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Built the desk using used counter tops, PVC pipes and fittings, and lumber for supports. The room is my home office, which was originally a large walk in closet, but with the removal of a wall, now has suitable room.
The desktop is an Inspiron 531 w/ 4gb ram and the lowly Amd Sempron processor. Wiring is hid as best as I could, and assisted by a Belkin cord management power strip.
The crawlspace behind the desk (not shown, as it isn't cleaned up yet) houses my routers and cable modem. They can all be reset using a lightswitch mounted at the crawlspace door.
Some birding, for me at least, has to be done by ear. The Western vs Cassin's Kingbirds are a good example. We have Cassin's all year around in our neighborhood. They are raucous, with an unmistakeable call. The Western is a temporary resident and much quieter. Seeing this Kingbird, at the Carrizo Plain, it was nice to get a confirmatory Western call :)
Getting ready for the weddings entails more than gardening. New carpet was a necessity, due to our charming cats. They now have a beautifully engineered playhouse, connected via a crawlspace tunnel, to the garage. They need never be unsupervised in the house again. Anyone want to adopt my daughters' cats??
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This is an abandoned vernacular frame house on US 15 near Gela, North Carolina in Granville County. There are two doors, and I wonder if this was a rural duplex at one time. The house is on concrete blocks with a crawl space beneath. It‘s possible that the far right shows an addition to the building. At one time lattice-work extended along the base of the wooden porch where the most rudimentary of steps exist. Tin roof covers the house, and a shed roof of tin shelters the porch, supported by slender, square wooden posts. Judging from the size of the tree growing in front of the steps, the home possibly has been deserted for some time. I liked the November setting and mood.
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Tuesday, I replaced the exhaust fan in the kids' bathroom (we replaced the master bathroom's fan in 2016).
This is the completion photo, with the new cover in place. It's indeed quieter and moves more air than the old fan (which was the whole point), but replacing it was much more difficult than it should have been.
First, the old fan was screwed into the joist from above. There was simply no way to remove it from inside the bathroom (without cutting a larger hole, which I didn't need because the new fan's casing should fit perfectly into the existing hole). So I had to go up into the crawlspace, which is full of blown insulation and triangular holes through the 2x4 maze up there -- no place to sit or stand; one must always be balanced on the joists in order to avoid falling through the ceiling.
Once in the attic/crawlspace, I easily found the fan, removed piles of insulation from the area, and then unscrewed it from the joist.
I immediately noticed that the water line to the toilet (in our house, all water "in" lines run above the ceiling, connected to our Manablok system, which is actually pretty handy) -- the water line to the toilet was affixed to the same joist, right on top of the old fan casing. This meant the new fan, with its slightly taller casing, wouldn't fit (and buying a different model wouldn't help; all the ones at the store have the same height casing). This meant another trip through the triangular obstacle course that is our crawlspace to get the tools necessary to affix the water line in a slightly different place. Of course, there isn't any slack in the water line, so this was difficult, but I eventually managed, making room for the slightly larger casing of the new fan.
Next problem, the new fan's casing, which is made to fit this exact hole size, wouldn't fit -- because of the metal flaps that stick out the sides (for attaching it to the joist) were wider than the hole. So, contrary to the instructions on the box, it HAD to be installed from above. This meant another trip through the crawlspace, this time carrying the new fan casing, and another trip, carrying the tools/screws necessary for attaching it. And, of course, the joist is below my feet while I'm up there, meaning I have to bend double and make a screw go into a joist underneath me (and remember, there's nowhere to sit/stand up there, so I'm basically hanging from crossbeams with my legs, using one hand to hold the casing in place and the other hand to hold both the screw AND the screwdriver.)
I can't see from up there whether the bottom of the case is flush with the ceiling, so this means another couple of trips through the crawlspace. But the bathroom is dark while I have the circuit breaker off. I left to go buy a second droplight (the first is in the attic for my work up there), some more metallic foil duct tape, and an extra bit of ducting (which I'll mention later).
Once I made sure the casing was flush with the ceiling below, I got the other screws in place from above, but noticed that the existing duct (the fan vents to the roof) was damaged at its lower extremities -- possibly from being stepped on at some point -- and besides wouldn't reach anyway. It wouldn't reach because the new fan's exhaust port is slightly longer than the old one's, and it's facing *away* from where the duct has to go. (Yes, the builders made sure the duct has to make a U-turn in order to get to the roof vent.) So I bought that extra length of ducting I mentioned earlier, cut off the damaged portion of the old ducting (which is of the wrong size, so I had to buy an adapter to connect fan/new duct to the remaining old duct. I sat up there a while attaching everything with the metallic foil duct tape and making sure it would fit. Then I connected the wiring (hope it's right; I left the instructions down in the bathroom!) and attached the end of the ducting to the new fan's exhaust port.
Back down in the bathroom, I struggled but managed to fit the new motor into the housing. This is at least a two person job, I have to say. Because someone (me) has to hold the new motor in place, just outside the casing, while the second person (also me) has to connect the wiring to the hard-to-get-to plug inside the casing. Then, the first person (me) has to hold the motor in place while the second person (also me, remember) has to insert and secure three screws that hold the motor up there. Doing all this at the top of a ladder.
Then, flip the breaker to test the fan before putting everything away. Nothing happens. Have to take the motor back out, to find that the little plug wasn't secure. Good thing I have two people (both me) to hold the motor while reinserting the plug more solidly this time. (The motor may or may not now have teeth marks on it, because seriously, I only have two hands.) Put those three screws back in.
This time, it works!
Now, about four more trips through the crawlspace, to re-cover the area with the insulation I had pulled away, bring down several handfuls of tools, the roll of foil tape, and the droplight. I *think* I got everything.
Then of course, clean up the mess in the bathroom -- stuff that fell through while I had the hole open.
The fan works great, as I said at top, though it wasn't worth all this effort.
This warehouse is used for the storage of evidence from Chicago & Cook County crimes, including those of serial killer John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
Among the grisly artifacts stored here are the door to Gacy's crawlspace where he buried nearly 30 young men and boys, personal items of his victims, a ligature Gacy used for strangulation, and samples of Gacy's blood.
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I REALLY recommend you click on this and view it large.
I'm actually really proud of this. I took this and the ones in the comments in the creepy crawlspace under my house, which is dusty and creepy but has great lighting.
Vinyl connoisseur Jenkins Bash in yellow t-shirt.
Mr. Bash is the originator of the PopSoterica Hollywood Showcase. The showcase for uniquely gifted bands, as chosen by Jenkins, started humbly before becoming the behemoth it was in the olden days. Mr. Bash originally had a deal with Joe 'The Kook' Cannelletto to hold the event in his pool hall on Selma Avenue. When Mr. Cannelletto led him to what the PopSoterica founder described as a crawlspace under the main room, he was ready to back out, until Joe offered his spacious attic with a view of the Hollywood Hills as the venue.
Finally got around to scanning the Frosted Mini-Wheats boxes I acquired from Spike's Crawlspace. In the 70s-80s sweet cereal was generally associated with free-inside prizes, which was never the case with Frosted Mini-Wheats. This one is from 1977 & had a calculator offer.
2012
crawling, searching, wide-eyed and breathless at what the next corner, path, and shadow might show us; where summer hides, ever waiting.
fallen trees align like steps, helping and daring you to climb higher in the same breath, all to chase the elusive sun.
every step, something new.
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It is a furnace room with the oil tank to the right. That ledge there makes it like a crawl space, but you can walk into it upright.
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3rd floor of the Texas State Lunatic Asylum (now called Austin State Hospital). 2nd oldest building in Texas. this floor housed women. the first 2 floors are still functional - this is the administration building now. there are currently 300 in-patients throughout other buildings on the grounds. in the 60's they had their highest numbers at 3,000.
we toured the building as part of a neighborhood home tour. yes that's right. if i go mental, i'm only 4 blocks away to my new home.
i love this building. i can only imagine the stories.
Reworked this old model to make the rear lighter by hollowing it out. Ended up a crawlspace about 6 studs deep, 2 bricks high and 2 studs wide. There's enough room in there to build some kind of power plant. Also, the Technic parts that connect to the wheels are exposed in there, so a minifig can wrench on them lol
I added this door to access the crawlspace.
Digging to get access to the other side of the duct work in a dirt crawlspace with an entrenching shovel
trudging along
i lost the race
tired of this
long winding
chase ..at
crawlspace
my legs weak
not in pace
the lift broke
down 5 floors
i walk up down
the staircase
gasping for
breath
white faced
the residents
all broke
miserly
the lift wont
replace
dreams
displaced
my adopted
city as my
karmic bhoomi
i embraced
mumbai now
my children
grand childrens
birthplace
a path
towards
the grave
i trace
hope died
in its sleep
someplace
my destiny
crushed
under the
cosmic
wheelbase
through
pictures
deleted
dreams
i retrace
poetizing
passion
pathos
in the
market
place
#firozeshakir
#beggarpoet
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My husband denies that he's Brady's favorite pawrent, but I have proof! This is Brady sitting on the steps waiting for his dad, who is on the treadmill behind the glass doors. Whenever his dad leaves and I'm still here, Brady sits on the step and waits. I assure you he does not do the same for me!
I've posted a closeup in the comments below. Brady has a really funny way of sitting on things...we call that hanging paw "the dangler."
August 19, 2024
Wound up catching a juvenile raccoon in the trap. Luckily it's one thats been living in a friends crawlspace so Blane and I let go in Inman Park. Hopefully he'll enjoy living there.
Abandoned schoolhouse shoot. My friend and I ran once we realized there was someone living in the crawlspace.
In the end, my various peripherals were all in electrostatic bags, because I hoard them for this exact purpose. Those things that still had their original box went back into those as well. This stuff stores easily in drawers/crawlspaces. You can also see my trusty computer tookit, which has come in handy so many times. Especially the claw thing with the 3 metal fingers that comes out and grabs the tiny screws that my hands are too big to handle. And the bottle o' screws is very handy too.
BACKSTORY: My favorite computer EVER died. Moment of silence for "Storm", 1999-2007. This computer started as 1 of 3 identical post-house purchase computers we built for ourselves, to supercede our pre-existing college-era 3 computers (2 defunct Pentiums and a K6-233 which can still run Win98 today). It underwent one MAJOR upgrade, changing cases and practically becoming a new computer... So from 2001-2008 it was unique. I had really, really, REALLY grown into that machine. I'm stillnot as grown into my current machine Hades yet, and it has been well over 6 months.
So suffice to say, this computer dying SUCKED. And now I had to salvage all useful parts.
As for the death, I pretty much covered what happened day-by-day, starting at day 1, when it broke, continuing on to day 2, and Days 3-10. I then wrote about 10 more blogposts about the birth of Hades
decommissioning computer.
PCI card, WD-40 lubricant, box, cards, computer, screwdriver.
Clint and Carolyn's house, Alexandria, Virginia.
August 20, 2007.
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