie the bamboo was cheaper than the cost of steel.
ReplyDeleteDon't drop a match in that place.
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You'd think if they could figure out how to build a house, they could have figured how to build some chairs.
ReplyDeleteJpaul
Sitting on the floor is better for your body.
DeleteProbably not one leaf was hoisted by the men.
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