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Builder left debris behind ...
... in the cavity behind the one-piece bath/shower surround of our 30+
yr-old house -- many offcuts of sheetrock and an empty sheetrock adhesive container. I assume they simply couldn't be bothered to pick it up and take it away. Is/was this a common practice? Perce |
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On Jul 4, 8:44*pm, "Percival P. Cassidy" wrote:
.. in the cavity behind the one-piece bath/shower surround of our 30+ yr-old house -- many offcuts of sheetrock and an empty sheetrock adhesive container. I assume they simply couldn't be bothered to pick it up and take it away. Is/was this a common practice? Perce yeah I have found all sorts of stuff in walls. Including glass milk bottles from 1949 when this home as built.. |
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On Mon, 4 Jul 2011 17:52:24 -0700 (PDT), bob haller wrote:
On Jul 4, 8:44*pm, "Percival P. Cassidy" wrote: .. in the cavity behind the one-piece bath/shower surround of our 30+ yr-old house -- many offcuts of sheetrock and an empty sheetrock adhesive container. I assume they simply couldn't be bothered to pick it up and take it away. Is/was this a common practice? Perce yeah I have found all sorts of stuff in walls. Including glass milk bottles from 1949 when this home as built.. Beer cans. |
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On 07/04/11 8:52 PM, bob haller wrote: On Jul 4, 8:44 pm, "Percival P. wrote: .. in the cavity behind the one-piece bath/shower surround of our 30+ yr-old house -- many offcuts of sheetrock and an empty sheetrock adhesive container. I assume they simply couldn't be bothered to pick it up and take it away. Is/was this a common practice? Perce yeah I have found all sorts of stuff in walls. Including glass milk bottles from 1949 when this home as built.. When I opened up a knee wall area to put in storage shelves, part of the framing created small cavities that were to be covered with drywall. Before I closed it up, I had each of my 4 kids draw a picture, sign it, date it and stash it in a cavity. If anyone ever remodels that room, they'll find a few cute surprises. |
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" wrote in
: On Mon, 4 Jul 2011 17:52:24 -0700 (PDT), bob haller wrote: On Jul 4, 8:44*pm, "Percival P. Cassidy" wrote: .. in the cavity behind the one-piece bath/shower surround of our 30+ yr-old house -- many offcuts of sheetrock and an empty sheetrock adhesive container. I assume they simply couldn't be bothered to pick it up and take it away. Is/was this a common practice? Perce yeah I have found all sorts of stuff in walls. Including glass milk bottles from 1949 when this home as built.. Beer cans. Workman took a crap in the toilet and did not flush it. -- Tegger |
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"Percival P. Cassidy" wrote in news:iutmq5$5rs$1
@dont-email.me: .. in the cavity behind the one-piece bath/shower surround of our 30+ yr-old house -- many offcuts of sheetrock and an empty sheetrock adhesive container. I assume they simply couldn't be bothered to pick it up and take it away. Is/was this a common practice? Oh, yeah. You should see what's under the concrete in your basement, and under the topsoil in your yard. I think the problem has gotten worse than in previous years, since many places no longer allow builders to burn debris on-site like they used to. -- Tegger |
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On Jul 4, 9:08*pm, Tegger wrote:
"Percival P. Cassidy" wrote in news:iutmq5$5rs$1 @dont-email.me: .. in the cavity behind the one-piece bath/shower surround of our 30+ yr-old house -- many offcuts of sheetrock and an empty sheetrock adhesive container. I assume they simply couldn't be bothered to pick it up and take it away. Is/was this a common practice? Oh, yeah. You should see what's under the concrete in your basement, and under the topsoil in your yard. I think the problem has gotten worse than in previous years, since many places no longer allow builders to burn debris on-site like they used to. -- Tegger My comment will go off topic but this string made me think of it. About a year ago we were doing some repair on our 5th wheel trailer so we could sell it. On one side the basement floor floor had a small area where the plywood sub-floor had rotted (basement is a lower storage compartment on these RVs). I decided to do the repair right and cut out an entire section of the floor and replaced it with plywood. When the floor panel was removed the insulation, which rested on a rubber belly membrane, was damp. I pulled the insulation out and got some similar fiberglass bat insulation to replace it. As I was preparing to install the insulation it occurred to me if water found its way in again, the insulation would again get soaked, again exposing the lower plywood to rot. At that time we were cleaning up the gift shop of the museum where we do volunteer work. I remembered we had a bunch of 2" rubber balls we were going to donate to the towns Christmas parade group for give- away's. When it went to the museum I also found a box full of yellow rubber ducks that were also slated for give away, so I grabbed a hand full. The dozen or so balls and ducks worked well. I scattered them around the rubber membrane, put the insulation bat in and installed the new plywood floor. A little Bondo smoothed things out and I reinstalled the vinyl flooring. It was as good as new. As I was cleaning up a vision came to mind. Some day, in the future, some RV repair guy was called on to fix wiring or plumbing in this area. As they often do, he was lie under the trailer with a box knife and slice the section of membrane away for access. He would then be pummeled with an avalanche or rubber ducks and balls. "What the F***!!!! RonB |
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On Jul 4, 10:35*pm, RonB wrote:
On Jul 4, 9:08*pm, Tegger wrote: "Percival P. Cassidy" wrote in news:iutmq5$5rs$1 @dont-email.me: .. in the cavity behind the one-piece bath/shower surround of our 30+ yr-old house -- many offcuts of sheetrock and an empty sheetrock adhesive container. I assume they simply couldn't be bothered to pick it up and take it away. Is/was this a common practice? Oh, yeah. You should see what's under the concrete in your basement, and under the topsoil in your yard. I think the problem has gotten worse than in previous years, since many places no longer allow builders to burn debris on-site like they used to. -- Tegger My comment will go off topic but this string made me think of it. About a year ago we were doing some repair on our 5th wheel trailer so we could sell it. *On one side the basement floor floor had a small area where the plywood sub-floor had rotted (basement is a lower storage compartment on these RVs). *I decided to do the repair right and cut out an entire section of the floor and replaced it with plywood. *When the floor panel was removed the insulation, which rested on a rubber belly membrane, was damp. *I pulled the insulation out and got some similar fiberglass bat insulation to replace it. *As I was preparing to install the insulation it occurred to me if water found its way in again, the insulation would again get soaked, again exposing the lower plywood to rot. At that time we were cleaning up the gift shop of the museum where we do volunteer work. *I remembered we had a bunch of 2" rubber balls we were going to donate to the towns Christmas parade group for give- away's. *When it went to the museum I also found a box full of yellow rubber ducks that were also slated for give away, so I grabbed a hand full. The dozen or so balls and ducks worked well. *I scattered them around the rubber membrane, put the insulation bat in and installed the new plywood floor. *A little Bondo smoothed things out and I reinstalled the vinyl flooring. *It was as good as new. As I was cleaning up a vision came to mind. *Some day, in the future, some RV repair guy was called on to fix wiring or plumbing in this area. *As they often do, he was lie under the trailer with a box knife and slice the section of membrane away for access. *He would then be pummeled with an avalanche or rubber ducks and balls. *"What the F***!!!! RonB- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - over the years i have left time capsules in previous homes. kinda leaving my mark..... |
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On 7/4/2011 9:35 PM, RonB wrote:
On Jul 4, 9:08 pm, wrote: "Percival P. wrote in news:iutmq5$5rs$1 @dont-email.me: .. in the cavity behind the one-piece bath/shower surround of our 30+ yr-old house -- many offcuts of sheetrock and an empty sheetrock adhesive container. I assume they simply couldn't be bothered to pick it up and take it away. Is/was this a common practice? Oh, yeah. You should see what's under the concrete in your basement, and under the topsoil in your yard. I think the problem has gotten worse than in previous years, since many places no longer allow builders to burn debris on-site like they used to. -- Tegger My comment will go off topic but this string made me think of it. About a year ago we were doing some repair on our 5th wheel trailer so we could sell it. On one side the basement floor floor had a small area where the plywood sub-floor had rotted (basement is a lower storage compartment on these RVs). I decided to do the repair right and cut out an entire section of the floor and replaced it with plywood. When the floor panel was removed the insulation, which rested on a rubber belly membrane, was damp. I pulled the insulation out and got some similar fiberglass bat insulation to replace it. As I was preparing to install the insulation it occurred to me if water found its way in again, the insulation would again get soaked, again exposing the lower plywood to rot. At that time we were cleaning up the gift shop of the museum where we do volunteer work. I remembered we had a bunch of 2" rubber balls we were going to donate to the towns Christmas parade group for give- away's. When it went to the museum I also found a box full of yellow rubber ducks that were also slated for give away, so I grabbed a hand full. The dozen or so balls and ducks worked well. I scattered them around the rubber membrane, put the insulation bat in and installed the new plywood floor. A little Bondo smoothed things out and I reinstalled the vinyl flooring. It was as good as new. As I was cleaning up a vision came to mind. Some day, in the future, some RV repair guy was called on to fix wiring or plumbing in this area. As they often do, he was lie under the trailer with a box knife and slice the section of membrane away for access. He would then be pummeled with an avalanche or rubber ducks and balls. "What the F***!!!! RonB U R Mean. :-) TDD |
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On Jul 4, 10:10*pm, The Daring Dufas
wrote: On 7/4/2011 9:35 PM, RonB wrote: On Jul 4, 9:08 pm, *wrote: "Percival P. *wrote in news:iutmq5$5rs$1 @dont-email.me: .. in the cavity behind the one-piece bath/shower surround of our 30+ yr-old house -- many offcuts of sheetrock and an empty sheetrock adhesive container. I assume they simply couldn't be bothered to pick it up and take it away. Is/was this a common practice? Oh, yeah. You should see what's under the concrete in your basement, and under the topsoil in your yard. I think the problem has gotten worse than in previous years, since many places no longer allow builders to burn debris on-site like they used to. -- Tegger My comment will go off topic but this string made me think of it. About a year ago we were doing some repair on our 5th wheel trailer so we could sell it. *On one side the basement floor floor had a small area where the plywood sub-floor had rotted (basement is a lower storage compartment on these RVs). *I decided to do the repair right and cut out an entire section of the floor and replaced it with plywood. *When the floor panel was removed the insulation, which rested on a rubber belly membrane, was damp. *I pulled the insulation out and got some similar fiberglass bat insulation to replace it. *As I was preparing to install the insulation it occurred to me if water found its way in again, the insulation would again get soaked, again exposing the lower plywood to rot. At that time we were cleaning up the gift shop of the museum where we do volunteer work. *I remembered we had a bunch of 2" rubber balls we were going to donate to the towns Christmas parade group for give- away's. *When it went to the museum I also found a box full of yellow rubber ducks that were also slated for give away, so I grabbed a hand full. The dozen or so balls and ducks worked well. *I scattered them around the rubber membrane, put the insulation bat in and installed the new plywood floor. *A little Bondo smoothed things out and I reinstalled the vinyl flooring. *It was as good as new. As I was cleaning up a vision came to mind. *Some day, in the future, some RV repair guy was called on to fix wiring or plumbing in this area. *As they often do, he was lie under the trailer with a box knife and slice the section of membrane away for access. *He would then be pummeled with an avalanche or rubber ducks and balls. *"What the F***!!!! RonB U R Mean. :-) TDD Didn't start off that way - cheap way to space the insulation. But I would like to be hiding in the corner if anyone ever opens that bay. :^} RonB |
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On Jul 5, 12:20*am, "
wrote: On Mon, 04 Jul 2011 21:48:37 -0400, DerbyDad03 wrote: On 07/04/11 8:52 PM, bob haller wrote: On Jul 4, 8:44 pm, "Percival P. *wrote: .. in the cavity behind the one-piece bath/shower surround of our 30+ yr-old house -- many offcuts of sheetrock and an empty sheetrock adhesive container. I assume they simply couldn't be bothered to pick it up and take it away. Is/was this a common practice? Perce yeah I have found all sorts of stuff in walls. Including glass milk bottles from 1949 when this home as built.. When I opened up a knee wall area to put in storage shelves, part of the framing created small cavities that were to be covered with drywall. Before I closed it up, I had each of my 4 kids draw a picture, sign it, date it and stash it in a cavity. If anyone ever remodels that room, they'll find a few cute surprises. I know people who have put the day's newspaper in such places. *The way newspapers are going, those who find them likely won't have a clue what they are. ;-)- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Maybe it's time to start sticking iPads and Kindles in the wall. Those will be ancient technology by the time the walls get opened up. |
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: On Tue, 5 Jul 2011 02:05:18 +0000 (UTC), Tegger wrote: " wrote in m: On Mon, 4 Jul 2011 17:52:24 -0700 (PDT), bob haller wrote: On Jul 4, 8:44*pm, "Percival P. Cassidy" wrote: .. in the cavity behind the one-piece bath/shower surround of our 30+ yr-old house -- many offcuts of sheetrock and an empty sheetrock adhesive container. I assume they simply couldn't be bothered to pick it up and take it away. Is/was this a common practice? Perce yeah I have found all sorts of stuff in walls. Including glass milk bottles from 1949 when this home as built.. Beer cans. Workman took a crap in the toilet and did not flush it. I wasn't going to go there but at least they made it into the toilet. When scrounging a job site for drywall buckets, I've learned to pull off the tops of any buckets to make sure they are empty. Of course, you know, I took home a bucket of **** once. |
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Red Green wrote:
When scrounging a job site for drywall buckets, I've learned to pull off the tops of any buckets to make sure they are empty. Of course, you know, I took home a bucket of **** once. I saw you - the guy with the sh.t eating grin running with the bucket. |
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"Bob F" wrote in :
Red Green wrote: When scrounging a job site for drywall buckets, I've learned to pull off the tops of any buckets to make sure they are empty. Of course, you know, I took home a bucket of **** once. I saw you - the guy with the sh.t eating grin running with the bucket. Was wondering why your grin was bigger. |
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On Jul 5, 9:50*am, Red Green wrote:
" wrote : On Tue, 5 Jul 2011 02:05:18 +0000 (UTC), Tegger wrote: " wrote in m: On Mon, 4 Jul 2011 17:52:24 -0700 (PDT), bob haller wrote: On Jul 4, 8:44*pm, "Percival P. Cassidy" wrote: .. in the cavity behind the one-piece bath/shower surround of our 30+ yr-old house -- many offcuts of sheetrock and an empty sheetrock adhesive container. I assume they simply couldn't be bothered to pick it up and take it away. Is/was this a common practice? Perce yeah I have found all sorts of stuff in walls. Including glass milk bottles from 1949 when this home as built.. Beer cans. Workman took a crap in the toilet and did not flush it. I wasn't going to go there but at least they made it into the toilet. When scrounging a job site for drywall buckets, I've learned to pull off the tops of any buckets to make sure they are empty. Of course, you know, I took home a bucket of **** once.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - My grandfather was a mason. In his day, they would sh*t in the empty concrete bags and toss them into the back of a truck to take to the dump. He loved to tell the story of how he was teaching a young mason the tricks of the trade. "After laying a few courses, step back a bit to make sure your lines are straight." He was so engrossed in the "teaching moment" that he forgot he standing on some scaffolding. He fell backward off the scaffolding into the back of a truck. Luckily a bag of sh*t cushioned his fall. Not so lucky was that the sh*t squirted out of the bag. From some reason the young mason didn't want Grandpa to teach him anything else that day. |
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Some of the floor in my trailer is insulated with styrofoam
packing peanuts. Same concept. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "RonB" wrote in message ... About a year ago we were doing some repair on our 5th wheel trailer so we could sell it. On one side the basement floor floor had a small area where the plywood sub-floor had rotted (basement is a lower storage compartment on these RVs). I decided to do the repair right and cut out an entire section of the floor and replaced it with plywood. When the floor panel was removed the insulation, which rested on a rubber belly membrane, was damp. I pulled the insulation out and got some similar fiberglass bat insulation to replace it. As I was preparing to install the insulation it occurred to me if water found its way in again, the insulation would again get soaked, again exposing the lower plywood to rot. At that time we were cleaning up the gift shop of the museum where we do volunteer work. I remembered we had a bunch of 2" rubber balls we were going to donate to the towns Christmas parade group for give- away's. When it went to the museum I also found a box full of yellow rubber ducks that were also slated for give away, so I grabbed a hand full. The dozen or so balls and ducks worked well. I scattered them around the rubber membrane, put the insulation bat in and installed the new plywood floor. A little Bondo smoothed things out and I reinstalled the vinyl flooring. It was as good as new. As I was cleaning up a vision came to mind. Some day, in the future, some RV repair guy was called on to fix wiring or plumbing in this area. As they often do, he was lie under the trailer with a box knife and slice the section of membrane away for access. He would then be pummeled with an avalanche or rubber ducks and balls. "What the F***!!!! RonB U R Mean. :-) TDD Didn't start off that way - cheap way to space the insulation. But I would like to be hiding in the corner if anyone ever opens that bay. :^} RonB |
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Now, if you hid an ipad, it would be "quaint" and "antique"
when found. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. wrote in message ... Before I closed it up, I had each of my 4 kids draw a picture, sign it, date it and stash it in a cavity. If anyone ever remodels that room, they'll find a few cute surprises. I know people who have put the day's newspaper in such places. The way newspapers are going, those who find them likely won't have a clue what they are. ;-) |
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Quit that! I just wrote that....
-- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "DerbyDad03" wrote in message ... I know people who have put the day's newspaper in such places. The way newspapers are going, those who find them likely won't have a clue what they are. ;-)- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Maybe it's time to start sticking iPads and Kindles in the wall. Those will be ancient technology by the time the walls get opened up. |
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That's pathetic. And disappointing, I'm sure.
-- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "Red Green" wrote in message ... Workman took a crap in the toilet and did not flush it. I wasn't going to go there but at least they made it into the toilet. When scrounging a job site for drywall buckets, I've learned to pull off the tops of any buckets to make sure they are empty. Of course, you know, I took home a bucket of **** once. |
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wrote in message ... On Tue, 5 Jul 2011 02:05:18 +0000 (UTC), Tegger wrote: " wrote in m: On Mon, 4 Jul 2011 17:52:24 -0700 (PDT), bob haller wrote: On Jul 4, 8:44 pm, "Percival P. Cassidy" wrote: .. in the cavity behind the one-piece bath/shower surround of our 30+ yr-old house -- many offcuts of sheetrock and an empty sheetrock adhesive container. I assume they simply couldn't be bothered to pick it up and take it away. Is/was this a common practice? Perce yeah I have found all sorts of stuff in walls. Including glass milk bottles from 1949 when this home as built.. Beer cans. Workman took a crap in the toilet and did not flush it. I wasn't going to go there but at least they made it into the toilet. Yeah, I have heard of them using the heating ducts in the floor. |
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On Mon, 4 Jul 2011 22:45:52 -0700 (PDT), harry wrote:
On Jul 5, 5:20*am, " wrote: On Mon, 04 Jul 2011 21:48:37 -0400, DerbyDad03 wrote: On 07/04/11 8:52 PM, bob haller wrote: On Jul 4, 8:44 pm, "Percival P. *wrote: .. in the cavity behind the one-piece bath/shower surround of our 30+ yr-old house -- many offcuts of sheetrock and an empty sheetrock adhesive container. I assume they simply couldn't be bothered to pick it up and take it away. Is/was this a common practice? Perce yeah I have found all sorts of stuff in walls. Including glass milk bottles from 1949 when this home as built.. When I opened up a knee wall area to put in storage shelves, part of the framing created small cavities that were to be covered with drywall. Before I closed it up, I had each of my 4 kids draw a picture, sign it, date it and stash it in a cavity. If anyone ever remodels that room, they'll find a few cute surprises. I know people who have put the day's newspaper in such places. *The way newspapers are going, those who find them likely won't have a clue what they are. ;-)- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - My previous house was around five hundred years old. Are you the original owner? I did some replastering work and behind the old plaster I found a fireplace in the wall thickness (which was stone, over four feet thick.) The hole had been filled with loose stones which I removed in order to cement them back as not being cemented had caused the trouble. It was filled with all sorts of junk including pottery, jars, glass bottles, leather shoes, toys, big nails. I found out it was about 150 years old. Apparently it was customary to put stuff like this in the house walls for good luck. So, I deemed it wise to put it back. In another part of the house I found a horse shoe built into the wall. This must have been done when the house was orginally built. I put that back as well. No point in taking chances. ?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"? kml xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2" xmlns:gx="http:// www.google.com/kml/ext/2.2" xmlns:kml="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" Document nameKmlFile/name Style id="sn_ylw-pushpin01" IconStyle scale1.1/scale Icon hrefhttp://maps.google.com/mapfiles/kml/pushpin/ylw-pushpin.png/ href /Icon hotSpot x="20" y="2" xunits="pixels" yunits="pixels"/ /IconStyle /Style Style id="sh_ylw-pushpin2" IconStyle scale1.3/scale Icon hrefhttp://maps.google.com/mapfiles/kml/pushpin/ylw-pushpin.png/ href /Icon hotSpot x="20" y="2" xunits="pixels" yunits="pixels"/ /IconStyle /Style StyleMap id="msn_ylw-pushpin130" Pair keynormal/key styleUrl#sn_ylw-pushpin01/styleUrl /Pair Pair keyhighlight/key styleUrl#sh_ylw-pushpin2/styleUrl /Pair /StyleMap Placemark nameTy'r Ywen Farm./name LookAt longitude-3.020987665836357/longitude latitude51.73579878392064/latitude altitude0/altitude heading0.01776560955128439/heading tilt0/tilt range47.49720295966286/range altitudeModerelativeToGround/altitudeMode gx:altitudeModerelativeToSeaFloor/gx:altitudeMode /LookAt styleUrl#msn_ylw-pushpin130/styleUrl Point coordinates-3.020987665836357,51.73579878392064,0/coordinates /Point /Placemark /Document /kml But no skeletons. |
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On Tue, 5 Jul 2011 17:46:50 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
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On Tue, 05 Jul 2011 20:42:08 -0400, willshak wrote:
wrote the following: On Tue, 5 Jul 2011 17:46:50 -0400, "Stormin Mormon" wrote: Now, if you hid an ipad, it would be "quaint" and "antique" when found. Go to the store and buy a kid's toy and put it in the wall, in it's box. It'll be worth a fortune. We have saved all the dolls, and the boxes they came in since 1978. Good for you! Alas, most of my son's toys were broken and discarded. He had all of the original Transformers, as well as a good number of the Star Wars collection. His Voltron did make it, but no box. My wife has an original Barbie - no box. The box is worth far more than the doll. |
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Wish I still had the Star Trek Communicator I got when I was
a boy. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. wrote in message ... On Tue, 5 Jul 2011 17:46:50 -0400, "Stormin Mormon" wrote: Now, if you hid an ipad, it would be "quaint" and "antique" when found. Go to the store and buy a kid's toy and put it in the wall, in it's box. It'll be worth a fortune. |
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On Jul 6, 1:54*am, "
wrote: On Tue, 05 Jul 2011 20:42:08 -0400, willshak wrote: wrote the following: On Tue, 5 Jul 2011 17:46:50 -0400, "Stormin Mormon" wrote: Now, if you hid an ipad, it would be "quaint" and "antique" when found. Go to the store and buy a kid's toy and put it in the wall, in it's box. It'll be worth a fortune. We have saved all the dolls, and the boxes they came in since 1978. Good for you! Alas, most of my son's toys were broken and discarded. *He had all of the original Transformers, as well as a good number of the Star Wars collection. *His Voltron did make it, but no box. *My wife has an original Barbie - no box. *The box is worth far more than the doll. Hey, there's an opening. How difficult can it be to make boxes? |
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On 7/5/2011 5:48 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
That's pathetic. And disappointing, I'm sure. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org . "Red Green" wrote in message ... Workman took a crap in the toilet and did not flush it. I wasn't going to go there but at least they made it into the toilet. When scrounging a job site for drywall buckets, I've learned to pull off the tops of any buckets to make sure they are empty. Of course, you know, I took home a bucket of **** once. (Damnit, Normy, if you MUST top-post, QUIT using a sig delimiter. PITA to paste stuff back in.) I learned as a young kid doing construction cleanup- if the lid was pounded back onto the bucket, throw it away unopened. And look around corners in closets before you sweep with a pushbroom- those roach-coach milk cartons in use back then made great one-use urinals. -- aem sends.... |
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: (Damnit, Normy, if you MUST top-post, QUIT using a sig delimiter. PITA to paste stuff back in.) I've noticed that too. It's an inconvenient setup, from a replier's point of view. Luckily, my news client (XNews) allows me to defeat the "-- " sig function simply by highlighting the text I wish to quote in my reply before replying. "Normy" can defeat it himself by simply removing the space after the double-hyphen. If he knows how to do that... -- Tegger |
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Tegger wrote: aemeijers wrote in : (Damnit, Normy, if you MUST top-post, QUIT using a sig delimiter. PITA to paste stuff back in.) I've noticed that too. It's an inconvenient setup, from a replier's point of view. Luckily, my news client (XNews) allows me to defeat the "-- " sig function simply by highlighting the text I wish to quote in my reply before replying. "Normy" can defeat it himself by simply removing the space after the double-hyphen. If he knows how to do that... Unlike Jesus, Normy clearly doesn't give a god damn rat's ass about the preferences or convenience of others. However, the "select text first" approach works on my newsreader, also. |
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On 7/7/2011 12:37 PM, Smitty Two wrote:
I've noticed that too. It's an inconvenient setup, from a replier's point of view. Luckily, my news client (XNews) allows me to defeat the "-- " sig function simply by highlighting the text I wish to quote in my reply before replying. "Normy" can defeat it himself by simply removing the space after the double-hyphen. If he knows how to do that... Unlike Jesus, Normy clearly doesn't give a god damn rat's ass about the preferences or convenience of others. However, the "select text first" approach works on my newsreader, also. Oh, like this? Learn something every day on here- I'll try to remember it for next time, but with my swiss-cheese memory, who knows? I'm using Thunderbird at the moment, if anyone cares... -- aem sends... |
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On 07/05/11 5:47 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote: Quit that! I just wrote that.... -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org . "DerbyDad03" wrote in message ... I know people who have put the day's newspaper in such places. The way newspapers are going, those who find them likely won't have a clue what they are. ;-)- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Maybe it's time to start sticking iPads and Kindles in the wall. Those will be ancient technology by the time the walls get opened up. I wrote that *days* ago. |
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