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I’m just an average guy.
Barely graduated high school, never went to college.
Never got rich or famous, always been a poor country boy. Nothing special.
Spent 45 years operating a forklift before retiring. Wearing work boots and a shirt with my name above the pocket.
But there is one thing that I am grateful to the Lord for, that He allowed me to serve in combat with the best outfit in the US Army. The 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized).
That Red Diamond insignia means the world to me.
The division motto is “We Will”. And by God, we did!
Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard, war or peace, no matter where you served, you are my Brother or Sister.
Barely graduated high school, never went to college.
Never got rich or famous, always been a poor country boy. Nothing special.
Spent 45 years operating a forklift before retiring. Wearing work boots and a shirt with my name above the pocket.
But there is one thing that I am grateful to the Lord for, that He allowed me to serve in combat with the best outfit in the US Army. The 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized).
That Red Diamond insignia means the world to me.
The division motto is “We Will”. And by God, we did!
Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard, war or peace, no matter where you served, you are my Brother or Sister.
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Biltmore's library is highly impressive. I've saw it from behind the ropes. I don't think anyone other than certain staff is allowed to touch the books.
2 stories with ladders on both floors and it's a good size room. I'd love to spend a few hours just reading titles.
2 stories with ladders on both floors and it's a good size room. I'd love to spend a few hours just reading titles.
You don't need to be rich or famous, but you are WAY ABOVE AVERAGE for your service to America!! THANK YOU!!
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I saw that it is about the size of a hot tub!
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Imagine carving this! I wouldn't want to sleep in it!
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The larger pieces around the edge seemed to be woven too evenly imho, to be done by an eagle.
This one seems more like an eagle would have created it.
It's not blue monday but...
Bioluminescent algae - the years I spent at sea... always liked watching the algae at night.
Bioluminescent algae - the years I spent at sea... always liked watching the algae at night.
Sula nebouxii blue-footed booby
Blue striped Australian bee
Gooty Sapphire Ornamental Tarantula
Pvc is not allowed inside or under a building, It can be used underground as a water supply to a building but must transition no closer than 5 ‘ from the drip edge. Pvc breaks down over time with exposure to UV.
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Brittany Spaniel. The ones in the background are the parents and littermates.
1979, I just got out of the Air Force About 6 mths before this picture
My Nephew and I at the Zoo
My Nephew and I at the Zoo
... and they complain about us hikers disturbing the birds by walking down trails half a mile from their nests!
Penelope naps in preparation for New Years Eve:
Revellers wearing bearskin costumes march during the Bearskin Parade in Comanesti, Romania. More than two hundred 'bears' and dozens of musicians, surrounded by police and tourists, took part in the end-of-the-year parade. Young men and women dressed in real bearskin and traditional costumes paraded to chase away the evil spirits of the coming year. In all regions of Romania similar events exist but it is in this historical region of Moldova that they are the most developed. Comanesti has become the centre, attracting more and more troupes of dancers every year. Photo by Daniel Mihailescu / AFP
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It is PVC and not CPVC. That shed has PVC coming out of the cistern, stainless steel going in to the jet pump, galvanized steel coming out of the jet pump, and then transitions to PVC again.
As I mentioned below, Hashbrown was right. It's a pressure tank.
Frodo mentioned the restrictions on PVC. It used to be allowed for cold water inside but I believe the reason for prohibiting it now is that the inspectors can't tell hot water from cold water lines so they want it to be copper, PEX, or CPVC. Its basically to make life easier for inspectors. PVC is still used in water well applications where the water is cold and it is used for outside hose bibs but it is usually covered with insulation so it doesn't get as much exposure to sunlight.
After a winter storm awhile back that ruptured all of the CPVC, we replaced both PVC and CPVC with PEX. There is only a short run of PVC bringing cold water to the water heater (the line was there when we moved in but we eventually plan to replace it with PEX) and a short run of CPVC coming out of the water heater that transitions to PEX.
The CPVC around here is usually beige and has a smaller inner diameter than PVC so its easier to spot. The stuff at my house got very brittle over the years.
My plan is to bridge the PVC with a short run of PEX inside the shed.
You are correct.
I'm not clear what the "drip edge" is. My PVC runs just under the house and then is converted to PEX but it is buried up to the transition point so it is never exposed to sunlight. Is it acceptable to have PVC above ground in the shed where it doesn't have sunlight? I've seen a lot of pictures of jet pumps and pressure tanks that have PVC. I don't think they make PEX large enough for the inlet side of a jet tank and the suction would probably cause it to collapse anyway. I know from experience that braided steel hose won't work between cistern and jet pump (intake side). I wonder if it would work on the outer part.
Sorry, not trying to hijack this thread. LOL.
Both the International Residential Code , (IRC) and the Florida Building Code (FBC) and the Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC) do not have PVC (polyvinyl chloride) pipe on their list of approved water distribution pipe. The building codes make a distinction between water “service” pipe, which means pipe that delivers water to the house, and water “distribution” pipe, which is the pipe inside a house that runs to the plumbing fixtures. Pipe changes from the supply to distribution category once it enters the house and, although PVC is rated for service pipe, it is not rated for distribution.
The reason for not allowing PVC for distribution pipe is that it is not rated to withstand the thermal expansion stress caused by hot water. Even cold water pipe inside a home can end up with hot water in it, because the heat inside a water heater transfers backward through the water in the cold water supply pipe. If you wrapped your hands around both the hot and cold pipes at the top of a water heater, it would difficult to tell them apart based on their temperature near where they penetrate the tank.
But PVC can be used inside the home as drain pipe
The term “drip edge” is where the roof line stops. The most putter edge of the structure. The drip edge is literally where the water drips off the building
The reason for not allowing PVC for distribution pipe is that it is not rated to withstand the thermal expansion stress caused by hot water. Even cold water pipe inside a home can end up with hot water in it, because the heat inside a water heater transfers backward through the water in the cold water supply pipe. If you wrapped your hands around both the hot and cold pipes at the top of a water heater, it would difficult to tell them apart based on their temperature near where they penetrate the tank.
But PVC can be used inside the home as drain pipe
The term “drip edge” is where the roof line stops. The most putter edge of the structure. The drip edge is literally where the water drips off the building
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Ah. OK. That's what I thought the drip edge was but wasn't sure. My PVC is now mostly in the shed and for outside water (for cow's water trough & hoses). I know its not to code, but it never was to begin with.
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"Colton, South Dakota
BNSF Madison subdivision
I took off from work a bit early on Tuesday (OK, a lot early
) to go check out a snow plow being run from Sioux Falls to Madison (?), SD. I carefully drove up a still somewhat snow packed I-29 and then cut west to intercept it. I found the plow getting ready to hit the heaviest stretch immediately north of Colton. I parked my Forester and found a spot to catch the action. The plow backed by three engines began to move and then rammed into the start of the nearly mile long drift. It didn't get very far! Suddenly, the plow was off the rail and at a 45 degree angle on its side. I drove down, got out, and took a look. It was pretty obvious the plow was done for the day.
It looked like a Hulcher moment there. I talked briefly with some of crew. Fortunately no one was hurt but somebody did spill their coffee.
Heavy equipment showed up the next day and began digging everything out. Not only was the plow dug out and lifted back on the tracks using a sideboom dozer, but the entire mile long drift was dug out with a combination of excavators, bulldozer, and tractor mounted snowblower. This took three days plus and I can only guess how many tens of thousands of dollars. The drifts were not only deep (over 10 ft.) but the 50 mph winds had packed them like concrete. I was able to walk on them as if on a sidewalk.
The plow sat forlorn for several days, looking a little battered. A pair of bright orange BNSF engines showed up this afternoon and pulled it back to the shop, its tail tucked between its legs. Looking at where the heavy equipment was still attacking the drift on the north end, I have no idea why someone thought a V plow was going to get through any of that.
I don't normally like to post this many photos, but I think these do tell the story."
BNSF Madison subdivision
I took off from work a bit early on Tuesday (OK, a lot early
Heavy equipment showed up the next day and began digging everything out. Not only was the plow dug out and lifted back on the tracks using a sideboom dozer, but the entire mile long drift was dug out with a combination of excavators, bulldozer, and tractor mounted snowblower. This took three days plus and I can only guess how many tens of thousands of dollars. The drifts were not only deep (over 10 ft.) but the 50 mph winds had packed them like concrete. I was able to walk on them as if on a sidewalk.
The plow sat forlorn for several days, looking a little battered. A pair of bright orange BNSF engines showed up this afternoon and pulled it back to the shop, its tail tucked between its legs. Looking at where the heavy equipment was still attacking the drift on the north end, I have no idea why someone thought a V plow was going to get through any of that.
I don't normally like to post this many photos, but I think these do tell the story."
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Our mobile home in Florida has PVC pipe throughout. From the well to the house and inside as well.
I imagine every other mobile home does too.
Been living in it since it was built in 1999.
I imagine every other mobile home does too.
Been living in it since it was built in 1999.
