[NSRCA-discussion] Off Topic - Need Help

Mon Apr 7 15:15:13 AKDT 2008

Ron,

Try ACME.  Just drop your order in any public mail box and they deliver 3 
seconds later.

Rob

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Van Putte" <vanputte at cox.net>
To: "NSRCA Mailing List" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 5:25 PM
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Off Topic - Need Help

>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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