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How do you get your drinking water?
Pinhole leaks in copper pipe are usually due to acidic/low ph water. It is unrelated to the RO system(s). -
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How do you get your drinking water?
What you describe is generally because the water has been run through a water softener. It is a strange feeling, not being able to rinse soap off completely. -
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Have we witnessed the death of the audiophile? ...
I recall listening to the stereo in a small pickup as it rolled by. The bed had a cap on it and it was filled with gear. It had way too much bass, and it sounded as though the entire truck was falling apart -- I could hear a lot of sheet metal and hardware rattling, like nuts and bolts in a... -
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Have we witnessed the death of the audiophile? ...
In case there is any confusion -- FLAC is good. It uses lossless compression, so the resulting file sizes are smaller than the original (often WAV files) but when played back they should be a bit-perfect duplicate. WAV files are the CD standard. Unless a FLAC file came from a source that's... -
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Have we witnessed the death of the audiophile? ...
Excellent comment, TPA. Well said! When I bought this place almost 40 years ago, not only was there no internet (obviously) -- I had no TV. When I got home from work I'd listen to music. CDs were just coming out, and I was buying a bunch of them -- mostly from BMG. I had a decent budget... -
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there are some Jokes
I parked my car in the lot at work between 2 properly parked cars. There was plenty of room on both sides. At the end of the day I found the 2 cars that had been on either side were gone and 2 different cars had taken those spaces. Each driver had parked with their passenger side about 6"... -
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omg bridge collapse.
Yes. In the Book of Lumens. It is thought that extraterrestrials left them. Legend has it that one survives. It is in the Ark of the Covenant. -
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Job with plenty of flashlight usage?
To be honest, when I started at Metro I figured I'd be there a couple years and then move on to something I enjoyed more. At 22 years old, I paid little/no attention to the benefits. Defined benefit pensions and health insurance in retirement were still relatively common (at least the pension... -
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Job with plenty of flashlight usage?
I worked for Metro (the D.C. subway) for 27+ years -- 3rd/night or 1st shift almost the entire time. Mostly nights. I used a flashlight daily. I retired in 2010, so I only got to use an LED flashlight for the last couple years, but that was worlds better than a 3D Maglite, or those cheesy... -
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omg bridge collapse.
Very few people would say that FEMA is always reliable. The Ukrainian flag thing is funny (but also serious of course). My point is not to defend FEMA or the feds in general. All I'm saying is that, for better or worse, the federal gov't is involved in numerous ways in all 50 states and the... -
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omg bridge collapse.
So does that mean FEMA assistance is communist and should be withheld the next time a hurricane hits Texas or Florida? BTW -- while Maryland is "blue" overall there are large areas of the state that are deep red. Definitely not "woke." In fact, 13 counties are majority republican. Voters... -
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omg bridge collapse.
Media figures who are demagoguing the Baltimore bridge collapse are irresponsible. It's the ultimate absurdity that in this case, the disaster really is a problem for the entire country, as well as for the Baltimore area. Which is to say that, as offensive as this idea might be to the... -
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omg bridge collapse.
Some of you might recall the barge that hit a railroad bridge a few years ago, knocking the rails out of alignment and causing a train to derail, with cars ending up in the water. IIRC, the barge pilot/captain got lost in the fog and ended up taking the wrong waterway. -
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omg bridge collapse.
Thanks for the York Dispatch article, it is very comprehensive and, as you said, clear headed. It was/is a terrible tragedy for some; a huge expense; and at a minimum, a large inconvenience and disruption for hundreds of thousands of people. Very sad, and a sobering reminder of how vulnerable...
