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#@¤$$~.... created in the twenty eighties as a ....~$$¤@#
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###@¤$*~,. the "house" would consist of a stack of .,~*$¤@###
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@@¤$***~,. six square meters. these could be made .,~***$¤@@
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@##@¤$*~,. the house would be hung on a "mast", a .,~*$¤@##@
##@#@$*~,. ridged metal pole extending between .,~*$@#@##
##@#@$*~,. fifty and a hundred meters. a mechanism .,~*$@#@##
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@##@¤$*~,. the lowest floor would usually have a .,~*$¤@##@
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