Gargoyle
THIS is really something. It is poised atop the house that sits next to a church. The church was built many years ago. The house within the past decade. But it would seem the owner is not pleased to live beside the church. The gargoyle is set facing the church!
Looks to me like a clear-cut case of disturbing the peace. And in other news (reposted from the end of the previous thread):
ReplyDeleteGETTCHER HORRID DETAILS HERE! EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT! HORRID DETAILS!
Summa Stormietica (or Maybe Trump Sent Stormy Dick Pics)[Click] I do wonder how this will go over at the next White House Prayer Breakfast… I must say that I enjoy the conclusion of the column immensely.
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MORE HORRID DETAILS![Click] Get a load of the illustrations in the comments! Of course there are those that are in poor taste, but several that are pretty good. Stormy is willing to give the money back? Directly to Trump, in cash, at the front gate to the White House, surrounded by photographers, if he signs a receipt, maybe? I think this beats the Profumo Affair by a country mile.
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Or maybe she would present one of those huge checks made to be photographed for the newspapers? My mind runs riot... And the best part of it all is that DT has, after bulldozing herds of "big" people, the voters, the GOP, Congress, the bureaucracy of the US, seems to have met his match and then some in someone he considered totally insignificant. I still strongly doubt that he has the strength of character to end his troubles as Hermann Goering did.
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This is a little dated[Click] but seems to me likely related to
ReplyDeletethe current/ongoing conflict at Trump’s Panama hotel.[Click] And maybe Mr. Mueller’s Russian influence investigation, hmmmmmm? Well, there IS
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Here is an interesting free speech lawsuit.[Click] Involving Trump.
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Woke before the alarm, set at 7:45. Guys arrived a bit before 10, out before 11. Purpose of the back/top of the stove seems to be to prevent you from putting stuff on it. And they've narrowed the space between the burners from about 10" to 4". The burners can be lit by hand if the electricity goes out, but the oven cannot be. My life is now at the mercy of Rodney, the repair guy.
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Dollars to doughnut holes, the electrical component doesn't actually work off of 120V AC, but is stepped down to 5V DC. Which means three or four flashlight batteries should be enough to power it. But these days no business is likely to do such a modification for you. There is a good chance the connections one would need access to are not readily accessible, but maybe not. Do you have an electrical schematic of the offending appliance?
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Then again, what could possibly go wrong? Another alternative would be to hook up a battery (automobile, or better yet Edison cell) to a trickle charger, then use it to power a small 120V AC power source. Darned if I can recall at this time the right word for the old pre-microchip ones, but they were very durable.
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Nope. But found this. http://www.small-cabin.com/forum/3_8025_0.html
DeleteLatest from BizarroWorld: White House seems to confirm Trump contract with porn star[Click] “The president’s press secretary mysteriously claimed Trump won a case ‘in arbitration’ against adult film actor who is suing him.” This is so unhinged that I think it probably originated with Trump himself. And meanwhile Mr. Mueller tightens the noose day by day…
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Here in Ohio the progressive groups are going wild for Dennis Kucinich (however you spell it). I can't join in because I don't want him.
ReplyDeleteFrom what I remember of him, I think I wouldn't mind him at all as a neighbor; as a political representative, well, that is likely to be another matter. Sure wouldn't mind swapping him for Devin Nunes.
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Well, you have a chance to swap Andrew Janz for Devin Nunes. I suspect Nunes will be "solved" by Mueller.
DeleteStill no indication that the state or national "Democratic" organizations have given Janz the time of day, or will. If Mueller were to solve Nunes, that would be nice, but I am inclined to doubt it.
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Hallo to all, between coats of primer. Getting closer to having a renovated bathroom ... Sunday maybe?
ReplyDeleteI am sick to death of hearing about SD and DT. Bernie was on CNN Anderson Cooper a few minutes ago and gently berated them for it being all SD all the time, instead of focusing on the need for an assault weapons ban, or letting the public know that the Senate is currently NOT discussing guns or immigration or healthcare, in favor of discussing how to roll back regulations on Banks!! Go Bernie!!
I am deeply sad that his granddaughter Carina did not win the Mayor race in Burlington VT last night. She came close. Instead they have to continue with the same dude who wants to let big business destroy the downtown. The tallest building in Vermont is 8 stories high and he wants a 14 story mall. Grrrr.
"Disturbing the Peace" says it, Alan!
ReplyDeletepuddle, did you take Before and After photos of the stoves?
ReplyDeleteBurns and scalds caused 42 deaths—12 were from clothing taking fire; 8 scalded with hot water; 5 playing with matches; 4 from overturned lamp; 4 from explosion of kerosene; 2 from steam; 1 from explosion of gas stove; 2 falling on stove. Four were unspecified. Confiagration caused 23 deaths. Electricity caused 3 deaths.
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This was 1917, the year my mother was born. One person died from exploding gas stove. Three were electrocuted. Given that likely many more peeps had gas stoves than had electricity, seems amazing that the engineers of our lives have banned gas stoves without electric igniters. . . .
No pics. Old stove is just 15 years old. But the thermocouple never worked properly. A month after it was installed it quit during my first turkey. I took out the bottom of the oven years ago so I could relight the pilot, all the time. The body of the stove was in great shape, just bad guts.
ReplyDeleteMy 15 year old stove died right before Thanksgiving. I ordered the same type from the same manufacturer, but I am sorely disappointed in it. It seems that the company has engineered things backwards instead of making them better. My old stove would indicate *which* burner was hot, this new stove just says the stove top is hot. The old stove would show the heat increasing in the oven as you waited for it to reach temperature. This one just says "Preheat" until it reaches temperature. I'll continue to use it, but it bothers me every time I turn it on. It's really hard to clean too. They were both ceramic tops, but the old one was white and I could get it spotless. This one is black and I can *never* get all the crud off it.
DeleteOur old water heater gave out a year of so back; most new ones required an electrical outlet. The one we put in didn't--but was obviously getting electricity from somewhere--it had electronic stuff. Turned out that it was from the incredibly tiny pilot light heating a gizmo that made electricity.
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Our old furnace, replaced maybe a decade ago, got the small amount of electricity it required from a gizmo powered by the pilot light. The new one is connected to the electrical system and won't work when the power goes out. Of course, it also has pumps to circulate the water through the pipes and radiators. They wouldn't work without electricity, so it all fits together.
DeleteOur daughter's co-op in Berkeley had steam heating. I suspect that when the house was built the area had steam pipes in the streets because it was very near the university campus, but nowadays the house has its own steam generator in back. The financial district of San Francisco still has utility steam; I remember reading that the meters are the same design that was used in the late 19th Century--no one has ever devised a better one, although their ability to measure the energy used is questionable. A portion of the steam flowing through the meter is condensed, and the volume of condensate determines the bill.
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