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TLC will do a lot to prolong a house's life, but the materials and construction have to be there to begin with. Where I live, the 60s vintage starter houses were all well-built, but in the next subdivision they have all needed rebuilding. One fellow did replace his crackerbox with a double-wide (legal if put on a proper foundation).
For years, my BIL has a side business doing gut rehab of 20s bungalows.
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Always fascinating to see a poster expose his id. But I am left to wonder why Jim left his idyllic boyhood village. And God forbid that different ideas should disturb his delicate equilibrium. No wonder that Rush has made a fortune from implicitly guaranteeing his listeners they will never hear an unwelcome thought.