On Sunday 25 November 2012 00:16:49 dave did opine: > On Sat, 2012-11-24 at 23:52 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Saturday 24 November 2012 23:49:35 Todd Zuercher did opine: > > > Never used a Bostitch framer but haven't heard many good things > > > about em. I only have used Paslode and Senco framers. That realy > > > old super hard stuff isn't all ways very good for much. When I was > > > redoing my roof, my Pasload could only sink a spike about 2 inches > > > into the 140yr old rafters and beams. As long as I shot through > > > new 2xs into the old the nails usually set fine (or needed one or > > > two good wackes to finish them off). But When I dropped one of > > > those old rafters down onto the sidewalk it shattered like glass. > > > I thought to my self, wow never seen wood do that before. > > > > Neither have I todd. I won't say its impossible, that would be too far > > out, particularly when its known the Murphy has been seen lurking > > about, but it would sure boggle whats left of this mind. :D > > > > Cheers, Gene > > It doesn't take 140 years. I grew up in a house built by CBI as housing > for the construction of Grand Coulee Dam. Built in the early '30's to > last 5 years it far exceeded that time frame. In 1957 when I was home > for Xmas vacation Dad decided to tear out the ceiling of the living room > in preparation for some expansion. The ceiling itself was Celotex ... > and came down pretty easily. But when we got into the structure I could > simply put my hand over the 2 x 4 ceiling joists and pull and they would > break ... not quite shatter but close. > > Dave
That would scare me. You could wind up wearing the whole thing if that one key 2x4 broke. Where did your Dad go from there on that project? Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! Hey, waiter! I want a NEW SHIRT and a PONY TAIL with lemon sauce! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a single web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, databases, vmware, SAP, cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day Free Trial. Pricing starts from $795 for 25 servers or applications! http://p.sf.net/sfu/zoho_dev2dev_nov _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
