A random question: My place was built with all the plumbing for a central-vac system that I have no intention of using ever.

[mhoye@cosocial.ca]

A random question: My place was built with all the plumbing for a central-vac system that I have no intention of using ever. What alternative uses might I have, for this idle series of tubes? Right answers, speculative answers and hilariously wrong answers equally welcome.

[dtl@8bitorbust.info]

@mhoye Internet. It's a series of tubes after all.

[va2lam@mastodon.nz]

@mhoye bits!

[plwt@mstdn.social]

@mhoye A small side project..? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumatic_tube

[meejah@mastodon.social]

@mhoye Hamster Fun House 6(tm)

New internal mail system

Worlds smallest laundry chute

[mwl@io.mwl.io]

@mhoye

pneumatic laundry delivery system

[ben@bluetoot.hardill.me.uk]

@dtl @mhoye yeah, blowing string to pull cat5 or fibre

[liebach@mastodon.art]

@plwt @mhoye I came here to suggest that.

[brennen@federation.p1k3.com]

@mhoye

- centralized air _filtration_ system

- pneumatic tube message delivery

- cable chase

- burrito distribution

- habitrail for a small population of hamsters

[funz@todon.eu]

@plwt @mhoye
yesss: https://events.ccc.de/congress/2013/wiki/Projects:SeidenStrasse

[grmpyprogrammer@yac.grumpy-learning.com]

@mhoye Home mesh network

[mhoye@cosocial.ca]

@brennen I've already sorted out my centralized air filtration situation, thankfully. Early in the pandemic I put a UV sterilizing light in the ductwork.

[nobody@masto.hackers.town]

@mhoye set up an 80 gallon drum of baked beans on the roof and have gravity fed baked beans on demand in every room.

[mhoye@cosocial.ca]

@nobody Best answer so far.

[mhoye@cosocial.ca]

@grmpyprogrammer why do I need tubes for that?

[drmikepj@mastodon.social]

@mhoye I once genuinely pitched the use of pneumatic tubes to sell icecreams in supermarkets to a major multinational company. We built a prototype and everything.

[mhoye@cosocial.ca]

C'mon, y'all - "run cat6", what are you doing here in the fedi with an answer like that. The good answers so far include "rapid hamster delivery pneumatics" and "baked beans on tap".

[mhoye@cosocial.ca]

@grmpyprogrammer I concede the point.

[tito_swineflu@sfba.social]

@mhoye Surprise snake farm.

[britishkoalatea@social.coop]

@mhoye
Snake rescue in cold weather?
Drop bouncy balls through and see which comes out first?
Pneumatic tennis ball delivery?