Consider the thatched hut. The grass roof is primitive but practical. It doesn’t let in rain in but does let out heat — important considerations in sweltering tropical climes.
Tarantulas and scorpions like to live in them, however, and the development of the grasslands to farmland is making the material to build them less abundant.
Now, consider the 3-liter soda bottle. They take up eternal space in landfills and are expensive to recycle.
What to do? To the rescue comes Dr. David Saiia, a professor at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh who has developed a hand-cranked machine that shreds the bottles into roofing strips that are a big improvement over the thatch.
The strips are attached to bamboo slats and the panels are fixed to the rafters. They last 10 times as long as the organic thatch.
Life has gotten just bit easier for the people of the grasslands.
To the rescue comes Dr. David Saiia, a professor at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh who has developed a hand-cranked machine that shreds the bottles into roofing strips that are a big improvement over the thatch.
A big improvement over the thatch?
Hardly!
The old thatch is now the in-thing among the wealthy in the United Kingdom. Many are replacing their red tile roofs with plain old-fashioned unadulterated thatch.
If the wealthy in the U.K.had to worry about deadly black tarantulas, they’d be grateful to Dr. Saiia, you can bet your bippy.
The saying is is “you can bet your sweet bippy” if I remember my “Laugh-In” shows correctly
Your comment was very interesting
BUT STUPID!!!
Rob:
Honey badger doesn’t care. Stupid is as stupid does. Now who said that?
That would be Mrs.Gump
Vert good!
Here’s another easy one. they’ll get harder.
Who said,
“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.”
Mohammad Ali
Here ya go Rob, I told you they’d get tougher.
W@ho said:
“I had a nightmare last night. I dreamed Dolly Parton was my mother and I was a bottle baby.”
Clue initials are: H and Y.
You got me on that one Badger
Okay, Rob, I told you that was a tough one. It came from Henny Youngman, the goofy comedian.
Here’s an easier one.
Who said,
“That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”?
Neil Armstrong,as he became the first human to set foot on the moon.
As much as I’m enjoying this, I’m not sure it’s really staying on topic with the article. I’ll continue to play along as long as no one is bothered by it.