Wanna Build a Weekender?

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Greynomad
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Wanna Build a Weekender?

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Have a look at this 27min Youtube video of the building of Dennis Weaver's 6000sq.ft :shock: shack!

Dennis was the star of the film "Duel" as well as Marshall Dillon's Deputy in the 60s TV series 'Gunsmoke'.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkbHR16FGpE

PS. The company has built one in Oz, according to one of their other videos. No other details available.
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I'm trying to figure out just when that video/movie was made, late 80's to early 90's maybe. I wonder if the house is still functional? The cost of solar back then would have been astronomical yet every room in that huge house had the lights on. The thing is a bit of a hypocrisy, why would anyone need a house that big?
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Cuz they can, cuz they wanna, cuz they big family, cuz they got lotsa friends,cuz theya gotta lotta money, cuzza maybe theya gotta ita cheapa, or just becuzza. :?
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T1 & Dot,
I think he built it in 1990 (I seem to remember the copyright date in the credits), simply because he had the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
And a few more $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ to run it.
:D :shock:
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