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groverlasers can't melt plastic siding oh gently caress
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Jan 8, 2017 07:03
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Third World Reggin posted:Grover was going to be demodded from GIP but since GIP kept complaining about him they decided to keep grover as mod for longer just to prove a point. I thought he was demodded when it came out that he was never actually in the military
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Jan 8, 2017 08:25
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Wasn't his argument that he was basically a colonel due to his pay grade, or some poo poo like that?
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Jan 8, 2017 09:01
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eschaton posted:Wasn't his argument that he was basically a colonel due to his pay grade, or some poo poo like that? Yep. Civilian GS level
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Jan 8, 2017 09:35
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Krowley posted:Are you wearing a garbage bag on top of it all? Underneath it all, too.
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Jan 8, 2017 10:06
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bitcoin bastard posted:Hey you try storing a prototype F-35 laser generator under your staircase some time and then tell me your stairs don't need insulation. i've seen lots of groverhaus picutres but never this one. i guess he's repairing the damage from the melted vinyl picture
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Jan 8, 2017 10:07
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Jose posted:i've seen lots of groverhaus picutres but never this one. i guess he's repairing the damage from the melted vinyl picture I might be misremembering, but his grill was too close to the wall, and it, indeed melted.
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Jan 8, 2017 10:52
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Paladinus posted:I might be misremembering, but his grill was too close to the wall, and it, indeed melted. That's right. It's quality, all the way down.
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Jan 8, 2017 11:14
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It's been ages since I've seen the wall of electric sockets, does anybody have it?
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Jan 8, 2017 12:06
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Paladinus posted:I might be misremembering, but his grill was too close to the wall, and it, indeed melted. wow, your avatar is developing a narrative
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Jan 8, 2017 16:17
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I scar from the current running saga of the forums most likely.
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Jan 8, 2017 16:20
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Jan 8, 2017 17:00
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oldpainless posted:What was the point? Gip provided a long list of reasons why he shouldn't be a mod. It was thought out and agreeded upon by the forum. But the powers that be during that time didn't want the people in the forum to run the forum or be able to walk over admins / mods, so he stayed as a mod with no power.
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Jan 8, 2017 17:09
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MissEchelon posted:That's right. It's quality, all the way down. Where is the origin of "All the way down"? I want to say original bitcoin thread, but that's a grasp in the dark.
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Jan 8, 2017 17:14
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To be fair, it might be non SA and I'm conflating things!
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Jan 8, 2017 17:15
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kru posted:Where is the origin of "All the way down"? I want to say original bitcoin thread, but that's a grasp in the dark. Turtles being all the way down maybe?
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Jan 8, 2017 17:19
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why did he post so many pictures of his house in the first place
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Jan 8, 2017 17:22
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Speaking of fakers in GiP, wasn't there a guy who faked being in the US special forces for a while, then it came out that he wasn't American and was never in the military?
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Jan 8, 2017 17:23
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Rough Lobster posted:Speaking of fakers in GiP, wasn't there a guy who faked being in the US special forces for a while, then it came out that he wasn't American and was never in the military? IDR, I think. Also mocked transexuals while in fact, being very into them, and creating dating accounts seeking them out.
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Jan 8, 2017 17:27
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a goon made a thread about working security to protect boats from pirates who was ex-special forces and he called the goon a liar lol he put in an absolute massive amount of effort to convince people
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Jan 8, 2017 17:28
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Jose posted:a goon made a thread about working security to protect boats from pirates who was ex-special forces and he called the goon a liar lol I remember that! It was a pretty good read, that mercenary pirate defense thread. He also had to explain a few times that he said he was the cook on the ship as a joke because GiP are full of humorless assholes. Wasn't that in A/T first?
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Jan 8, 2017 17:31
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kru posted:Where is the origin of "All the way down"? I want to say original bitcoin thread, but that's a grasp in the dark. As I heard it, some famous astronomer/scientist giving a lecture about the cosmos and afterward a goofy old lady saying it was nonsense and everybody knows the world is flat and sits on the back of a giant turtle. The guy says, what does the turtle stand on and the goofy lady says, your're very clever young man, but it's turtles all the way down. e: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles_all_the_way_down dee eight has a new favorite as of 19:31 on Jan 8, 2017 |
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Jan 8, 2017 19:22
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Gumbel2Gumbel posted:IDR, I think. Also mocked transexuals while in fact, being very into them, and creating dating accounts seeking them out. I swear this was a US senator or congressman or something, but it's also likely it's not just one person.
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Jan 8, 2017 20:42
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dee eight posted:As I heard it, some famous astronomer/scientist giving a lecture about the cosmos and afterward a goofy old lady saying it was nonsense and everybody knows the world is flat and sits on the back of a giant turtle. The guy says, what does the turtle stand on and the goofy lady says, your're very clever young man, but it's turtles all the way down. It might have propagated into general consciousness through Terry Pratchett as well, courtesy of the Discworld floating on the back of four elephants standing on a giant turtle. IIRC there's even a couple of "turtles all the way down" lines scattered through the books.
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Jan 8, 2017 21:40
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TheKennedys posted:It might have propagated into general consciousness through Terry Pratchett as well, courtesy of the Discworld floating on the back of four elephants standing on a giant turtle. IIRC there's even a couple of "turtles all the way down" lines scattered through the books. the earth riding on a turtles back significantly predates Terry Pratchett. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Turtle
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Syrian Lannister posted:Yep. Civilian GS level Not even. He was a contractor. E: he was a contractor and had never been a civil servant or in the military and he'd say poo poo like 'im pretty much in the army' or that he was a colonel equivalent and he'd ban anybody who even winked at calling him out on any of this or his severely underqualified analysis of any number of military topics theres a will theres moe has a new favorite as of 22:02 on Jan 8, 2017 |
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Jan 8, 2017 21:58
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It just occured to me that you could think of Grover's military expertise as approximately equivalent to his construction expertise. He was equally confident and self-righteous about both as well.
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Jan 8, 2017 22:11
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steinrokkan posted:It's been ages since I've seen the wall of electric sockets, does anybody have it?  http://imgur.com/gallery/tI8ys grover posted:Well, that does it. Fire marshal came down and shouted, actually shouted at me because my awful, horrible desire to have outlets actually be conveniently placed, (that is, if I want to plug something in, I can do it no matter where in the house I'm standing, sitting, or working on a ladder) was "immediately endangering the lives" of my family - his words. So, he ordered us to do some rewiring. I slipped 2000mg of Aminorex into Old Wifey's breakfast-for-dinner, so she's out in the secondary TV room maniacally delving into the insulation and tearing out big bundles of wiring. I'm just taking a beer break and updating the thread, which I guess I shouldn't be doing, since current's still flowing in the wiring she's not supposed to remove. In some rooms, though, we're just gonna stuff in another layer of insulation and put the 'correct' wiring in over the top grover posted:Failed ANOTHER inspection - Different fire marshal - SAME wiring. Call me paranoid but I can't imagine that two completely different fire marshals, from competely different government bodies (the city and the state police), would just randomly come to the same conclusion about such a clever wiring setup. I pointed out that Id already purchased and installed over 180 outlets over the course of the project, so I probably knew what I was doing by now. And anyway, I could have every outlet-capable thing I own plugged in, on, and running, and it wouldn't even take up a quarter of them. Meanwhile, the Ol Wifenheimer, fuzzed out of her mind on black bombers and kratom, skittered by like a trembling woodcutter ant with several dozen sheets of plywood hoisted above her quietly jabbering head. I told the Marshal how much I wanted them but he shook his head sadly and said, "Grover, you need to choose a few outlets, and you need to take the rest away. You can't have them all, it's dangerous, you could burn your house down and you don't want to die in a terrible fire? Do you? That's why we need you to take the wires out, Grover, so you don't hurt yourself and your family." I swore up and down that I'd do the work, and not just try to fool him with a new fake-wiring setup like I did the other guy, but now that he's walked out the door - I kind of feel like just leaving it, and then start dodging inspections until after I get licensed up myself vv Sagebrush posted:Some of the problems I remember off the top of my head -- he laid out the foundations with one of those stretchy tapes used for soccer fields so everything was offsquare, he didn't properly compact the earth around his sewer pipe so it floated up to the surface and exploded, he set fire to the vinyl siding by barbecuing right up against the wall of the house, parts of the ceiling weren't actually connected to the building by anything other than hurricane straps, the thermostat was in direct sun beside a south-facing window and also halfway up a staircase. It's a never-ending chain of wonderful schadenfreude but I'm still a little wary about how much you're allowed to post. Amykinz posted:The part that keeps coming up when I google search is how he claims that it's "illegal" to secure non load bearing walls to the floor or ceiling with anything more than a slipjoint because then it can inadvertently carry some of the weight of the house and "become load bearing".
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Jan 9, 2017 00:41
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I know nothing about wiring, so I'm intrigued why having a ton of sockets is an issue? Like, if there was a ridiculous amount of load on the circuit at once I can see that being a problem, but if the wiring is properly grounded and safe (no guarantee in groverhaus of course), is a bunch of unused sockets a genuinely dangerous thing or not?
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Jan 9, 2017 01:31
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EL BROMANCE posted:I know nothing about wiring, so I'm intrigued why having a ton of sockets is an issue? Like, if there was a ridiculous amount of load on the circuit at once I can see that being a problem, but if the wiring is properly grounded and safe (no guarantee in groverhaus of course), is a bunch of unused sockets a genuinely dangerous thing or not? More wire draws more power, just by existing, which means you will have some wires drawing more power than they safely can.
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Jan 9, 2017 01:39
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That makes sense. I hate using gang cables but have always had to because there's never been enough outlets and get worried about overload. Here it's not as much of a concern because there's a good socket count and most of the gangs are there for the absolutely necessary surge protection.
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EL BROMANCE posted:That makes sense. I hate using gang cables but have always had to because there's never been enough outlets and get worried about overload. Here it's not as much of a concern because there's a good socket count and most of the gangs are there for the absolutely necessary surge protection. Even those can get you in trouble, if you use too many of them per outlet. I remember one job I had where I had to frantically unplug things in the C-level offices because the fire marshall was on his way to do an inspection, and they had enough power strips to get us written up.
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In my mind I'm imagining the scene in National Lampoons Christmas Vacation. Im at my safest I've ever been right now, luckily. The only problem I ever had was years ago when I knocked a plug that had dodgy wiring unbeknownst to me (back from the days when U.K. electrical items would arrive bare wired and someone would have to attach the plugs themselves, to mixed results) and caused a Big Bang. Hopefully that's the last time. We get so many power cuts and surges here, I'll have a 2 outlet protection Gang on anything worth more than $50. Even the sofas.
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Jan 9, 2017 01:50
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Just surge protectors are pretty safe, it's when you try to max out an outlet like the scene you referenced. Or daisy chain them
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Jan 9, 2017 02:01
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Yeah don't ever daisy chain power strips. Even if they're all surge protectors.
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Jan 9, 2017 02:59
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I've had to daisy chain UPS at work before. I always mention that daisy chaining is dumb and bad but end up having to do it anyway.
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Jan 9, 2017 05:48
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EL BROMANCE posted:I know nothing about wiring, so I'm intrigued why having a ton of sockets is an issue? Like, if there was a ridiculous amount of load on the circuit at once I can see that being a problem, but if the wiring is properly grounded and safe (no guarantee in groverhaus of course), is a bunch of unused sockets a genuinely dangerous thing or not? There's nothing wrong with a ton of outlets if they're circuited properly. Inspectors don't know what you will end up doing with a branch of receptacles, so if you have 20 of them on a 15 amp circuit, they'll tell you to get your poo poo right. A 15 amp circuit should only have around 8 receptacles on it. You can technically put as many as you want on a circuit, but a competent electrical contractor (why was grover able to pull electrical permits and schedule inspections btw?) and inspector will keep you from doing such a silly thing.
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Jan 9, 2017 06:21
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Having too many outlets on a circuit encourages people to plug in too many things at once. Plugging too many things in at once ends up causing lots of overcurrent circuit breaker trips. Lots of circuit breaker trips encourages people to replace the circuit breaker with a bigger one. Having a breaker that's higher-capacity than the wiring burns your house down. Technically the "problem" is fixing the trips by installing a bigger circuit breaker, but you really don't want people to start down that road in the first place.
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