schnewj Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 3 minutes ago, Stick486 said: that had to be a misprint on the print... Probably not! The idiot most likely took the angle of the stairs and set the rise and the run to fit the angle, he just divided the number of treads into the available distance to get the dimension. Dadio and Cal 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadio Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 4 hours ago, schnewj said: I was lucky to have some really good, experienced, contractor superintendents over my years of overseeing construction and maintenance activities. Knowing that our "design engineers" usually didn't have a clue, or care that the piping interfered with the electrical or the shut off valves were under a catwalk and unreachable, usually, found a safe and solid work-a-round/design change. Many times I had to go over the "engineer's" head a force them to sign off on the field change. Most were arrogant, "I can do no wrong", until their boss saw how really inept and uncooperative they really were. Without that field experience available we would have built/installed some really crappy things. I have more respect and trust for people with actual field experience then I do for most engineers with NO field experience. I have had the same experience many times, and had to redraw the problem and submit it to the Architect for approval,so that the inspector would buy it off when it was completed. Herb Cal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gerald Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 Herb was that some jobsite anger still left over? Cal, Dadio and Gunny 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven newman Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 On 4/10/2019 at 10:38 AM, Woodbutcherbynight said: Think of it like this, it is like a 2nd language. If you learned and can use both it expands your knowledge and ability. That said I find it hard sometimes to not mix the English with the Ukrainian when speaking. Okay, sometimes when I want to really let someone have it prudence demands I use Ukrainian. This way I stay employed. or Vietnamese ? Gunny and Cal 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Altier Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 When I took basic training in the Army, they taught us how to "sight in" our weapons by adjusting the rear sight. However, before basic training was over, they began teaching "Kentucky windage" I wondered who would have time to adjust the rear sight to shoot an enemy. Gunny and Dadio 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadio Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 I remember that,now that you mention it. Herb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Howe Posted April 12, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 We had maybe 3 hours of classroom instruction and about that much on the range. The next day, we qualified. IIRC, I qualified once more in the remaining 6 years in the USAF. Didn't touch a firearm in the line of duty the last 5 years. I guess the AF figured that if it came to the point where we needed to shoot the enemy, we were doomed, anyway. Gunny and Dadio 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadio Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 After Basic we qualified every year. In basic it was the M-1 Garand, after that my basic weapon was 30 cal. Carbine. Herb Gunny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIMMIEM Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 The military seems to use metric measurements.....how are they able to train everybody that may have never used metric measurements? Also, medical folks use the metric system too. Anybody remember back in the 70's (1970's) when the US tried out metric gasoline pumps with liters....that experiment didn't seem to last long. I think the plan was to wait for the next generation to come along and reintroduce the metric system then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gene Howe Posted April 12, 2019 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 Hope we don't go to kilometers. I'd have to drive farther to town. Cal, Gunny, JIMMIEM and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIMMIEM Posted April 13, 2019 Report Share Posted April 13, 2019 2 hours ago, Gene Howe said: Hope we don't go to kilometers. I'd have to drive farther to town. It would only seem farther. I can't keep the conversion straight so I do a quick review every time I go into a bathroom....the toilet water flush consumption is 1 gallon / 3.785 liters per flush. Gene Howe, Cal and Gunny 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadio Posted April 13, 2019 Report Share Posted April 13, 2019 @JIMMIEM Is that in the tank,or the bowl? before? or after? Did you measure it? Old style toilet,or new economy flush, or the air tank assisted? Herb Gunny, Gene Howe, Cal and 1 other 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schnewj Posted April 13, 2019 Report Share Posted April 13, 2019 12 hours ago, Gene Howe said: Hope we don't go to kilometers. I'd have to drive farther to town. ...and faster... Gunny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gene Howe Posted April 13, 2019 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted April 13, 2019 11 minutes ago, schnewj said: ...and faster... Probably not. My old truck barely handles 40 MPH. 64 KPH would over tax it. You can only ask just so much of a Ford, ya know. Gunny, Artie, Dadio and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gene Howe Posted April 13, 2019 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted April 13, 2019 9 hours ago, Dadio said: @JIMMIEM Is that in the tank,or the bowl? before? or after? Did you measure it? Old style toilet,or new economy flush, or the air tank assisted? Herb Doesn't that all depend on the type and density of the water? To save storage space, we use the dehydrated stuff. Artie, p_toad, Gunny and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIMMIEM Posted April 13, 2019 Report Share Posted April 13, 2019 9 hours ago, Dadio said: @JIMMIEM Is that in the tank,or the bowl? before? or after? Did you measure it? Old style toilet,or new economy flush, or the air tank assisted? Herb Those are excellent, thought provoking questions that will require further in depth research. I may turn this over to the folks at Consumer Reports.....they're really into stuff like this. I was just quoting what was printed on the porcelain. Artie, Dadio, p_toad and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIMMIEM Posted April 13, 2019 Report Share Posted April 13, 2019 6 minutes ago, Gene Howe said: Doesn't that all depend on the type and density of the water? To save storage space, we use the dehydrated stuff. Are the waterless ones really waterless? Gunny, Dadio, Artie and 1 other 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Howe Posted April 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2019 2 minutes ago, JIMMIEM said: Are the waterless ones really waterless? Some are. Dadio, p_toad, Artie and 1 other 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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