[NSRCA-discussion] Off Topic - Need Help

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Hmmmmm....now that's enlightening. Never knew how Wil-E got his so fast. Acme delivers 


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From: Robert Campbell <rgc1701 at earthlink.net>

To: NSRCA Mailing List <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>

Sent: Mon, 7 Apr 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  >> >> &g
t;>>  >> >> >>>  >> >> >>>  >> >> >>>  >> >> >>>> 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 He
lp  >> >> >>>>  >> >> >>>>  >> >> >>>>> 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  >> >> >>>>>>  >> >> >>>>> _______________________________________________  >> >> >>>>> NSRCA-discussion mailing list  >> >> >>>>> NSRCA-discussion at lists.nsrca.org  >> >> >>>>> http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion  >> >> >>>>  >> >> >>>> _______________________________________________  >> >> >>>> NSRCA-discussion mailing list  >> >> &g
t;>>> NSRCA-discussion at lists.nsrca.org  >> >> >>>> http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion  >> >> >>>>  >> >> >>>>  >> >> >>>> _______________________________________________  >> >> >>>> NSRCA-discussion mailing list  >> >> >>>> NSRCA-discussion at lists.nsrca.org  >> >> >>>> http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion  >> >> >>>  >> >> >>> _______________________________________________  >> >> >>> NSRCA-discussion mailing list  >> >> >>> NSRCA-discussion at lists.nsrca.org  >> >> >>> http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion  >> >> >>  >> >> >> _______________________________________________  >> >> >> NSRCA-discussion mailing list  >> >> >> NSRCA-discussion at lists.nsrca.org  >> >> >> http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion  >> >> >  >> >> > _______________________________________________  >> >> > NSRCA-discussion mailing list  >> >> > NSRCA-discussion at lists.nsrca.org  >> >> > http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion  >> >>  >> >> _______________________________________________  >> >> NSRCA-discussion mailing list  >> >> NSRCA-discussion at lists.nsrca.org  >> >> http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion  >> >>  >> >>  >> >> You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of  >> >> Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost.  >> >> _______________________________________________  >> >> NSRCA-discussion mailing list  >> >> NSRCA-discussion at lists.nsrca
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