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Re: OT: Steve Jobs' childhood home could become historical site

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In article <524fe279$0$10202$c3e8da3$9b4ff22a@news.astraweb.com>, JF
Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:

> On 13-10-05 05:40, Barry Margolin wrote:
> 
> > Presumably it's the house that contains the garage that they supposedly 
> > designed the first Apple computers in.
> 
> Here is something Apple could do:
> 
> Buy the house. Move it to the centre of the giant flying saucer they are
> building. Convert the house into a lounge for employees, with the garage
> preserved (perhaps a museum with old Macs on display)
> 
> Not sure how easy it is to move californian homes without proper
> foundations/basements though. Here in Québec, moving a home is not that
> uncommon (but not very frequent). They gently lift it from foundations,
> insert a truss below, dig a path, and then put wheels under truss with
> hydraulic jacks and pull house out. (they adjust the jacks to keep house
> level as it is being pulled out of foundations).

Buildings are moved in most countries. 

Here's two examples from Auckland, New Zealand: They moved an old
tavern building out of the way while they built a new motorway tunnel,
and then moved it back when they had finished. They also moved Sir
Edmund Hillary's house (he was supposedly the first person to climb
Everest, although as always there is now some doubt) to another
location.

Usually they move buildings at night - supposedly because the traffic
is less busy, they can switch off intersection traffic lights , etc.
... but in reality it's just to annoy all the neighbours along the
route with the noise.  ;-)

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OT: Steve Jobs' childhood home could become historical site JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-10-03 01:34 -0400
  Re: OT: Steve Jobs' childhood home could become historical site Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-03 19:06 +1200
    Re: OT: Steve Jobs' childhood home could become historical site "D.F. Manno" <dfmanno@mail.com> - 2013-10-04 18:35 -0400
      Re: OT: Steve Jobs' childhood home could become historical site Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-05 13:30 +1200
        Re: OT: Steve Jobs' childhood home could become historical site JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-10-04 21:30 -0400
          Re: OT: Steve Jobs' childhood home could become historical site Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-05 14:48 +1200
            Re: OT: Steve Jobs' childhood home could become historical site Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2013-10-05 05:40 -0400
              Re: OT: Steve Jobs' childhood home could become historical site JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-10-05 05:57 -0400
                Re: OT: Steve Jobs' childhood home could become historical site Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-10-05 07:38 -0700
                Re: OT: Steve Jobs' childhood home could become historical site Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-06 09:51 +1300
              Re: OT: Steve Jobs' childhood home could become historical site Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-10-05 07:37 -0700
                Re: OT: Steve Jobs' childhood home could become historical site John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2013-10-12 10:18 -0700
                Re: OT: Steve Jobs' childhood home could become historical site Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-13 10:34 +1300
                Re: OT: Steve Jobs' childhood home could become historical site TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> - 2013-10-12 22:07 -0500
                Re: OT: Steve Jobs' childhood home could become historical site Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-13 16:48 +1300
                Re: OT: Steve Jobs' childhood home could become historical site TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> - 2013-10-12 23:06 -0500
              Re: OT: Steve Jobs' childhood home could become historical site Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-06 09:47 +1300
                Re: OT: Steve Jobs' childhood home could become historical site Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2013-10-05 19:02 -0400
                Re: OT: Steve Jobs' childhood home could become historical site Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-06 17:22 +1300
                Re: OT: Steve Jobs' childhood home could become historical site JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-10-06 02:35 -0400
                Re: OT: Steve Jobs' childhood home could become historical site Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-10-06 08:21 -0700

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