Feb
1
I’ve not written here in a while; we’ve been busy with house things (finally sold our Austin home) and celebrating our first year in Houston. I’ll be updating more reguarly from now on.
Among other things, I’m now the second result when you search for “Live Better Electrically” on Google.
Jul
19
More Adventures in Home Ownership
Filed by mrbill Under House, Houston, Pictures | 2 Comments
I had to come home from work yesterday when Amy called and said “we have a roof leak.”
Got home, and saw this. Water damage to some of the old paneling on the outside wall, but no problems at all to the ceiling, which was very baffling. We figured that we had a roof [...]
Jul
17
Bad luck with doors
Filed by mrbill Under House, Houston | 2 Comments
Ever since we moved in here, the master bedroom door hasn’t closed well. Sometimes you’d have to shut it a couple of times before the bolt would latch; sometimes you’d have to pull upwards on the knob after closing it before it would latch. This was a combination of an original strike plate, [...]
Mar
17
The Houston Architecture Info Forum is a great resource for fans of modern architecture in this town, specifically the Houston Mod subforum. There’s also a Houston Mod web site.
Feb
6
Live Better Electrically
Filed by mrbill Under House, Houston, Pictures, Utilities | 3 Comments
I found this on the garage wall, painted over and dark with 48 years of tarnish. Twenty minutes of scrubbing later (click for bigger/other pictures), we have:
After some Internet searching, I found details here:
To keep demand high, the electrical industry launched the Live Better Electrically, or LBE, campaign in March 1956. It was supported [...]