I sometime wonder how our parents and grandparents made it through life with all the health and safety hazards that there were. (and that's ignoring the effect of 2 world wars of course).
Chris On 14 October 2013 04:52, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 10:33:55PM -0500, Bob Sullivan wrote: >> California modern wiring. >> I haven't seen anything like it since I was in the >> closet of my sister's 120 year old, 1st house. > > I'm glad to hear that you are now out of that closet. > > Most of my house is not that old. Mom says that the original > cabin was build in the 1880's. The living room floor is old growth > redwood. Today, when looking for some paperwork, I did find a > reference to a title transfer dated 1913. > > Those photos are from a shed, which may have started out as a > carriage house, that we are trying to repair before it falls down > on its own. Since the Caltrans right of way now contains that > shed, if it were to fall down, we would not be able to replace it. > > The switch and fuses is also entertaining: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/10260075003/in/set-72157636229743674 > > That wiring, by the way, has not been live in the 40 years since > my folks bought the place, so it's really only scary in a historical > reference sort of way. > >> Regards, Bob S. >> >> On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 9:36 PM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: >> > Knob and Tube: >> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/10259972496/ >> > >> > -- >> > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com >> > http://red4est.com/lrc >> > >> > >> > -- >> > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> > PDML@pdml.net >> > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> > follow the directions. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
