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Hi Bluedawe;

I just noticed your article Slab hut. I study historic carpentry and traditional building methods. I have been planning an article on vertical plankwall construction in the U.S. which is very similar to slab construction. I believe the words plank and slab are synonymous in American English and Australian English. I do not think anyone knows the European origin of this construction in the U.S. but vertical plank walled timber frame (plank frame) buildings were used extensively in the Plymouth Colony and in Rhode Island from the early 17th century. The U.S. also has a thinner wall, 1.25 inch vertical boards with minimal framing called a "boxed house" and many other names. These were more common after the American Civil War.

I will read your article carefully. Thanks for the large bibliography, too. Jim Derby (talk) 01:09, 22 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Jim: I hope you find my article of use. May I also refer you to my article about Bush carpentry which has more to say about Australian vernacular timber construction. My only comment on the use of the word 'plank' would be that in Australia the term is usually used of a set length of properly shaped and sawn timber, or better still, milled. 'Slab' by contrast refers to a more roughly prepared length, e.g. pit-sawn, and adze-smoothed, or perhaps the long offcuts from a trunk on its first pass through the saw table. I had a look in my old Webster's Dictionary, which seems to support this 'milled' definition of 'plank' in US usage. Definitions of 'plank' and 'slab' in my Macquarie Dict. Aust. Lang. say nothing about sawing at all! However, this is not to say that properly milled planks were not used in slab-hut construction where they were available; it is most certainly the case where contemporary slab-huts are built, e.g. a city-dweller's week-end rural retreat where the municipal building codes are less likely to apply. The contemporary home I show on the Wiki article used 'slabs', but the owner and builder both described these as 'very thick, heavy, hardwood planks', and they came from a timber mill. The gaps between the slabs/planks, by the way, were filled in with foam-rubber strips. Stephen Gard aka Bluedawe 01:37, 22 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the work you have done on this. Unfortunately, I am currently suffering from concussion (stupid wall, jumping out at me like that), and so it will be a few days before I can look through the changes you have made and give you any further feedback. Sorry for the inconvenience! Harrias ^talk 08:22, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've made some further comments on the article at the GA review. Harrias ^talk 10:04, 11 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I know you said you wouldn't be able to get around to this until sometime this month, but I just thought I'd pop my head in and remind you about this. Harrias ^talk 16:31, 4 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Thank you. Have not forgotten. Will be back at desk and task on Monday 8 October next. Bluedawe 20:27, 4 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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• Thanks, BracketBot, all fixed. You're my hero. Bluedawe 22:06, 8 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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I have a disability which prevents me responding to any communication that uses the inane salutation 'hi'. Bluedawe 20:33, 26 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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	Hullo BlueDawe There is good information about the sculler Charles A.Messenger in "The Master" by Sean Fagan and Dally Messenger III, Hachette Livre Let us know when you have written you book on the rowers Gladiator-Citizen (talk) 03:24, 21 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I do not recall if I replied to you. My book about scullers in early Sydney is titled 'Port Jackson Pullers' ISBN 9780992475109. It is available from my website www.stephengard.com.au

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