TootsNYC

TootsNYC t1_ixfv4pd wrote

Reply to comment by DogRiverRoad in How to mount something safely on a wall of unknown material? by zeurydice

I once used a stud finder on the wall of my NYC apartment and found what I thought was a stud. It was above and just off to the side of the outlet, so that made sense to me.

I drilled into it, and it stopped the drill bit. I probed around with a nail and realized that whatever I hit was cylindrical; the nail would slide off around a curve.

It was the conduit for the electrical.

There are no studs in that wall. It's all masonry/plaster brick.

u/zeurydice, I used a hammer drill and Tapcon drill bit and Tapcon screws to mount the shelf standards.

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TootsNYC t1_iv16i0o wrote

Reply to Author reminds Americans that Samuel Adams was a revolutionary before he was a beer by DaveOJ12

My cousin’s friend went to a Halloween party wearing a football-team t-shirt and a baseball team’s cap. When challenged about why he hadn’t come in costume, he said he was Sam Adams. He pointer to his head. “Brewer.” And to his chest. “Patriot.”

I’m actually related to John and Sam; we have a common ancestor.

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TootsNYC t1_itpr8mp wrote

Reply to comment by darkpaladin in Rather than heralding a new era of prosperity for rural and remote regions, remote working, inspired by the pandemic, is exacerbating the global urban-rural divide in the digital platform labour market by giuliomagnifico

I grew up in a small rural town. My parents deliberately retired to a city because my mom wanted to be closer to health care services as she aged. (I had cancer as a kid, and we had to go to a city for treatment, which meant hotel stays, etc)

And she wanted to be able to call a taxi to go to the doctor when they got too frail to drive, instead of having to rely on the kindness of her neighbors

It’s not just young people who prefer cities

The big problem is that intermediate cities are shrinking

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