On Thu, 18 Oct 2018 03:31:30 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

True North wrote:
Mr. Luddite

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On 10/17/2018 7:20 PM, Bill wrote:*
Wayne.B wrote:*
On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 16:54:57 -0400, John H. *
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On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 16:19:33 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:*
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On 10/17/2018 1:42 PM, John H. wrote:*
A friend told me about this stuff:*
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*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uaIVIUVOyM*
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Will try it.*
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I remember my dad using stuff like that back when I was just a kid.*
Didn't come in a bag though. *He had to glass vials with the*
components in it. *He used it to put flotation foam on each end*
of a canoe and also between the rafters on the underside of a raft*
we had in a small lake.*
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Only thing I noticed in the video is that there cannot be any standing*
water in the hole. *I seem to remember you commenting that there was*
water or the water table was very high or something.*
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Yeah, like I told Greg - I'm going to let things dry up a bit. Project*
is now postponed until next*
week. We're going on a camping trip tomorrow.*
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John, I believe you're over thinking this thing. *I'd do it pretty*
much the way Greg has suggested: *Mix up some concrete the usual way*
with some sand and gravel; Insert post in ground; Pour concrete around*
it. *The concrete, being heavier than water, will sink to the bottom*
and push the water up until it overflows. *Check post for vertical,*
open a beer, and come back in a couple of hours. *After all it's just*
a mailbox, not a structural support for a high rise building. *:-)*
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I would just use gravel. *Maybe quarter dust. *The small stuff that makes*
great pathways. *A heck of a lot easier to replace the post when a snowplow*
or idiot driver takes it out.*
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"We call that "stone dust" around here. *You're right. *It's available in*
various colors and looks nice as walkways."


Same as crusher dust?
There's also pea gravel used on walkways. Believe it's a quarter of an inch in diameter.



Pea gravel seems to be round stuff. Stone dust / quarter dust is more
broken rock.

Yup.