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GymRat

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  1. Do you get an annual physical?

    I'm required to have a physical every year at my day job.
  2. Pssssst!! Guess what?

    Everyone is invited to Rod and Beths hot tub at the next Maryland round table, and biggest bubble maker wins a prize. Double order of refried beans please.
  3. Higher Learning or not?

    Lots of BLISTERS!!!!
  4. Roof Cleaning Forum?

    Thanks Don, I had tried the sprinker area and only found just 1' risers for the sprinkler heads. I will drop by the local plumbing store tomorrow. Thanks again
  5. Roof Cleaning Forum?

    Did you have to go to a specialty store to get the schedule 80 pvc for the phelps roof cleaning wand? I have stoppped in home depot and lowes and neither one carried schedule 80 pvc in my area.
  6. Higher Learning or not?

    4th class boiler engineer, also am a certified emt and firefighter.
  7. The Inflatable tires are a must. You will not be able to move a cart with hard wheels over rough terrain.
  8. Why did the Chicken cross the road?

    He was just showing the Possum it can be done.
  9. Marine vs Regular battery for ShurFlo

    I have been using a battery pack combo that has the cables for jump starting, air compressor and air pump all in one. I have done two roof jobs in one day and still have plenty of battery charge left per the meter on the pack. You can purchase these multi purpose batterys for approximately $50. This battery pack can also be charged from your cigarrette lighter plug.
  10. thought I would share this cool link

    Cool, it didn't work in Netscape, but worked in microsoft Explorer.
  11. Try This

    Just a Lucky Guess!!!!
  12. Be4 you approach that hottie acrossed the bar...

    Somebody please call the VET.
  13. A short clip on Posting.

    Very cool Alan. I hope I learned something form little Billy. John
  14. GPM question

    I have used the reverse Y connection myself, but a word of caution in using this on houses with a well. Some of your old wells with a jet pump do not put out very many GPM, and you can cause a lot of problems to the well pump and or your machine if not carefull. Things like water hammer, pump cavitation, backflow, etc. John
  15. Jacksonville here we come !!!!!!!!!!!

    Isn't entertainment the greatest, and all of my rowdy friends are coming over to my annual the super bowl party.
  16. Jacksonville here we come !!!!!!!!!!!

    Congrats to your birds, and I am actually rooting for Westbrook to have a great game. Westbrook played for a 1aa team, and us 1aa guys have to stick together. My son just graduated from the 1aa University of Delaware with a full football scholarship and got to play against Westbrook. Boy was he a force in College and already is a force in the pros. Good Luck, John
  17. Jacksonville here we come !!!!!!!!!!!

    I say the Patriots will win with the Super Bowl experience they have. Did you see the difference in the post game celebration from the Eagles to the Patriots. The Patriots are use to being here and the Eagles are ecstatic in making it to the show. Just like in any business-- Experience is BIG! Unhappy Skins Fan John
  18. Hanging Chimney

    He is taking the chimney down, and covering the hole with sheet rock. You may be mistaken, this was a prefab metal chimney, and not a masonary chimney with a footer. He should be just fine with the path he is on. John
  19. Hanging Chimney

    Cut a square in the ceiling to the middle of the rafters, and add two crossmembers out of a 2x4 to make a box. This will allow for easier installaton of a piece of sheet rock to fill the hole. The triple wall pipe that is in your attic can be any where from usually 2' to 4' sections. You should find a few sheet metal screws holding the sections together. You may, and probably should already have a box built around where the chimney enters the attic which was for support, and this may be a perfect nailer for your new sheet rock. Hope this helps, John :taz:
  20. P.O. Box or Not?

    Per my contract with costomers, pay is due upon completion of the job, thus they do not need my address. I don't have a PO box because no payments are sent via mail. I had a PO box at one time for another business, but did not like having to go out of my way to the post office. John
  21. Hanging Chimney

    If I understand correctly, you have metal chimney. The part that was visible in your house was probably single wall pipe. The part in your attack will be triple wall pipe for insulation purposes, Yes this pipe is usually in sections and you should be able to dismantle it in the attic. I would make sure I secure the remaining part of chimney in the attic and seal the bottom and top of the remaining chimney. You don't want water and or critters entering your chimney and ending up in your attic. If you have a fairly new roof, I would remove it all, but if the roof is over 10 years old, I would wait until I replace the roof before removing the part coming through the roof. John
  22. Finally found someone in my area that will sell me pool chlorine, but it sounds that he is overpriced compared to what I have read from this board. This guy wants me to pay $2.50 per gallon for a 15 gallon or 55 gallon container. He also wants a $35 deposit on each 15 gallon container, or a $45 deposit on the 55 gallon drum. At these prices I may be better to stick with the Walmart bleach, even though it is a hassle. What does everyone think of these prices. Hopewell,Va. 23860 Thanks, John
  23. My real job is a trainer in the boiler house at a local Manufacturing plant. Hope to turn my pressure washing business into something real this spring. Have a son going to the University of Delaware (2003 national champions) who on full football scholarship and is graduating this Saturday with a degree in Mechanical engineering. Have a daughter who is on partial scholarship for swimming attending Radford University. Wife is a medical technologist. John
  24. Passing the torch

    Hope you have a speedy recovery, and our prayers are with you. The rest is something you probably greatly need and deserve. John
  25. Healthy Power Washing

    Round is a shape. LOL
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