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**Boog** · 04-19-2020, 11:43 AM

Oh yeah. She's one of those who sits by the window with her binoculars handy watching who's coming and going right?

1976gmc20 · 04-19-2020, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by FleetsidePaul

I drive to my mailbox. Not because I'm lazy (which I am) It's just that I know my crazy neighbor will come out and talk my ear off.

She's nice and I know she's lonely. But the elevator doesn't go to the top floor if you know what I mean. She rambles on and on. I try to avoid her but even when I drive she catches me at the mailbox sometimes.

Have you tried wearing pants ???

**FleetsidePaul** · 04-19-2020, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Boog

Oh yeah. She's one of those who sits by the window with her binoculars handy watching who's coming and going right?

Big time.

Either that or she has radar.

**FleetsidePaul** · 04-19-2020, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by 1976gmc20

Have you tried wearing pants ???

I can't by popular demand.

**special-K** · 04-20-2020, 07:50 AM

So I read the article and took heed. I now wear my pants when checking the mail. But that's all they said. When I go to court for shopping in my grocery store with no pants on that will be my defense! "No one told me!!!"

1976gmc20 · 04-20-2020, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by special-K

So I read the article and took heed. I now wear my pants when checking the mail. But that's all they said. When I go to court for shopping in my grocery store with no pants on that will be my defense! "No one told me!!!"

I'm laughing so hard, you almost kilt me

**FleetsidePaul** · 04-20-2020, 01:14 PM

A wise man once said "You can't crap your pants if you're not wearing any"

Words to live by.

**special-K** · 04-21-2020, 07:51 AM

I'm looking to move out of this county. Too many laws!!

**FleetsidePaul** · 04-21-2020, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by special-K

I'm looking to move out of this county. Too many laws!!

Keep your pants on Tim. It's not that bad.

1976gmc20 · 04-21-2020, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by special-K

I'm looking to move out of this county. Too many laws!!

That's why we live where we do in Montana.

No building permits or zoning.

**special-K** · 04-21-2020, 08:17 PM

That could be a bad thing, too. Bad for the next person, bad for a deep snow, etc. My sister bought a place in Idaho built willy nilly not to codes and it sucks for her. I don't pull permits but I build to code. Better than code actually? I was talking about wearing pants anyway. Do you all have to wear pants there?

1976gmc20 · 04-21-2020, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by special-K

That could be a bad thing, too. Bad for the next person, bad for a deep snow, etc. My sister bought a place in Idaho built willy nilly not to codes and it sucks for her. I don't pull permits but I build to code. Better than code actually? I was talking about wearing pants anyway. Do you all have to wear pants there?

It's advisable. During the couple months above freezing, everything stings, bites, or pokes

**Steeveedee** · 04-21-2020, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by special-K

That could be a bad thing, too. Bad for the next person, bad for a deep snow, etc. My sister bought a place in Idaho built willy nilly not to codes and it sucks for her. I don't pull permits but I build to code. Better than code actually? I was talking about wearing pants anyway. Do you all have to wear pants there?

It's easy to exceed the UBC. It's overkill in a lot of cases, though. For seismic bracing (it used to be, it got beefed up after the '94 quake in Northridge) let-in diagonal braces made from 1"X 6" boards in the studs every 25 feet, chicken wire with stucco, and one sheet of drywall nailed onto 4 studs at 7 inch spacing every 25 feet of wall were considered adequate. Also, 2" X 6" boards were allowed on an 18' span, if they were 12" OC. I did all of those things, except that I used drywall screws for every sheet of drywall, instead of nails. When the shaking started in '94, I had full confidence that what I had built would still be standing. I was more worried about the old part of the house, but it was built in the '50s and to code. The only "structural" damage was some cracking due to differential shaking between the slab floor in the garage and the one wall of the addition I had built, as it and the rest of the house was built on a raised perimeter foundation. I had to re-tape and mud the corners of one bedroom and the adjacent hallway where they met the garage wall. There was an apartment building near the epicenter where the first story collapsed and the residents died. The contractor was discovered to have cut a bunch of corners during construction. I hope that he's still in prison. He probably saved $1000 on a million dollar project, if he was lucky.

That cost people's live and his personal freedom. I figure I used an extra $100 worth of materials beyond the code. It's never worth it to skimp.

**FleetsidePaul** · 04-22-2020, 04:58 AM

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never worth it to skimp.

Not out here in earthquake country.

I remember Northridge and Sylmar in 71 and a few others. They soiled my shorts.

When the Ridgecrest one hit. I ran out of the house like a scared puppy.

They are no joke. Earthquakes are like bombs going off.

**special-K** · 04-22-2020, 07:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Steeveedee

There was an apartment building near the epicenter where the first story collapsed and the residents died. The contractor was discovered to have cut a bunch of corners during construction. I hope that he's still in prison. He probably saved $1000 on a million dollar project, if he was lucky.

That cost people's live and his personal freedom. I figure I used an extra $100 worth of materials beyond the code. It's never worth it to skimp.

What did they do to the building inspector responsible for letting that crap pass?

**Steeveedee** · 04-22-2020, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by special-K

What did they do to the building inspector responsible for letting letting that crap pass?

I wondered about that myself, but I never heard anything about an inspector getting in trouble.

04-19-2020, 11:43 AM	#26
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04-20-2020, 07:50 AM	#30
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,851	Re: Hey Maryland. Put your pants on people! So I read the article and took heed. I now wear my pants when checking the mail. But that's all they said. When I go to court for shopping in my grocery store with no pants on that will be my defense! "No one told me!!!" __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

04-20-2020, 01:14 PM	#32
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04-21-2020, 07:51 AM	#33
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,851	Re: Hey Maryland. Put your pants on people! I'm looking to move out of this county. Too many laws!! __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

04-21-2020, 08:17 PM	#36
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,851	Re: Hey Maryland. Put your pants on people! That could be a bad thing, too. Bad for the next person, bad for a deep snow, etc. My sister bought a place in Idaho built willy nilly not to codes and it sucks for her. I don't pull permits but I build to code. Better than code actually? I was talking about wearing pants anyway. Do you all have to wear pants there? __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~



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