NWI INGO General Thread #26 - Pink Pooping Spiders & Raccons

[2A_Tom]

I find the cleanest bathrooms to be in the woods. Just leave no trace when going #2.

Carry out everything you bring in.

 

[actaeon277]

Car thaw heaters........
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I used to have to fix those at US.
What a pain.

 

[2A_Tom]

Any plumbers on here?
This is in a crawlspace.
Co-worker said it looks wet but when he touches it is not wet or damp. It's the cold water line going to his bathroom.

Water is working. He was in crawl to see if any pipes issues.

Galvanic corrosion.

It will eventually fail.

You need to turn off the water (in the spring) remove the iron pipe and replace it with a brass plug. Use plenty of dope on the threads!

Dope should not be a problem for you.

 

[actaeon277]

Pretty cool to watch in person. If you ever noticed one coupler on a coal car is painted because only one
swivels. Got to break the train if the two painted couplers are together.

We had one at US.
Fortunately, nothing I had to work on.

Story.
There is a guy who's ONLY job, was to look out the window and make sure everything's okay. Then push the start button.
One time he got lazy (that we know of) and didn't look.
The car only went HALF way in.
Twisted the car 90 degrees.
AND got it stuck.
The 'truck' (wheels) fell off.

 

[darkkevin]

Car thaw heaters........
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kinda wanna go run thru there myself!

 

[2A_Tom]

kinda wanna go run thru there myself!

You do not look like a sprinter, but what do I know.

 

[melensdad]

You do not look like a sprinter, but what do I know.

Based on body type I'd say Kevin would get dragged out of the other end crispy around the edges and baked to Medium-Well done

 

[mmpsteve]

Can I get a list of all those sanitary gas stations? I drive 3,000 miles per month, I avoid gas station rest rooms as much as possible.

I basically plan my highway stops these days around Love's brand gas station/truck stops. Clean bathrooms with all the amenities of other truckstops/convenient marts. I imagine they are hurting other established brands.

.

 

[darkkevin]

You do not look like a sprinter, but what do I know.

Ok, ok walk briskly

 

[darkkevin]

Well, I am DARKkevin

Based on body type I'd say Kevin would get dragged out of the other end crispy around the edges and baked to Medium-Well done

 

[marvin02]

Our coal cars had doors on the bottom and a shaker they lowered onto the cars. Had about one call per winter where the coal wouldn't come out and we found a dead deer in the car. Speculation was that they fell into the car when it was on a siding and couldn't get out. Car then filled with coal.

Shaker:

Overhead Railcar Shaker: Unload Hopper Railcars | NAVCO®

NAVCO® Overhead Railcar Shakers designed for unloading hopper railcars in heavy-duty applications and harsh environments.

www.navco.us

 

[jedi]

Galvanic corrosion.

It will eventually fail.

You need to turn off the water (in the spring) remove the iron pipe and replace it with a brass plug. Use plenty of dope on the threads!

Dope should not be a problem for you.

Thanks he is/was freaking out.
Our coworker in Kansas City her pipes froze in bathroom. Landlord told her to use a hair dryer to thaw out and that led to pipe bursting and water all over the place.

Another coworker who lives on the north side of chiraqi his kitchen faucet was not working, frozen pipe. This occured because his furnance stopped working so the whole 2 story house was cold. (More on this In a momemt)


We told him to try and isolate that section of the house by turning off the water line that goes to that area before thawing it out.

He took no action and called hvac about the furnance instead. Turns out the nest batteries died and the nest told the furnamce to stay off. The nest had been installed incorrectly. Instead of getting power from the furnamce it was using the batteries only and he never changed them out.

Furnance comes back on, warm house and this morning surprise flooded basement as the kitchen pipe thawed out and

Plumbing sucks!!!

 

[2A_Tom]

Thawing does not burst the pipe. The expansion of the frozen H2O breaks the pipe.

Thawing only allows the water to leak.

I deserve a Denny.

 

[Max Volume]

And don't thaw frozen pipes with a propane torch. Seen the results on a fire call. Homeowner didn't realize
he started a fire inside the wall until it was too late. Pipes all got thawed though.

 

[jedi]

And don't thaw frozen pipes with a propane torch. Seen the results on a fire call. Homeowner didn't realize
he started a fire inside the wall until it was too late. Pipes all got thawed though.

R u sure he was not killing a spider?

On a serious note that really sucks.
Then again plumbing in general sucks!

 

[2A_Tom]

And don't thaw frozen pipes with a propane torch. Seen the results on a fire call. Homeowner didn't realize
he started a fire inside the wall until it was too late. Pipes all got thawed though.

Not laughing about the situation.
Just the last line.

 

[Max Volume]

On a similar note I strongly encourage EVERYONE to have a working CO detector. I've seen those save lives
several times a year. Mostly during heating season due to bad heat exchangers, improper flame characteristics
because of bad burners or improper stoichiometric ratio (air fuel mixture), etc.
The better CO detectors have a digital readout that you can see before any alarm signal. Check batteries and replace
them as required.
Don't install them right next to a stove but in a central area.

 

[bigretic]

Rest stops don’t need to sell anything….. everything is paid for. Forcibly. Admittedly since using the side of the road is frowned upon I frequent both, often. And there is no contest. And I don’t see how people paying for what they use is stupid? Example???

The comment was "only" paying for what you use. Like i should be itemized and only have to pay for the portion of taxes that support the road that i drive on 5 days a week. The premise of taxation and government is to support the greater good of the whole and maintain a society. Not just the **** i use.

 

[cg21]

The comment was "only" paying for what you use. Like i should be itemized and only have to pay for the portion of taxes that support the road that i drive on 5 days a week. The premise of taxation and government is to support the greater good of the whole and maintain a society. Not just the **** i use.

And that is why we have .guv funded research on how productive pigeons are when they are on steroids at doing math.

 

[jedi]