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Ian, a clamp lamp only costs about 5 or 6 dollars if you get it at a Walmart or some similar big-box mega-lo-mart. Your dad's being a skinflint. Tell me about it. It turns out the garage will get one new circuit, without a permit (yes I lost the war), and the old stuff stays. P.S. You still got the old plug? Trade you for the clamp lamp if you can't score a cheap one. Hehehehe 
Deal!  Ian A.
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OK,just leave me a message with the PO Box or address to send it if you need it.
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Sure, 'cause when you call the company they'll turn off the gas and charge helluva lot of money to have it fixed, so just ignore it  Gas trouble is pretty rare here since gas plumbing is about the most restricted trade in building here, but the gas incidents that happen are usually blamed on incompetent DIYers or unskilled laborers who mess with pipes. Like the fatal leak that blew up an entire apartment building in 2000... construction worker saw the need to use an angle grinder to cut through a live gas line. Or another in 2005 that almost ruined a nice old house... improper use of bottled gas. Or the guy who tried to disconnect his own gas range and blew himself up...
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Sure, 'cause when you call the company they'll turn off the gas and charge helluva lot of money to have it fixed, so just ignore it Hehehe...yeah. That's just it. The gas company here doesn't charge for coming into your house if you report a gas leak. Six years ago, we had a stove put into this flat. The guy from the store who delivered it unhooked the old stove and put in the new one to the town gas line. When I got home I smelled gas. We rubbed liquid soap on the pipe and there was a bubble coming up from the leak. Gas company man was there in about 20 minutes with his big wrench to tighten the pipe.
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Here they don't do or charge anything. They just say: "If you want it turned on again you need to have it inspected. And we won't inspect it until you had a licensed plumber fix it." Or just: "Get a plumber." And in an old house a gas leak usually turns into a full plumbing job. Old town (coal) gas contained a lot more water vapor due to its production than natural gas, so the joints sealed with hemp fibres dry out and start leaking a little. Not enough to smell gas or pose any danger but enough to fail a pressure test. So as soon as you touch anything you're most likely in for epensive new pipework and lots of dirt.
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OK, it turns out the grey cable is a piece of 1950s, Levitt-installed NM. Gotta love tract houses. That cable disappears under a seam in the tar-paper, to a receptacle in my room I assume (my room is on the other side of that tarpaper.)
However, I still haven't figured out where that old fireplace cable (dark brown one) goes. I have a feeling the previous owner/handyman had an outlet in the way of said fireplace, ripped it out and thought "why not install some fans for my new fire-hazard..."
Ian A.
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