>From: Ken Follett <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: "It's a heck of a world when a guy can't carry a 1.5\" sheetrock
>             screw!" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: it's a heck of a world
>Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 17:00:42 EST
>
>In a message dated 11/7/2002 4:10:21 AM Pacific Standard Time,
>[log in to unmask]
>writes:
>
> > I have never been called to a project because of a dry condition.
>
> > In our case we are often called to look at leaks where the people in the
> > building think they have a leak because they suddenly woke up and saw
>the
> > condition of their plaster, not connecting with the evidence any
>historical
> > data to confirm that the leak stopped some time back when repairs or
> > alterations last occured on the exterior. We also get called a lot for
> > leaks related to bathrooms and plumbing with the client convinced that
>the
> > leak is from outside. It does not say much for the "building"
>intelligence
> > of property owners. For us a moisture meter is primarily used to
>determine
> > if the evidence of a leak on interior plaster is active today or not. It
> > appears that accuracy of the meter reading is not as imporant under
>these
> > circumstances as it is in your experience.
> >
> > ][<en
> >
> >

Is this kind of like when you see light from a star at night and the light
really left that star
3 trillion light years before you actually saw it?

Einstein Micros

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