Re: WW1 to WW2 era lumber shortages- for the misinformed

[Robert L Bass <sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> BTW- My wife's from Nagogdoches...

I'll send a condolence card.

> ... other end of the Ozark mountain range. One of
> the many forest areas in North America that were
> heavily depleted...

> Following WW1, housing demand was up, labor costs
> were up, lumber production was down...

It's all being systematically depleted even today.  The present
administration is making certain of that.  However, there was
never a time other than during the wars when you could not obtain
enough lumber to build a house.  Lumber prices went up during the
post-war construction boom.  So did the cost of brick, concrete
and every other building material.

> Folks built smaller and/or built with less costly materials
> and used methods which reduced labor costs. reinforced
> concrete, bricks, stone, stell, and slab construction...

Brick construction has never been less expensive than wood
framing.  Masonry walls take more than twice the time to build
than wood.  Materials are not cheaper either.

> I've worked in dozens of homes built during this era...

Dozens?  You're just getting started.  I've installed hundreds of
security, intercom and whole-house audio systems in older homes.
I've also completely rewired the AC and replaced virtually all of
the plumbing in two of them which I owned and done most of that
working with friends on their own homes over the years.

> and they are more difficult to wire than Post WW2 homes.

Slightly so.

> Much more difficult, in many cases.

Only if you haven't any idea how to do it.

> If you believe that older homes are "almost as easy" as
> wiring a newer home, you're not only mistaken, but you're
> obviously overstating your actual experience with homes
> from that era.

I've done a bit more work in older homes than what you describe,
friend.  I've been in this trade for 29 years, 24 of them running
a small alarm company.  During all of that time I installed and
ran service calls.  A major portion of my customers were in old
New England homes.  I've wired everything from ultra-modern to
several homes on the national historical register.

> I'm done with the thread.

It's been such a pleasure chatting with you.

> Everyone already knows you're a know-it-all hot-air-spewing
> self-serving idiot...

Awe, gee!  Now you've gone and hurt my feelings.  You can't
imagine how badly I feel just knowing that you feel that way.
Whatever will I do?

> --- snippity snip, snip ---
> ... simple American history vis-a-vis lumber shortages
> during/shortly after WW1 (and during the depression,
> and during WW2),

You've still not managed to explain how WWII and the Great
Depression impacted construction in 1920.  Were the trees
precognizant?

> how to avoid showing everyone how truly ignorant you are...

Fortunately, I've got such a fine example in you.  :^)

> Go have a donut, and contemplate the center of that donut
> very carefully...

Can't.  I already ate the darned thing.

> This represents the value of your self-serving contributions
> to this group.

Ah, such devastating wit.  Have you considered a career in
theater?

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Regards,
Robert L Bass

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