If returning the cart is scary, just park near the corral. That's what I do: thread the needle between being a good citizen and being lazy by planning ahead.
I had a case with a local fire marshal. I think we had a meeting at some hotel with BATF. We rode up together, and he parked his plain white fleet escape on the red painted curb right in front and put a white placard marked "FIRE MARSHAL" in the window.
I asked him how he got the placard. He said, "well, [Clever]. I opened up MS word. I put the doc in landscape. Then I typed 'fire marshal' and upped the font size until it was big. Centered it all, and hit print. "
So there ya go. That's how those placards are created.
Random observation: I think cops tjat have heavily tatted up arms (and neck) is a bad look. Makes em look like a gang. Greatly reduces my trust, just right off the bat.
Question for Dads: son (6th gr) has sport practice 3x a week, and soon will have games on yet another day l. Do I make him (or guilt trip?) go to every practice? Sometimes he says he's tired. And well, maybe he is. But isn't developing the grit to do practice anyway part of the point? My wife thinks I'm too serious about this and a borderline asshole.
@morehornsepower
Cool. A lot of variety in the area (mills county), I mostly would attribute to well diggers being less than expert and/or lazy. But these seem reasonable guesses:
The "rule" for digging side tunnels is that the overburden must be 2 or 2.5x the height of the tunnel. I'll do at least 2.5x just to be sure. So at like 16 ft I could do a 4.5 ft adit. Of course going horizontal is more dangerous. I've not yet seen a a big piece of side come down, but a piece of ceiling falling down is terrifying. So my plan is to go down to 16 and keep going. Maybe a nice layer of less fragmented limestone will be present that could serve as a header/ceiling. I could excavate against that and follow the shelf of hard rock. I dunno. Future me problem. It would be rad to go horizontal a long way and meet up with a new vertical tunnel, to make an air current possible. Even if that was just a drilled shaft with like 6 or 8" pvc. But a 30" hole big enough for a ladder would be rad.
I did get this really janky ryobi light that they must 3d print or something off of ebay this week. It's just a bulb that fits over the battery. No switch.
There is also this:
https://www.thecut.com/article/polycule-polyamourous-relationship-meaning.html#_ga=2.36642336.1056953019.1706225701-1114508378.1705579535
Thought maybe this was on page 1, but maybe it wasnt:
https://www.thecut.com/article/how-polyamorous-relationships-work-ethical-non-monogamous-rules.html
Boundaries. The rules. The rules are very important. Each time might be different, it's not just one size fits all. Its dynamic, and that can keep it interesting. Like, one time the timber is really hard to get, but another time it's all over the place...
Okay okay, second time I made the same joke. I'll see myself out...
There are a lot of downsides. Sexually transmitted diseases. Inadvertent penile docking. Jealousy. Paternity disputes. But above all, one risk reigns supreme: just when you think the polycule cuddle puddle is about to get freaky and orgy is about to break out... Settlers of Catan.
With any luck Stuntzmann takes JdL with him and we can pretend the whole sordid affair never happened.
Tbh this whole shitshow makes me think worse of Traylor. He and Kinne are supposed to be close. But now I think maybe Traylor is the kind of east Texas good ol boy who is the type to think bad behavior is okay if it means winning more games. I hope Traylor told Kinne it was a bad idea.
It was about 30 degrees on Friday when I arrived. About 41 in the hole. When I started the deepest point was 17 inches below the second set.
Had to jackhammer a rock layer.
Got it down (on one side) to about 35 inches below the set
Total one one side about 136 (11'4")
My wooden 8 ft ladder us too short to put in the deep end. I'll have to bring up a new ladder when I switch sides next time. It gets too deep (too much bending to shovel and scoop) if i dont even it out from time to time.
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2023/05/04/former-hawaii-high-school-football-stars-settle-civil-lawsuit-over-sex-assault-case/
JdL apparently plead "responsible" to sexual assault. So when Kinne says "he never plead guilty or was convicted" that is pure legal bullshit based on equivalent family court terminology. So Kinne was legally correct and intentionally misleading. Allegedly JdL choked a 16 yo while his friend raped her. After his friend ejaculated he shouted, "It's my turn!" He admittted it in text massages to her. His punishment was to write an apology letter. In the civil suit settlement he admitted doing it. At least one TX State NIL refuses to participate in paying JdL. I hope this sites associated NIL would do the same re a Texas player.
So fuck Kinne. An heir to Briles indeed.
It's like Forrest Gump running across America. One day I'll decide I'm done. Ain't that day. Gonna take Friday off and get some digging in. I want to blow past 10ft, at least on one end. It'll be below freezing when I start, but down in the hole it ain't too bad. Hoping to get a new 24" mattock delivered. Bigger than a rock hammer, but smaller than the 36er which is too big for close quarters caliche combat.
Let me know if anyone wants to meet me up there. I could use somebody to call 911 if shit goes wrong, and a somebody to haul up buckets. My buddies don't seem interested, for some reason. Weirdos.
I'd love to be at 13 ft by the end of year. Deep enough to drop the next set in. I figure it's about 36 buckets to do a foot. Im at about 9 ft now, altnough instell need to do the lagging for the second set. A good day is 18-24 buckets. Summer heat always slows me down, and the kids sports will start having games this spring.
I have a tube that bypasses the lid, but it's mainly for venting humidity. In the heat I point a big fan down. But yeah, I should be more careful. Eventually I do want to use plastic corrupted pipe and forced air.
Got the 4x6s and hanging volts for set #2. Feeling pretty good about it.
The slotted angle iron is there to hold up shoring.
Inevitably I find that some walls need to be widened a little. Pulled out about 16 buckets and didn't get any deeper. It's crazy how much volume is in a half inch of 3x4 surface area.
Looking down. About a foot to a foot amd a half below the second set. The posts aren't really in yet, just friction fit. I'll nail the spreader to the main and glue. I probably should cut the 5/8 threaded so it doesn't poke me.
Bottom level view: