[NSRCA-discussion] Off Topic - Need Help

Mon Apr 7 09:37:45 AKDT 2008

I was thinking about this.  Suppose, instead of a beer can on a  
string, I attach a stick of dynamite with a remotely activated  
detonator.  I let out the string as far as I want and set off the  
detonator from above ground.  When the debris cloud from dirt/rocks/ 
people/animals disperses, I should have a neat hole in the ground,  
right where the pipe is.

Ron Van Putte

On Apr 6, 2008, at 11:29 PM, krishlan fitzsimmons wrote:
> Alright Ron, I'll bite. I'm a general contractor out here in Cali...
> This is what you do.. Pay attention, this really works..
> What you do is get some string, good quality... And a few beer cans  
> with one end cut off. Don't waste the beer, drink it first.. It'll  
> help with the whole process.. Then you attach an end of the string  
> to each can carefully. Take your time here, good quality knots are  
> important as to not lose the can that you send in. Therefore being  
> able to recycle it still.. So obviously your next step is to send  
> one can out to sea, approximately the distance you think you may  
> want to dig. Make sure you hold onto the other can firmly. Don't  
> want that one to get away from you.. Then, just like in the old  
> days before cell phones and all that garbage, you call yourself  
> using the cans and string with this technique.  You get a  
> stethoscope as previously mentioned by others, and as you call into  
> the can, you get down on your hands and knees, and listen with the  
> stethoscope.. If you can't hear yourself at first, yell louder into  
> the can until you can.. It may take a few attempts..
> Now, I'm willing to give this info out on the condition that you  
> record your attempt at this to video so that I can tell you if you  
> did it correctly. Please post the video in your next email..
>
> Good luck!!!
>
> Man, how come it isn't this easy to write my article in the  
> Kfactor? lol
>
> Chris
>
> Ron Van Putte <vanputte at cox.net> wrote:
> Oh, come on! I hang around with Tony just to make him feel tall.
>
> Ron
>
> On Apr 6, 2008, at 10:03 PM, Mark Atwood wrote:
> > This from a guy that's routinely seen hanging around with
> > Stillman...sheesh.
> >
> > :):):)
> >
> >
> > On 4/6/08 10:56 PM, "Ron Van Putte" wrote:
> >
> >> Never mind. Van Putte won't be found crawling around, listening to
> >> the ground with a stethoscope. You've got to maintain some dignity.
> >>
> >> Ron
> >>
> >> On Apr 6, 2008, at 9:29 PM, Dennis wrote:
> >>> Rex,
> >>>
> >>> It depends on what they have been taught.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Dennis
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-
> >>> discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org]On Behalf Of Rex
> >>> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 6:11 PM
> >>> To: NSRCA Mailing List
> >>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Off Topic - Need Help
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Oh Ya... I want to watch that! Ron on his knees, crawling around,
> >>> listening to the
> >>> ground with a stethoscope! The neighbors are gonna love that! I
> >>> hope they take pics....
> >>> But, I'm wondering.... will worms give a false reading?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Rex
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> From: lightfoot at sc.rr.com
> >>>> To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
> >>>> Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 20:31:52 -0400
> >>>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Off Topic - Need Help
> >>>>
> >>>> You can use a stethoscope.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Jay Marshall
> >>>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org
> >>>> [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of
> >>>> Jerry
> >>>> Stebbins
> >>>> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 6:46 PM
> >>>> To: NSRCA Mailing List
> >>>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Off Topic - Need Help
> >>>>
> >>>> Ron, I have seen utilities folks use a very sensitive mike. They
> >>> turned the
> >>>> water flow off and on and were able to hear it loudest at two
> >>> points and dug
> >>>>
> >>>> a line between. Hit it almost dead on.
> >>>> Jerry
> >>>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>> From: "Ron Van Putte"
> >>>> To: "NSRCA Mailing List"
> >>>> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 5:13 PM
> >>>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Off Topic - Need Help
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> The location is up in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains in
> >>>>> southwest Georgia. The well services a group of about twenty
> >>> cabins
> >>>>> and the pipes were installed in about 1977. We want to install a
> >>>>> cutoff valve in a 4" PVC pipe about 100 yards from the well,
> >>> but want
> >>>>> to minimize the digging to find the pipe. I can't find any
> >>> record of
> >>>>> how the pipes were installed; no layout plan. I think the pipes
> >>> were
> >>>>> privately installed, so no local utilities were involved.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I don't mean to impose on the Discussion List to solve the
> >>> problem,
> >>>>> but I thought someone might be able to save me some time and
> >>> energy.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Ron Van Putte
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Apr 6, 2008, at 3:20 PM, rj520 at aol.com wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Try your local utilities locate phone #. They seem to be  
> able to
> >>>>>> find just about anything.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Randy Johnston
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>>> From: "Ron Van Putte"
> >>>>> To: "NSRCA Mailing List"
> >>>>> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 3:04 PM
> >>>>> Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Off Topic - Need Help
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> I am trying to trace the route of a 4" PVC water pipe about
> >>> 100 yards
> >>>>>> from a well. The pipe is buried about 12" to 14" underground. I
> >>>>>> think it goes fairly straight. I don't want to dig down to
> >>> find the
> >>>>>> pipe until I'm sure where it is, because the soil is VERY
> >>> difficult
> >>>>>> to dig in, due to lots of gravel and clay. Although I'm sure
> >>> there
> >>>>>> are instruments which will enable one to trace the route of
> >>> the pipe,
> >>>>>> I don't have a clue who to ask. Any help available out there?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Ron Van Putte
> >>>>>>
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