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I don't live that far from the Poconos. It takes me about 30 minutes to get to Camelback Ski resort and the Crossings for shopping. I have gone camping up that way also.

Those modular home are very popular in PA. My buddy lives close to many of the manufactures out in western PA.. IF you drive out route 80 towards Erie you will lots of them on the highway traveling eastbound being delivered. There are two new developments beigng built close to where I work for the 55 plus age group. Most of them have very nice spacious floor plans and here they are built on full basement foundations with a two car garage and large decks

nice pictures. The GE looks like the same vintage as our first TL late 80's ours was the large capcity with the mini basket.

Love those old wringer washers, were they just dumped out there or were they trying to sell them. Now they would be a restoration project.

MikeO
 
I realy love the energy in PA. It is magical. Leave NY and NJ and you can FEEL it.

My sister is in the New Hope/Newtown Pennsylvania area with access to Philadelphia.

One day I will move there. Like everyone else I will start with a small summer home, then eventually make it my full-time residence, if all goes well.

My brohter-in-law literally has corn-fields in his backyard and insists he is in the suburbs. He gets so irritated when we NY City-ites call it the country. (My sister just rolls her eyes at his words and stays silent. She sometime leaves the room to avoid bursting out laughing.)

There are more coutnry crafts and junky shit "collectibles" per square mile than I have ever cared to see....

By my definition, if you dont have natural gas, "youz in the cuntry now!"

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Hi Steve,
Thanks for sharing your great pictures.
Those old washers must have been modern marvels in their day. I especially like the wooden tub machine it must have looked very impressive when it was new.

All the best.
Hugh
 
I like that red chile rooster

When I was but a wee one I was given a small easter chick that my then border collie Bob raised like a pup and followed him everywhere we went. He really was the cock of the walk. I had to get rid of him eventually because we lived in town and he would cock a doodle doo early in the morning and my folks thought the neighbors might complain.Also I don't think you were allowed to have fowl in the city. After we gave him to the parks childrens zoo all of a sudden the neighbors were asking where he went because they all loved to hear him in the mornings

Very similar GE washer to mine,,but I have the extra large capy and mini basket, plus more programs.

Modular vs Manufacturerd
A modular home is for all intent a regular house built on a foundation and can be any style from a bungalow to a Colonial two storey, the walls, roof joists etc are preassembled in a factory and trucked flat to the property for quick assembly rather than building it from scratch on site.
A manufactured home is the new name for trailer home. One or two complete shells wheeled to the site and joined. That's my story and I'm sticking to it LOL
 
New Hope is not that far from me either. It is a very nice area to live in. A good number of our execs live down that way. My department director lives there with her partner. It has a growing gay population there. A very nice but exspensive community to live in.

There are a lot of horse training and breeding farms down in Bucks county. You are right, there are a lot of country craft shops but there are nice restaurants, parks there.

Yes Philly is close, but I prefer to go to NY any day. If you ever get down this way again let me know maybe we could get together

Mike
 
Steve, thanks for sharing. OK<, don't slap me, but, I can't quite make out waht the dishwasher was. Wish you had included that in the appliance tour. I like the beige up beige upon ........ I know, turn in my card.
 
unvented heaters

That heater is a newer one that comes equipped with an oxygen sensor that cuts off the gas if the oxygen level drops too low. They are perfectly safe to use, and approved by UL or the gas equivalent. I have two of them in my home, one in the basement, and one in the sunroom for supplemental heat. They have been lifesavers during extended power outages here in the mountains. The only restrictions on the heaters is that they are not to be installed in bedrooms or bathrooms. However, I do agree with the excess moisture problem mentioned above. I have been able to avoid that with fans forcing the heat into other rooms during use, except when the power is off. Have used them for ten years, and have no problem with "yellow film", but the gas in my area is exceptionally clean. I do know that the yellow film problem is worsened if there are smokers in the house..
 
Hi Hugh. Always a pleasure to read your responses/posts.

PeteK. Our neighbors had a rooster too. From the way their grandma made faces when it was referred to after it was no longer there, I just knew it ended up in their freezer. A few weeks later when the young lady was ranting and raving about how fresh and tasty the chicken was that Sunday night, I saw the whole family look up to see the expression on my face. They read me and knew that I knew. I had to leave right away so as not to let on to the young lady. I didn't have the heart to tell her she just ate her pet.

Mike: Sure, yes I'd love to meet. If you can swing a visit during a wash-in here, you are invited, otherwise will catch you in/near No Hope, er--- I mean New Hope.

Bob: Be my guest to keep your card, with my blessing. I actually love beige and taupe. But damn...as Grandpa used to say "ALL things in moderation."

The dishwasher is about 2 to 3 y.o and it's a WP platique with electronic controls. No tower. 3-way tableware rack that also mounts on door. I had that similar machine with a timer new in 1991. Mine started its life as a portable. To date my favorite DW.

Chuck:
For me with borderline asthma, vented versions of gas heaters are IMHO a better alternative for me. Is your regular heating source electric, or gas with electric controls?
 
No disrespect for anyone's opinion.

But I stand firm IMHO that unvented gas is not a clean fuel.
We are going to have to agree to disagreee on this one.... :-)

(I also dont get why people don't wash the outside of their pots, but that is another story.)

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Just a fluke? .....wait.. LOL
Enough said?

BTW.... The law in NYC requires a "QUAD" --> Two 20 amp circuits in kitchens upon rewiring jobs. They don't say WHERE.

(The left side duplex outlet is one circuit, the right side is another. )

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Those pictures are enough to make you gag. How can a person live in something like that let alone cook food and eat. YUK!!!! Just out of curiosity what would someone pay to rent a place like that?

Mike
 
Where do you get these pics????

Toggle,

Pardon my ignorance, but I'm new here. Where did yiu get these pics? Are you a building inspector? I hate to sound like a snob, but I don't think I would want to live in some of those places. Gross!

Tex
 
Yup.

I do inspect buildings as a commercial real-estate appraiser.

Trust me, there are days when I have to change my clothing between visiting the buildings and going back to the office.

If I have to take my work bag home, it goes in the trunk of the car so that the extreme heat (or cold) can kill any critters before I dare bring it into my home.

Praise whoever it is you believe in that you don't live like that, and that you fully appreciate and understand the function of water as a universal solvent. (Cleaner)

I do ok, but sometimes it is too much. One time someone had a big pit-bull chained to the wall in the central hallway, by the bedrooms and bathroom. I had to dodge "bombs" and puddles. The renter could not figure out why I was gagging.
 
SNOB? U R a wise man echoing the sentiment of 99% of the poplation.

The rents vary.

In NYC:
Deregualted rents are market driven.

Rent-stabilized rents are artificially low, but reasonable. They are raised in accordance with a formula and inflation.

Rent-controlled rents are for peoplee who have been in continuous residence since circa 1947. Very ridiculously low $125 to $500 per month for two to seven rooms,some in VERY prime locations. The landlord does NOTHING (except supply heat, hot water, cold water and is not allowed to interrupt gas or electric services).

Interstingly enough these people who basically live somewhere for free refuse to spend a dime fixing "not my place, I dont own it" or "that is the lanlord's responsiblity."

Yes but you will be pulled out of there in a body bag, DO SOMETHING!

UGH
 
...and these people that live so filthy (in the buildings I look at) tend to be a block or less from the stores where every conceivable product under the sun is available, ...inexpensively and nearby.
 
You have to wonder don't you. We run two property management companies, one for rentals, one for condo's and private homes people are renting out as investments waiting for prices to increase. All the buildings we manage are well maintained and most have a resident manager on site. Suites are painted, carpets shampooed etc after each rental yet you wouldn't believe the state some are left in when the tenant vacates, none quite as bad as Steves pics above, but pretty close. Being messy or untidy is one thing but down right filthy is something else and we get those once in awhile.You'd expect it a place like NYC or other large cities where there's a lot of poverty/slums but not here where there are no slums at all. Then they bitch because you won't give them back their security deposits...LOL
 
I'm all for taking a $200 cleaning deposit and giving the tenants pics of what their place looked like upon their arrival.

Should it not be the same or better upon their departure, in comes the cleaning service to "fumigate"... you know the ones you call after a flood or fire. LOL

Why be servants to your tenants?
 
Interesting pictures...thanks for sharing!

Your friend's GE is a late-80's near-BOL model. I picked up the exact same machine (for parts), and it was from 1987. Standard-capacity (if the Activator is ribbed, then it's a large), 1-speed clutch, no mini-basket option.

Yikes...those apartments...I'm gagging just looking at the pictures!
 
vented/nonvented

toggleswitch:

My main source of heat is a traditional gas-fired forced air furnace with electronic igintion, humidifier, and electronic air-cleaner. I am sure that the vented heaters are better, but in my case, and I am sure for many others, the non-vented ones are better in that they can be installed anywhere, without regard for a place for a vent. When I use my heaters, and the electric is still on, I do run the furnace fan continuosly to "force" the heated air around the house, so the moisture is fairly well distributed. And I do understand your problem with asthma....I have severe allergies that almost make me asthmatic. The non-vented ones sure are a good source of emergency heat, though.....
 
Clean fuel

That ceiling would be just as dirty if it were an electric range. It's the cooking vapors, not the gas range, that makes kitchens like that.
 

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