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Those and round phone jacks about every 10 feet or so. There's a phone jack in the hallway! Not even connected to a landline anymore. And because we opted for the ultra-deluxe old home, an intercom system that made a zapping noise accompanied by a perfect little curl of smoke when we turned it on for the first time. Yeeeehaaaaaa!!!
I'm not even lying when I say that if I had a low wattage intercom system preexisting I'd drag new wire everywhere.
Easy pathway for some Cat6!
Yes, definitely that. But I also dream of being able to press a button and say our little "all ducks, go to bed" and have all those truants down in the big pond know what they're supposed to do 😂
used enterprise ip phones are pretty cheap these days, just saying...
I suspect you might be joking and I just didn't get it, but just in case - do your ducks actually respond to verbal cues??
I have friends with ducks, and another friend who tried to have ducks this spring and lost them all to predation, and I know they would all love to be able to get their ducks to get to bed on time.
Ducks would really rather party outside all night, but we use "all ducks go to bed" every time we bring food or treats or water changes to the coop. It took some time but now when we say it they come in to see what the deal is and we can lock up behind them.
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This is genius! I'm so excited to tell my friends, thank you so much for this tip!
As long as they didn't staple the wire or something.
Omg. This at my house. All old cat 3 phone line. The lines aren't even terminated anymore but I can't pull them out. Same with all the coax lines. So frustrating.
We also had the owner installed intercom system! I pulled it out since it didn't work anymore either. On top of that we have Central-Vac! It still works, and my toddler has yet to figure out she could put stuff in there.
Lucky!
Yes, I live in Europe and have an old house dating back to the 19th century, with thick stone walls.
Same here, we tried to figure out how old our house was once and the furthest back we got was 1850. The house existed before that for sure but that's the oldest bit of paperwork we could dig up for it.
Have you checked with the church? Oftentimes their books are more complete compared to other sources before 1800 something…
Oh yeah that's a good idea! I want to check with a nearby estate too because it used to be part of that, 1850 was just when it separated and became an independent property.
If big bad wolves invade america we're cooked!
Speak for yourself, my house is structural brick.
I went the other way, built my house out of structural pigs...
Stone? We had only unburned bricks, no right angles, several kinds of walls put together and bulging out to rooms. It is always funny to add or redo some furniture, electric work ...
The outside walls are stone, but inside it's a big mess: I never know what color the dust will be when I drill a hole. And I can't even imagine right angles or straight walls. It must be so handy.
Funniest part of it is that for some parts even exists some drawings, some electric work was made by students (friend was teaching electricians), something done by friends...
It is just mess from outside perspective.
My workplaces is like this: Some walls are red brick, others white/yellow brick. I have one random concrete wall. A couple plywood walls. I have yet to find a plasterboard wall.
As a north american I am so confused.
Me Too :/
Same, an I've been around and in some old houses by American standards and I have no idea what Im looking at.
Wow, fancy, you have a PLUG for your TV antenna? I just have the wire coming through the wall from the attic. Although I did think it was rather modern that my antenna was mounted in the attic instead of on the roof.
I mounted a modern antenna on the roof, It spins on demand!
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Yes, did you have a real question about the TV antenna?
NO, this is supposed to be a freindly discussion board on beehaw. if you want to be toxic go post on stack overflow.
Toxic? Man you’re sensitive.
I’m trying to start a discussion, snowflake.
Look everyone! It's another opportunity to block an asshole!
The internet is full of places where low grade antagonistic sarcasm is considered a desirable way to communicate. Those places tend to be toxic shitholes, but whatever. Point is, if you feel like that communication style fits you better, go forth and prosper.
What does the other end of a plug like that look?
Oh I think it’s 
My house isn’t even that old but there’s still technology built into the walls that I’ll never use, and speakers in the ceiling that I’ll never hook up an amp for (they’re in such bad spots they serve no practical purpose)
I wish home builders knew how quickly technology aged so they could be more careful about what they drill into the walls. But they just wanna flip a house. They don’t care otherwise.
My old house from the early sixties has electric radiant heat in the ceilings as the sole heating source, a large sun room running the length of the house, and almost no insulation to speak of. I'm in Ohio.
Incidentally, when we moved in, the inside doors of the cabinetry were all wallpapered in newspaper clippings about the 1970s energy crisis. I can't imagine why!
Heh, the first thing I noticed was the wood paneling, which yes, we have a whole lot of in our 1950 house in the PNW.
This is the only room with the panelling in it's natural state. The rest of it has been painted over before we bought the house.
There is also faux title paneling with a floral accent in the laundry. Textured paneling in one bathroom. And we had faux marble with gold veins in the master bath before I removed it.