Author: Scott Hall <scott.hall.personal@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2015 09:47:49 -0400
Okay fellas, This: http://imgur.com/MGMpgzC Thing lives in my basement, upstream of where the washer and dryer plug in. I get that it seems to be some sort of primitive "fuse box", and the 'bulb sock
Author: Scott Hall <scott.hall.personal@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2015 11:58:12 -0400
Ah, so it's a primitive breaker? It'll protect the circuit (fuse), and allow me to just turn it off whenever I want (the switch). That seems...okay. But also not a fan of this setup. I'm not sure old
Author: Scott Hall <scott.hall.personal@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2015 12:00:56 -0400
Should I replace it with something? I'm a big fan of not having electrical fires (and the wiring on the underside of the floorboards shows evidence of knob-and-tube through modern insulated copper, j
Author: Scott Hall <scott.hall.personal@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2015 12:03:43 -0400
There's a breaker box, Pat. I'll check and make sure the dryer circuit is actually going through it. You know...come to think of it, this might be for the washer only. This contraption is on a board
Author: Scott Hall <scott.hall.personal@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2015 13:02:26 -0600
So, the garage had part of the floor covered with vinyl tile. No sweat. Bought a floor scraper from Harbor Freight. Nice tool. Very sharp, thick blade on the end of a pole. Good for smooth concrete s
Author: Scott Hall <scott.hall.personal@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2015 15:37:17 -0600
Actually, the scraper blade *is* shaped just like a very large chisel. And it's made of something like Mithral--my first thought was to file the scraper until a desired level of dull-ness was achieve
Author: Scott Hall <scott.hall.personal@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2015 16:17:22 -0600
I'll measure it to be sure, but this stuff is about 12 inches square, and it looks like the mid-'80s stuff my mom had in her kitchen. The stuff on top looks like 1990s era stuff. Also about a foot sq
Author: Scott Hall <scott.hall.personal@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 20:13:48 -0500
--==8648571971788607314== --001a11c2e0dce3af4e0528dc6c64 New house has hot-water radiant heat. It was on when I looked at the house last winter. It's going to get into the teens here this weekend, so
Author: Scott Hall <scott.hall.personal@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 14:17:35 -0600
--==6802955199961161737== --001a113d2424ce0d270529b591b2 Doing this again: Setting up the garage here. I might bring some of the tools up here, but most will stay at home. I'm buying everything from
Author: Scott Hall <scott.hall.personal@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 14:44:18 -0600
--==4335942405318259685== --047d7bd6c5124f4f9b0529b5f13d Yeah, I always had "automotive" plugs at home because that's what I had. I just remember reading a debate somewhere and there was finally a co
Author: Scott Hall <scott.hall.personal@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 10:54:11 -0600
--==3703031157503390068== --047d7bd6c5123333fe0529c6d812 I've got a stupid question: when do you use snow tires? For example, it snowed six inches or so here last night, and I know I'd like some snow
Author: Scott Hall <scott.hall.personal@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2016 15:53:33 -0500
--==0082614067940876816== --001a11400e765604150536993043 My wife asked for a monogrammed Yeti cup--you know, those stainless steel cups that keep ice cool forever. Got the cup, had it monogrammed. I
Author: Scott Hall <scott.hall.personal@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2016 16:58:51 -0500
--==6564602978426538692== --001a114e710ade6ed605369a190e Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I'd do exactly what you suggest, John--anchor a loop/ring/anchor to the slab and use that. I saw t
Author: Scott Hall <scott.hall.personal@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2016 18:33:19 -0600
--==0675307139220869802== --001a113ee5e2528a6c054306adc1 Guys, I left my house in earlier this fall for an extended work trip. I got back a week ago. Gone maybe...three months total? I had gnats in t
Author: Scott Hall <scott.hall.personal@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2018 08:55:35 -0500
Background: all the sink and shower faucets in the house are an unidentifiable manufacturer. The house was sitting long enough that they're all "sticky"--don't want to operate. They pull "up and down
Author: Scott Hall <scott.hall.personal@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2018 20:49:09 -0500
Need a little help, fellas, before I attack this thing with a sledge. New H-F trailer. Requires a 1 7/8" ball. I get a 1 7/8" ball. Test fit the ball into the hitch receiver before installing on hitc
Author: Scott Hall <scott.hall.personal@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2018 12:21:50 -0500
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Author: Scott Hall <scott.hall.personal@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2018 15:31:52 -0500
--==2930022491501450990== --000000000000c9299e0577a9658f I've got the IR2131. I'm sure it's been superceded by now, but it's got plenty of grunt and has never broken anything. If I had to replace it