rojam18801 Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 recently retired semi truck driver getting back into the little house's. 26 year's on the road and hit a bridge last month with overheight load. now noone will hire me, guess it's time to retire. i just turned 64. i do feel a little strange joining this forum. it's like a all female place and i hope you accept me for what i am, another little house nut. my little house thing started back in the early 80's. was a contractor building homes and had a back injury. wife went to work while i did the mister mom thing. i really enjoyed doing that, had 4 kid's at that time. one daughter who is the light of my life and 3 boy's. i had a lot of time and was getting bored. looked at my daughter one day and decided to build her a little house for christmas. problem was i did'nt know now to build a little house. i only know big house's. so that's the way i built it. cut floor joist's, 2x4'2 2x6's 2x8's. cut all the material right down to lath for plaster walls.. yes real plaster wall's. only thing's i purchased was microscope slides for the glass and little brick's. worked on this for about 6 month's and all my relation's and friend's strarted talking about it. the local newspaper showed up and did a article on it. soon after we got a calll from a agent for high class dollhouse stuff. he and his wife wanted to see it. they came over and got all excited and asked if i would sell it. i said it was for my daughter but how much were they talking. they sold it over the phone sight unseen for $10,000.00 and got me 2 more to build for more money. i was like wowed out of my mind. i built more until a house fire, it burnt to the ground and lost my shop. that's when i bought a semi truck and went back to real work. i've been waiting years to get back into this and now is the time. as soon as i get my new shop set up i will post picture's of what i do. hope you enjoy as much as i do...ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLyn M. Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Hi Ron and welcome to Greenleaf Forum. And just so you know we have many male members here.Many who know how to build real life homes and can inform,instruct us on many points we might never have thought of. Sorry to hear about your accident.Hope you didn't get hurt.But I think you're gonna start having some real fun now. Glad you found us!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bea Killion Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Welcome Ron. What an amazing story. Can't wait to see your work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jujurodgers Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 welcome Ron, and this is not just a lady thing LOL....i love doing shows and seeing male vendors, with wives just keeping them company, or men joining their wives as a part of the business...and then there are men who just hang out with their wives who are doing the shows LOL so sorry about your mishap, but wow you obviously have talent in what you have done, so maybe all is good? welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Welcome to the little family, Ron, and you MUST meet Jeremy, Roy, Aaron, Mike, Dave, David, Glenn, Peter, Doogster, ... Oh, well, you aren't alone! When you've made five posts you can share pictures of your builds, and we LOVE eye candy here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muriel Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Hi and Welcome! Looking forward to eye candy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo Med Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Welcome to the group Ron. Would love to see pictures of that house if you have any, it sounds amazing. Sometimes fate has a way of pointing us in the right direction so although I'm so sorry about your accident, I've a feeling that things will turn our just fine now that you have retired. And yes, there are lots of male members of the forum so you are in good company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathieB Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Hi Ron, and to the neighborhood. Jeremy (pdlnpeabody) and Mike (mespk2) are working on stick-built houses now and have built others in the past. I'm sure they'll have a lot of suggestions to pass your way if that's the way you want to go again. If you want to try your hand at a kit build, do give the Greenleaf houses a close look. They are relatively easy to bash, so they're a treat for creative people as you seem to be. Holly named a few active males in the group, but if you click on "Members" at the top and search for males, about 200 names will come up. Some are active, some are not. Butin any event, you're in good company! Do you have any photos of your original houses that you can scan to share with us? We really, really like eye candy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JolieGirl Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Welcome! I cannot wait to see pictures of your work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shannonc60 Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Hi Ron. Wow, what a story! Nice that each time things turned that it was just a new door opening for you. You'll be most welcome here, especially with all your building experience! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rojam18801 Posted January 2, 2011 Author Share Posted January 2, 2011 thank all of you for the wonderful welcome. i will post pictures but it will be several weeks before i get new shop setup and running. then we'll have more to talk about, so until then..ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindaC Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 thank all of you for the wonderful welcome. i will post pictures but it will be several weeks before i get new shop setup and running. then we'll have more to talk about, so until then..ron Hey Ron, Do you have photos of that priceless house? would really love to see it or any you have done. Maybe they are on a website? Sorry about your situation but glad you are here. I am learning carpentry with the extension I am putting on an existing home made by someone else. My late hubby was a contractor, my dad was a carpenter so terms are familiar to me but not the actual 'doing'. It's going okay. get your 5 posts in then you can create an album for photos.... ta, LindaC/senior lady in OK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rojam18801 Posted January 3, 2011 Author Share Posted January 3, 2011 i've geen looking for my next house to build. i kind of like this one so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Ron, are you sure you & Jeremy aren't the same man? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rojam18801 Posted January 4, 2011 Author Share Posted January 4, 2011 havanaholly... i don't know your jeremy, but i do have a son named jeremy, can't be the same one.lol sent me his forum name so i can check out his work ...ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Here you go, Ron: pdlnpeabody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rojam18801 Posted January 4, 2011 Author Share Posted January 4, 2011 whoa!!! jeremy is excellent. that really impressed me. maybe he is me!! nobody was doing anything like my work back in the 80's. he went pass what i was doing and i did'nt even see him. this is great,now i have someone to surpass. i love a challange. maybe we can make both our house's better...ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparklepuppies Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Hi Ron! Yes, Jeremy does amazing work, would love to see yours too. You're at 7 posts now so you can start your gallery! And, I just noticed you're from FL, Jeremy is in Gainesville I believe, so just about an hour from you! How fun! You guys should get together someday. Lyssa is also in that area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rojam18801 Posted January 4, 2011 Author Share Posted January 4, 2011 just sent jeremy a presonal message to see if we can meet. thank all of you, this forum is great ...ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minis On The Edge Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Hello Ron & Welcome to the Forum It's Great to Meet you and I had to Laugh when I read Holly's Post: Ron, are you sure you & Jeremy aren't the same man? I thought the same thing!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shannonc60 Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Ron, I LOVE the house! I'm sure you'd do it no worries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Ron, you're in Dunnelon? We're going to be at Silver River State Park MLK weekend to join the GA canoe club paddling, and I think one of our rivers will be the Rainbow River. One of these days I want to ride my 27-speed trike on the FL Greenway Trail, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rojam18801 Posted January 4, 2011 Author Share Posted January 4, 2011 havanaholly...rainbow river is 8 miles from my house, been there a lot. it's paradise, clear right to the bottom. havent been to the greenway, heard to much about local police having trouble there. most likely at nite, but i stay away...ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 We had a couple of incidents on the St Mark's Trail in Tallahassee when it first opened, so there's a sign posted not to use it alone or after dark; but there's always at least two of us riding it and sometimes with two vehicles! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janet Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Hi Ron, and welcome to the forum. We welcome little house nuts of all kinds. Your work sounds awesome and I look forward to hearing more abut it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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