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Post #96,300

by kmself

4/12/03 11:12:15 PM

Old stuff lasts longer...

...because the old stuff that didn't last longer has already fallen down. The stuff that's still around is definitionally the better stuff. They made cheap shit back then too. Tarpaper, clapboard, and tin huts don't have much staying power.

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Though I'd have to agree that a lot of modern construction is cheap and shoddy, possibly a higher proportion of mid-market stuff to boot. I actually worked a construction crew for a few months in 1987, doing "California framing" (one nail per side in stud blocking), and "persuading" walls straight. It was an education.

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Doing my part for the economy - (cwbrenn) - (50) - April 11, 2003, 01:58:45 PM EDT

*cheer* -NT - (imric) - April 11, 2003, 02:02:04 PM EDT

14 rooms, lets all go to Albany for vacation! luck -NT - (boxley) - (15) - April 11, 2003, 03:02:13 PM EDT

Half are closets ;-) - (jbrabeck) - (14) - April 11, 2003, 03:51:01 PM EDT

hehe. - (cwbrenn) - (10) - April 11, 2003, 05:12:34 PM EDT

Sounds like a dream frat-house, actually. - (static) - (9) - April 12, 2003, 02:06:33 AM EDT

Oh, I have a "virtual tour" :) - (cwbrenn) - (8) - April 12, 2003, 12:06:16 PM EDT

Re: Oh, I have a "virtual tour" :) - (rcareaga) - (3) - April 12, 2003, 12:26:21 PM EDT

Not impertinent - (cwbrenn) - (2) - April 12, 2003, 12:45:35 PM EDT

new things to learn, zone valves stair avoidance, looks good -NT - (boxley) - April 12, 2003, 02:01:21 PM EDT

"Possessions will fit any available space"? :-) -NT - (static) - April 14, 2003, 08:26:37 AM EDT

Nice tour! - (a6l6e6x) - April 13, 2003, 12:36:07 AM EDT

Hey, not bad. - (static) - April 14, 2003, 08:39:07 AM EDT

Chris... - (folkert) - (1) - April 14, 2003, 08:58:17 AM EDT

There will be cleaning up :) - (cwbrenn) - April 14, 2003, 03:13:34 PM EDT

Don't be stupid - (tuberculosis) - (2) - April 12, 2003, 02:56:28 PM EDT

recovering old house victim? - (rcareaga) - (1) - April 12, 2003, 08:44:47 PM EDT

Old stuff lasts longer... - (kmself) - April 12, 2003, 11:12:15 PM EDT

Wow, envy! - (deSitter) - (3) - April 11, 2003, 03:07:38 PM EDT

Err...Ross... - (jb4) - (2) - April 11, 2003, 05:25:55 PM EDT

Haven't seen Spinal Tap Yet :/ - (deSitter) - (1) - April 11, 2003, 11:24:23 PM EDT

It's a LPRDism too. No excuses. ;-) -NT - (Another Scott) - April 12, 2003, 09:21:23 AM EDT

A friend used to call that inserting a needle attached to... - (a6l6e6x) - (28) - April 11, 2003, 08:27:07 PM EDT

House already inspected - (cwbrenn) - (27) - April 11, 2003, 10:26:22 PM EDT

Good to know - (Silverlock) - April 11, 2003, 10:49:29 PM EDT

Very good! Good luck with it! -NT - (a6l6e6x) - April 11, 2003, 10:52:31 PM EDT

Re: House already inspected - (deSitter) - (3) - April 11, 2003, 11:28:55 PM EDT

we'll have plenty of room to put you up :) - (cwbrenn) - (2) - April 12, 2003, 12:24:04 PM EDT

I'll be in Albany June 20something - (Steve Lowe) - (1) - April 12, 2003, 07:03:47 PM EDT

That'd be cool. - (cwbrenn) - April 12, 2003, 11:08:59 PM EDT

This seems like perhaps the best place to put these... - (CRConrad) - (20) - April 12, 2003, 07:03:36 PM EDT

various replies - (cwbrenn) - (19) - April 12, 2003, 11:05:38 PM EDT

air wrench - (boxley) - (17) - April 12, 2003, 11:52:18 PM EDT

Especially since, at 25 below zero... - (CRConrad) - (16) - April 13, 2003, 08:54:54 AM EDT

How exactly do you check them? - (cwbrenn) - (15) - April 13, 2003, 10:35:02 AM EDT

There's a little valve usually near the top - (jake123) - April 13, 2003, 11:25:08 AM EDT

If there IS any air in there in the first place... - (CRConrad) - (13) - April 14, 2003, 05:27:47 AM EDT

Thanks to both! - (cwbrenn) - (12) - April 14, 2003, 03:12:25 PM EDT

pipes wont freeze if they are running - (boxley) - (11) - April 14, 2003, 07:01:58 PM EDT

Good reminder, Box - (Ashton) - April 14, 2003, 08:47:50 PM EDT

Also, hot water lines freeze first. - (Another Scott) - (6) - April 14, 2003, 09:18:16 PM EDT

cheap science experiment - (boxley) - (1) - April 14, 2003, 10:38:32 PM EDT

It's different in pipes apparently. - (Another Scott) - April 14, 2003, 11:10:40 PM EDT

Umm a typo, I think - (Ashton) - (3) - April 14, 2003, 11:12:20 PM EDT

Yabut. - (Another Scott) - (1) - April 14, 2003, 11:41:20 PM EDT

Heh.. F=\ufffdN - (Ashton) - April 14, 2003, 11:51:09 PM EDT

as far as antifreeze goes - (boxley) - April 14, 2003, 11:49:28 PM EDT

But that doesn't help for *these* pipes. - (CRConrad) - (2) - April 15, 2003, 02:36:55 AM EDT

No tanks in the attic - (cwbrenn) - (1) - April 15, 2003, 09:52:23 AM EDT

Well.. unless one lives in Iraq___:-) - (Ashton) - April 15, 2003, 05:00:17 PM EDT

Kewl, thanks. -NT - (CRConrad) - April 13, 2003, 08:56:09 AM EDT

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