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yeah give it a bit and that whole wall will be green, it’s like living in a chia pet!
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Better than the usual mushrooms.
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Platystemon posted:Found the original. The only reason that addition haven't fallen down is because of the whole house leaning backwards, right? Spreading some of the load to the back wall instead of the wood bracings.
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MrYenko posted:Thread pays off hard the whole way through. This one was my favorite though: Sassy Mouth Photography, whose motto seems it should be 'We won't second-guess any of your horrible decisions!' Lead out in cuffs posted:Yeah based on further in the thread it sounds like it was in fact a sex castle - "massage" rooms everywhere, showers designed for large groups of people, etc. The "modelling" business he tried to start was hiring out models by the hour to satisfy customers' "desire, intrigue and lust". That certainly adds even more layers to the story, especially given how apparently the owner ended up moving in with his pregnant mistress after his divorce.
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House needs lots of air conditioners, whatta ya gonna do?
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This is what I’m gonna do.
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Platystemon posted:This is what I’m gonna do. Oh, I like that. If you're gonna say "gently caress it," go all the way.
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Platystemon posted:
I'm pretty sure that's not actually growing out of the baseboard. That looks like the seed husk on the bottom of that sprout. I think that's just some seedling someone set on their baseboard or, being generous, somehow managed to find enough moisture to germinate while sitting there.
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Jan 17, 2022 17:20
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It’s breaking the paint, and OP claims it sprang up overnight.
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I'll take your word for it, I'm still not seeing it.
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That is not how you grow weed inside.
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Per the reddit comments it is ivy, which seems plausible as far as pla ts invading your walls go.
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Scarodactyl posted:Per the reddit comments it is ivy, which seems plausible as far as pla ts invading your walls go. Oh, added value, they can cultivate it and resell as a stately home now.
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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:
My first reaction to that tub is "Why no grab bar?" Because that thing looks really dangerous to get out of.
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Dunno-Lars posted:The only reason that addition haven't fallen down is because of the whole house leaning backwards, right? Spreading some of the load to the back wall instead of the wood bracings. Looks to me like there is no lean - it is just a wonky camera angle.
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Platystemon posted:This is what I’m gonna do. Memories of doing vampire taps on a network. But that was low voltage at least.
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Platystemon posted:This is what I’m gonna do. That even looks like it was really hard to do.
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hypothetical question - at what radon levels should you suspect that the structure was just straight up built ontop of a radioactive dump? just curious
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KoRMaK posted:hypothetical question - at what radon levels should you suspect that the structure was just straight up built ontop of a radioactive dump? Well in Ramsar, Iran, air can reach four thousand becquerels per cubic metre in some structures, and that’s all natural. For comparison, the World Health Organization recommends action above one hundred becquerels per cubic metre.
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Platystemon posted:Well in Ramsar, Iran, air can reach four thousand becquerels per cubic metre in some structures, and that’s all natural. That's, uh, concerning. So I guess there are natural uranium deposits?
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Today in “nightmares you thought you had successfully suppressed”…    “Welp, I almost fell into a sinkhole under my porch. I caught myself on the edge of the hole, from my chest down was just dangling beneath me. Below the opening the hole is about 10’ wide and 15’ deep. Fun fact I watched the movie Journey to the Center of the Earth yesterday.”
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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:Mystery Switch update: my dad texted me that he has consulted with the electrical engineer neighbor and there is a 50% chance he can fix it by doing something with the outlet, I'm not sure what. To my knowledge, he never actually took off the outlet plate so I think it depends on what he finds. He's going to come over some time next week and check it out. I'll make him draw a diagram. Hey, the mystery switch is fixed! Whatever it was, my dad was able to fix. I can now turn on both my porch light and indoor lamp at the same time. Here's the diagram of the outlet, I wasn't around to hear the explanation so that will have to suffice.  The only mystery remaining is, "Why would they do that?" but some things must remain unknown.
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Blue Footed Booby posted:That's, uh, concerning. So I guess there are natural uranium deposits? Yes. All over the place. Many houses in my area of eastern PA need radon mitigation.
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IIRC scientists are kinda stumped by Ramsar because there isn't a statistically significant change in the cancer rate.
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It’s because the linear, no‐threshold (LNT) model of the danger posed by ionizing radiation is wrong. Everyone knows this. The problem is that there are no acceptable alternative models.
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Blue Footed Booby posted:That's, uh, concerning. So I guess there are natural uranium deposits? I mean, where do you think uranium comes from.  Around here, most houses with a radon problem are built over granite or alum shale, both of which can contain trace amounts of uranium. (It doesn't take a lot to produce worrying amounts of radon.) Those traces are not commercially viable, though I know Sweden extracted uranium from their shale deposits right over the border in the 60s as a proof of concept for self-sufficiency. And because buying it internationally would stop them from using it in their nuclear weapons program. (Sweden never built a nuke, but they had the dual-use reactors, materials, local uranium production, knowledge, and the bomber to carry one, in case the Soviets got too worrisome. They eventually canceled the plans and handed the spiciest metals over to the IAEA.) Computer viking fucked around with this message at 15:58 on Jan 18, 2022 |
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Tired: Tube Alloys Wired: Spicy Metals
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Computer viking posted:
Read that as IKEA at first
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Blue Footed Booby posted:That's, uh, concerning. So I guess there are natural uranium deposits? Fun fact: there's a natural nuclear reactor. Or at least, there was; evidently, about two billion years ago it ran too low on U235 to sustain chain reactions. We're unlikely to find another such natural reactor, because the overall abundance of U235 is gradually dropping over time due to radioactive decay.
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Cyrano4747 posted:Read that as IKEA at first Same Disappointed that I can’t buy a flat-pack nuclear-powered lamp now.
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Blue Footed Booby posted:That's, uh, concerning. So I guess there are natural uranium deposits? If you happen to be in a cave and find a screwdriver wedged between two warm rocks, don't pull it out.
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Computer viking posted:I mean, where do you think uranium comes from. I know where uranium and radon come from, was just wondering whether they're on, like, a commercially viable uranium deposit. Because googling for how high levels can get, I found this: quote:In 2014, the highest radon level ever recorded in the U.S. was found in a home in Lehigh County. The concentration measured was 3,715 pCi/L, more than 900 times EPA's action level of 4 pCi/L. Edit: Effective-Disorder posted:If you happen to be in a cave and find a screwdriver wedged between two warm rocks, don't pull it out. You're not my real dad.
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This Old House chat I can't find the referenced article about the Weatherbee Farm (Season 9), but I do remember reading it, and they got way in over their heads and had to fake a lot of stuff for the reveal at the end then go back and fix it later. The later seasons they stopped trying to finish the project in the 13-18 week run of episodes and instead started doing the work well in advance of the air dates. Season 10 is also where they bring in the Silvas for the first time rather than Norm being the defacto GC. You do get a bunch of free stuff, but still have to pay the taxes on it quote:Built in 1887, the house was an eyesore with chipping paint and a rotting wood frame when the Bentleys bought it in March 1996. They planned to spend about $200,000 in renovations. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jan-25-mn-11906-story.html
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I remember the one (this would have been in the 80s) where the homeowners gradually disappeared from the show over episodes because they were on such bad terms with the TOC crew. To help identify it, the husband had bought some sort of electric multi-purpose tool and was going to make billions of balusters for the front porch. He got disgusted and quit after <10.
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Qwijib0 posted:Dennis Duffy got $110,000 in free products when his Napa, Calif., kitchen was renovated on the show in 1994. But he also spent about $55,000 more than his $110,000 budget
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Is... that what I think it is? And if so, why go to all that trouble for just a couple liters? They could at least daisy chain several kettles in a row 
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Is the kettle plugged into a temperature switch? I'm kinda impressed
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