Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[p1l0t]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Interesting approach - however, meet mrs humfrz -





humfrz

I'll bet she cleans up nice.

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[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

If she ever sees your posts, you are a dead man.

Please tell us you are getting the water heater installed today.

Also, how's your pain management now? A lot better I hope.

Well, Sapphireho, thanks for asking.

I arranged to have mrs humfrz pre-emptively banned from the forum - so, I think I'm safe.

The hot water heater installer dude is scheduled to arrive between noon and 2 PM TODAY! Yaaaa ….

Pain management? Under the circumstances, my back pain, has been put on hold, till we get some hot water (nobody around here wants to hear about it - ).

Story time - why I don't hook up the hot water heater myself??

Back in Missouri, I had a gas hot water in the basement, that went out. So, I took my 3/4 ton PU truck and picked up a new one. I was ready to install that puppy, so I decided to call my oldest son down to the basement to show him how to "sweat" copper pipes together to hook up the water supply.

So, after shutting off the water and draining the lines, I grabbed my soldier and fired up my torch. Yep, I showed him how to clean the copper pipes and fittings first. Well, after several attempts, I COULD NOT get the copper pipe and fittings not to leak after several attempts to "sweat" them together.

My son was NOT impressed, so I sent him upstairs. Then I called a plumber.

The plumber arrived the next day and started the minor job. He asked for a piece of bread. I thought he was hungry, so I went upstairs and made him a sandwich. He thanked me, then took the top slice of bread off, wadded it up and stuffed it up into the copper pipe that led down from the ceiling.

THAT stopped the constant dripping of water, that was preventing the copper fitting from to sweating to the copper pipe without leaking.

(the bread just washes out after the water is running)


THE END


humfrz

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by p1l0t

I'll bet she cleans up nice.

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If she could!

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

If she could!

Actually if she WOULD. I rigged up a shower out on the deck, but, she won't use it -

(damn spoilt woman - )


humfrz

[IceFyre13th]

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

I like riddle... but I hate when they make riddle that have multiple answers, so they can say I’m wrong. When I point out their mistakes/errors, they just say “It’s just for fun”... FUCK YOU & YOUR STUPID RIDDLE!!!!!

potty mouth.........lol

[IceFyre13th]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Stainless. The aluminum ones can oxidize.

= aluminum oxide......aluminum rust



iron oxide is rust too........lol

[Leonardo]

Originally Posted by IceFyre13th

= aluminum oxide......aluminum rust



iron oxide is rust too........lol

Sort of....


Only Iron, or metal with iron in it like steel, can "rust". Which happens in a combination of water and air.


Aluminum is subject to oxidation. Aluminum oxide forms on the surface from exposure to air. The oxide is harder than aluminum. And, protects the aluminum form further deterioration. Aluminum has a hardness of 2-2.9. Aluminum oxide is 9 in hardness; the same hardness as sapphire. Aluminum will deteriorate in chlorine. Or in environments that have extreme PH.

Rust does not protect iron. In this way Iron Oxide and Aluminum oxide are fundamentally different.

[EAGLE5]

I bought a 2TB HP NVME drive. Once in, my lappy will hold 4TB total. Not perhaps as much as I'd like, but passable.

[ichitaka05]

Haha thanks Dave for removing my “potty mouth” post lol

...but that riddle deserve my potty mouth

[IceFyre13th]

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

Haha thanks Dave for removing my “potty mouth” post lol

...but that riddle deserve my potty mouth

I thought it was funny......LOL

[cjd]

Finally have a new furnace... which is good, because tomorrow is supposed to be low single digits into the negatives (F) overnight. Already seems to be working better than the old one since our Nest says 2hrs for the remaining 2 degrees, but it's already up 10 in under an hour...



Down side is, because the engineer was inattentive and presumptive, we thought the a/c condenser was 15 and reasonably due for replacement. Turns out, it was the 10 year old condenser... but the new one should be a lot more efficient, and too late now, so... in it goes. Tomorrow. That's right, they'll be installing our air conditioning when it is no warmer than 4 degrees out there. At least mostly out of the wind, I hope!

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by cjd

Finally have a new furnace... which is good, because tomorrow is supposed to be low single digits into the negatives (F) overnight. Already seems to be working better than the old one since our Nest says 2hrs for the remaining 2 degrees, but it's already up 10 in under an hour...



Down side is, because the engineer was inattentive and presumptive, we thought the a/c condenser was 15 and reasonably due for replacement. Turns out, it was the 10 year old condenser... but the new one should be a lot more efficient, and too late now, so... in it goes. Tomorrow. That's right, they'll be installing our air conditioning when it is no warmer than 4 degrees out there. At least mostly out of the wind, I hope!

You have had no heat and we have been listening to Hum's wife (by proxy) complain abut no hot water?

[MuseChaser]

We went back to doing a major portion of our heating with wood again this year, and it's really true... wood heat keeps you warmer. You're warm while you split it, you're warm while you haul it, you're warm while you stack it, you're warm while you haul it inside for burning, you're warm bent over trying to coax the morning fire back into life....

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by MuseChaser

We went back to doing a major portion of our heating with wood again this year, and it's really true... wood heat keeps you warmer. You're warm while you split it, you're warm while you haul it, you're warm while you stack it, you're warm while you haul it inside for burning, you're warm bent over trying to coax the morning fire back into life....

I spent the better part of my childhood doing those things and when we bought our current house it had a wood stove. I don't think we were fully moved in before I had it ripped out and sent for scrap!