Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/14

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Subject: [Leica] There goes my M9 budget
From: kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:53:00 -0500

Brian,

That is Orangeburg pipe.  I know because I have had two houses with it, both
requiring replacement.  As nearly as I can tell, it was used up until
shortly after WWII.

Ken

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org [mailto:lug-
> bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Brian Reid
> Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 9:31 AM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] There goes my M9 budget
> 
> Richard, I think that you know that last year I vacated and sold a house
> less than 1/2 mile from where you live.  I had bought it in 1980. It was
> built in 1924, which is very very old for our city.
> 
> In 1990 when I lost patience with my ongoing sewer problems and hired a
> contractor to fix it, they discovered that my sewer line had been made out
> of heavy cardboard that was soaked in coal tar. After 65 years, the
> original pipe had pretty much disintegrated, and the "sewer line" was just
> the hole in the hard clay that was left behind by the rotted-out cardboard
> pipe.
> 
> 
> 
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