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My grandfather bought his farm with money earned in the shipyards during WWII. He cut trees, peeled them and provided them to the electric company so he could have electricity to the house. They installed the poles and ran wire to his house. He then went to work wiring the house.

His first project? He wired the outhouse. That way he did not have to fire up the kerosene lantern to use the facilities. The bathroom came a couple years later. People traveled from miles around to witness this new, modern wonder. Just imagine! An outhouse with an electric bulb burning just inches from you head while you were using it. It was considered very modern at the time.

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Lee Michaels
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But it (probably) has wood lath and wood rots. For that matter, never seen mold on a block wall? I have,many times, no cellulose there either.

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dadiOH

Put it on CraigsList. You'll probably find someone with a harvest gold one to trade. ;-)

In our first house, all of the bathroom fixtures were yellow (including a very nice porcelain cast iron tub). *NOTHING* goes with yellow. We also had a harvest gold stove and avocado 'fridge but they were easily replaced. ;-)

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krw

So you like horse-hair plaster, too? A friend ripped a bunch of it out of his house (built between 1800 and 1803).

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krw

snipped-for-privacy@attt.bizz wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

I almost offered to trade a dark pink toilet, but realized that blue (they're usually a powder blue, aren't they?) would probably clash with the dark pink counter top.

Puckdropper

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Puckdropper

Another incident comes to mind.

I bought a bike for my daughter a number of years back. The assembly instructions listed the tools that would be needed; including an adjustable wrench. I'm no grease monkey, but I have basic sets of sockets in English and Metric sizes. I figured the "adjustable wrench" recommendation was for those poor benighted souls who keep their entire complement of six tools in a kitchen drawer. A "handy" fellow like me wasn't going to fool around with an adjustable wrench.

Turns out the nuts - TWO different sizes - were non-standard.

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Greg Guarino

My dad's house (which he built) has aqua fixtures (tub, sink, toilet), all Kohler, in the upstairs bath. Kohler had great style, even 60 years ago. With that said, a blue toilet usually goes with nothing.

Jeff

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Jeff Thies

Received the socket today. A very nice looking socket. And it WAS made in Taiwan.

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G. Ross

Our Vermont house had a cobalt blue Kohler toilet; impossible to find parts for. The house was built in '87, so the commode was no antique.

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krw

Yeah, I have several adjustable wrenches, in both metric and imperial sizes. Some are both metric and imperial size. ;-)

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krw

I know it's a joke, but I have exactly such a beast, with an SAE scale on one side, and a metric on the other.

Jeff

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Jeff Thies

I was referring to the "8in" on one side and "300mm" on the other. ;-)

They probably have the scale on them too (pretty useless, so I don't remember).

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krw

True. They're not nearly accurate enough. I set my adjustable wrenches with a dial caliper before applying them to the nut.

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Greg Guarino

;-)

How about just putting it on the nut and turning the knob until it fits?

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krw

Then what would I use the caliper for?

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Greg Guarino

Weld it to the bolt to keep it from turning?

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krw

Because that is how they did it in the olden days.

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Leon

Leon wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@giganews.com:

Rather than welding, I prefer to Loctite my wrench to the nut. Once it sets up, I can turn the nut without fear of the wrench slipping. When the nut's finally tight, a few seconds with a propane torch takes the wrench right off.

Puckdropper

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Puckdropper

I just glue my wrenches to my nuts :-) That way I don't have to go looking for them later ;-) See:

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woodchucker

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