tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132898085410789426.post1872475793576465787..comments2024-03-23T05:35:06.468-04:00Comments on ancestral roofs: For Want of a Nail...Ancestral Roofshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16755249835071665091noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132898085410789426.post-69635617635145120342013-11-07T07:30:16.891-05:002013-11-07T07:30:16.891-05:00This is such a painful thought. Are all the would-...This is such a painful thought. Are all the would-be protectors powerless?Brenda Skinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12612784844075513057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132898085410789426.post-66548857762620570442013-11-06T21:02:10.798-05:002013-11-06T21:02:10.798-05:00I don't understand the reference, but I have a...I don't understand the reference, but I have a clue.... In any event, it is indeed a shame. It seems like a grand old bldg., one worthy of paint and pane.Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132898085410789426.post-31348917105198230002013-11-06T20:51:00.594-05:002013-11-06T20:51:00.594-05:00Plus ca change...
Plus ca change...<br />Ancestral Roofshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16755249835071665091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6132898085410789426.post-67265397479572085422013-11-06T20:33:46.896-05:002013-11-06T20:33:46.896-05:00"[They] treat it like a hired house, they won..."[They] treat it like a hired house, they won't keep it in repair; they neither paint it to preserve (sic) the boards, nor stop a leak to keep the frame from rottin; but let it go to rack sooner than drive in a nail or put in a pane of glass. It will sarve our turn out, they say."<br /><br />The Clockmaker c.1835Marknoreply@blogger.com