XPost: misc.consumers, misc.consumers.house   
   From: w_tom1@hotmail.com   
      
     The heating guy did not make a mistake last time.  Therefore   
   he will never make a mistake.  This is reasoning to justify   
   running stop signs and launching seven Challenger astronauts   
   to their death.   
      
     Same thing happened a few years ago to another house around   
   here.  The landlord tried to clean it and lease it.   
   Fortunately, the building inspector was a responsible type.   
   The house is now history.  It must be removed all the way down   
   to and including its foundation - for obvious human health   
   reasons.   
      
     And so the next question: how honest is your government?   
   Drive by in a few months.  If anyone is living there, your   
   government is corrupt.   
      
   Shawn Hearn wrote:   
   > On the way home from dinner with friends tonight, I heard on the radio   
   > (KYW in Philadelphia) that an heating oil company accidentally delivered   
   > heating oil to a home that had converted from oil to gas heating. As a   
   > result, the oil flooded the basement of this home. The home's occupants   
   > were not there at the time. The news story said another company made the   
   > same mistake a few weeks ago.   
   >   
   > This got me wondering about something. I might be wrong, but I seem to   
   > remember that when my parents converted their oil heating to gas, they   
   > had the plumber weld the gas pipe shut on the outside end so no one   
   > could take the cap off and make the same mistake. My parents were also   
   > concerned that pranksters could not pour anything down the pipe into the   
   > basement. This took the plumber only a few minutes to do and I assumed   
   > everyone who got rid of oil heating did the same thing, but apparently   
   > not. My parents' gas heater conversion was done by a close family friend   
   > so maybe their got special treatment, but I am curious why all people do   
   > not have the cap welded shut on their oil pipe or just remove the pipe   
   > entirely.   
      
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