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		lostlogin on Nov 18, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why 50 Ohms? Having seen the lead pipes Romans used, yes, plumbers have had some rough times.

p1mrx on Nov 18, 2019 [–]

The United States was still installing lead pipes until 1930-1986:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2509614/#__sec4...

kgwgk on Nov 18, 2019 | | [–]

They are called plumbers for a reason.

regularfry on Nov 18, 2019 | | [–]

I know of at least one place which still had the original lead Roman piping quite late in the 20th century.

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