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Elviscat posted:I think a lot of it is that older homes that are still standing tend to be better maintained. Care and maintenance are what matter in the long run. Even an extremely well built house will fall apart quickly if you ignore routine upkeep and beat the place up. A well built/designed house will require less upkeep and be easier to maintain.
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canyoneer posted:I read a thing written by someone who used to be a costumed performer in Disneyland parades (like, inside a giant Pluto costume). He said on real hot days, they'd wear these icepack vests which was really nice at first. Then ten minutes in, it's all melted and and you're wearing a sloshy, warm water vest with a half hour to go.
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Aug 14, 2020 02:49
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I've heard tell of LARPers who walk around in full plate armor in the summer, with little water cooling systems built in to help keep them cool. IIRC it's, like, some tubing, a water pump, and an evaporator.
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Aug 14, 2020 02:59
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Darchangel posted:This is true for anything that is brought up as an example of "they built it better back then. No, they built *those particular ones* better back then. I am into microscopes and they, for instance, are absolutely not made like they used to be.
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Aug 14, 2020 03:47
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Slugworth posted:I knew a guy who had, I guess, no sweat glands? Or they didn't work? But he couldn't sweat. So on hot days, he had a vest that periodically sprayed water onto a few different areas of his body. I think about that vest on hot days sometimes... I have a friend that was unable to sweat, so his house was always a bit chilly otherwise he might overheat and end up in the hospital (again). Turns out he had undiagnosed type I diabetes, and taking care of that took care of the sweating problem. 
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Aug 14, 2020 05:10
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canyoneer posted:I read a thing written by someone who used to be a costumed performer in Disneyland parades (like, inside a giant Pluto costume). He said on real hot days, they'd wear these icepack vests which was really nice at first. Then ten minutes in, it's all melted and and you're wearing a sloshy, warm water vest with a half hour to go. Furry costumers made superior phase‐change vests and the U.S. military is a customer. 
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Aug 14, 2020 05:26
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Seems like a very shallow dig for outdoor plumbing. I know around here anything not buried 1.5m down isn't expected to survive a reasonably cold winter.
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Aug 14, 2020 05:44
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Darchangel posted:This is true for anything that is brought up as an example of "they built it better back then. No, they built *those particular ones* better back then. Anyone who thinks they built it better back then needs to go read Kastein's house thread. Half the problems with his house were neglect, but only half, the other was original builder fuckups and stupidity.
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Aug 14, 2020 07:44
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I have a really old house and the only thing I have really strong faith in because of age is the fieldstone foundation. Those rocks are drat strong. As soon as wood and electric shows up it’s a poo poo show.
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Aug 14, 2020 10:45
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My Lovely Horse posted:Yeah but how badly. Not that bad tbh. I was working in some trees walked in to a pointy stick that stabbed me in the shin. It hurt, there was a bit of blood, but thats all. Anyway yes, I guess its like saying I've driven drunk 5005934 times and never gotten myself or anyone else killed so it must be good!
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Aug 14, 2020 11:08
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Darchangel posted:
I wear Blaklader shorts at work daily in the summer, they're quite good. I had one pair (for summer wear) last me the same amount of time as two pairs of Carhart pants that I would wear in the winter. The material also softens up, or seems to, faster than my Carhartt pants too. Which is good. Makes them bitches way more comfortable.
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Aug 14, 2020 11:14
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Slugworth posted:I knew a guy who had, I guess, no sweat glands? Or they didn't work? But he couldn't sweat. You knew Prince Andrew? Did he touch you?
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Aug 14, 2020 15:45
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Bees on Wheat posted:I have a friend that was unable to sweat, so his house was always a bit chilly otherwise he might overheat and end up in the hospital (again). Turns out he had undiagnosed type I diabetes, and taking care of that took care of the sweating problem. My BF is a well managed type 1, and he still has issues with both high and low temperatures; it's apparently one of those peculiar side effects. Kind of inconvenient with the 30C+ summers we've been having recently, Norwegian houses are by and large not designed to get rid of heat, and apartment buildings typically don't have AC. Ours certainly doesn't. (He does sweat normally, though.)
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Aug 14, 2020 22:48
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canyoneer posted:I read a thing written by someone who used to be a costumed performer in Disneyland parades (like, inside a giant Pluto costume). He said on real hot days, they'd wear these icepack vests which was really nice at first. Then ten minutes in, it's all melted and and you're wearing a sloshy, warm water vest with a half hour to go. I remember a documentary about how they filmed (I think) the original star wars movies. Between shootings a guy would walk around with a hose and blast cold air into peoples alien costumes.
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Aug 14, 2020 22:54
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When filming Return of the Jedi, Peter Mayhew was shadowed by crewmembers in brightly‐coloured clothes whenever the camera wasn’t rolling. The fear was that some idiot would mistake Chewbacca for Bigfoot take a shot at him.
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Aug 15, 2020 06:37
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Darchangel posted:Well, in the case of my house, you tunnel under from the side and route new plumbing out and around the foundation instead:  This is how it worked in my house. you have to cut through the foundation re-do it after the sewer lines and plumbing are installed.
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Aug 15, 2020 07:12
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FogHelmut posted:I'm having my concrete patio taken out, and the good news is there's another concrete patio under my concrete patio. Idiots. Everyone knows you need three layers to stop the guilt of what you did and what you buried from seeping through 
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Aug 15, 2020 13:15
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Platystemon posted:Furry costumers made superior phase‐change vests and the U.S. military is a customer. Get a load of that dog! No, the one in the middle. (Also this is honestly neat)
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Aug 15, 2020 14:06
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Powerful Two-Hander posted:Idiots. Everyone knows you need three layers to stop the guilt of what you did and what you buried from seeping through It's cool the underground patio is the exact size, shape, and placement of what I was going to replace the old patio with. It's odd though that they brought in 3-4 inches of dirt to raise the whole yard around the patio they put on top. If you zoom and enhance, you can see the columns for the patio cover are sitting on top of the 4x4 stumps from the old patio cover columns. They kept the original ledger board though. One of the problems was that the patio cover was too low and anyone over 6' would hit their heads on it. 
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Aug 15, 2020 17:45
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FogHelmut posted:It's cool the underground patio is the exact size, shape, and placement of what I was going to replace the old patio with. Could they have raised everything because of drainage issues? That photo looks like the water could potentially head toward the foundation.
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Aug 15, 2020 17:56
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Atticus_1354 posted:Could they have raised everything because of drainage issues? That photo looks like the water could potentially head toward the foundation. The patio is sloped away from the house at a quarter inch for per foot. Pretty sure they brought in all that extra dirt beyond the patio. Edit - lol the base of one of the columns is pea gravel 
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Aug 15, 2020 18:29
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I love that they have actual animal versions of those cooling vests and I love that furies are now our allies and productive and innovative members of our society.
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Baronjutter posted:I love that they have actual animal versions of those cooling vests and I love that furies are now our allies and productive and innovative members of our society. The productive, innovated furries were always there. They were just a young community who had to push through the three tests of social decency - get rid of cat piss man, get rid of fascists, get rid of sex creeps, before the rest could really shine.
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FogHelmut posted:It's cool the underground patio is the exact size, shape, and placement of what I was going to replace the old patio with. Could it have been that the dirt built up over time, people forgot the patio was there, and the next builder just cut off the old cover columns at the "ground"?
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HelleSpud posted:Could it have been that the dirt built up over time, people forgot the patio was there, and the next builder just cut off the old cover columns at the "ground"? Nah, the concrete was directly on top of the concrete. It was a clean pour.
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Aug 15, 2020 23:32
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Then I fear whatever (Bottomless Pit/Buried Spouse/Hell Portal) needed to be so sealed
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https://workway.jp/information/workday-sale-20200625/ Japan has construction clothes with little fans installed.
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Aug 16, 2020 00:26
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Noticed today that it looks like the contractors working on a rehab two doors down from me have taken a rope and tied the service drop from the utility pole servicing their house to the chimney/vent stack of my house. I think they did this to pull the line over so they could build a second floor addition.  I've already called the local utility, pending a response. How dangerous/stupid is this? Should I be worried that this may cause a fire? I'm planning on telling them to untie it when I see them working next if the utility does not come out or resolve. If they refuse I have roofers coming out later this week who I'll have remove it regardless.
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Aug 16, 2020 05:18
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What is up with that blue door on the porch roof of your house?
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Aug 16, 2020 09:38
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peanut posted:What is up with that blue door on the porch roof of your house? The door to nowhere. Previous owner. They half rear end started a lot of things, I think they were planning on a roof deck that never materialized.
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peanut posted:https://workway.jp/information/workday-sale-20200625/ I wonder how well that works? Separately, I love how Japanese webpage and catalog design seems to be permanently stuck in 1996.
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https://twitter.com/NatalieZed/stat...ingawful.com%2F
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Aug 16, 2020 16:03
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There nothing wrong with that hou... Ohhhhhhh
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Aug 16, 2020 16:29
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Thats probably not crappy construction. The jail would be a pretty dope sex dungeon, for orgies and poo poo. Or, more likely, a sex killer.
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Aug 16, 2020 16:38
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Or a generation home...
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Aug 16, 2020 17:09
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I hope that's just rust on the bunks.
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Aug 16, 2020 17:37
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I love that the description breathlessly refers to the nine person jail as "THE BEST PART" I can't imagine why this huge mansion (with a bigass built in jail that you're not allowed to take out because it's a historical building) could possibly be selling for as little as $350k 🤔
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Aug 16, 2020 18:35
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Renaissance Robot posted:I love that the description breathlessly refers to the nine person jail as "THE BEST PART" If I had $350k and lived in Missouri, I'd be all over it. Not sure what I'd do with the jail, but hey.
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Aug 16, 2020 19:03
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Warmachine posted:If I had $350k and lived in Missouri, I'd be all over it. Not sure what I'd do with the jail, but hey. Turn it into a secured data center?
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