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Tim
True North* - hide quoted text - Keyser Soze* - show quoted text -* "Crikey, a retired Army "engineer" can't figure out how to set a simple ** mailbox post in the ground...too, too funny."* The John was complaining there was water in the hole and in the video it says no standing water.* What could go wrong?* ..............* "Don, aw cmon man. John’s been nice to you for a couple month I believe. * Why carry this on?" Huh? I was just stating facts and common sense. John did state that there was water in the hole and the video said there should be no standing water. Others have commented on the same thing. |
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On 10/17/18 6:47 PM, Bill wrote:
Keyser Soze wrote: On 10/17/18 5:18 PM, Tim wrote: 1:39 PMKeyser Soze - show quoted text - Crikey, a retired Army "engineer" can't figure out how to set a simple mailbox post in the ground...too, too funny. ........... Combat engineers don’t plant mailboxes. That’s one of the last things on a sappers mind. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapper Well, the Army got the "sap" part right for Herring. Even a liberal arts grad like me knows how to set a post... Yup, call up a handyman. Naw...I do my own post hole digging. Hell, when you fall off your next roof, I'll even dig a shallow grave for you. :) |
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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. wrote: On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 16:19:33 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 10/17/2018 1:42 PM, John H. wrote: A friend told me about this stuff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uaIVIUVOyM Will try it. 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. 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. 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. === 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. :-) 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. We call that "stone dust" around here. You're right. It's available in various colors and looks nice as walkways. |
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Keyser Soze
- show quoted text - Well, the Army got the "sap" part right for Herring. Even a liberal arts grad like me knows how to set a post... ............. But can you disarm a land mine or clear an enemy tunnel? So now you’re making fun of the French “saper “ from where the word came to combat engineers before WW1. “Shovel or “spade” where the word comes from. Bad to scoff at brave men who do some of the most dangerous work in the armed service “ Essayons”. Harry you should try it sometime. ( yes, you can look it up) |
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On 10/17/18 8:56 PM, Tim wrote:
Keyser Soze - show quoted text - Well, the Army got the "sap" part right for Herring. Even a liberal arts grad like me knows how to set a post... ............ But can you disarm a land mine or clear an enemy tunnel? Why would I want to? I don't encounter either in my wanderings in the 50 states or where I go abroad these days. |
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Mr. Luddite
- hide quoted text - On 10/17/2018 7:20 PM, Bill wrote:* Wayne.B wrote:* On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 16:54:57 -0400, John H. * wrote:* * On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 16:19:33 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:* * On 10/17/2018 1:42 PM, John H. wrote:* A friend told me about this stuff:* * *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uaIVIUVOyM* * Will try it.* * * * 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.* * 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.* * * 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.* * ===* * 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. *:-)* * * 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.* * "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. |
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On Wednesday, October 17, 2018 at 8:59:42 PM UTC-4, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 10/17/18 8:56 PM, Tim wrote: Keyser Soze - show quoted text - Well, the Army got the "sap" part right for Herring. Even a liberal arts grad like me knows how to set a post... ............ But can you disarm a land mine or clear an enemy tunnel? Why would I want to? I don't encounter either in my wanderings in the 50 states or where I go abroad these days. That's because you are a pussy that breaks his wrist falling down the basement stairs. :) |
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On 10/17/2018 9:30 PM, True North wrote:
Mr. Luddite - hide quoted text - On 10/17/2018 7:20 PM, Bill wrote: Wayne.B wrote: On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 16:54:57 -0400, John H. wrote: On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 16:19:33 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 10/17/2018 1:42 PM, John H. wrote: A friend told me about this stuff: *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uaIVIUVOyM Will try it. 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. 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. 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. === 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. *:-) 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. "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. I never heard of crusher dust but it's probably the same thing as what we call "stone dust". Over time it packs down hard and becomes almost as hard as asphalt. Horses used to walk on it and barely made an imprint of their shoes. |
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On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 16:54:57 -0400, John H.
wrote: On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 16:19:33 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 10/17/2018 1:42 PM, John H. wrote: A friend told me about this stuff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uaIVIUVOyM Will try it. 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. 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. 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. You can always just tamp gravel down in that hole. If you use irregular crushed stuff and not river rock, Tamp it in is short lifts and wash some sand in there after it is packed, I am not sure how you would get the post out. It certainly isn't going anywhere. |
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