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   Joe_Hennessey | May 07, 2001 10:24pm | #1

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   One I wondered about was an elaborate driveway sensor set up to turn the lights on upstairs in a house when a car pulled in. Then the staircase lights went on & then the porch light? But then what?

   Somebody outside thinks "They are going to answer the door" but nothing more happens, just the lights going on. Seems like it would piss off the visitors?

   The rock crushed the Mazda, done deal. JoeH

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   GACC_DAllas | May 10, 2001 02:11am | #2

   *Remember the picture of the sedan with the lumber package on top? I wonder if the guy ever got the lumber home.Ed.

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   piffin_ | May 10, 2001 03:20am | #3

   *That car pic must have won the www award for the most times around the web in sixty days. I got it about twenty times. Hotter than a chain letter

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   Joseph_Di_Cicco | May 15, 2001 02:01am | #4

   *What do they say, the lights are on but nobody's home?

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   Rein_Taul | May 15, 2001 02:09am | #5

   *I hope there haven't been too many electrical fires. Some posters might be liable for the advice they have given...

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   GACC_DAllas | May 15, 2001 02:40am | #6

   *Rein,Yeah, and the structural stuff. Man, I'm not giving any advice on load bearing this or that.....I hate to see those questions. Ed.

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   Gunner_1750 | May 15, 2001 02:56am | #7

   *That has me wondering. Do you suppose the ones who haven't been burned out, have been crushed when their houses collapsed? And that's why you never hear from them again.

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   K_Johnston | May 15, 2001 02:57am | #8

   *Quite awhile back I asked what to do with aluminum double hung windows where the frame was bowed in the center by about 1/8. Finally got around to taking the advice of drilling and tapping the frame, then using bolt to push center of frame to proper position. It worked on all but one window in the house that would not budge. Thanks.

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   Rein_Taul | May 15, 2001 03:05am | #9

   *Gunner, Maybe they couldn't get pictures of their boulders uploaded into Luka's gallery.

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   Gunner_1750 | May 15, 2001 03:10am | #10

   *LOL True,True

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   scott_lind | May 16, 2001 07:36pm | #11

   *The footings that lifted back in January - they settled back down as most you predicted - we poured walls in April and are framing. Never had a soils engineer check for the expansive soils but since all the soil LOOKED uniform and the one corner most exposed was the only thing that moved, frost seemed the only likely cause.After the weather broke and we un-baled and un-foamed the footings it took about two weeks for things to drop back.Other than a 4 month delay all seems to be well.Scott Lind

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   Robert_Macaione | May 17, 2001 04:24am | #12

   *Scott - Yes! That's what I mean. I remember that post. Nice to hear it all worked out.

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   jim_"crazy_legs"_blodg | May 17, 2001 04:48am | #13

   *What happened to that architect that someone told to take a flying ---- at a rolling donut? I wonder if he ever tried it?

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    Luka_ | May 17, 2001 06:10am | #14

    *They uploaded alright. I showed them my rocks were bigger than theirs. Their post disappeared.Go figure.

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   Robert_Macaione | May 17, 2001 06:10am | #15

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   Anybody else wonder what the final outcome was from all the advice offered here? I'm interested in knowing what happened to that boulder hauling Mazda. Any others?