[NSRCA-discussion] Off Topic - Need Help

Mon Apr 7 15:19:32 AKDT 2008

I forgot to add the ACME fine print.  All sales are final.  No warranty.  No 
returns.

Rob

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Campbell" <rgc1701 at earthlink.net>
To: "NSRCA Mailing List" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 6:14 PM
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Off Topic - Need Help

> 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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