Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information