Originally posted by @Larry Fried:@Hattie Dizmond  1 in 3 houses in DFW will have foundation issues?  

Everything in the house that was plastic had to be replaced.I realize that this thread discusses the damage to structure not contents but think of all the plastic items inside a house.The irony to my friend's story is the fire department was literally across the parking lot (less than a 9 iron away).

As well, if I take a bunch of raw steel, plastic, and copper that fetches $5k as raw material ... and turn into a car that has utility in the economy and fetches $20k ...

taking a drawer with you when you look at colors is a great idea.Also, check out the faux metal backsplash stuff they have a Lowes/Home Depot these days- 20'x20' squares of this plastic stuff, easy to install (glue it on) and really looks nice.

Anyway, the most important component of the system is the patch block which is sometimes a tan or black plastic box mounted to the back of the building from which the wires are distributed to different apartments.

I spent $4,000 recently for a problem with a sewer line that ended up being a chunk of plastic lid off the sewer cleanout.

To make matters worse, the window blinds (cheap plastic blinds that I believe were installed by the builder probably 15 years ago) are also very difficult to close, which makes it more difficult to deal with the windows.We met with the landlord today, and explained that last year we "lived with" the windows, but were fairly miserable struggling with opening and closing them during the hot summer months in Michigan.

If you told the fry girl at McDonalds you had a new machine that would save electricity consumed heating the oil in her fryer... would you expect her to call Corporate McDonalds and pass along the good news?

Tell them they don't take plastic and listen to them get out of that one.Get a whoopie cushion and put it under a seat cushion in any public place for your friend to sit on.Kids at Halloween: The best was the old burning bag trick.

@Larry Fried I was thinking to contact my local lenders before.