On 3/6/2021 3:36 PM, Michael Trew wrote:
On 3/6/2021 2:31 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
Since I'm sprucing up the bathroom, I figured I might as well get a
nice new
supply line for the toilet.

Remember when a half gallon of ice cream suddenly shrunk to 1.75 qts
and even 1.5 qts for some brands? Apparently the plumbing industry
took notice.

Here's my old 12" supply line compared to the new 12" supply line.

https://i.imgur.com/QYEh8I9.jpg

Guess how much more supply line I need to tighten up the connection?

Same as the 2"X4" studs in 100+ year old homes, as compared to the
1.5"X3.5" "2X4" lumber of today.

Comparisons could go on.Â* A prime example being our local daily paper,
which I sometimes wonder why I still subscribe to.Â* It's at least 1/3 of
the size that it was 20 years ago, even printed on shorter broadsheet
paper; yet the price is over 3 times higher.


Houston used to have 2 major newspapers. I subscribed to the Houston
Chronicle for a bout 15 years. It was the dominant paper over the
Houston Post.

Along comes about 1995ish and the Chronicle out right buys the Post.
Then fires all the Post employees and shuts down the Post all together.

I dropped the Chronicle almost immediately. While I did not read the
Post, I knew that the Chronicle, with no competition, would go down hill
quickly.

Now we have Fake News and no proof reading and it is a waste of trees.