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October 22, 2008

Isn't a Lustron house clean enough?

"My wife's not a lawn mower, and I didn't put up an illegal shed just to mess with the township," said Craig Bowes, 52, who owns a company that cleans supermarket floors.

His wife, the one who's not a lawnmower, spends 10 hours a day in a galvanized steel-and-porcelain shed to avoid environmental illness. "Inside are a toilet, a metal cabinet, a box spring with the metal coils exposed, and a pile of organic cotton blankets. Aluminum foil covers the window."

In case you don't know, Lustron houses are post-WWII prefabs in porcelain-enameled steel - go read all about 'em here!

Posted by CrankyProfessor at October 22, 2008 1:37 PM