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Facebook Aunt posted:
Looks like there's a curtain that pulls across the whole wall there, so I guess that's their solution to not being able to hang something on that empty curtain-wall when it's extended.
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Darchangel posted:That is an odd choice for the wall of one's sewing room. I was born in the early 60s. That is the decor of my youth.
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May 10, 2017 01:08
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:I was born in the early 60s. That is the decor of my youth. sup harvest-gold/avocado appliance bud
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May 10, 2017 03:28
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My mother found out to her dismay that not only did the workman installing her new stove into her granite countertop not bother to actually probably latch the fucker in, he compounded the mistake by glueing it into the countertop with liquid nails. at ever fixing that without some wicked solvents.
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May 10, 2017 05:24
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Well, the recommended procedure is heating it up to 140°F and coating it in petroleum jelly or mineral spirits for anywhere from a few hours to a few days. So not THAT wicked, just time consuming. Fortunately, being a stove, you have a convenient heat source! And mineral spirits are pretty benign. But also flammable I think? Or am I thinking of mineral oil. Either way, exercise caution. But really, an oscillating tool works wonders removing that crap from hard surfaces like granite, provided it's in a place you don't mind scratching up a bit.
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May 10, 2017 06:19
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so i just went and checked something on a hunch... apparently the home inspector, when noting the GFCI outlets in the bathroom and kitchen with the GFCI Protected stickers on them (they're just normal outlets), failed to notice the panel does not contain any GFCI breakers
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May 10, 2017 09:46
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SoundMonkey posted:so i just went and checked something on a hunch... apparently the home inspector, when noting the GFCI outlets in the bathroom and kitchen with the GFCI Protected stickers on them (they're just normal outlets), failed to notice the panel does not contain any GFCI breakers The domestic electrical equivalent of those 'magic stickers' that improve the sound quality from you $10000 stereo. Nobody has died therefore you cannot prove that it doesn't work and 'testing' it cheating.
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May 10, 2017 10:53
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:I was born in the early 60s. That is the decor of my youth. Welp this explains my mother's design concepts
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May 10, 2017 11:01
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A White Guy posted:My mother found out to her dismay that not only did the workman installing her new stove into her granite countertop not bother to actually probably latch the fucker in, he compounded the mistake by glueing it into the countertop with liquid nails.
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May 10, 2017 11:29
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Suspect Bucket posted:QUICKLY, TO THE CRAFT ARMORY Singer makes more than sewing machines, you know.
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May 10, 2017 12:54
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~Coxy posted:Singer makes more than sewing machines, you know. Oh yes. I'd like a Singer .45 and an IBM M-1 Garand to go shoot guys wearing Hugo Boss.
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May 10, 2017 13:57
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Facebook Aunt posted:
Look at this sheltered weirdo who doesn't know about arabesque window oblongs haha what a goon
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May 10, 2017 15:15
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Suspect Bucket posted:Oh yes. I'd like a Singer .45 and an IBM M-1 Garand to go shoot guys wearing Hugo Boss. My International Business Machine
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May 10, 2017 15:22
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It's the bullet exchange market.
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May 10, 2017 15:26
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Neutrino posted:Do you think my house looks like funny? Funny how? Is it funny like a clown? Does it amuse you? How the gently caress is it funny?
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May 10, 2017 15:39
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SoundMonkey posted:so i just went and checked something on a hunch... apparently the home inspector, when noting the GFCI outlets in the bathroom and kitchen with the GFCI Protected stickers on them (they're just normal outlets), failed to notice the panel does not contain any GFCI breakers To clarify, there are no GFCI outlets anywhere in the house? Because those stickers can be used for outlets downstream of a GFCI outlet, not just ones on a GFCI breaker.
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May 10, 2017 15:45
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Every inspector I've ever seen will just put his outlet tester in and hit the GFCI test button, rather than trust labeling or even the immediate presence of a GFCI outlet.
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May 10, 2017 16:15
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:I was born in the early 60s. That is the decor of my youth. Same. That 70's interior explosion house triggered an acid flashback when I went to the Rorer's (rich kids, twins) house party trippin on some intense 70's blotter. Paislies & swirlies everywhere in a fake castle setting, and they had a Lazy Boy with a speaker practically inside it. Listening to 2112 cranked loud helped me get my poo poo together.
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May 10, 2017 17:05
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I've also seen the GFCI Protected stickers applied to GFCI outlets, but in that case I think it was that thing where you wire them weird to get a pseudo ground out of it. The place was a flip that the buyer was renting out, so I think the flipper had just done the math and found that replacing every single outlet in the entire house with a GFCI was somehow cheaper than just rewiring.
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May 10, 2017 17:13
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Progressive JPEG posted:The place was a flip that the buyer was renting out, so I think the flipper had just done the math and found that replacing every single outlet in the entire house with a GFCI was somehow cheaper than just rewiring. God yes. I mean if you have to tear open walls and poo poo to re-wire? Yes. It takes ten minutes to swap out a regular outlet with a GFCI one and you can buy contractor 10-packs of GFCI outlets for $78 so that's $7.80 per outlet. https://www.amazon.com/Gfi-Gfci-Outlet-Pack-White/dp/B003SS5MH2
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May 10, 2017 17:25
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Leperflesh posted:God yes. I mean if you have to tear open walls and poo poo to re-wire? Yes. It takes ten minutes to swap out a regular outlet with a GFCI one and you can buy contractor 10-packs of GFCI outlets for $78 so that's $7.80 per outlet. To put it in perspective, you couldn't even try to fish a new wire for less than $100, so that becomes a hell of a steal.
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May 10, 2017 20:07
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Slugworth posted:To clarify, there are no GFCI outlets anywhere in the house? Because those stickers can be used for outlets downstream of a GFCI outlet, not just ones on a GFCI breaker. this is sadly not the case when tested edit: called the home inspector to ask and now he's not sure if he tested THAT EXACT ONE and "maybe it was behind a towel" and whatnot, he's coming back to test it himself this afternoon edit2: which is good since i don't actually have a GFCI outlet tester, but killing the GFCI outlet with the test button left the other one live as heck SoundMonkey fucked around with this message at 21:26 on May 10, 2017 |
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May 10, 2017 20:20
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PainterofCrap posted:sup harvest-gold/avocado appliance bud Yup, we had a Harvest Gold stove and fridge when I grew up. My mom was so disappointed when she couldn't find a replacement stove in that color when it was time to remodel ... like, five years ago. That thing lasted a long time. We still have the fridge in the basement for extra space when it's time for Christmas or wedding cookies. ("Oh, not too many this year. Only about 120 dozen.")
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May 10, 2017 22:39
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SoundMonkey posted:edit2: which is good since i don't actually have a GFCI outlet tester Come now everyone has a metal clothes hanger, old power cable, or a paperclip.
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May 10, 2017 23:10
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tetrapyloctomy posted:Yup, we had a Harvest Gold stove and fridge when I grew up. My mom was so disappointed when she couldn't find a replacement stove in that color when it was time to remodel ... like, five years ago. That thing lasted a long time. We still have the fridge in the basement for extra space when it's time for Christmas or wedding cookies. ("Oh, not too many this year. Only about 120 dozen.") Lots of power companies have buyback deals for old fridges. Those old style ones suck up a hell of a lot of power, something like four times as much. I remember one deal a few years ago where if you brought in your old working fridge, the power company would just give you a brand new 10 cu ft EnergyStar fridge, or $250 towards a new larger one. Pitty, all the deals now seem to cap off at $50, but hey, free haul-away.
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May 10, 2017 23:38
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Progressive JPEG posted:I've also seen the GFCI Protected stickers applied to GFCI outlets, but in that case I think it was that thing where you wire them weird to get a pseudo ground out of it. That would be the incorrect sticker. "GFCI Protected Outlet" goes on outlets downstream of a GFCI outlet or breaker. An ungrounded GFCI outlet is supposed to be labeled as "No Equipment Ground". Yeah, I know this almost never happens the right way.
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May 11, 2017 00:36
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mycomancy posted:My wife and I bought our first house in February, a split level five bedroom built in 1977. I've been replacing outlets older than I am that have left the wiring burned and charred, to illustrate what we've gotten ourselves into. Well, I got around to checking this light with my multimeter. It's live.  How has this place not burned down?!
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May 11, 2017 02:13
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mycomancy posted:Well, I got around to checking this light with my multimeter. After fixing all manner of nonsense in my house that some idiot wired wrong, I have come to the conclusion that it is quite hard to have the power working and also burn down the house. There was one 4-way switch that was wired in a way that if other switches were in a particular position, it would turn on one light and turn off the other, and when flipped the other would go on and the first one would be off. I have a degree in electrical engineering and I haven't worked out exactly how that was so.
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May 11, 2017 02:23
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Motronic posted:That would be the incorrect sticker. "GFCI Protected Outlet" goes on outlets downstream of a GFCI outlet or breaker. An ungrounded GFCI outlet is supposed to be labeled as "No Equipment Ground". Aha ok. Yeah in the house we now live in and own, I used "GFCI Protected" stickers for some outlets in the kitchen that I'd put in series with/protected by an upstream GFCI receptacle. So the ones I've got now are correct at least.
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May 11, 2017 02:36
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Bozart posted:After fixing all manner of nonsense in my house that some idiot wired wrong, I have come to the conclusion that it is quite hard to have the power working and also burn down the house. The only real electrical error I've seen here, aside from the afore-hinted lack of GFI protection in bathrooms/kitchen, was one outlet where the neutral/hot were backwards. Apparently many devices are fine with this arrangement! Regardless I feel like I got off pretty well, given that around here it's pretty rare for people to pull permits for anything.
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May 11, 2017 02:39
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Suspect Bucket posted:Lots of power companies have buyback deals for old fridges. Those old style ones suck up a hell of a lot of power, something like four times as much. I remember one deal a few years ago where if you brought in your old working fridge, the power company would just give you a brand new 10 cu ft EnergyStar fridge, or $250 towards a new larger one. Pitty, all the deals now seem to cap off at $50, but hey, free haul-away. I'm pretty sure if someone tried to haul away the Harvest Gold refrigerator, despite being 67 years old and all of 4'8" the results of her attack would forever haunt Clive Barker.
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May 11, 2017 02:47
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Bozart posted:After fixing all manner of nonsense in my house that some idiot wired wrong, I have come to the conclusion that it is quite hard to have the power working and also burn down the house. Sounds like they inadvertently created a logic gate circuit lol
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May 11, 2017 02:52
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update: the inspector came by on his way to somewhere else, his tester failed to trip the 'protected' outlet. "woah, there must have been towels in front of that one or something" the towel rack is four feet away on the other side of the door.
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May 11, 2017 02:53
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ElCondemn posted:Sounds like they inadvertently created a logic gate circuit lol That's impressively stupid if so.
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tetrapyloctomy posted:I'm pretty sure if someone tried to haul away the Harvest Gold refrigerator, despite being 67 years old and all of 4'8" the results of her attack would forever haunt Clive Barker.  Look, it's even got your mom's fridge on the can! DOOOO IIIITTTT
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May 11, 2017 03:00
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mycomancy posted:That's impressively stupid if so. It's not that hard, a properly working 3-way switch pair is XOR
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May 11, 2017 03:14
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mycomancy posted:That's impressively stupid if so. But kind of awesome. It's like some kind of Minecraft fortress with redstone wiring, but in real life.
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SoundMonkey posted:update: the inspector came by on his way to somewhere else, his tester failed to trip the 'protected' outlet. On the one hand, that's not a big deal to fix. On the other hand you're paying them to catch that sort of thing...
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tetrapyloctomy posted:I'm pretty sure if someone tried to haul away the Harvest Gold refrigerator, despite being 67 years old and all of 4'8" the results of her attack would forever haunt Clive Barker. I think your mom has the same kitchen design as my house, which oddly enough used to be owned by my mom and stepdad. Apparently my stepdad actually had the dishwasher custom painted harvest gold to match the fridge\stove\counters\etc. The fridge is tiny and has freezer door inside the fridge, so good luck defrosting the freezer. Ended up replacing the dishwasher with a Bosch one, cause there was no way in he'll I was going to fix the old one. Can't wait till we remodel the main floor of the house\bring in natural gas so we can get a not horrible stove and a modern fridge. Suspect Bucket posted:Oh yes. I'd like a Singer .45 and an IBM M-1 Garand to go shoot guys wearing Hugo Boss. I got to shoot my uncle's BAR(along with all the other insane guns you can own in arizona) that was built by the British typewriter company.
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slurry_curry posted:I got to shoot my uncle's BAR(along with all the other insane guns you can own in arizona) that was built by the British typewriter company. Hermann loving Göring posted:In 1940 I could at least fly as far as Glasgow in most of my aircraft, but not now! It makes me furious when I see the Mosquito. I turn green and yellow with envy. The British, who can afford aluminium better than we can, knock together a beautiful wooden aircraft that every piano factory over there is building, and they give it a speed which they have now increased yet again. What do you make of that? There is nothing the British do not have. They have the geniuses and we have the nincompoops. After the war is over I’m going to buy a British radio set—then at least I’ll own something that has always worked.
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