Odd-Cartoonist-288
Odd-Cartoonist-288 t1_j8vxtd1 wrote
Really made we worried that not eating killed him, but then I read he didn't drink water for 25 days ... that's actually impressive. Gives me hope if I'm ever stuck at sea.
Odd-Cartoonist-288 t1_j757d1m wrote
Reply to comment by Disastrous-Nothing14 in Sharkbite connectors PSA by InfiniteCurrency8
Probably has a lot to do with freezing if I had to guess. You should see all the homes down here during the freezes in the past few years. All the PVC in the house I'm renting busted in December.
Odd-Cartoonist-288 t1_j7559kl wrote
Reply to comment by Disastrous-Nothing14 in Sharkbite connectors PSA by InfiniteCurrency8
I was talking about before the home. However, I've worked on a few homes and the majority are PVC with older homes being zinc plated steel. House I'm in now is 100% PVC and CPVC, and the house I was in before was the exact same as well. Just went and looked at a home the other day and it was probably 80% PVC and CPVC. This is in the Houston area as well.
Odd-Cartoonist-288 t1_j7518eg wrote
Reply to comment by Disastrous-Nothing14 in Sharkbite connectors PSA by InfiniteCurrency8
Maybe I shouldn't have said often, but they used PVC for a bunch of the supply lines in my brothers neighborhood as they were building it. Honestly it's probably mostly old cast iron or something, but I don't know.
Got any links, because now I'm curious and the only thing I could find said PVC is used, but not how often. I've seen a few systems done in plants made from PVC so I figured it was used pretty often. Also, I wasn't even specifically talking about traditional PVC, just some sort of Polyvinyl Chloride because it's cheap ... or used to be.
Odd-Cartoonist-288 t1_j737877 wrote
Reply to comment by tim36272 in Sharkbite connectors PSA by InfiniteCurrency8
This
Odd-Cartoonist-288 t1_j72jg5v wrote
Reply to comment by InfiniteCurrency8 in Sharkbite connectors PSA by InfiniteCurrency8
My brother was looking into it and sent me a bunch of studies on chemicals leaching into your water lines and it seems pretty bad as well. The problem is PVC is much worse and that's often how it gets to your home.
Odd-Cartoonist-288 t1_j6vojfa wrote
Reply to comment by Butterball_Adderley in Phoenix officer given Narcan after ingesting 'white substance' during traffic stop by trapicana
have to check it out.
Odd-Cartoonist-288 t1_j6u51i1 wrote
Reply to comment by casadecarol in Phoenix officer given Narcan after ingesting 'white substance' during traffic stop by trapicana
There is a crazy Radiolab podcast about this.
Odd-Cartoonist-288 t1_j6lb71m wrote
Reply to comment by Hazel-Rah in Ukraine plans $550 million drone investment in 2023 - defense minister by MijTinmol
I feel like these would be pretty effective if they couldn't be jammed very easily and I have no idea how easy that is to do.
Odd-Cartoonist-288 t1_j64irde wrote
Reply to comment by art-love-social in BBC News: Dad's warning after girl, 14, dies from inhaling deodorant by chrisdab
Thanks! I thought so, but I wasn't sure and didn't feel like looking it up.
Odd-Cartoonist-288 t1_j64hj2t wrote
Reply to comment by Neoxyte in BBC News: Dad's warning after girl, 14, dies from inhaling deodorant by chrisdab
Jesus Christ, I swear to god these class action lawsuits are so pointless on so many levels. All they usually are is a small fine for these companies. Lately they have just been trying to transfer the debt to another company and declare bankruptcy.
Odd-Cartoonist-288 t1_j62s920 wrote
Reply to comment by bonyponyride in BBC News: Dad's warning after girl, 14, dies from inhaling deodorant by chrisdab
Recently a bunch of companies including Axe (I believe) had to recall products for lethal levels of poisonous compounds in body sprays.
Odd-Cartoonist-288 t1_j58t766 wrote
Reply to The Lights Have Been On At a Massachusetts School For Over a Year Because No One Can Turn Them Off by AStartIsBorn
There is no way this would be that hard to fix and would probably pay for itself very quickly.
Odd-Cartoonist-288 t1_j3801c9 wrote
Reply to comment by waiv in Sinaloa cartel launches violent response as Mexico recaptures El Chapo’s son by getBusyChild
This is also what I've heard.
Odd-Cartoonist-288 t1_j23qkuu wrote
Reply to comment by Rooooben in Exxon sues EU in move to block new windfall tax on oil companies by davetowers646
We are basically taking money from the poor / young people and giving it to older / wealthier people.
Odd-Cartoonist-288 t1_jd3calm wrote
Reply to comment by toalv in Why should wires not be twisted before putting in wire nut? by dhekurbaba
Everywhere I've gone they have used tape (industrial). I've even gotten bitched at for not using it.