A movie about things dear to our hearts, love, liberty, sawing, and building.
http://youtu.be/lprJUgwNWwo
EDIT: looks like the full movie is gone from youtube, but I edited the link so the trailer shows up.
That was one of the best movie I ve ever watched ,hope me and my wife can grow old together
I watched it right after you posted it but thought about it till now, sad but so true no body said life was going to be fair. It was a good show but sadens me to think about how our country has went down hill with all the BS. When we started out [my wife and myself ] permits were unheard of except the marriage one ;D. Here in our county you need a permit to get a permit pure stupid as far as Iam concerned !
Investigate "international building code or uniform construction code" and their origins. That's where this nonsense comes from.
I watched it very good thanks for post it. I like the table story Lazerdan
Thanks for posting the film. it was a real pleasure to watch. This from a man who does not watch television ;) :)
My sister called me this afternoon and told me that I HAD to watch this movie on Netflix. I just did and... wow... a great show! She had told me that the man reminded her of me...woodworker, sawmill, built my own house, etc. Anyway, it is worth everyone here taking the time to watch (And I'm afraid it's where our country is headed with loss of freedom.)
What is the movie name? It's gone from the link.
Name: Still Mine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv_Rl0CBPNs
45 years ago I knew a old crabby goat in Idaho when ha was asked for his building permit he showed them his 45 lc told them get off my land then built his log cabin far as I know he is still there
but its a sad thing we have less freedom every day
If you want to find out the rest of the story, read this: All I wanted to do is build a house (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/all-i-wanted-to-do-is-build-a-house/article4346687/)
thanks for the link gary, sad sad state of affairs we as a world have reached ;)
Anybody know how we can watch this, been wanting to see it for quite a while.
Quote from: terrifictimbersllc on November 17, 2014, 03:57:35 PM
Anybody know how we can watch this, been wanting to see it for quite a while.
Try overstock.com wife just ordered the movie. if thy are out let me know will make you a copy
you are supposed to buy your lumber from the big box stores to assure they make a profit. the building inspectors will tell you that pine is stronger than mill run oak. they must have not seen some of the houses that are over 100 years old and have withstood storms that would blow away the houses that are built today.
i am lucky to live in an area that has no building codes. the only inspections are your electrical wiring and septic system has to be up to codes when you build. if you add on no one reinspects the wiring if you do it yourself and keep your mouth shut. it is all about money. money for the government for the permits and profit for the building suppliers also for the labor unions in some areas where union labor is required.
From the news story in my previous link.
This is a true Canadian story, a cautionary tale of the tremendous power of the state over the individual in an age of pervasive bureaucracy. It is, indeed, a profound parable of irretrievably lost independence and casually forgotten freedoms.
If you think the "irretrievably lost independence and casually forgotten freedoms" are only in the building codes, you should try commercial trucking and the US DOT. There they believe you need to fill out an employment application to drive your own truck. Plus you have to pay a fee to pay one of their endless fees. >:(
Gary, we're just farm plated and our truck very rarely goes more than 10 miles in any one direction but if they ever stopped me I just as well hand them the keys and walk away. Not saying it's a dangerous vehicle to have on the road and I guarantee I know it better than they ever will but if they ever wanted to pick something apart it'd cost me more than the truck itself is worth, worst part is I'd never be over weight so they'd have to start looking for something else :-\. Had a real close call this fall but luckily a neighbor got me flagged down just coming into town, 2 pickups on one side of the elevator and 2 on the other, '73 cabover Freightliner pulling a '79 Hobbs grain trailer, how far do you suppose they'd have to look? :D
i heard of one dot inspector that said that he could find something to write up a trucker for even if it was a new truck. i have been lucky with getting by with some things i moved on the road. like moving house trailers without escorts or permits. some of us get by by being stupid and lucky.
A friend of mine was stopped by a DOT inspector and had to show his fire extinguisher and reflectors. The inspector said your fire extinguisher is not big enough. So my friend asked how big a fire extinguisher he needed and the inspector said "bigger than the one you have." So I guess that is the rule, you need a fire extinguisher that is bigger than the one you have. ::)
I got pulled in for an inspection north of stinky L A Calf told the inspector its new first trip on truck and trailer he said don't care will find some thing wrong sure enough spring hanger on trailer. got back to Minn. had the H P look at it he signed off on the ticket and said chp is a bunch of jerks
Its a sad fact that gov regulations are meant to protect the general public or the uninformed from those careless or unscrupuless who prey on others or endanger themselves and others with trucks that should'nt be on the road or products that are at best substandard instead inspectors try to justify their existance by being rigid or for a lack of better words stupid about things and fees are imposed to try to offset the cost of these tin gods on the municipalaties.
This is the position I am in on my land in the U.P. I had a plan, and now due to the county inspector, I don't.
Thankfully and I might say very thankfully I have no building restrictions. The only thing that the county inspector will get (if he finds it) is the measurement of the roof line so he can raise my taxes.
At least 12-15 entire homes have been built with my sawn and ungraded framing lumber.
It is available dvd on overstock. Better yet, it looks like it is available on amazon prime streaming, which we get. I started it and it looks like it is there for real. We'll watch it later this week or this weekend. Thanks!
Not sure if it is going to upset me or not, don't need to think about anything like DOT (see above threads) in leisure time.
Quote from: Magicman on November 18, 2014, 02:21:12 PM
Thankfully and I might say very thankfully I have no building restrictions. The only thing that the county inspector will get (if he finds it) is the measurement of the roof line so he can raise my taxes.
At least 12-15 entire homes have been built with my sawn and ungraded framing lumber.
no building permits here either. If you have 3 acres or more no sewer inspections or electrical inspections as long as you are outside the city limits. Which I am of course.
Funny thing. After I read this tread and watched the trailer, the next time I turned on Netflix (on my smart TV), it suggested I watch Still Mine... is this an episode from the Twilight Zone... The TV knows what I'm thinking ;)
I live in a 150 year old farm house. It's built with rough lumber, cedar logs on 3 foot centers for floor joists, field stone foundation. It has withstood 150 years of hurricanes and heavy snow loads on the roof. The roof line is still as straight as the day it was built. The walls are perfectly plume. Funny how they builders didn't have building codes back then yet here the house still stands.
Quote from: ljohnsaw on November 25, 2014, 11:53:57 PM
Funny thing. After I read this tread and watched the trailer, the next time I turned on Netflix (on my smart TV), it suggested I watch Still Mine... is this an episode from the Twilight Zone... The TV knows what I'm thinking ;)
Hey! Thanks for the post. I have netflix up here at the cabin on my computer! It never occured to me that I could watch this here. :) I think that is the fare for the evening. :)
OK, my review:
I read the story as linked above and read the comments before I saw the movie. I could see where they made the movie much less stressful(?) than the real story to make it more entertaining/enjoyable. Overall, a very good, moving, emotional movie. Since I was/am dealing with my building department, I can sure feel for him - it made me get all angry again :D Well worth the time to watch.
Quote from: Jeff on November 27, 2014, 12:36:00 PM
I have netflix up here at the cabin on my computer! It never occured to me that I could watch this here.
.....and the hunt is over. :)
Watched the movie to day I liked his reply to the judge I am either going to jail or going home was a very good movie
The law is always right...We are not smart enough to built a house. :D The law does trust us to built a airplane and to carry a loaded gun around, so do that.
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Tammy and i watched it last night. We enjoyed it,
I found it on Amazon Prime video and we watched it this past week. This is one of those very good movies. It's good in its own right independent of the bureaucratic aggravation theme, which would be funny if it weren't so true.