[AT] OT- Pex; now 2010 shows

[Larry Goss]

Hey, Farmer, I don't mean to change the subject, but I need some information.  I'm hoping you can give me a clue or at least point me in the right direction.

If you were to host a tractor show in Edinburgh, Indiana, where would it be held?  Nothing jumps out at me as I fly over the area with Google Earth.  I'm hoping you know the area well enough to give a hint.  I'm not finding anything written up about it, yet.

I took a look at TMCOTKU last night and took note of the layout of the land.  It's been several years since I've seen you and Diane.  If this show comes off in late June, maybe I'll get an opportunity to stop by and kick tires.

Larry


----- Original Message -----
From: Indiana Robinson <robinson46176 at gmail.com>
Date: Tuesday, January 5, 2010 6:47
Subject: Re: [AT] OT- Pex
To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>

> On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 6:34 AM, David Bruce 
> <davidbruce at yadtel.net> wrote:
> > When we remodeled here in the mid 1990's before moving in I 
> had all the
> > 1940's/1950's plumbing and electrical replaced.
> > Pex and PVC were used extensively.  I've had no problems other 
> than the
> > lack of a shutoff on the lines into the well (surface pump) 
> which made
> > priming said pump a bit difficult.
> > Dad has some work done in the past with isobutylene tubing and
> > fittings.  So far one minor problem.
> >
> > I absolutely HATE plumbing so I'll call my plumber when I need 
> more than
> > simple fixes.  Bad thing is neither he or I could EVER manage the
> > crawlspace under this house.  We I had the remodel done the 
> plumber that
> > did the work was like my grandpa was - very much on the tiny 
> and skinny
> > side.  Mr. Howell has retired now (he had just come out of 
> retirement> then to work with his sons in his old plumbing 
> business), is 90+ and
> > sings every Sunday in the church choir.  One can only hope to 
> be  as
> > spry as he is if I every make that age milestone.
> >
> > David
> > NW NC
> >
> ==========================================
> 
> 
> 
> I have a mix of working space in our house. The old original 
> house I
> grew up in is still in the middle of this house. It was a 
> 36'x36' with
> a 10'x10' cellar with only about 6' 2" of height under part of 
> it. The
> rest was "slither" space. It also had an about 8'x36' unheated "back
> porch" on a slab "lean-to" across the back. About 1970 the porch was
> removed and a 36'x40' (a little over 1400 sq. ft.) addition with a
> full basement (also a little over 1400 sq. ft. with 8' height) was
> built on. Everything is easy to access there and there is a door that
> connects the new basement to the old cellar. About the late 
> 1980s a
> 12'x36' "all purpose" room and a 12'x20' slant window mostly glass
> solar room were added to the front of the old core house in an "L"
> shape which wraps the south-west corner of it. The GP room/solar room
> area opens off of the library and is where I keep my computers and
> Diana has her sewing machine. The GP room is on a modern crawl space
> and while the solar room floor is the same height as the rest of the
> house it is on concrete with ceramic tile so zero access there.
> I have plans to hire some cheap labor to dig out the "slither" space
> under the old core house at least down to the depth of a deep crawl
> space. We did dig a few "channels" in that area back in the 
> 1950s to
> give limited access to parts of it for plumbing and to add some needed
> support under an area where the floor was a little springy. That part
> of the house was built around the 1840's and had a pretty long span.
> We added a long 6"x6" beam (also in the 1050s) across that area which
> supports it well but is very much in the way as far as access goes.
> We stuccoed the old brick foundation inside and out back in the 1950s.
> I with my intense claustrophobia did most of the outside and the part
> accessible in the old cellar and a classmate/friend who worked 
> for us
> that summer did the rest of the slither space. It didn't bother 
> him at
> all but I hated to even watch him.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Have you hugged your horses today?
> 
> Francis Robinson
> aka "farmer"
> Central Indiana USA
> robinson46176 at gmail.com
> 
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