ASH Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenoF250 Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Cool some remodel archeology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batesmotel Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Cool. I've left cryptic strings of numbers several times. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geeorge Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 She looks interesting, but that was 20 plus years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valmet Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Remodeled my hall bathroom two years ago and all future owners will find behind those walls is one of my forgotten Maglites. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PNWguy Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 I worked for my uncle in Boise in `87 and `88 as a finish carpenter apprentice. We did some cool jobs on very nice homes, including one for an Albertson's executive. One home had a crawl space above the dining room and I was up there for some forgotten reason and I took the time to write some information on a 2x6 with my carpenter pencil. I included my name, the date, the price of gas, the current president, the car I drove, etc. Hopefully some day someone will get a kick out of it... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Czervik Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Always, always put a map with an "X" in the neighbor's yard in the walls. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vito Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 I wish I had thought to do this while having a room remodeled. Clever. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moeman Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 That is plain funny. Like to meet the old owners... they have a sense of humor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aomagrat Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 My brother-in-law works for a house flipper. On one job in a real old house he found a scrapbook full of newspaper articles from the Civil War. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazy R Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 1982 I was working for a paint factory/store in Spokane. In January they got the bright idea to have us install a new bigger double door by the loading dock, requiring cutting into the walls and framing in the larger door. So we're freezing our butts off doing this. Seeing it as kinda dumb, I wrote up a time capsule note. "My name is xxx and it's January 15 1982. We have been working on this god damn door for two days freezing to death. If someone ever finds this note, please call me or one of my descendants an tell us what a good job we did on this son of a bitch." Or something to that effect. About ten years later, while I was working somewhere else, I get a call. "We found your note!" They did some other remodeling, pulled out the doors we installed, and there's the note stapled to the framing. They really got a kick out of it. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heehaw Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 On 7/16/2018 at 10:58 PM, Valmet said: Remodeled my hall bathroom two years ago and all future owners will find behind those walls is one of my forgotten Maglites. was that the L.E.D. bulb variant to the traditional bulb type? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 We are in the process of remodeling the bottom floor of our house so I showed this thread to the Wife. She loves the idea and is planning to leave a few notes in strategic places around the house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valmet Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 2 hours ago, Heehaw said: was that the L.E.D. bulb variant to the traditional bulb type? Regular bulb type IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heehaw Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 2 minutes ago, Valmet said: Regular bulb type IIRC. ah no big loss. shoot my eight and ten year old kids don't even know they make anything other than LED lights. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhambi Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Years back I was renting a house while we built one. In the basement apartment they were remodeling the bathroom... and found a grenade in the wall. Ended up being an inert trainer... but you never know what you'll find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandyMan Hugh Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 I was helping a friend do a remodel of a basement one time and found on top of the main beam under the house, a sawed-off shot gun. It was cut off less than an inch in front of the chambers, and the stock was cut off right behind the hand-grip. That had to be a bear to open for cocking and loading because it was so short. We gave it to the home owner and advised him to turn it in to the police. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valmet Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 3 hours ago, Heehaw said: ah no big loss. shoot my eight and ten year old kids don't even know they make anything other than LED lights. Well I’m a long-in-the-tooth 36 and I don’t even think I own an LED Maglite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heehaw Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 16 hours ago, Valmet said: Well I’m a long-in-the-tooth 36 and I don’t even think I own an LED Maglite not intending to hijack the OP post,but about 10 years ago I decided to try and make a super LED light out of a mag light. I loaded that baby up with a custom "home" battery pack. it was the brightest light I had ever seen.....for about 3 seconds. It never did work again after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norton Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Cool. I was hoping after opening the thread it might be a Thompson Sub Machine gun or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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