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No, this is not good wire that could be reused. It is old, black, fabric-wrapped wire that has been there many years. The light fixtures that he is putting in the out-buildings are mostly LED. Double whammy - low cost to run and low heat output to help prevent fires.

When my DH was in high school, he helped his Dad's best friend wire a garage. The guy was a Master Electrician and he liked the kid, so he taught him how to do it right. DH is a civil engineer now, so everything he does is done right or not done at all. He hates to have to redo and fix stuff.
 

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No, this is not good wire that could be reused. It is old, black, fabric-wrapped wire that has been there many years. The light fixtures that he is putting in the out-buildings are mostly LED. Double whammy - low cost to run and low heat output to help prevent fires.

When my DH was in high school, he helped his Dad's best friend wire a garage. The guy was a Master Electrician and he liked the kid, so he taught him how to do it right. DH is a civil engineer now, so everything he does is done right or not done at all. He hates to have to redo and fix stuff.

I don't like having to redo stuff either. Unless it's electrical then I don't mind too much.
 

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Horray plywood
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Now all it's gotta do is cut it'self, jump up there and nails it'self to the underside of the rafters. I think my plywood may be defective though. It's just been laying there, doing nothing since I stacked it.
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Sunsets... some of the most wonderful and beautiful things in life are ephemeral, like sunsets and sunrises, the flash of a hummingbird's wing as it zooms by, a baby's toothless smile. Enjoy them when they happen, and treasure the memory.
 

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I hope you have a drywall lift.
DH was working on the basement in our place in Wyoming and had me drive to the Northern Tool Store in Colorado to buy a drywall lift for him. Even though I was terrified to drive in a city I didn't know - all by myself - I did it. I know it saved our marriage.
 

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That plywood may not be defective, just not smart and on the laaaaazy side! Maybe that's why it was sold....couldn't be trained. :lol:

I tried feeding it a box of nails but, it won't eat. Just lays there... Think it's sick or just doesn't like American nails?
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