CAman

@CAman@connectop.us

Gay guy living in California, USA. Liberal, partnered, historian, author of LGBTQ fiction, sailor, bicyclist, adventuresome, fun passionate, lots more . . .

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paul, to Plumbing
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Weird #plumbing issue. In warm weather, our toilet and drains sound hollow, gurgles, etc, when flushing or draining, like when the tub is drained. In the cold months, it is fine. Last year we had the system snaked 100%. No clogs–been an issue since we bought house in 2019.

I am thinking the warm weather, wind, etc is causing negative air pressure through the main roof plumbing vent

What does the #Fediverse think? Any solutions?

#Plumbers #Building #HomeConstruction #construction #Physics

CAman,

@paul When you had it snaked, did they use a scope? Did they follow the lines all the way to where it connects to the main? Also, how old is the house and plumbing? If the house is less than 50 years old, it probably has PVC, which means less likelihood of collapse, tree roots, etc. If it’s older than 50, it probably has clay pipes, which means you could start having those problems. Tree roots would grow in the summer months, which is why you might start noticing it then.

CAman,

@paul Okay. That means there is probably an issue with the vent. It is probably inadequate, not positioned for best performance, or something is partially obstructing it. Check it for an obstruction. An animal or something could have fallen down it. If it’s clear and If you’re not having any backups, I wouldn’t worry about it.

RickiTarr, to random
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Awww this takes me back! What has been the most important in your life?

CAman,

@RickiTarr I still listen to LPs and read paper books. What has changed most for me is TV. I hardly watch program TV. If I watch anything, it’s usually streamed.

motoridersd, to random
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SAN throwing shade at IAD 😂

CAman,

@motoridersd and deservedly so. I refuse to fly into IAD. It is the worst airport in the country.

CAman, to random

#gop #HouseGOP #gop2024 #Election2024 #democrats GOP: “Secure the border! Secure the border! Secure the border! Secure the border!” Democrats: “Okay, we’ll secure the border.” GOP: “No thanks, we don’t want to make Biden look good.”

CAman, to random

#gop #theorangemenace #elections I often tell my attorney colleagues that I will agree not to practice law if they’ll agree not to practice history. In this case, I’ll bargain with 45 that I will agree not to practice racketeering and rape if he won’t practice history. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/06/trump-says-civil-war-could-have-been-negotiated-historians-disagree/

CrimethInc, to random
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Today, as an act of protest against the genocide unfolding in Gaza,

"Protesters shut down all Interstate 80 traffic heading to San Francisco during the Thursday morning commute. The protesters stopped their cars on the bridge, east of Treasure Island Road, and threw their keys into the Bay before chaining themselves together and to the bridge, according to California Highway Patrol."
-KRON4

The fact that they threw their keys into the Bay is inspiring. If we want to interrupt the perpetual violence of this society, we have to break with our own roles within it.

Background:

https://crimethinc.com/GazaSolidarity

An aerial photograph showing traffic backed up behind a blockade on the Bay Bridge.

CAman,

@CrimethInc Yeah, it’s a great idea to toss thousands of keys containing lead, other heavy metals, acid, and plastic into the Bay, not to mention all the tons of hydrocarbons all the stuck cars belched into the atmosphere. I wish people would think through the consequences when they plan a protest. I can’t imagine that this event did anything to relieve suffering in Gaza, but probably did significant damage to the environment.

CAman,

@CrimethInc I may have been a little hyperbolic, but I did think it through carefully. That protest was ill-conceived. When organizing a protest or rally, the steering committee ought to ask several questions: 1) what are the short term goals?; 2) what are the long term goals?; 3) how will this event help to achieve those goals?; 4) what negative consequences might result? This protest had zero impact on war in Gaza. It did add to environmental pollution. Clearly, they didn’t plan well

CAman,

@CrimethInc one more thing. I am sympathetic to their cause. I applaud and support efforts to stop the killing in Gaza, Israel, and elsewhere. I don’t support protest events that are designed to make a media splash without a clearly defined goal. It’s the same as activists who destroy ancient art to protest the oil industry. It makes no sense and accomplishes nothing. If these organizers had targeted the Lockheed Martin complex in Sunnyvale, I would have been 100% on their side.

CAman,

@CrimethInc https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/07/arts/design/rokeby-venus-just-stop-oil.html

CAman,

@CrimethInc Thanks for the acknowledgment. I’m not an ignorant clod. I think we are probably on the same side on most issues. We might disagree on tactics, but that is what debate and discussion are all about. Best wishes!

ElleGray, to random
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but what a night it must have been

CAman,

@ElleGray I wonder what the other ingredients were?

jeffowski, to random
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CAman,

@jeffowski that’s not at all what the concept of compromise is about.

kevinrns, (edited ) to climate
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I love good news. This, this is good news.

This teenager has developed a way to make your dirty ol' car to become a hybrid EV. Your first 30 (100 ed.) kilometers of travel on electric, for ABOUT FIVE GRAND.

"Burton is a bachelor's student in industrial design and sustainable systems engineering at RMIT University in Melbourne"

The motor is put between the axel and wheel.

A million engineers should buy him dinner, one a a time.

Lets go!

#Climate #Klima #Climat

https://www.dezeen.com/2023/10/09/alexander-burton-revr-electric-car-conversion-kit/

CAman,

@kevinrns I love this! I’ve long thought there should be a way to retrofit existing cars while we transition to non-carbon emitting vehicles. It’s a temporary solution, but one that could help cut emissions quickly and significantly without having to put new cars on the road all at once.

ryanhoulihan, to random
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    CAman,

    @ryanhoulihan I had to look up who Travis Kelce is, as I sit here humming Petula Clark’s “Downtown.” . . . Reinforce that stereotype, Russ.

    QasimRashid, to random
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    STORY: Trump threatens judges at campaign events while facing 91 criminal indictments to overthrow democracy
    MEDIA: Trump rises above legal troubles to woo voters

    STORY: Biden's first 3 years most productive in modern POTUS history
    MEDIA: Biden texted "I love you" to drug user

    Corporate media is failing us over, and over, and over again.

    CAman,

    @QasimRashid Press owned by the oligarchy is not free.

    StillIRise1963, to random
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    People are not attempting to legitimize slavery because of the past, it's because they want to do it in the future.

    CAman,

    @StillIRise1963 the US minimum wage is $7.25 for regular workers and $2.13 for tipped employees. I don’t know anywhere in the US that a worker could live on that. We already have slave labor; we just don’t call it that. It’s that pesky 13th Amendment. Not to worry, the oligarchy found a work-around.

    Svetlana2, to random

    https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-mark-milley-china-executed-b2417387.html

    CAman,

    @Svetlana2 if the penalty for treason is death, 45 has a firing squad awaiting his conviction.

    MaryAustinBooks, to Dogs
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    Tell me something I don't know.

    CAman,

    @MaryAustinBooks But, please, please, please ask the pet owner if it’s okay first!

    CultureDesk, (edited ) to music
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    In a recent interview with @RollingStone, Stephen King revealed that he used to listen to Lou Bega's "Mambo No. 5" while he worked. “My wife threatened to divorce me. I played that a lot. I had the dance mix. I loved those extended play things, and I played both sides of it," said the writer, who also discussed his new novel, "Holly," AI and COVID-19 in the wide-ranging interview. What do you listen to while you work?

    https://flip.it/mrBVlH

    CAman,

    @CultureDesk @RollingStone classic disco/dance. I guess that’s “upbeat”

    Teri_Kanefield, (edited ) to random

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    CAman,

    @Teri_Kanefield Corporate news has always been an entertainment industry. Remember WR Hearst’s famous 1897 statement to his photo journalist in Cuba, “You furnish the pictures, and I’ll furnish the war.” The resulting war with Spain was every journalist’s dream. What CNN, Fox, NYT and all the rest do today is no different than what Hearst, Pulitzer, and Greeley did in their day. We can’t survive without a free press, but a press controlled by oligarchs is hardly free.

    cosmicallyf, to random

    Two cents for an opinion, five cents for advice.

    CAman,

    @cosmicallyf you’re the funniest man on the fediverse + I recommend that you invest in renewable energy = you owe me 7 cents.

    lovelylovely, to random
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    it's so much worse than we thought.

    Russian ambassador told Moscow that Kushner wanted secret communications channel with Kremlin - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/russian-ambassador-told-moscow-that-kushner-wanted-secret-communications-channel-with-kremlin/2017/05/26/520a14b4-422d-11e7-9869-bac8b446820a_story.html

    CAman,

    @lovelylovely It will be decades before we fully understand the depth of their depravity. We can NEVER allow any of those thugs to have power of any sort again.

    georgetakei, to random

    Sidney Powell wants to sever her case from the other defendants saying she had “no contact” with the other perpetrators. In related news, Powell’s body has filed a motion to sever itself from her brain, similarly claiming no prior contact.

    CAman,

    @georgetakei She has a brain?

    CAman, to Georgia

    #georgia #rico #JAN6 Did anyone notice that the only one of the 19 defendants jailed in Georgia’s RICO suit was the black man? To be clear, Floyd is a thug and should have been jailed, but so should the other 18, especially the ring leader.

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