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LMAO! Same here, TB! I wish as well but....I don't think I have ever bought a lottery ticket in my life.

 

I often tell my friends jokingly wish I was born rich instead of good looking until a friend of mine tells me if that is your idea of good looking I would hate to see your idea of rich!!!

 

Yep! I know how you feel. Good looking, intelligent, handsome, humble, god's gift to womankind. I give myself that peptalk everyday. My wife reminds me not to lie outloud!

 

What do you think condoms were!

 

LMAO Lottery tickets are a hope of getting rich, Norm. Comdoms are for the prevention of going to the poor house!

 

I knew I could count on ya!

Remember when the Government was promoting Planned Parenthood? Birthrates went up! Home Sales went UP! Orphanages went down! Either married folks were getting rotten rubbers or the poor folks got the best ones.

 

Yup....birth rates went up. Perhaps directly related to me being a traveling instructor? Rotten Rubbers......now THERE'S an alliteration for you!

 

Its an unwholy outcome.

My dad told me that when he was a wireless Airgunner in the CAF in WWII, that the guards would give them a gross (144) of condoms on leave. Gotta wonder what they used them for, because birthcontrol wasn't part of the equation.

 

You guys kill me.

Glad the house is coming together for you Norm.

 

144 Condoms? Each? No wonder there was tire rationing during the war. And so many war brides.

 

See I popped in here to catch up on the reno.







why am I not surprised





you guys in the corner...




talking about the war

 

Oops,

But egads, a 144 of them?

 

He's alive!

Basement insulation is done. They sprayed a fire protecting fiber material (I think its a sand and cellulose compound), so I sprayed a thin Latex coat on top to stop the dustiness.

Then I bought new concrete floor paint and its primer and patched the old floor. What a freakin' tedious job.

They used 6 mm plastic to cover the crawlspace, but used their foam spray at the seams, which made 6" high bumps across the width and from front to back (13 foot depth). So I had to remove the foam and then laid on a new layer and used the right sealing tape.

THEN I had to move all the boxes from upstairs, to the crawlspace and the shed, and move all the 'car-parts' boxes out to the shed.

AND THEN... After the basement painting, find some wallboard and cut and locate the panels over the new studding, mount my tool shadow boards and fastener shelves, and locate my shop tools (saw, bandsaw, drillpress, cutoff saw, router table, and dust extractor).

Still have to build a new workbench and a lumber rack.

Anyway, I ran out of concrete paint. Expensive stuff. Had enough primer. Went to a Habitat ReStore and lucked out. Almost 2/3rds of a gallon. One side is a flat grey finish, the other (machine side) is a gloss beige finish. Looks clean for my workshop and sure will be easy to sweep up.

I'll take some pics and post.

 

It's a drybar for us old warhorses

You know how those fly-boys got around. They all thought they were Abrahams - go forth and multiply. How many war brides came back?

 

May seem strange that I painted before I cut for a new plumbing stack, and sink vents, but the floor was eroding (over 60 years old at least). Anyway, I wonder if anybody has found a cheap way to find old castiron pipes under the floor.

I found these two how-to sites:

How to locate drain pipe under concrete slab
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/803672/

Cutting castiron drain pipe.
http://www.askmehelpdesk.com/plumbing/cutting-cast-iron-drain-pipe-257290.html

I've got a Bosch Sawzall, and I get the blades to cut the old ones out.

I searched for plumbing 'pipe' locators, but they cost around $2,500. I thought maybe a metal detector. Andy thinks the tool rental shops might have them.

I could use the drainpipe cleaner with a powerful magnet on the end, and spread metal filings on the concrete. At least I can get a general idea of where to cut the concrete slab. I figure if I allow for an 8" wide cut, that I could cut out the trough for the new section - about 5 feet long. Our house had the eavestrough downspout drain into an interior drainpipe, but it doesn't have a P-Trap. I want to attach all the new plumbing on that side of the house, including the drains and vents.

I'll cut the old ones flush at the floor and fill them with concrete.

Plumbers are quoting up to $10,000 just to do that. For a 2 day job?

Any other ideas?