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I have found it.... behold.
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Nov 21, 2017 04:20
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What, no bidet? 
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Nov 21, 2017 04:37
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Lime Tonics posted:I have found it.... Where did the Emperor go?
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Nov 21, 2017 04:46
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Lime Tonics posted:I have found it.... How did you get into the White House?
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Nov 21, 2017 06:06
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I live a couple blocks from a fire department, and at least they're civil enough to not fire up the sirens until they're a quarter mile away and away from the residential area. Usually. When they don't, that means something's EXTRA hosed and probably worth following them to gawk at.
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Nov 21, 2017 07:26
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My local fire department runs Q sirens. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ay41SP8ApM They do try to keep it down/only tap it to clear an intersection in residential areas, but I was at the corner store the other day (state highway and residential street intersection) and one went screaming by, for a second I thought it was the end of the world. Oh, no, it's just Engine 7. I've read that the FDNY officially banned the Q, but most crews buy them anyway and just get them confiscated and buy a new one/remove it every time the rig gets its annual inspection. Edit: it doesn't really come across in the video, but it's a 120db square wave, it's extremely unsettling in person, you feel it in your teeth. So the complaints about the noise are justified, to a degree. But it does get people's attention, as opposed to the wimpy police sirens that they have to change up every few years because people start to tune them out. Edit again: Sometimes they get stuck on, but everybody just has to go deaf putting out the fire before going in to pull the fuse/crawling under the bumper with an axe. Chillbro Baggins fucked around with this message at 15:59 on Nov 21, 2017 |
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Nov 21, 2017 15:47
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Bad Angus! Bad!
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Phoenix PD bought rumblers for their cop cars, and earlier in the year we got a few ambulances with them installed. I used it a few times during calls on the ambulances, but I had no clue how they sounded from outside the vehicle. Yesterday, a cop behind me turned his rumbler on to get my attention to go around (we were stopped in traffic, the moment the light went green he flipped his lights on.) I thought my car was falling apart. Everything shook and I thought the transmission was eating itself.
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Nov 21, 2017 17:09
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The police cars in DC have something they flip on occasionally that if they go by with it on you feel it in your chest if your walking.
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Nov 21, 2017 19:58
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Thumposaurus posted:The police cars in DC have something they flip on occasionally that if they go by with it on you feel it in your chest if your walking.
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Nov 21, 2017 20:05
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Thumposaurus posted:The police cars in DC have something they flip on occasionally that if they go by with it on you feel it in your chest if your walking. An Alsatian?
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Nov 21, 2017 20:28
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My Lovely Horse posted:A gun? Only if you’re black and don’t have a weapon.
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Nov 21, 2017 22:04
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Delivery McGee posted:My local fire department runs Q sirens. I hear those from my office in DC sometimes. They've got a cool ethereal sound to them, like the mournful scream of a banshee.
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Nov 22, 2017 00:34
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HisMajestyBOB posted:I hear those from my office in DC sometimes. They've got a cool ethereal sound to them, like the mournful scream of a banshee. Those are what sirens are supposed to sound like, on fire apparatus at the very least. All the engines in my neck of the woods use them. Cop cars and ambulances tend to use the electronic warblers.
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Nov 22, 2017 00:48
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Thumposaurus posted:The police cars in DC have something they flip on occasionally that if they go by with it on you feel it in your chest if your walking. That's a rumbler (or howler) my friend
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Nov 22, 2017 00:49
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:That's a rumbler (or howler) my friend
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Nov 22, 2017 22:12
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It’s annoying that the gif stops before they can show you that it went all the way to the basement.
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Nov 22, 2017 22:14
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Platystemon posted:
The roof is literally just unbacked, unsupported clay tile? Is this a Toll Bros. house?
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Nov 22, 2017 23:40
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Pretty common construction outside the US, and common here until the 50s: tile, shakes, or slate on lath. My house still has the lath; plywood was installed over it in the late '70's, when the first asphalt shingle roof was laid. Before that, it was cedar shake.
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Nov 23, 2017 00:29
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This seems like it would be in this threads area of interest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNmNymaIzTE
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Nov 23, 2017 07:36
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PainterofCrap posted:Pretty common construction outside the US, and common here until the 50s: tile, shakes, or slate on lath. That's hosed up. In Scandinavia, newest regulation for houses requires fully supported and closed upper and lower roof with ventilation, and then they fill the entire a-frame with insulation, we're talking a huge number of cubic feet. The houses become so well insulated they need a special HVAC unit to bring in warm fresh air to not make it a sauna.
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Nice piece of fish posted:That's hosed up. In Scandinavia, newest regulation for houses requires fully supported and closed upper and lower roof with ventilation, and then they fill the entire a-frame with insulation, we're talking a huge number of cubic feet. The houses become so well insulated they need a special HVAC unit to bring in warm fresh air to not make it a sauna. I thought they loved saunas there.
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Nov 23, 2017 10:19
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Synthbuttrange posted:I thought they loved saunas there.
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Nov 23, 2017 10:39
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Phanatic posted:The roof is literally just unbacked, unsupported clay tile? Is this a Toll Bros. house? Here's what the inside of one of my roofs looks like:  That felt between the rafters backs directly onto the tiles: 
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Nov 23, 2017 11:33
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`Nemesis posted:This seems like it would be in this threads area of interest Holy poo poo. I always thought those things were some kind of plaster or mortar and that was bad enough. But loving packing material that my washing machine came in ?
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Nov 23, 2017 11:58
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spog posted:Holy poo poo. Truly a sturdy material for the ages. A thousand years from now archeologists will unearth these structures and wonder how they ever stood up.
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Nov 23, 2017 12:13
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spog posted:Holy poo poo. Barf. I'm against fakery in general for my own stuff even when using real materials, let alone this friff.
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Nov 23, 2017 12:17
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spog posted:Holy poo poo. McMansion Hell always made fun of foam columns and whatever, but I didn't fully realize how true it was either. Laughably terrible. https://i.imgur.com/PPWbL9f.gifv `Nemesis fucked around with this message at 13:12 on Nov 23, 2017 |
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Nov 23, 2017 13:02
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spog posted:Holy poo poo. They used to be, you'd pour plaster into a mould/form that had been erected in place, then wait for it to dry, sand, and finish it. The 1960's apt building I live in still has them for the upper moulding where the wall and ceiling meet, as it would be way to expensive to replace them (they are essentially 'one' with the ceiling now). The preformed stuff is cheaper, more uniform, more durable, easier to work with, and has way more variety.
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Nov 23, 2017 14:18
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Mercury Ballistic posted:DCA/National recently changed all the flight patterns in and out. It is supposed to be far more efficient, but people all over the area, including my neighborhood are pissed cause it was quiet for decades prior. My area has been developed since the 1940s, so it is not like it is new construction. I get buying near an existing noise source mitigates your grounds for complaining, but when the source moves to your neighborhood, I understand the animosity. http://dcist.com/2017/09/report_noise_complaints_are_up_four.php As it’s gotten colder over the last few weeks the noise from DCA here in SW has gotten progressively louder.
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`Nemesis posted:This seems like it would be in this threads area of interest I had to deal with some EIFS siding yesterday while mounting some security cameras. The little domes were no problem, but I'm afraid of what the boom mounted PTZs will do over time.
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n0tqu1tesane posted:I had to deal with some EIFS siding yesterday while mounting some security cameras. The little domes were no problem, but I'm afraid of what the boom mounted PTZs will do over time. I'm sure it will be fine. That stuff is tough and long lasting. 
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Indolent Bastard posted:I'm sure it will be fine. That stuff is tough and long lasting. Cockatoos destroying an entire shopping mall remains my favorite crappy construction tale.
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Indolent Bastard posted:I'm sure it will be fine. That stuff is tough and long lasting. Imagine a bird takes million years to fly to a mountain every time it needs to sharpen it's beak. The universe will end when the mountain is gone.  So the universe will only last a million years.
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"Hey Bob, I thought we had more than enough concrete to fill in this hole?" https://i.imgur.com/PPWbL9f.gifv
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I have so many questions about this house and its "vintage character and charm". Like why are there bars on all the windows?  Why didn't they finish the walls?  Did they really think this flooring looked good when they installed it?  Why aren't there closets in any of the bedrooms?   Why is the master bedroom only accessible via the kitchen?  And what kind of drugs were they on when they tiled this bathroom? 
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You missed something. Namely, why is the entire goddamn thing made of brick, sheesh. Except for the bathroom, and I'd wager good money that's just a thin veneer of sheetrock on top of more brick.
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Youth Decay posted:I have so many questions about this house and its "vintage character and charm". Would absolutely buy.
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:You missed something. Namely, why is the entire goddamn thing made of brick, sheesh. It's burnt adobe brick which is what a lot of houses in Tucson are made of (if not plain adobe), but most builders have the sense to plaster/paint the interior walls so it doesn't look like a dungeon.
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