# What is this thing on the exterior wall of my house?

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**Created:** [May 8, 2011, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing-on-the-exterior-wall-of-my-house/581136 "2011-05-08T05:05:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing-on-the-exterior-wall-of-my-house/581136/21 "2011-05-10T12:02:20Z")

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> [@jacobsta811](#):
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> Saw the meter reader walking away from it once too.

Well hell yeah, in case it was about to blow up.

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