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   John R Walliker to Lars Poulsen   
   Re: Inside out (Was: More on wifi range    
   11 Dec 25 18:28:37   
   
   XPost: comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: jrwalliker@gmail.com   
      
   On 11/12/2025 18:16, Lars Poulsen wrote:   
   > On 2025-12-11, Daniel James  wrote:   
   >> On 11/12/2025 04:12, c186282 wrote:   
   >>> ... they just run lots of pipes on the outsides of the thick stone   
   >>> walls. Works, but you'd never get away with that in modern   
   >>> commercial buildings. Things have to look all neat and tidy.   
   >>   
   >> Have you SEEN the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris?   
   >>   
   >> ... or the Lloyds Insurance building in London, for that matter.   
   >   
   > I seem to remember hearing that there was an English building code that   
   > REQUIRED outside pipes for water (and sewage?) so that they could be   
   > easily thawed with a blowtorch when they froze in the winter?   
      
   No, it was only done to save money.   
      
   John   
      
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