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dwasifar

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BlakeTheCarGuy said:
I love my Coors Light and i would not touch the other brand he had with lime but I’m not going to say anything regarding that.
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BlakeTheCarGuy said:
The Coors Light is my favorite beer besides Yuengling.
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Yuengling is not available where I live. My understanding is that they're girding up and adding capacity to expand their market westward, but they don't want to start in the Chicago market until they're sure they have the capacity to keep up with expected demand.

Sadly, it's only vicarious for me. I put a cork in it (so to speak) around 40 years ago, and since then I have to be contented with NA beers. Beck's is my go-to, but if Yuengling brings an NA to my market I'd be eager to try it.
 
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dwasifar said:
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Yuengling is not available where I live. My understanding is that they're girding up and adding capacity to expand their market westward, but they don't want to start in the Chicago market until they're sure they have the capacity to keep up with expected demand.

Sadly, it's only vicarious for me. I put a cork in it (so to speak) around 40 years ago, and since then I have to be contented with NA beers. Beck's is my go-to, but if Yuengling brings an NA to my market I'd be eager to try it.
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Yeah that is one thing I’ve heard is lack of availability where as the other national brands are available just about anywhere. I like the taste of Yuengling really good. I’ll drink just about anything as long as it’s not Natural Light or Heineken I don’t like those lol. Honestly it’s probably for the better if you don’t consume it at all so I respect you quitting it. It’s not something that I would ever want to get addicted too I just like to have a nice cold beer on the weekends while working on something or watching baseball. I tried a NA beer not too long ago that I’d say is similar to Yuengling can’t remember the name though or the flavor but if I find out what it was I’ll let you know. Really good.
 
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Outlawmws said:
These two statements do not belong together: You need to replace the PVC with a material rated for water supply line, - - PVC is for sprinklers, not constant pressure. its too brittle (as you now know)

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Thanks Outlaw for jumpstarting to my bad memory. I was just dumbfounded to see that 3/4" plastic in that hole. But its been almost 20 years ago since it went in there. When I rebuilt the house around 1990 I did it all in copper, starting from the meter and on in through the entire house. Then around 2004 I added the addition to the shop with the restroom. When I saw that white coupler I assumed the pipe was PVC also, the soil around here has a high clay and iron content and does stain materials darker over time. The perplexing question in this is, this was all done with county building permit inspections and these guy are very thorough, in every detail, so I can't figure out how PVC got past them.

After I read your post I went back up to the shop and looked at that original coupler piece I cut out and cleaned it up to get a better look at it. The pipe is the same color all the way through so it looks to be CPVC. There is a distinct contrast between the darker white/beige? pipe and the brighter white PVC coupler.
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I now assume that I just grabbed the wrong coupler/s or they were in the wrong bin at the store. How I could miss this detail is beyond me. I would have ran copper normally, the house and the shop restroom are both done with it. But since I've had some time to ponder about it, the connecting water line couldn't be metallic/conductive. The house and shop both have separate electrical service meter runs that require the separate grounding of the building's metallic plumbing system to each distinct service entrance.

From under the house, the shop's copper extends from a S/O valve out around six feet to where it connects to the plastic. And the shop copper line does the same from the other end. The outstanding question is; is that the only PVC coupler? those are 20' sections of CPVC pipe so there could be one or two more couplers besides the two points of connection to the copper. I'm going to locate those today and plan on switching out the couplers and connectors if they are the wrong type also. Thanks again for the important input.
 
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In my area it is quite common to see SCH40 PVC used in pressure pipe applications for water service inside homes on wells.

My house has it where it connects to the well line at the foundation wall and up to the well pressure tank/controls. From there, it is copper and more modern CPVC.

Can't say I have seen buried PVC water lines. Here its typically poly since copper is expensive.
 
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larry4406 said:
In my area it is quite common to see SCH40 PVC used in pressure pipe applications for water service inside homes on wells.

My house has it where it connects to the well line at the foundation wall and up to the well pressure tank/controls. From there, it is copper and more modern CPVC.

Can't say I have seen buried PVC water lines. Here its typically poly since copper is expensive.
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Pretty common down here too. A lot of homes that had the polybutylene pipe removed got PVC for cold water and CPVC for hot.
 
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Replaced leaking Sachs strut with Bilstein, passenger side, on my '04 BMW today. All new parts except for the spring. New sway-bar links too, since the ball-joint boots were split.

Easier than I thought it would be. Although I could not have done it without the new Thor impact to free the pinch bolt, very happy with that purchase. And a pass-through socket for torqueing the strut nut, which was only $10.

Next will be the driver side, of course. And then the two rear shocks for good measure.

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Not in the garage, but behind it....I've been clearing and leveling the area so I can use it for staging, splitting and storing firewood.
Today I got 6yards of baserock delivered so I started spreading and compacting it. Probably one more load and I'll be good. Had to get the laser out and run some string lines because this area is always a huge puddle in the winter.20230430_173143.jpg20230430_173201.jpg
 
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Started the lighting upgrade. During daytime it wasn't bad, especially on the south side. Now it doesn't matter :)

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To the common Amazon 6500k 4' LEDs. These are pairs on a 13' ceiling plus one parallel to the door. I'll be buying another dozen to do the other side of my rail.

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Got the front tire mounted on the KTM. Checked the oils - engine & trans, put the new license tabs on the plate and took it for a little spin to fill the tank and start some tire break in. I should have put a 150 rear on it, the chain rubs the 160 pretty good. Oh well, this set will likely be the last street tires I buy for this bike. Rear brake feels a bit weak, will have to check that out later on. Next up is the Miata, new front pads & rotors, SS brake lines, and install the FM frame rails.
 
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Be careful with those rubber mats. Hot chips from the drill press will imbed in them and need to be pulled out. Even worse if in front of a milling machine.
Don’t ask me how I know this…………….
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Picked up a new US General toolbox to mostly store consumables and small tools. I wanted to get the current Gen2 before they came out with the deeper drawers on the new Gen3.



I have been able to move quite a lot into it, but getting things organized will take some time. One drawer partially done.



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Cleaned up and reassembled the old m/c I removed last week.

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I have no idea what to do with it. It’s perfectly good, but I won’t be using it. Maybe a Craigslist “free” item, give it to somebody else.

Measured for a possible little project.

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And cleaned up and put away stuff. Weather is being crappy still.
 
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Finished and mounted the wood bases on the Car Show 'spark plug' trophies. Also just finished painting 3 bases for the larger 'gas pump' trophies. Those I'll mount tomorrow. Then its just a matter of sticking the black felt on the bottom of all the trophies ( should receive the felt in the mail by Wednesday) and they'll be ready for the show on the 13th. 1682992717761.jpeg1682992662928.jpeg1682992589715.jpeg
 
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