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The Useless Posts Thread

Discussion in 'Off-Topic Discussion' started by kristopherl, Dec 3, 2008.

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  1. Mar 12, 2009 at 5:52 PM
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    whys that?
     
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  2. Mar 12, 2009 at 5:55 PM
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    No clue? The traditional incandescent bulbs last longer but not as long as they should. I think it might be because I am on the outer fringe of my power company's territory. I get frequent brown outs. It happened today too. The clock on the stove us blinking.

    That or because of the houses age. I still have some aluminum wire in the house.
     
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  3. Mar 12, 2009 at 5:56 PM
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    aluminum wire:eek: have you thought about getting it replaced? the place where i grew up was like that, brown outs all the time.
     
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  4. Mar 12, 2009 at 5:58 PM
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    Some stuff. Not a lot, just some.
    Yeah, I am remodeling a room at a time so I replace it as I go. My house was built in the late 1890's early 1910's era.
     
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  5. Mar 12, 2009 at 5:59 PM
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    cool, what style of house?
     
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    Some stuff. Not a lot, just some.

    Yep, good ole Knob and Tube they call it. It is only a fire risk because mice like to chew the insulation off exposing the wire.
     
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  7. Mar 12, 2009 at 6:01 PM
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    It is referred to as a plank house. Everything is rough cut. There is no such thing as a 16" center which makes hanging dry wall a pita.
     
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  8. Mar 12, 2009 at 6:03 PM
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    haha we have framers who used to work for us. they never framed anything as a standard! give them 16 or 24" centres and they would do 14, 18, 20, or 26!
     
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    Some stuff. Not a lot, just some.

    Yeah, I think the house was added onto at one point. They used ceramic tubes to insert in the wood where the wire ran through. I've got a bunch of them. They make excellent knive sharpeners.
     
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  10. Mar 12, 2009 at 6:04 PM
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    Thos LEDS are expensive, like $90 a tube. I got an email from a company that sells screw in replacements for regular fixtures I will dig it out of my office computer tomorrow and send it to you. They were supposed to be more reasonable.
     
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  11. Mar 12, 2009 at 6:04 PM
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    Some stuff. Not a lot, just some.
    I have whole newspapers and Ladies Home Generals from 1925 as insulation in parts of the house.
     
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  12. Mar 12, 2009 at 6:05 PM
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    haha vintage!! sell them on ebay! :p
     
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  13. Mar 12, 2009 at 6:07 PM
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    Some stuff. Not a lot, just some.
    They are a little too degraded for that. The newspapers are still attached to the walls in the outer-stairwell.
     
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  14. Mar 12, 2009 at 6:08 PM
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    Yup -- it's about dinner time... :D

    2 for this trip... then back home for a week(ish) and back out here for 4 weeks... :(
     
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  15. Mar 12, 2009 at 6:08 PM
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    i helped tear down my grandparents old place, found a few vintage playboys. they were ruined from water damage and mold.
     
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  16. Mar 12, 2009 at 6:09 PM
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    Some stuff. Not a lot, just some.
    There isn't much of it left. Most of it is wire to outlets I can't use because of the configuration. I also don't use them because of the aluminum.
     
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  17. Mar 12, 2009 at 6:09 PM
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    bah i hate having to deal with asbestos insulation!
     
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    5 minutes you SOB's. You better score!
     
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  19. Mar 12, 2009 at 6:12 PM
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    still tied for habs and isles :D
     
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    :goingcrazy:
     
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