[NSRCA-discussion] Off Topic - Need Help

Mon Apr 7 14:26:15 AKDT 2008

I knew you'd like my idea.  Now where can I get some dynamite and a  
remote detonator?  Hmmm.  Gotta work on that.  I WILL take videos.

Ron VP

On Apr 7, 2008, at 4:16 PM, krishlan fitzsimmons wrote:
> This will work also. I didn't know if you had access to the  
> dynamite.. I had my guys do this once to locate a pipe. They musta  
> quit after they found it. The hole was there, but they were gone.
> As Nat says, roll cameras!!!!!
>
> Chris
>
> Nat Penton <natpenton at centurytel.net> wrote:
> Neato! Please keep the cameras rolling - maybe John could help.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Van Putte"
> To: "NSRCA Mailing List"
> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 12:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Off Topic - Need Help
>
>
> >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 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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