Comments on: You can’t live in a silo, y’know http://omegamom.com/2007/04/02/you-cant-live-in-a-silo-yknow/ A "good enough" mom muses about alpha moms, adoption, computers, the State Of The World, Internet quirkiness, and the Kosmik All Sat, 30 Aug 2008 09:16:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: omegamom http://omegamom.com/2007/04/02/you-cant-live-in-a-silo-yknow/#comment-1703 omegamom Thu, 05 Apr 2007 02:50:35 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/04/02/you-cant-live-in-a-silo-yknow/#comment-1703 So now I have two new types of home to look into--the "Flying Concrete" and the Formworks. And, of course, my mom's idea of the boxcars; we could call ourselves the Boxcar Omegas... So now I have two new types of home to look into–the “Flying Concrete” and the Formworks. And, of course, my mom’s idea of the boxcars; we could call ourselves the Boxcar Omegas…

]]> By: Kat http://omegamom.com/2007/04/02/you-cant-live-in-a-silo-yknow/#comment-1701 Kat Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:38:44 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/04/02/you-cant-live-in-a-silo-yknow/#comment-1701 http://www.formworksbuilding.com/ Speaking of "non-traditional" housing, that's what we would eventually like to build. http://www.formworksbuilding.com/

Speaking of “non-traditional” housing, that’s what we would eventually like to build.

]]> By: GrannyJ http://omegamom.com/2007/04/02/you-cant-live-in-a-silo-yknow/#comment-1698 GrannyJ Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:32:43 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/04/02/you-cant-live-in-a-silo-yknow/#comment-1698 My idea was always retired railroad box cars. Built to take it, cool in summer & cozy in winter (if you got the refrigerated variety). Get four of 'em, arrange in a square to give you an atrium. Or, if I needed a simple "granny" cottage, a caboose or an old lounge car. My idea was always retired railroad box cars. Built to take it, cool in summer & cozy in winter (if you got the refrigerated variety). Get four of ‘em, arrange in a square to give you an atrium. Or, if I needed a simple “granny” cottage, a caboose or an old lounge car.

]]> By: sara http://omegamom.com/2007/04/02/you-cant-live-in-a-silo-yknow/#comment-1696 sara Tue, 03 Apr 2007 14:08:48 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/04/02/you-cant-live-in-a-silo-yknow/#comment-1696 I forgot to add that there is a house about a mile from ours that is a series of silos...three strung together by little tunnels. My grandmother says the father of the owner was the premier local silo builder back in the day...can you tell we live in an agricultural area? Gram has been inside and says it is wonderful, so maybe you can live in the silo, after all? I forgot to add that there is a house about a mile from ours that is a series of silos…three strung together by little tunnels. My grandmother says the father of the owner was the premier local silo builder back in the day…can you tell we live in an agricultural area? Gram has been inside and says it is wonderful, so maybe you can live in the silo, after all?

]]> By: sara http://omegamom.com/2007/04/02/you-cant-live-in-a-silo-yknow/#comment-1695 sara Tue, 03 Apr 2007 14:04:46 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/04/02/you-cant-live-in-a-silo-yknow/#comment-1695 My good friend started her life in a house (formerly chicken coop) in Vermont. I have always thought it would be grand fun to live in one of these: http://www.geocities.com/flyingconcrete/ My good friend started her life in a house (formerly chicken coop) in Vermont. I have always thought it would be grand fun to live in one of these:
http://www.geocities.com/flyingconcrete/

]]> By: Wondering « Kaleidoscopic http://omegamom.com/2007/04/02/you-cant-live-in-a-silo-yknow/#comment-1692 Wondering « Kaleidoscopic Tue, 03 Apr 2007 05:52:13 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/04/02/you-cant-live-in-a-silo-yknow/#comment-1692 [...] April 3rd, 2007 OmegaMom’s post about housing, including the silo she never lived in and her cottage that was formerly a chicken coop made me think of a town I lived [...] [...] April 3rd, 2007 OmegaMom’s post about housing, including the silo she never lived in and her cottage that was formerly a chicken coop made me think of a town I lived [...]

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