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Two of mine too. The old Foghorn Leghorn one-liner rants were also amusing. Somewhat like old Foghorn and Rodney Dangerfield were separated at birth. The snow, I say, the snow's so deep, the farmers have to jack up the cows so they can milk 'em. But I like winter! That's mathematics, son! You can argue with me, but you can't argue with figures! Lookit here son, I say son, did ya see that hawk after those hens? He scared 'em! That Rhode Island Red turned white. Then blue. Rhode Island. Red, white, and blue. That's a joke, son. A flag waver. You're built too low. The fast ones go over your head. Ya got a hole in your glove. I keep pitchin' 'em and you keep missin' 'em. Ya gotta keep your eye on the ball. Eye. Ball. I almost had a gag, son. Joke, that is. Gal reminds me of the highway between Fort Worth and Dallas. No curves. This is going to cause more confusion than a mouse at a burlesque show.

Thanks Fjd -- wasn’t sure how many people paid attention, and thanks for the cool video. Tennessee and Bullwinkle are my favorites.

Well, he did... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chumlee-arrested_us_56e0eed7e4b0860f99d7e53d Duh

The one I drove.....

i’m not scared of heights; but, i’m afraid of falling from high places. I'm not scared of heights either, when standing on the ground looking up at them ---

i’m not scared of heights; but, i’m afraid of falling from high places.

I am not scared of heights, but not thrilled about looking down from that height at what looks like a small base supporting everything.

If I had to guess you sure got your money out of that fly strip !

Morning gang... Bumming a ride to work this morning from my youngest daughter. I had to work on my eldest daughter Odyssey yesterday. I drove that back to her and The BOSS drove our Odyssey. That left me with no car back at the house. My CRV was back at the shop. The BOSS had to be at mom's early this morning... Hmmmmmm should have planned this a bit better... Oh well...... Between the family we have three "legally tagged" cars. Two Odyssey vans and a 99 Civic... Me and The BOSS have two transporter tag for the shop. We can put those tags on anything and drive it. We have all kinds of junk laying around to drive.... between Suzuki Samurai's, Ford F250, CRV and other crap there is usually something to throw a tag on....Not to day though.... The height thing...... Hmmmmmm..... Not into it.... I don't like climbing..... I don't mind getting on the roof to clean it off... but that's about it. Back when I was in the Army I was a crew chief on a Huey Helicopter and I loved flying. We would do hoist missions were I had to stand on the skid with doors open. I would use this hoist to raise a stretcher up to the aircraft and get it in. The only thing keeping me secured was a vest with a strap on it. The strap was attached to the floor. I would lean all the way out of the aircraft and not think anything about it. One weekend we all went rock climbing..... I'm like yea man lets go... well let me tell ya I got about 1/4 way up and I was shaking!! I didn't like it... I didn't feel secure.. and this was back in my drinking days... I just couldn't do it.... But flying and hanging out with the strap no problem... OK looks like my daughter is about ready..... a good day to all... check in later... MKP :-)

I suspect most of the 66,67s with 396 ended up in ditches or around telephone poles. I got to drive the '66 pontiac 2+2 with the 421/4 speed? I was 16 and my dad wouldn't agree for me to have it after he drove it!

Thanks Chuck, I like looking at pictures of the old stuff. The cars are cool too.

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A few shots from the bridge dedication yesterday.

Good TGIF morning my friends........... Spent a good half hour going through many pages from this week... WOW, so much going on... AC outlets with obnoxious LED night lighting to Genie lifts! (ha, we own our own little 25' hand cranked model for lifting pipe organ consoles up and over church gallery railings etc...) EXCELLENT photos there Duder! Great fun on cruise ships, thanks for the photos Chuck, the Chevelle drive sounds very cool......oh, someone put the BIG motor in that one huh ? Ok, need to leave for work, finish up the week, get ready for listening to music tonight with friends over in RTM... Enjoy your day everyone, those in the heavy weather areas be safe! ..........Gary

Have you picked out the kitchen design yet? I just finished a complete kitchen overhaul. It's the second time for me, and I still have a lot to learn. I was going for a French country kitchen look. The purple things on the wall above the stove are spacers. The tile wasn't dry yet.

That's true however, if you sell your home (around here anyways) the receptacles close to sinks need to be GFCI or the inspector fails you, or so I've been told. I also don't know how the bathroom was wired so I erred on the side of caution. Mine is a remodel, not a new build. GFCI breakers (at the panel) are nice, too, especially for remodels.

Sometimes it is just amazing how seemingly unrelated events can lead me back to this Cables, Coffee & Cocktails thread. I clicked on the link that Matthews provided in the 3 Hottest Sounding Women thread and the link took me to a rendition by Mette Lindberg singing in a bass boat. After the song, I check the “up next” list on the page and notice the video where Tennessee Tuxedo, Chumlee and Baldy become folk singers and want to cut a record. Of course, Mr. Woopy has an old Edison machine and shows them how to use it, along with providing a few digs at the recording industry. Many may not realize; however, long before "American Idol," long before "The Voice," and long before “America's Got Talent” there was this classic Tennessee Tuxedo episode. I listen to the song then proceed to try to figure out “where are they today,” do some research and found the following. Of course, Tennessee Tuxedo (Don Adams) probably has done the most and went on to star in Get Smart, The Nude Bomb, Inspector Gadget, among other roles. Chumlee now stars, and has steady work, on the hit reality show, Pawn Stars. It appears that Baldy disappeared and suddenly Mary Travers was on the scene gaining recognition with Peter, Paul & Mary. Who knew? Stanley Livingston has appeared in various reality television shows as Simon Cowell, Howard Stern, and of course, Piers Morgan. The Zoo auditorium was relocated to what is now known as Carnegie Hall. Now for a little insight into the lyrics. “A Billy goat, a Billy goat That's what I could be Because a goat would love the chance To eat my hat for me But it won't taste good to me” It seems that Kanye claims he should have the credit for writing the song, while it is obvious that Led Zeppelin and the Beatles, among other bands, all stole parts from the song for their own gold record releases. Now why did all of this bring me to this thread? Of course, it can only be because of the BigStewMan and those iconic words that previously crested atop his avatar that “Tennessee Tuxedo will NOT fail!'” That could only mean that I had to come here to show the BigStewMan the video.

A toilet being flushed shouldn't affect a properly plumbed shower.

Yep. I had to redo some of the plumbing also. I am a big fan of PEX and using manifolds so that if you are in the shower and someone flushes a toilet somewhere in the house, you don't lose the cold water side of the shower!

I think wiring in homes is usually the most messy. I'm amazed at what some people do, and the crappy methods of wiring, and I'm not much of an electrician. I've seen some messy plumbing repair jobs also.

Another nice day in store....azaleas opening early. The DOT is dedicating a bridge to a deceased HP trooper at one today. Same bridge we use to drag race across in the 60s & 70s. Same trooper that use to pull us At the end of the ceremony vintage cars will cross the bridge first. I will be driving a friend's 67' Chevelle with a 454 ci motor. Should be fun......

That's a little too high for me. I have a job coming up that's 42' in the air. I've been fighting an inner ear nerve problem for the past 2 years, I get dizzy. I will be the ground man on this job, I just don't like heights anymore. I envy you guys that can hit the skies. Actually my new motto at work is….2 pumps on a barber chair is high enough for me

With an old but lightly used Weller gun. Outputs on a Klipsch xover. Used, the leads were clipped at the board super short, so I replaced them with long tails. Good solid joint, fer sure not "cold". Even though the existing solder was probably enough, I added a drop of old school Kester rosin core 60/40 So excited and happy. Soo excited and happy. Lars

Kitchen demo (panoramic):

Chuck, My best friend in the 10th grade drove a maroon 1966 SS 396 Chevelle, 350 hp, 4 speed, 3.70:1 posi, no power steering. His father sent him and his older brother to the Chevy dealership to buy a car to replace a 61 VW their mother drove. In the small towns of Spring Lake and Grand Haven the local Chevy dealer knew their credit was good. Their mother never drove it. Steering it at low speeds was a quick source of Popeye arms. That car was fun to drive. The fun didn't last long. My friend totaled it in a low speed head-on collision with a neighbor in the shared driveway. It was actually a private drive shared by several of the homes on Spring Lake. His father didn't make that mistake again. The Chevelle was replaced by an Impala with a mouse motor and slush box. The fun was over. I later took the same 61 Beetle and put in a 65 Corvair engine with a Carter AFB, cam and headers. It would pass anything but a gas station. Unfortunately, like all heart transplants in those days, it was constantly being rejected.

Word of warning.....don't Google "Red Rocket Tube"....you'll be sorry. I might do a poll of how many actually did, or not.....

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And I even did it wearing comfy cozy shorts. Lars

Here, gas lines are orange and they use a tool that heats the pipe till it starts to melt and fuse it together. The tool has one male end and one female end that heat simultaneously.

I've worked with this pipe for mainline sewer. First time was with 30" in a pipe burst job. That pipe is virtually indestructable. I believe gas contractors use the same pipe....only its yellow in color instead of black. Sent from my SM-G920R4 using Tapatalk

You can get the hand operated ones as well. The pipe itself is basically fine, it's the brass valves and fittings that can fail. There's also the issue with chemicals leaching from the plastic on some of the cheap stuff as well as the fact that rodents seem to like snack on it at times. Be sure to check building code in your area and see if it's acceptable prior to using it on a project that requires a permit and inspection.

I have seen 3/4" PEX freeze and expand to about 6 inches. When it thawed it went back to 3/4". The stuff has a molecular memory in that it will always want to return to its original shape. It is a shame that plumbers never could understand the chemistry of this product. The worst connection for PEX is crimping. The best connection is expansion coupling. Why try and make it want to leak with crimping? If you understand the chemistry, then use expansion with collar fittings. Enough of that rant... I have also seen drywall installers put a screw through a pipe and it not leak. This was also due to shap memory. The chemistry makes the PEX seal around the screw in order to return to its original shape.

More to do with the woofers being a bit stiff from sitting too long without being used than something wrong with the capacitors. Capacitors charge and discharge very quickly and either work or don't.

the inside of a set of 1977 ( R ) Cornwalls should have the following #1 - K-77 round mag tweeter #2 - K-55V midrange driver with a K-600 horn #3 - K-33 E woofer #4 - type B crossover

Rotate now. If they start to rub later it will be too late to help.

That's true however, if you sell your home (around here anyways) the receptacles close to sinks need to be GFCI or the inspector fails you, or so I've been told. I also don't know how the bathroom was wired so I erred on the side of caution. Mine is a remodel, not a new build. GFCI breakers (at the panel) are a nice option, especially for remodels.

Sometimes we do some plumbing contract work for Norfolk Southern RR. They have camp cars that work gangs use and in the coldest weather these can freeze. All the copper pipe in these cars is destroyed when this happens. For the last several years we've been replacing the copper with pex. Interestingly we haven't repaired a busted pex one yet. Must be much more resistant to cracking in a freeze than the copper counterpart.

Best bet is not to ask for a pair of vintage speakers in excellent condition and then propose that they be smashed up by shipping. Heresy is not a small cabinet, and once packed properly is pretty ungainly for the UPS gorillas. Those who truly love Klipsch speakers around here usually make whatever trip is necessary or await something to come available in their neck of the woods. Just some advice from an old-timer. Welcome to the madness.

Wonder what they've been smokin'?.....

If I had plumbed it, it would have been. I don't think I want to go to the trouble of re-plumbing this house. When Judy retires, we have to sell and move anyway, so then I will build the house I want with a proper dimensions in the sound room.

Original buyer? I wager that nixes 3/4 of the Heritage crowd. Been with Klipsch for 22 years, but I didn't buy them new.

Not a fan but I can see the attraction.

New they are about 120000-150000. Every 8 years yoh need to replace the cables. If you have to have someone do it. That will set you back close to 10 grand and thats on a 1200sj a weekly rent on one of those can run $3000 depending on age.Repairs can kill you on these. Have a leak, good luck getting it on a job site with strict regulations. I dont know what 180s run for a purchase price. They're a whole new game. Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk

I think i posted some of these once before. But here are some new ones of where i enjoyed my coffee this morning. To be honest, i didn't make it the full 180 feet. Just enough to see for awhile. Sent from my SM-N920P using Tapatalk

Cat got your tongue? NO........MKP :-)