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Re: Yellow Jacket's Nest in the wall

jondanspamni...@yaspamhoo.com (Jon Danniken) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:30:31 UT

We have them around here, and I've found them to be extremely tolerant of my
presence, even while fiddling around near their nest. Definitely less
dangerous than the African bees which are taking over the country.
Jon

Re: Speaking of screws!!!!!! And Lowes in general.

n...@non.net (dpb) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:27:11 UT

mike wrote:
Which is probably twice Fastenal...

Re: Garbage Disposal Problem

o...@127.0.0.1 (Oren) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:14:57 UT

Do you have a dishwasher and sink mounted vent pipe attached to the
disposal?
Is this a new install? Depending on the install directions, sometimes
you have to knock a plug out so things vent and water drains. I
learned about this "knock-out" piece after the dishwasher backed up
into both sinks. Lucky it was a 15 minute fix..

Re: Why are radiators made of cast iron

tony.mik...@gmail.com (Tony) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:12:56 UT

I thought we were talking about a one pipe system? Maybe that was
another thread, maybe not??

Re: Why are radiators made of cast iron

spamb...@milmac.com (Doug Miller) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:00:19 UT

How many steam heating systems are you aware of that operate at, or below,
atmospheric pressure? Please cite specific examples.

Re: Why are radiators made of cast iron

charlie.spit...@nospam.stratus.com (chaniarts) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:59:21 UT

huh? rust is the metal changing into an oxide. both copper and aluminium
rust, forming copper oxide (green) and aluminim oxide (white). they just
don't rust orange like iron does.

Re: Why are radiators made of cast iron

spamb...@milmac.com (Doug Miller) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:56:29 UT

Untrue. In a closed system, once all of the dissolved oxygen reacts with the
iron, no further oxidation will take place (unless additional oxygen is
introduced later).

Re: Why are radiators made of cast iron

spamb...@milmac.com (Doug Miller) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:54:49 UT

As compared to copper or aluminum, which ... don't rust at all, actually.
Yeah, that's a pretty frequent occurrence, too, taking them out and stressing
the joints.
What planet did you grow up on?
That is one of the biggest advantages.

Re: tiling onto plywood or OSB?

jules.richardsonnews...@gmail.com (Jules Richardson) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:49:00 UT

Yes, that's what I was worried about; I'd seen comments before that it
can be done, but the bond isn't as good and the pros hate it - but I
figured some group wisdom couldn't hurt :-)
It's not as bad as it sounds - I'm just doing this to raise the floor
level in our back porch so that it's level with every other room in the

Re: Speaking of screws!!!!!! And Lowes in general.

yellowbird...@hotmail.com (mike) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:46:14 UT

Lowes is typically the worst place to buy fasteners. Last I checked,
they were selling stainless steel screws for 10 times the price of the
local Ace store.

Re: Definition of a Plumber

o...@127.0.0.1 (Oren) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:45:08 UT

"You sure do have a shitty job!"
"Yeah, but on Friday it all come out green."

Re: Run away cars

cl...@snyder.on.ca — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:33:47 UT

On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:22:10 -0800 (PST), Harry K
Only two things are infinite. The universe, and stupid.

Re: Run away cars

cl...@snyder.on.ca — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:32:58 UT

On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:43:37 -0800 (PST), mkirs...@rochester.rr.com
wrote:
Not true. The engine protects itself with a "rev limitter" which
selectively miss-fires the engine to limit speed to a "safe" level by
cutting out fuel injection (not spark)

Re: Run away cars

cl...@snyder.on.ca — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:30:00 UT

On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:27:44 -0600, Rick Brandt
That is true.

Re: Run away cars

cl...@snyder.on.ca — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:29:20 UT

The law REQUIRES they can be put into neutral
I doubt THAT is true. Any forensic computer tech could get the data
out of the box. Might not be able to make sense of it though--. It's
likely encoded - but if an enterprising hacker WANTED to know badly
enough, a couple days work would crack the code -guaranteed.