| The Other Funk 2006-07-24, 9:25 pm |
| Finding the keyboard operational
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> "Srgnt Billko" <frrt@blipl.net> wrote in message
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> That was my idea. U bolt cable clamp maybe washer. Now I know
> something to ask for at the hardware store and not get a blank look
> from the young guys that help you. They do their best and you do get
> waited on there, usually quickly. Thank you
>
> Sometimes you have to do the next best thing. I do have some concrete
> rubble I could fill the pepsi bottles with which would be heavier than
> dirt and the bottle would keep most of it contained (don't want that
> stuff back in the planting areas). I could fill them just before I
> cover with dirt so I won't scratch up the paint as bad. I'm
> anticipating touchup maintenance every so often so they don't rust and
> will last longer. As if that matters because I am getting up in
> years.
Cut top off Pepsi bottle, poke hole in bottom of bottle. (heat one stake and
use it to poke the hole) Put stake in the open top down through the hole
in the bottom. Lash, braze, epoxy a good sized nail to the bottom the stake
so it won't pull back through. Bury the whole thing. Pack the dirt HARD on
top of the bottle. Add the rubble in the bottle if you wish.
This won' t stop a determined thief but it will slow him down. If you really
want to stop a thief. Weld a chain from post to post with a concrete block
threaded on the chain between each post. Set the posts in conrete too. Get
an extension welded on the posts to retain the height. Bury the whole
shooting match with the blocks as low as you can get them.
Isn't sad that we have reached the point that we have to think like this.
Bob
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