11 hours ago, p_toad said:

Never heard it called that, but bead board, etc., yeah....   guess it's all about what you grew up with or were exposed to over the years.   a lot of the folks at the big box stores don't really get any training.(to speak of)...   I didn't know what this thing was until i looked it up...

 

so what is it???

2 hours ago, Stick486 said:

so what is it???

 

Cyborg smiley face.

 

 

1 minute ago, HandyDan said:

 

Cyborg smiley face.

 

 

that fits...

never heard of that term of art.

Hey Peter / P-Toad,

Thats a pitcher pump flapper isn't it?

 

 

Add another vote for never having heard the term car siding.

 

TxMoose

1 hour ago, TxMoose said:

Hey Peter / P-Toad,

Thats a pitcher pump flapper isn't it?

 

 

Add another vote for never having heard the term car siding.

 

TxMoose

Water pump flapper. I've replaced more than one of those! An iron weight bolts to the center hole.

Ditto on the car siding.

John

Edited January 16, 20179 yr by HARO50

Ahhhhhhhh! Item number four.  I did replace only one of those.

 

duh...

yup...you got it...lower valve flapper.   upper piece is the round seal like on a bike pump or grease gun.  Now, where did i put that box of split leather stem seals???  

Had to chuckle to myself last night. Was watching a episode of Tree House Masters with the kids and they were using Car Decking, 1 1/2" thick  tongue and groove SPF.

Never head of car siding, but know what car decking is. I think real car decking is Oak, but they seem to call any 2X6 T&G car decking.

Herb

Edited January 17, 20179 yr by Dadio

That water pump really brings me back. In my very early years I remember the black cast sink with the water pump  in the kitchen. My mom kept a quart milk bottle full of water on the sink in case she had to prime the pump to get it working. 

Yeah Al, doesn't seem that long ago. We had one on the well too.

 

We had a 2100 gal water tank mounted above the well and we pumped water from the well into it. My brother and I would take turns pumping for hours and would climb the ladder and look, didn't look like we were making any progress, what a fruitless job.. Our dad hooked up an electric pump as soon as we got electricity.
Herb

 

Edited January 17, 20179 yr by Stick486

5 minutes ago, Stick486 said:

this kind???

 

Nope... that's a yard hydrant. Needs an electric pump to work. Trust me... got one in the front yard.

John

Well its kind of like when you go to McDonald's. The kids in the back aren't trained chefs.  Why not it's a restaurant isn't it? Yeah but they only pay minimum wage or maybe a little more. These places aren't staffed with the trained professionals that the smaller hometown stores used to have.  Yeah they hire young kids in some cases but the kid has to start out some where.  At least he's at work and not sitting in front of a video game smoking pot and wondering why life is so unfair. Working in the big box stores cant be easy because they have materials for just about every facet of construction and what you call by one name someone else calls it another. Generally I've been better off hunting things down on my own and only seeking help when I have no luck.  I have had the same thing happen with older "wiser" associates as well. 

Try asking for Wire Pulls for cabinets sometime.

 

Herb

now ya done it Herb...

I did at Lowes awhile back and the Clerk took me over o the pliers section in TOOLS.

Herb

1 minute ago, Dadio said:

I did at Lowes awhile back and the Clerk took me over o the pliers section in TOOLS.

Herb

shouldn't have asked for a puller Herb...

and why didn't you stop him and at least try to explain what they are...