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Mansurbm t1_jd6od7j wrote

Reply to LPT Request: How do I give up sugar? by Nightblade81

To combat diabetes, my country discontinued Coca-cola in most of the shops, and replaced them with Coca-cola less sugar. I found the taste lacking at first, but now I find normal Coca-cola to be too strong for me.

You can try switching to the less-sugar alternatives of most of the drinks you're already drinking. And then slowly switch to the zero-sugar.

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labadimp t1_jd6o8gk wrote

Reply to comment by OutAndABoot in LPT: If you're buying a house still under construction, photograph everything before the sheetrock goes up. Knowing exactly where the pipes, wires, and ducts are may prove invaluable some day, and even if you never use them the next owner will appreciate it. by Needleroozer

No. My point is that it is not a waste of time to take pictures while a house is being built to see where things actually are. And that there is a major difference between having those pictures versus the original plans as proved by the existence of as-built drawings.

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TarondorIX t1_jd6nqw5 wrote

Reply to LPT: If you're buying a house still under construction, photograph everything before the sheetrock goes up. Knowing exactly where the pipes, wires, and ducts are may prove invaluable some day, and even if you never use them the next owner will appreciate it. by Needleroozer

What’s baffling is that blueprints are not part of a home purchase anymore, this should made into a law honestly. Literally every time a someone needs to fix my shit it’s like they are exploring the Amazon for the first time cause they don’t know the layout of anything.

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unclesamtattoo t1_jd6n9bi wrote

Reply to LPT: don't assume dishonesty or malice. You and others' lives will be much happier. by Alcoraiden

I work in private practice in the health care field. I've long since lost count of how many patients I've had a bad first impression of, that surprised me once I had the chance to listen to them. A big part of my intake is learning, not just what ails them, but about their work and family life, and often, just how their day has gone. Sometimes they just finished an argument with a loved one or coworker, or are just in pain. Once I get them out of pain, or give them some control of their emotional status, our interactions change and these patients often become my favorites.

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Runes_my_ride t1_jd6lwst wrote

Reply to LPT: If you're buying a house still under construction, photograph everything before the sheetrock goes up. Knowing exactly where the pipes, wires, and ducts are may prove invaluable some day, and even if you never use them the next owner will appreciate it. by Needleroozer

If possible do the same outside mainly where your utilities are. Gas, water, sewer, phone, cable, outdoor lighting wires, sprinklers. If you ever need to upgrade, repair or replace an underground line it helps to know where your existing lines are. People think that call before you dig services locate all underground lines, but they don't. Here power & gas only locate to the meter. If your meter is on a pole then buried to the house , it's not located. If your gas meter is on the lot line, from there to your house isn't located.

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labadimp t1_jd6ltm1 wrote

Reply to comment by camlaw63 in LPT: If you're buying a house still under construction, photograph everything before the sheetrock goes up. Knowing exactly where the pipes, wires, and ducts are may prove invaluable some day, and even if you never use them the next owner will appreciate it. by Needleroozer

Ask for as-built drawings (definition is kinda self explanatory). It is a little more expensive (but you are also having a house built for you so that prolly wont matter much) and you will need to tell the contractor ahead of time that you want these, but this is the way to go IMO.

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labadimp t1_jd6lnel wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in LPT: If you're buying a house still under construction, photograph everything before the sheetrock goes up. Knowing exactly where the pipes, wires, and ducts are may prove invaluable some day, and even if you never use them the next owner will appreciate it. by Needleroozer

No its not. There are “diagrams” called as-built drawings in the construction industry that show the way the project was actually built compared to the way it was designed. Dont talk about things you dont know, its pointless and a waste of time.

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auvovo t1_jd6k8uo wrote

Reply to LPT: If you're buying a house still under construction, photograph everything before the sheetrock goes up. Knowing exactly where the pipes, wires, and ducts are may prove invaluable some day, and even if you never use them the next owner will appreciate it. by Needleroozer

You should also print them out, put them in a binder with a spine label, and store it in the utility closet where it can be easily found.

Bonus points for architectural floor plans and pictures of the inside once you move in just for fun. :)

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