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Originally Posted by ramonajim (Post 2107040)

Dealing with pretty tame work stuff, trying to figure out how we're going to get house renovation stuff done in time (or get an extension from the FHA) since our contractor is in really rough shape (see this thread), poking about politely to try and find the best way to help John and his family (wife and two young kids), and stopping by my friendly local hardware store for some four way light switches now that I understand the difference between 3's and 4's and how they should be wired (and please, ignore the blister on my left index finger, the crispy texture of my DVM probe, and the funny smell in the air).

For reasons known only to, well, probably nobody, whoever re-re-re-wired the kitchen in our New Old House made it a point to ignore wire colors. So when I went to move the first of several ridiculously placed light switches last night, sparkage and smokage did ensue. Peeling things back further, I found blacks & whites crossed in some switches. Reds and whites crossed in others. One particularly exciting splice halfway along a wall (ran out of 12/3 romex mid-job, I guess):

12/3 (black, white, red, ground) running from the breaker box.
Two 12 gauge black and two 14 gauge white showing up at the light switch :eek:

Puzzled over this one for a while and finally said f' it, I gots lots of plaster and dry wall to patch anyway and started pulling yet another section of dry wall down.

Turns out the single 12/3 romex is spliced to TWO chunks of romex (one 14/2 and one 12/2).

12/3 black wire-nutted to romex 1 white.
12/3 red wire-nutted to romex 1 black.
12/3 white twisted and electrical taped to romex 2 black.
12/3 ground wire-nutted to romex 2 white.

So tonight will be round two of the Great Kitchen Re-Wiring exercise, alongside my able bodied :D assistant, the Darling Wife.

Precisely my excuse for putting off any and all (frankly needed) home renovations up to this point. :)

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Originally Posted by Mistress (Post 2107058)

at least your flying....

The first guy to say: “What do you mean we have to stop for fuel?!” after we’ve covered half the state will be left behind at the FBO of my choosing.
:mad:

Some of them folk have been known to misunderstand the fact that the thing actually runs on fuel. :rolleyes:

(And as Darb has been known to say: "And sometimes me bum gets tired.")

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Originally Posted by WVOtoGO (Post 2107068)

The Adventures of Air Mistress !!

Sounds like a tagline for a Select Comfort commercial. Oh wait, Mistress not Matress...

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Originally Posted by SwampYankee (Post 2107079)

Sounds like a tagline for a Select Comfort commercial. Oh wait, Mistress not Matress...

you know, some days I feel like a matress.

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Originally Posted by Mistress (Post 2107084)

you know, some days I feel like a matress.

I'm not touching that one with a 300+ mile pole! :)

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Originally Posted by SwampYankee (Post 2107091)

I'm not touching that one with a 300+ mile pole! :)

Just wanted to make sure you guys were awake. actually it should be I'm not touching that one with a 10 foot Pole or an 11 foot Hungarian.

Day 4 of being sick. Yesterday was the worst, everything was stiff and hurt to move.

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Originally Posted by WVOtoGO (Post 2107068)

The Adventures of Air Mistress !!

That sounds like a pron movie that takes place in the air.

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Originally Posted by Mistress (Post 2107095)

Just wanted to make sure you guys were awake. actually it should be I'm not touching that one with a 10 foot Pole or an 11 foot Hungarian.

I want to stay on your good side. Actual distance isn't far enough to be safe. :D

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Originally Posted by WVOtoGO (Post 2107044)

Flying some news folks up to OK to look at storm damage at 11.
Will probably be an all day trip.

Oh yee haa....

Looks like they pushed it to 1300. Oh well..... more time to play here.

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Originally Posted by iwrock (Post 2107101)

Yesterday was the worst, everything was stiff.

Mistress is rumoured to have that effect on men:D

Why must all the plumbing and heating problems conspire to ruin a lovely day:mad:

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Originally Posted by WVOtoGO (Post 2107162)

Looks like they pushed it to 1300. Oh well..... more time to play here.

Flight plan filed already?

61 freaking degrees. That's what's up! :D

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Originally Posted by SwampYankee (Post 2107346)

61 freaking degrees. That's what's up! :D

Brrrrrrr, must be a cold front moving in!