60+ year old thread.

As a former MGB owner, maybe the guy shot it to put it (and himself) out of its misery

 

Afternoon all:

Welcome capnfishook, fill up the cooler, pull up a chair on the porch, and join us. Pictures are always welcome, many varied interests here, and if you own any Remington 600 or 660 Magnums let me know, I think I'm the only one on the forum that bought those pieces of crap, oh wait, they are now collector items!!!!

 

Welcome to the Porch, where almost everything is normal now.....

Can't touch this one!!

But, doesn't it require a British Sterling bullet?

 

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I must be in the wrong place...

EDIT: Somebody posted a reply to my post and I thought it was very apropos. Then it was deleted. I hope the mods weren't involved, and I invite the comment to be reposted.

 

Alright, I putzed the week until I had to do the "plumbing wall" in the utility room. I have no memory of that panel, except that I put it on so that I could get to pipes in an "emergency". Heck, I wasn't sure there was really even a trap on that drain. So, did some reading, steeled myself, and today was the day. All I really want to KNOW is if I have a leak in there; but I have no idea what I may or may not need to do!



You can see two boxes - as there are two drains. I start to remember; the original water softener guys had a drain that would not share the pipe with the big washer hose, and they told me that "someone" would need to plumb in the second. This has to be like 30-ish years ago, as the wife demanded soft water right after we moved in.



Good news, is that there IS a trap. And, there is NO SIGN of the water leak being in the pipes. (It was overflowing the top of the drains, behind the box covers when it was clogged.
A more modern (and somewhat plumbing experienced me) comes to believe that you can't have 2 drain pipes that way. Maybe at the top, but not that Y. I found no examples. So, I cut the pipe, and capped it off.



Poured another gallon of Drano down the pipe, waited, hot water flush - no leaks. Put the panel back on, got the dryer duct sealed back up, and inserted a water alarm sensor down the pipe tied to the softener drain. Both "new" hoses happily share that pipe nowadays.




I was thawing a thick New York to make fancy fajitas, but I'm not cooking - I did plumbing! Sounds like a Loop n Lil's pizza to me.

 

What are the odds... I read this post at the same time I'm watching White House Plumbers, a very odd movie.

 

Figured you guys would like this.
The interior and convertible cover over an actual convertible top and hardware.
Only one in existence..
(Shameless Plug)

 

wood inlay on the windshield top?

 

I do like this...but must acknowledge my secret crush on that GTC...Mmmmmm

 

Surface has to be flat.

 

Stealing this for the Car Porn thread...

 

Look at all that rust.

 

Chevy gets their hoods from the same place Toyota gets Taco frames...

 

Great Salton Sea Stamping & Metals...

 

Good morning fellow Porchatonians and welcome @capnfishook !!

 

Good morning >60.

 

Like the "200" sticker on the side of your head. I must say a nice improvement! J?K

Welcome to the thread.

Good morning. Going to be a busy day in the kitchen and at the grill. The cousin's dinner count is now up to 10. Both medical appointments went well yesterday. I have my heart stress test scheduled for May 18th. There was a little bit of difficulty with the MRI but the tech was able to receive phone support to get the machine working. Last shopping day till the weekend.

 

Good morning Pals and Gal

Small landscape project today. Off to the nursery for a dwarf butterfly bush and several sedge. I'll try to take some before/after pics.

And @Oldie2007 Great Salton Sea Stamping and Metals...that made me LOL