Comments on: The Crooked House http://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/22/the-crooked-house/ The Neat Side of the Web Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:34:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Sofar http://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/22/the-crooked-house/#comment-503745 Sofar Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:53:38 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/22/the-crooked-house/#comment-503745 What a lot of people don't realize is the incredible plasticity of mortar. Given twenty years of a very slow and strong force, you could bend a brick wall double without the mortar cracking once. What a lot of people don’t realize is the incredible plasticity of mortar. Given twenty years of a very slow and strong force, you could bend a brick wall double without the mortar cracking once.

]]> By: The Nag http://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/22/the-crooked-house/#comment-231622 The Nag Sun, 23 Sep 2007 13:53:46 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/22/the-crooked-house/#comment-231622 They felt like they were walking on a tilt but thought it was the 10 pints they'd had to drink. They felt like they were walking on a tilt but thought it was the 10 pints they’d had to drink.

]]> By: Vexorg http://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/22/the-crooked-house/#comment-231146 Vexorg Sun, 23 Sep 2007 04:01:21 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/22/the-crooked-house/#comment-231146 For several years in Seattle, just off I-5 there was a house which had started to lean in a similar fashion when its foundation was undermined by flooding. In that case, it was too severe (and too damaged) to correct, and the house sat abandoned for quite a while before finally being demolished. For several years in Seattle, just off I-5 there was a house which had started to lean in a similar fashion when its foundation was undermined by flooding. In that case, it was too severe (and too damaged) to correct, and the house sat abandoned for quite a while before finally being demolished.

]]> By: Denita TwoDragons http://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/22/the-crooked-house/#comment-230705 Denita TwoDragons Sat, 22 Sep 2007 16:12:29 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/09/22/the-crooked-house/#comment-230705 Sheesh! I'd need a Dramamine just to get through the front door! --TwoDragons Sheesh! I’d need a Dramamine just to get through the front door!

–TwoDragons

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