never sucessfully was able to score and crack small tile which made me
give up on tiling till today.
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08/02/2008 15:15 #45228
Tile cutterWe finally bought a tile cutter. It makes doing tile possible. I
never sucessfully was able to score and crack small tile which made me
give up on tiling till today.
never sucessfully was able to score and crack small tile which made me
give up on tiling till today.
08/02/2008 10:26 #45226
Diesel Power at Twentieth Century ClubCategory: allentown
The Twentieth Century club 
- I can't find their real site if they have one - has been using a really loud and obnoxious diesel generator to power something at their club for over a month now. My friend (e:holly) once said it was some women's society but really I have don't know the details. They are located on Deleware around the 590s and have another entrance in the back on Franklin across from Fugazi. Here are some pics of the property from google maps to give you an idea.
This is the front entrance on Delaware
The back entrance I am about to talk about
So for like the last month they have had a huge diesel guzzling power generator running 24/7 in their driveway on Franklin.
I can't understand what they can't fix that requires constant diesel based power generation. One day, a weekend, even a week, okay but when it stretches to a month and more you have to wonder what the heck is going on. While the machine uses some form of noise reduction, I would be livid if it was my neighbor.
Imagine, in the summer with your windows open next to a giant SUV sized diesel generator. I also think it trashes up the neighborhood and find it surprising that a club that has such a beautiful building and grounds is okay with this running all the time. Its probably to power air conditioning, lol (e:zobar,45203) If it is that I thinki it should be illegal to to make that much noise on an extended basis.
It seems so environmentally unfriendly.
At least they should really be required to bring it into the walled property which you can see the gate of right in front of the diesel generator.
- I can't find their real site if they have one - has been using a really loud and obnoxious diesel generator to power something at their club for over a month now. My friend (e:holly) once said it was some women's society but really I have don't know the details. They are located on Deleware around the 590s and have another entrance in the back on Franklin across from Fugazi. Here are some pics of the property from google maps to give you an idea.This is the front entrance on Delaware
The back entrance I am about to talk about
So for like the last month they have had a huge diesel guzzling power generator running 24/7 in their driveway on Franklin.
I can't understand what they can't fix that requires constant diesel based power generation. One day, a weekend, even a week, okay but when it stretches to a month and more you have to wonder what the heck is going on. While the machine uses some form of noise reduction, I would be livid if it was my neighbor.
Imagine, in the summer with your windows open next to a giant SUV sized diesel generator. I also think it trashes up the neighborhood and find it surprising that a club that has such a beautiful building and grounds is okay with this running all the time. Its probably to power air conditioning, lol (e:zobar,45203) If it is that I thinki it should be illegal to to make that much noise on an extended basis.
It seems so environmentally unfriendly.
At least they should really be required to bring it into the walled property which you can see the gate of right in front of the diesel generator.
dcoffee - 08/05/08 17:10
I've been to the 20th century club many times as a wedding photographer. cool building, it's always been a womens social club since it was founded in the late 1800s. Definitely the high society womens club in Buffalo. Not sure how they stay afloat, they do weddings and member events, their membership fees must be hefty though. The building has no AC just some fans, not modernized much. I hope this generator isn't just a temporary AC power source for the summer, if they need extra power they should be building something permanent.
I've been to the 20th century club many times as a wedding photographer. cool building, it's always been a womens social club since it was founded in the late 1800s. Definitely the high society womens club in Buffalo. Not sure how they stay afloat, they do weddings and member events, their membership fees must be hefty though. The building has no AC just some fans, not modernized much. I hope this generator isn't just a temporary AC power source for the summer, if they need extra power they should be building something permanent.
tinypliny - 08/02/08 19:20
Ooh, how aptly named! I can bet that they are powering the creation of the rich-lady-Frankenstein!!!
Get ready for the terror atak on Buffalo!
Ooh, how aptly named! I can bet that they are powering the creation of the rich-lady-Frankenstein!!!
Get ready for the terror atak on Buffalo!
jim - 08/02/08 14:49
20th Century Club: :::link:::
They forbid interior photography, but the inside is a replica of the US Capitol Building's dome apparently, from what I've heard I've people who've been inside.
20th Century Club: :::link:::
They forbid interior photography, but the inside is a replica of the US Capitol Building's dome apparently, from what I've heard I've people who've been inside.
joshua - 08/02/08 11:43
I'm guessing that it is supplemental power, although that is a good sized generator so who knows? Maybe it is powering much of the building until a more permanent solution is being worked on inside. You are right that they should be required to put it inside the property - I bet if the neighbor complained to the city they would be compelled to do so. I'd be driven with rage if it were me! That would make the neighbor shouting incident pale in comparison.
I'm guessing that it is supplemental power, although that is a good sized generator so who knows? Maybe it is powering much of the building until a more permanent solution is being worked on inside. You are right that they should be required to put it inside the property - I bet if the neighbor complained to the city they would be compelled to do so. I'd be driven with rage if it were me! That would make the neighbor shouting incident pale in comparison.
08/01/2008 21:17 #45223
GuttersWho would have thought so much crap could get in gutters. I think
broken mortar crumbles plus moss = dirt.
tinypliny - 08/02/08 10:03
Mortar Crumbles + Moss = Dirt.
M + M = D
2M = D
E = MC^2
E = D/2 * C^2
Just imagine! If you travel at the speed of light and take half of that dirt with you, you might be more powerful than all superheroes that humanity has ever created!
Mortar Crumbles + Moss = Dirt.
M + M = D
2M = D
E = MC^2
E = D/2 * C^2
Just imagine! If you travel at the speed of light and take half of that dirt with you, you might be more powerful than all superheroes that humanity has ever created!
08/01/2008 18:01 #45221
Mortar - Repointing my parents chimneyCategory: housing
I convinced my father to go with the real stuff for his chimney! No color mixing they only need sand color. The bag was $4.25 for 60 lbs of mortar mix. It was so cheap we bought that one even though we only needed like 20lbs. Smaller portions cost about 3 times as much, lol.
This is what we were going to use at like ~$10 per tube but I talked him out of.
Here it is after beign repointed. I wish I had a picture of before but my hands were so dirty from mixing mortar. It basically had no mortar in lots of parts and crumbly mortar in others.
As a reward I got dinner which included yummy fish.
And my favorite food in the world - seafood salad - which is clams, mussels, shrimp, calamari rings, and legs which green pepper and celery.
This is what we were going to use at like ~$10 per tube but I talked him out of.
Here it is after beign repointed. I wish I had a picture of before but my hands were so dirty from mixing mortar. It basically had no mortar in lots of parts and crumbly mortar in others.
As a reward I got dinner which included yummy fish.
And my favorite food in the world - seafood salad - which is clams, mussels, shrimp, calamari rings, and legs which green pepper and celery.
tinypliny - 08/02/08 19:23
I think I would do pretty much anything for a dinner reward from my mom at this point. Sigh. I want to go home so bad. :/
I think I would do pretty much anything for a dinner reward from my mom at this point. Sigh. I want to go home so bad. :/
08/01/2008 16:17 #45218
Getting BufferCategory: body
I wish I could gain more than a pound or two a week. I want to be 160 so bad. So far I have put one month of gym 5 days a week for about an hour. Right now I am 152 and minus all traces of fat. Unfortunately, that means 160 will not longer be summer time. Now I know why people want steroids, lol.
I guess I am so busy I cannot put the phone down. I was scheuling with my mother to go work on my parents mortar problem this evening. My father insists on using some sort of plastic/rubber based mortor for the chimney. His neighbor started the trend. I wish I could just be using the normal stuff like we did at my house.
I guess I am so busy I cannot put the phone down. I was scheuling with my mother to go work on my parents mortar problem this evening. My father insists on using some sort of plastic/rubber based mortor for the chimney. His neighbor started the trend. I wish I could just be using the normal stuff like we did at my house.
I'm going too need one of those tile crackers soon, if things go according to plan.
Wow. My parents would be over the moon if they knew such a contraption existed! I need to get one for them! Is this electric-powered or manual?