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January 20, 2011 at 5:29 PM in reply to: OT: length of lifetime for different decades built houses #657265January 20, 2011 at 5:29 PM in reply to: OT: length of lifetime for different decades built houses #657404
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Participant[quote=afx114]Got any info on the 20s/30s/40s/50s?[/quote]
This would require a bit of research. The biggest problem is that for the pre 50s, there are very few building standards. In those cases, have a civil engineer look at it.January 20, 2011 at 5:29 PM in reply to: OT: length of lifetime for different decades built houses #657733Participant[quote=afx114]Got any info on the 20s/30s/40s/50s?[/quote]
This would require a bit of research. The biggest problem is that for the pre 50s, there are very few building standards. In those cases, have a civil engineer look at it.Participant[quote=sdrealtor]I’m sure quite a few of our piggs use Smith & Wesson.[/quote]I prefer Sig Sauer.. .357 semi auto.
For dogs guarding the family, the best ones are females. This is particularly true if the female grew up with the family from a pup. They bond and consider you part of the pack, which they instinctively try to protect. Not being males, they don’t try to become ‘alpha’s over the owner of the house and there is less pee-ing/marking territory problems.
I had some idiot try to scare our family German Shepherd(female @ 120+lbs) thinking it was a coyote (coyotes max in under 60lbs – which means the guy wasn’t too bright.). I was hidden behind a bush looking over the cliff. She spun around without running, hair on the back up with one nasty growl. The guy literally dropped a load. This is the same dog that the kids would play and bounce on. If she had too much, she would get up and walk away.
The only problem with these dogs is they need a lot of space. They need the exercise. They are not a small yard dog.
Participant[quote=sdrealtor]I’m sure quite a few of our piggs use Smith & Wesson.[/quote]I prefer Sig Sauer.. .357 semi auto.
For dogs guarding the family, the best ones are females. This is particularly true if the female grew up with the family from a pup. They bond and consider you part of the pack, which they instinctively try to protect. Not being males, they don’t try to become ‘alpha’s over the owner of the house and there is less pee-ing/marking territory problems.
I had some idiot try to scare our family German Shepherd(female @ 120+lbs) thinking it was a coyote (coyotes max in under 60lbs – which means the guy wasn’t too bright.). I was hidden behind a bush looking over the cliff. She spun around without running, hair on the back up with one nasty growl. The guy literally dropped a load. This is the same dog that the kids would play and bounce on. If she had too much, she would get up and walk away.
The only problem with these dogs is they need a lot of space. They need the exercise. They are not a small yard dog.
Participant[quote=sdrealtor]I’m sure quite a few of our piggs use Smith & Wesson.[/quote]I prefer Sig Sauer.. .357 semi auto.
For dogs guarding the family, the best ones are females. This is particularly true if the female grew up with the family from a pup. They bond and consider you part of the pack, which they instinctively try to protect. Not being males, they don’t try to become ‘alpha’s over the owner of the house and there is less pee-ing/marking territory problems.
I had some idiot try to scare our family German Shepherd(female @ 120+lbs) thinking it was a coyote (coyotes max in under 60lbs – which means the guy wasn’t too bright.). I was hidden behind a bush looking over the cliff. She spun around without running, hair on the back up with one nasty growl. The guy literally dropped a load. This is the same dog that the kids would play and bounce on. If she had too much, she would get up and walk away.
The only problem with these dogs is they need a lot of space. They need the exercise. They are not a small yard dog.
Participant[quote=sdrealtor]I’m sure quite a few of our piggs use Smith & Wesson.[/quote]I prefer Sig Sauer.. .357 semi auto.
For dogs guarding the family, the best ones are females. This is particularly true if the female grew up with the family from a pup. They bond and consider you part of the pack, which they instinctively try to protect. Not being males, they don’t try to become ‘alpha’s over the owner of the house and there is less pee-ing/marking territory problems.
I had some idiot try to scare our family German Shepherd(female @ 120+lbs) thinking it was a coyote (coyotes max in under 60lbs – which means the guy wasn’t too bright.). I was hidden behind a bush looking over the cliff. She spun around without running, hair on the back up with one nasty growl. The guy literally dropped a load. This is the same dog that the kids would play and bounce on. If she had too much, she would get up and walk away.
The only problem with these dogs is they need a lot of space. They need the exercise. They are not a small yard dog.
Participant[quote=sdrealtor]I’m sure quite a few of our piggs use Smith & Wesson.[/quote]I prefer Sig Sauer.. .357 semi auto.
For dogs guarding the family, the best ones are females. This is particularly true if the female grew up with the family from a pup. They bond and consider you part of the pack, which they instinctively try to protect. Not being males, they don’t try to become ‘alpha’s over the owner of the house and there is less pee-ing/marking territory problems.
I had some idiot try to scare our family German Shepherd(female @ 120+lbs) thinking it was a coyote (coyotes max in under 60lbs – which means the guy wasn’t too bright.). I was hidden behind a bush looking over the cliff. She spun around without running, hair on the back up with one nasty growl. The guy literally dropped a load. This is the same dog that the kids would play and bounce on. If she had too much, she would get up and walk away.
The only problem with these dogs is they need a lot of space. They need the exercise. They are not a small yard dog.
Participant[quote=barnaby33]It came about because my grandmother lived in Couer d’Alene.[/quote]
The town and the neighboring surrounds look like a nice place, but one of the Tees for the golf course looks like a challenge – nice water hazard.
[img_assist|nid=14509|title=Coeur d’Alene Golf Course floating green|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=300|height=225]Participant[quote=barnaby33]It came about because my grandmother lived in Couer d’Alene.[/quote]
The town and the neighboring surrounds look like a nice place, but one of the Tees for the golf course looks like a challenge – nice water hazard.
[img_assist|nid=14509|title=Coeur d’Alene Golf Course floating green|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=300|height=225]Participant[quote=barnaby33]It came about because my grandmother lived in Couer d’Alene.[/quote]
The town and the neighboring surrounds look like a nice place, but one of the Tees for the golf course looks like a challenge – nice water hazard.
[img_assist|nid=14509|title=Coeur d’Alene Golf Course floating green|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=300|height=225]Participant[quote=barnaby33]It came about because my grandmother lived in Couer d’Alene.[/quote]
The town and the neighboring surrounds look like a nice place, but one of the Tees for the golf course looks like a challenge – nice water hazard.
[img_assist|nid=14509|title=Coeur d’Alene Golf Course floating green|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=300|height=225]Participant[quote=barnaby33]It came about because my grandmother lived in Couer d’Alene.[/quote]
The town and the neighboring surrounds look like a nice place, but one of the Tees for the golf course looks like a challenge – nice water hazard.
[img_assist|nid=14509|title=Coeur d’Alene Golf Course floating green|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=300|height=225]January 19, 2011 at 5:46 PM in reply to: OT: length of lifetime for different decades built houses #656725Participant[quote=bearishgurl]ucodegen, pardon me if I missed it but, are you a civil engineer? You seem very knowledgeable.[/quote]
My father was a general contractor. I put myself through college by building houses (4 of them) in an earthquake zone (near Tujunga, CA). I also helped with maintaining and modifying(additions, etc) the house I grew up in. I guess you could say I was a technically precocious kid (did my first unsupervised water pump replacement on a 1963 Buick Skylark at 12yrs old).I have an EE/CE degree, though I also have a fairly strong Physics background (was originally going for Physics – but changed majors mid-way).
January 19, 2011 at 5:46 PM in reply to: OT: length of lifetime for different decades built houses #656863Participant[quote=bearishgurl]ucodegen, pardon me if I missed it but, are you a civil engineer? You seem very knowledgeable.[/quote]
My father was a general contractor. I put myself through college by building houses (4 of them) in an earthquake zone (near Tujunga, CA). I also helped with maintaining and modifying(additions, etc) the house I grew up in. I guess you could say I was a technically precocious kid (did my first unsupervised water pump replacement on a 1963 Buick Skylark at 12yrs old).I have an EE/CE degree, though I also have a fairly strong Physics background (was originally going for Physics – but changed majors mid-way).
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