On 08/12/2015 11:44 PM, Uncle Monster wrote:
On Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 9:30:30 PM UTC-5, philo wrote:
On 08/12/2015 05:06 PM, Uncle Monster wrote:


Another thing I did almost immediately after I moved in here was to take
the light switch out of the shower stall!!!!!

I don't think you mentioned how old the house was, just the wiring. Of course the tiny pipes wouldn't work for wiring with the very old pitch and cloth insulated wire but the 1/2 inch and larger pipes would. One thing that would be interesting would be to pull a single old style wire through the small gas line going to a gas light that's been converted into an electric light using the metal pipe for a neutral. Of course modern plastic insulated lamp cord will fit through one of those small gas lines going to a gas light making conversion to an electric light easier. It would be pretty slick to use bright LED's to mimic a flickering gas flame. ^_^

[8~{} Uncle Light Monster


House was built in 1898.

Well heck, that house is almost as old as you are. à²*€¿à²*

[8~{} Uncle Ancient Monster




Yep!


I checked out the history of the former owners and in the early 1920's a
cigar roller lived here.

Back in those days cigar rolling was typically done in the home...so for
all I know people sat around here and rolled cigars. I once heard a
radio program on cigar rollers and they'd typically sit at a long table
and each day one person would be the designated reader. One person would
read from a book while the others rolled. This would have been in the
pre-radio days I guess.

I have no evidence to back that up but do know that one of the
electricians who wired the house in 1932 smoked Lucky Strike. I found an
empty pack (green label) in the wall along with a tag that would have
come on a roll of BX.

Although there may be nostalgia with tobacco, I have a lot of friends
who were killed by smoking or have severe health issues. When my wife
moved in here 15 years ago...my rule was "no smoking in the house"


One of those -20F Wisconsin winters thankfully cured of of that habit.