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keesan
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response 175 of 226:
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May 15 15:37 UTC 2002 |
Our new house is lined with aluminum vapor barrier but not grounded. The
reception does not seem to have changed since before the aluminum.
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jmsaul
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response 176 of 226:
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May 15 16:04 UTC 2002 |
Re #174: I think Scott's metal house is more than just aluminum siding.
There are a few houses in Ann Arbor that are actually made of metal
panels.
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scott
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response 177 of 226:
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May 15 16:39 UTC 2002 |
My entire house, other than the concrete slab and glass windows, is made of
porcelain-enameled steel.
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happyboy
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response 178 of 226:
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May 15 17:10 UTC 2002 |
the one out by barton?
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gull
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response 179 of 226:
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May 15 17:16 UTC 2002 |
I saw a magazine article recently that described the results of a
fiberglass glider being hit by a lightning strike. The strike went in
through the metal towhook on the nose and followed grounding cables and
control linkages to the wings and elevator, where it exited and
continued towards the ground. The plane was landed safely, though the
controls were 'lumpy' due to all the bushings arc-welding together, then
breaking loose again. The strike blew the lexan canopy apart by rapidly
heating and expanding the air inside the cockpit. Interesting stuff.
I've also see fiberglass-sheathed antennas that were hit by lightning.
The same overpressure effect happens and literally shreds them.
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other
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response 180 of 226:
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May 15 17:47 UTC 2002 |
What kind of idiot was flying a glider in a storm?
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gull
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response 181 of 226:
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May 15 17:50 UTC 2002 |
He wasn't. The storm was quite a ways off. He got hit by one of those
"bolt from the blue" strikes, that come off the top of the storm cloud.
People on the ground have been hit by those from storms that were miles
away, or on the other side of mountain ridges.
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slynne
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response 182 of 226:
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May 15 18:15 UTC 2002 |
re #177 The house I lived in was just like yours (you posted a picture
of your house a while back and the one I lived in was just the same)
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gelinas
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response 183 of 226:
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May 16 02:11 UTC 2002 |
I think the Sears kit houses were all metal. There are several of them in
Ann Arbor. Is yours one, Scott?
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scott
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response 184 of 226:
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May 16 07:08 UTC 2002 |
Mine's a Lustron.
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bdh3
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response 185 of 226:
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May 16 07:38 UTC 2002 |
trailer trash?
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gull
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response 186 of 226:
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May 16 13:15 UTC 2002 |
Sears sold wood kit houses, once upon a time, too.
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keesan
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response 187 of 226:
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May 16 13:52 UTC 2002 |
There is a 500 square foot 2-story Sears kit house on Felch St. The last
owners removed the wall between the two bedrooms. Tall people can take baths
but not shower, as it has a fashionably steep roof.
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gelinas
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response 188 of 226:
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May 24 04:31 UTC 2002 |
What was the brick building on the northeast corner of Glen and Huron? i've
driven past it countless times, without every really noticing it, until
yesterday, when the carrion machines were sitting on its lifeless hulk.
NUBS is gone too, with the rest of the building not far behind.
(Maybe even gone by now, since I didn't drive by today.)
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other
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response 189 of 226:
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May 24 06:11 UTC 2002 |
Neurology something, I think. Someone mentioned it to me just before I
saw it the other day.
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mary
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response 190 of 226:
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May 24 10:21 UTC 2002 |
Long ago it was student health. Of late it was another "mouse house",
or research facility.
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orinoco
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response 191 of 226:
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May 24 14:48 UTC 2002 |
Both are getting gobbled up by the new Life Science buildings. Apparently
the North University building was the oldest surviving building on campus.
It started life as a carriage house, if I remember the story right.
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flem
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response 192 of 226:
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May 24 16:07 UTC 2002 |
RIP NUBS
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jmsaul
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response 193 of 226:
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May 24 16:33 UTC 2002 |
Wow.
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mdw
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response 194 of 226:
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May 24 17:47 UTC 2002 |
Um. It used to be that the economics building, and the president's
house were the 2 oldest buildings on campus - both dating back to around
1840. The economics building burned down in the early 1980s (1981?).
The president's house is still there. NUBS was certainly much newer -
1930's/1940's, I would have guessed. If it was remodelled from
something older, there can't have been much left of what was there
originally. There are definitely older buildings on campus. I think
west engin dates from ca. 1870, and before the last remodelling, you
could tell that the upper rickity floors were wood not steel or tile.
There are also some dorms between the union and the end of william that
must date back to the 1920's.
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response 195 of 226:
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May 24 18:43 UTC 2002 |
How old is the observatory at Observatory & Ann?
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mdw
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response 196 of 226:
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May 24 18:48 UTC 2002 |
Is that on campus? I think it's a tad newer (1841 not 1837?) but it's
certainly in the same ballpark. I've always wanted to see the inside,
and I once made inquiries to see if grex could have board meetings there
(no luck - they're shooting for the wedding reception crowd, and want
too much cash.)
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response 197 of 226:
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May 24 22:57 UTC 2002 |
The observatory counts as part of central campus, lodged as it is
between Alice Loyd and Couzens Hall, and kitty-corner from where old
U of M Hospital was.
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mdw
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response 198 of 226:
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May 25 01:08 UTC 2002 |
Those are all later - when the observatory was built, it was probably
corn fields in all directions from there. (It's strange seeing pictures
from back then, because usually all the trees are gone.)
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response 199 of 226:
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May 25 07:39 UTC 2002 |
Right, but now it's part of central campus.
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