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Peanuts anyone?

JohnT8 | Posted in General Discussion on November 15, 2005 09:27am

Pulled the drywall off a first floor wall and some peanuts rained down on me.  So I went up to the attic to investigate.  Peanuts in the attic on top of the fiberglass insulation.

Don’t know if a previous owner had spilt a big bag of peanuts or what.  I seriously hope they don’t think it was supplemental insulation.

 

jt8

“Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.”
— Ronald Reagan

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    rjw | Nov 15, 2005 09:35am | #1

    I see that from time to time. My guess is they figure they'll do it whenever they get something shipped in the foam penuts, and after the first of second time realize it isn't worth the effeort.

    And, technically, I don't know if the poeanuts are fire rated and probably shouldn't be used in an open installation like that.


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    BossHog | Nov 15, 2005 03:19pm | #2

    Is this the house in Chatham?

    If the King's English was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for me [M. Ferguson - Governor of Texas circa 1920]
    1. JohnT8 | Nov 16, 2005 11:04am | #13

      Yes, I've been having great fun over there as I burn my last few vacation days.  Today I pulled in there at 9AM and didn't get back home until right at 11PM.  Makes for a long day.

      I have visions of what is going to happen to those peanuts when I put them in the top of the dumpster.  Nice windy day like we've been having.  Or better yet, wait until they pick the dumpster up and let the driver leave a cloud of them somewhere ;)

       jt8

      "Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first." -- Ronald Reagan

      1. DanH | Nov 16, 2005 02:18pm | #14

        Around here if the driver arrives at the dump without a cover on his load they write him a ticket.
        If ignorance is bliss why aren't more people

        happy?

      2. user-51823 | Nov 17, 2005 03:11am | #18

        i marry 2 annoying things that enter our home- when my husband gets all those guitars off ebay, packed in loose peanuts, i stuff them into all those flimsy plastic bags from the grocery store for re-use in packaging. half-fill the bags, tie loosely and squeeze the air out then tighten; this makes the packets moldable.
        if we have nothing to ship, i fill the bags full and deposit into the trash, bagged.

        Edited 11/16/2005 7:13 pm ET by msm-s

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    draftguy | Nov 15, 2005 06:11pm | #3

    "I seriously hope they don't think it was supplemental insulation."

    True. Everybody knows that peanuts have poor insulation value. The R-value for walnuts is much better. Same for almonds and cashews. Macademias are the best, but they cost more.

    Oh . . . you meant foam peanuts.

    (what happens when you drink coffee on an empty stomach)

    1. DanH | Nov 15, 2005 06:47pm | #4

      I figured this was just a continuation of the Calvin and Hobbs discussion.
      If ignorance is bliss why aren't more people

      happy?

    2. user-51823 | Nov 15, 2005 06:59pm | #5

      but the squirrel value for the pecans and acorns is highest of all.
      i sure wish someone had told me that before i insulated my attic with bridge mix -

      Edited 11/15/2005 11:01 am ET by msm-s

      1. DanH | Nov 15, 2005 07:06pm | #6

        Has anyone ever discovered their attic to be "insulated" with nut shells, compliments of the squirrels? I can remember a shower hut at a Scout camp in the Black Hills where the walls were FILLED with pine nuts.
        If ignorance is bliss why aren't more people

        happy?

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        draftguy | Nov 15, 2005 08:42pm | #9

        There's some irony. Just got an email from DW about the squirrels in our attic. She works at home, and the noise they make is driving her nuts (ooooohhhh, bad pun).Any guesses what i'll be doing this weekend?

    3. BillW | Nov 15, 2005 07:55pm | #7

      Reminds me that in 1979 - energy prices were going nuts, I was living in VT in a house that we frankly couldn't afford (interest rates were double digits), and my first child was born.  I got an incredible deal on disposable diapers - basically bought more than a year's worth at once - I hauled them to the attic and layed out the individual bundles and nearly covered the whole floor.  Hey, I had to store them somewhere!  Wonder what the R value was ...

      1. user-51823 | Nov 15, 2005 07:57pm | #8

        clever! talk about killing 2 turds with one stone...

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        draftguy | Nov 15, 2005 08:47pm | #10

        Pampers = R-14Luvs = R-16Huggies Supremes = R-21

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          Sphere | Nov 15, 2005 08:49pm | #11

          Dry or wet?  Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks

          HOW ABOUT THAT REZ GUY? UH HUH? ...He ain't Silesien I bet....wimp

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            draftguy | Nov 15, 2005 09:31pm | #12

            eeeewwwwwww . . .

  4. doodabug | Nov 17, 2005 01:08am | #15

    I worked on a house once where somebody had put straw in the attic.

    1. kate | Nov 17, 2005 01:38am | #16

      I worked at a house museum here for several years - built in 1678.  This is coastal CT, & they used eelgrass, dried & stuffed into the walls.  You can still go down to Eelgrass Cove & get it, where it still washes in regularly.  

      1. doodabug | Nov 17, 2005 02:37am | #17

        Sure would make a hot fire.

    2. JohnT8 | Nov 18, 2005 09:33am | #19

      It's hard enough keeping the bugs out without giving them condos.

       jt8

      "Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first." -- Ronald Reagan

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    JeffBuck | Nov 18, 2005 09:59am | #20

    watch out for big foam squirrels ...

    or elephants.

     

    one or the other is living up in that attic.

    beware ...

     

    Jeff

        Buck Construction

     Artistry In Carpentry

         Pittsburgh Pa

    1. JohnT8 | Nov 18, 2005 11:00am | #21

      watch out for big foam squirrels ...

      Maybe someone left a velvatine easter bunny up there and he's been crapping out those peanuts for years. :)

       jt8

      "Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first." -- Ronald Reagan

      1. DanH | Nov 18, 2005 04:49pm | #22

        Naw, it was a ferral nauga.
        If ignorance is bliss why aren't more people

        happy?

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          JeffBuck | Nov 19, 2005 05:43am | #23

          corinthian?

           

          Jeff    Buck Construction

           Artistry In Carpentry

               Pittsburgh Pa

          1. JohnT8 | Nov 21, 2005 09:13pm | #27

            corinthian?

            genuine faux corinthian nauga.   Don't settle for imitations.

             jt8

            "Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first." -- Ronald Reagan

        2. JohnT8 | Nov 19, 2005 11:14am | #24

          A friend and I had a running joke whenever we saw a tacky old sofa/recliner:  "you know how many naugas had to die to make that sucker?"

           jt8

          "Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first." -- Ronald Reagan

          1. user-51823 | Nov 21, 2005 08:53pm | #25

            ditto my family, the implication being that it was a sad waste of naugha lives to make something so ugly.a local radio call-in swap meet in my parent's small town featured people regularly calling in to offer or to sell furniture made of "hognied"; i believe the 2 are related. :-)

          2. JohnT8 | Nov 21, 2005 09:09pm | #26

            Hard to beat good leather furniture.  Has a comfortable feel that nauga can't compare to.

             jt8

            "Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first." -- Ronald Reagan

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