First-World Problems...

No, that isn't an Inland Taipan, but it is almost as irritating!

That is a low-voltage outdoor lighting cable that is constantly exposed by water overflowing a drain at the base of the driveway. It laughs at me every time I walk past, but there isn't a simple fix, because there is insufficient slack in the cable to bury it deeper.

And the drainage problem is even worse. There are shallow shelves of what is called "red rock" around here. They are very close to the surface, and actually slowed down some gas pipeline maintenance on my street. The utility was replacing the old natural gas lines, and hit that rock. What should have taken a few days took weeks!

They also slow rainwater absorption*...thus the runoff! Most rains cause no problems, but the occasional heavy rain will overlfow the drain and since the red rock is so close to the surface, the rain has nowhere to go but across the planting bed.

This is what keeps me up at night!

* Why is that spelled with a "p?" the root is "absorb!

Posted by: CBD at 02:00 PM

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1 Digging again

Posted by: Skip at February 26, 2023 02:00 PM (xhxe8)

2 free speech

Posted by: Ciampino - at February 26, 2023 02:00 PM (qfLjt)

3 French drains and individual solar powered lights.

You're welcome.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 26, 2023 02:02 PM (U2p+3)

4 The operative word is 'gelignite'.

Posted by: Ciampino - free speech at February 26, 2023 02:02 PM (qfLjt)

5 Permiate.

Posted by: Holy Crap at February 26, 2023 02:03 PM (8QXvt)

6 Cut. Add appropriate length of cable. Wrap with silicone tape. Flex seal the crap out of that bitch.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 26, 2023 02:03 PM (E+05M)

7 Try conduit

Posted by: Skip at February 26, 2023 02:04 PM (xhxe8)

8 Snip the red wire first, before Oddjob gets you.

He's a bad dude.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 26, 2023 02:06 PM (R/m4+)

9 Flexible metal conduit.

Posted by: polynikes at February 26, 2023 02:06 PM (8T0gw)

10 Deliberate, fascinate
Deviate, reinstate

Posted by: Michael Hutchence at February 26, 2023 02:07 PM (C3uQd)

11 Covered by river stone.

Posted by: polynikes at February 26, 2023 02:07 PM (8T0gw)

12 two weeks

Hahhahhahha

Posted by: Durham at February 26, 2023 02:07 PM (us2H3)

13 Is that insulation rated for external use?

Posted by: Ciampino - Biden wasn't elected, he was installed like a toilet at February 26, 2023 02:07 PM (qfLjt)

14 Veggie might.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 26, 2023 02:08 PM (63Dwl)

15 13 Is that insulation rated for external use?
Posted by: Ciampino - Biden wasn't elected, he was installed like a toilet at February 26, 2023 02:07 PM (qfLjt)

yes, it's gray

Posted by: REDACTED at February 26, 2023 02:09 PM (us2H3)

16 hiya

Posted by: JT at February 26, 2023 02:09 PM (T4tVD)

17 Snip the red wire first, before Oddjob gets you.

He's a bad dude.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy

Not as bad as Cornpop.

Posted by: JT at February 26, 2023 02:10 PM (T4tVD)

18 One word: walnut sized gravel.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 26, 2023 02:10 PM (yQpMk)

19 Two words: longer wire.
Two more words: jack hammer
Two more words: cable plow

Posted by: Eromero at February 26, 2023 02:10 PM (MF3yS)

20 Wirecutters.

Problem solved.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 26, 2023 02:11 PM (afUnt)

21 Don't cut the green wire
Repeat
Do not cut the green wire

Posted by: Skip at February 26, 2023 02:11 PM (xhxe8)

22 Wirecutters.

Problem solved.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 26, 2023 02:11 PM (afUnt)

The extra power to run those lights is harming the Earth.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 26, 2023 02:12 PM (yQpMk)

23 I was out running around and I found a penny,

"Find a penny, pick it up, and all the day you'll have good luck !"

Not half the day, or three quarters, ALL the day !

Posted by: JT at February 26, 2023 02:12 PM (T4tVD)

24 "Find a penny, pick it up, and all the day you'll have good luck !"

Only if it is face up.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 26, 2023 02:13 PM (yQpMk)

25 I was out running around and I found a penny,

"Find a penny, pick it up, and all the day you'll have good luck !"

Not half the day, or three quarters, ALL the day !
Posted by: JT at February 26, 2023 02:12 PM (T4tV

I immediately thought of the movie Grease.

Posted by: polynikes at February 26, 2023 02:13 PM (8T0gw)

26 My problem is I have to get my chainsaw running or get a new one

Posted by: Skip at February 26, 2023 02:15 PM (xhxe8)

27 Well I looked into Shopify but they are just as expensive as Etsy. Shit.

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at February 26, 2023 02:15 PM (wagHN)

28 To hell with the wire. Now all I can think about is that damned "p"!

Posted by: Diogenes at February 26, 2023 02:15 PM (anj39)

29 Have an almost identical problem in my backyard. A prior owner of the property appeared to have laid the line with little or no thought put into it.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 26, 2023 02:16 PM (Xrfse)

30 Now that is a proper FWP and if the enviro-freaks get their way you won't have it in the future cuz even a very low wattage LED outdoor light will be impractical.

Is the wire a trip hazard? If no just ignore it. If yes you can probably find some curved or angled, red roofing clay tiles to put over the wire and bedding to keep it all in place a bit better during run-off rain.

Posted by: PaleRider at February 26, 2023 02:16 PM (3cGpq)

31 "Find a penny, pick it up, and all the day you'll have good luck !"

Only if it is face up.
Posted by: G'rump928(c)

it was.

Posted by: JT at February 26, 2023 02:17 PM (T4tVD)

32 We couldn’t do French drain because of the wiring in our little front yard, so they put in these pop up valves to release it away from the house from the gutters. As you can tell, I am super handy in describing it, so hopefully someone knows what I am talking about.

Posted by: Piper at February 26, 2023 02:18 PM (/Qq47)

33 Had a rain problem the French drain couldn't handle.
I stood in the rain and watch exactly where the water wanted to go. I terraced the yard and around the flower beds, along the walkway and the drive etc. cut small trails for the water to travel.

It's amazing how much water a 2"x2" or 4"x1" path can handle.

Posted by: Braenyard at February 26, 2023 02:18 PM (8E/wP)

34 My problem is I have to get my chainsaw running or get a new one
Posted by: Skip

Do ya want my penny ?

Posted by: JT at February 26, 2023 02:19 PM (T4tVD)

35 Cut. Add appropriate length of cable. Wrap with silicone tape. Flex seal the crap out of that bitch.

I had a similar problem with my invisible dog fence. I spliced new sections in, and grossly overwrapped it with electrician's tape. Every splice still failed.

The pro came out and said every splice WOULD fail. He then showed me what to use. These are wire nuts filled with silicone gel. After splicing, tie a knot in the wires near the nut, so the insulation can’t pull back. So far, so good.

https://tinyurl.com/2p94ys9t

Posted by: Archimedes at February 26, 2023 02:19 PM (eOEVl)

36 6 Cut. Add appropriate length of cable. Wrap with silicone tape. Flex seal the crap out of that bitch.
Posted by: Maj. Healey
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They make little plastic devices for this purpose.

Posted by: Braenyard at February 26, 2023 02:20 PM (8E/wP)

37 You're welcome.

Posted by: nurse ratched at February 26, 2023 02:02 PM (U2p+3)

Coming from a 9mm weenie?

No thanks.

Solar lights aren't as bright and don't last long.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 26, 2023 02:21 PM (XIJ/X)

38 Eliminate the cable and go solar. Booyah!

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 26, 2023 02:21 PM (Jg7EG)

39 Try conduit

Posted by: Skip at February 26, 2023 02:04 PM (xhxe

This is low voltage. No need to use conduit!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 26, 2023 02:21 PM (XIJ/X)

40 Looks like a great place to dump the used oil after doing an oil change.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 26, 2023 02:22 PM (tkR6S)

41 I had a similar problem with my invisible dog fence. I spliced new sections in, and grossly overwrapped it with electrician's tape. Every splice still failed.

The pro came out and said every splice WOULD fail. He then showed me what to use. These are wire nuts filled with silicone gel. After splicing, tie a knot in the wires near the nut, so the insulation can’t pull back. So far, so good.

https://tinyurl.com/2p94ys9t
Posted by: Archimedes

At least ya didn't shoot The Invisible Swordsman.

Posted by: JT at February 26, 2023 02:22 PM (T4tVD)

42 Coming from a 9mm weenie?

Uh oh.

Posted by: RI Red at February 26, 2023 02:22 PM (+5YjI)

43 These things:

https://tinyurl.com/2v7aayku

Posted by: Piper at February 26, 2023 02:22 PM (/Qq47)

44 These are wire nuts filled with silicone gel. After splicing, tie a knot in the wires near the nut, so the insulation can’t pull back. So far, so good.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 26, 2023 02:19 PM (eOEVl)

Yup! I use the gel-filled ones when I replace the lights with new LED fixtures. They work great. I have never had a problem and I think I have swapped out about 15 lights.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 26, 2023 02:23 PM (XIJ/X)

45 If you have a yard, it is axiomatic that there will be one worst area in the yard that will bug you.

Posted by: Dark Force Thirsting For Power at February 26, 2023 02:23 PM (QY+6a)

46 34 My problem is I have to get my chainsaw running or get a new one
Posted by: Skip
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Unless you're going to cut up a lot of trees those electric one's will do. And they start every time.

Posted by: Braenyard at February 26, 2023 02:25 PM (8E/wP)

47 Unless you're going to cut up a lot of trees those electric one's will do. And they start every time.

Posted by: Braenyard at February 26, 2023 02:25 PM (8E/wP)

Just alerted the Man Card Revocation unit

they will be at your place stat

Posted by: REDACTED at February 26, 2023 02:27 PM (us2H3)

48 They make heat-shrink tubing lined with some sort of mastic that oozes out the ends once the shrink is done. Supposed to be watertight. Cut the wire, staggering the cuts by about an inch. Splice in a piece, soldering the joints. Use the waterproof heat shrink.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 26, 2023 02:27 PM (tkR6S)

49 The pro came out and said every splice WOULD fail. He then showed me what to use. These are wire nuts filled with silicone gel. After splicing, tie a knot in the wires near the nut, so the insulation can’t pull back. So far, so good.
https://tinyurl.com/2p94ys9t
Posted by: Archimedes
***

Whoa!
Wire? Nuts? Electricity?

I'll talk! I'll talk!

Posted by: Diogenes at February 26, 2023 02:28 PM (anj39)

50 Wouldn't U-shaped or hooked shape tent pegs/stakes solve the problem?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at February 26, 2023 02:29 PM (LAsb3)

51 thin layer of brown/red stained concrete as a cover for the area, maybe embed some of those wood chips and leaves on top when concrete is still wet.

Posted by: illiniwek at February 26, 2023 02:29 PM (Cus5s)

52 Penny face down, leave it on the ground.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 26, 2023 02:29 PM (CZBWZ)

53 Cut the wire, staggering the cuts by about an inch. Splice in a piece, soldering the joints. Use the waterproof heat shrink.

Ooooh, AOP trumps us all in the manly department. But since it's copper, I'll see your solder, and raise you a silver solder. Why? Because I gotta!

Posted by: Archimedes at February 26, 2023 02:30 PM (eOEVl)

54 Unless you're going to cut up a lot of trees those electric one's will do. And they start every time.

Posted by: Braenyard at February 26, 2023 02:25 PM (8E/wP)

I was given a brand new electric chain saw. I will try it out soon. Also have my old warhorse Homelite Super 2 here. There is a palo verde tree out back that needs to be gone. They are weeds that shed an amazing amount of straw.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 26, 2023 02:30 PM (tkR6S)

55 "That is a low-voltage outdoor lighting cable that is constantly exposed by water overflowing a drain at the base of the driveway."
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Paint it green.

Posted by: Javems at February 26, 2023 02:30 PM (sP+u8)

56 There is a reason the b is both written and pronounced p: they are called bi-labial plosives: you put your lips together and pop out a small breath of air (the plosion). The only difference is a b is "voiced" (your epiglottis rattles) and the "p" is not--it's just air. It is very difficult to combine a voiced with an unvoiced consonant so very often one is sacrificed. If that still has you puzzled, the "sh" sound of the -tion is also unvoiced. A voiced b would be too hard--try it: bshion--so it was visibly changed to a p to follow the actual pronunciation: -pshion is a lot easier. Well, you did ask.

Posted by: Here in Italy at February 26, 2023 02:31 PM (QWpbx)

57 oh, and put a bunch of fiber in the concrete, it will hold it together even if it cracks.

Posted by: illiniwek at February 26, 2023 02:31 PM (Cus5s)

58 That wire is just Mother Gaia resisting the savage intrusion of soulless humankind.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 26, 2023 02:31 PM (BdMk6)

59 I have 4 downspouts off the house. Each one has a series of plastic pipes joined together to take the water out away from the house. One in particular was brutal to put in. I had to trench a line from the house, under a gravel driveway and into the yard on the other side... about 50 feet. While sloping the trench. Took 6 hours, a shovel, pick-ax and a whole lot of cussing.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 26, 2023 02:31 PM (Q4IgG)

60 Always remember to slide the heat shrink over the wire before soldering. You're welcome.

Posted by: Ronster at February 26, 2023 02:32 PM (emBfS)

61 I have 5 dead pine trees from 25 foot trunks to 40 foot with branches, electric won't cut it.

Posted by: Skip at February 26, 2023 02:32 PM (xhxe8)

62 Whether cable or wire, I try to run it all in pipe. I had some 3/4" water pipe once that did the trick.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 26, 2023 02:32 PM (CZBWZ)

63 Ooooh, AOP trumps us all in the manly department. But since it's copper, I'll see your solder, and raise you a silver solder. Why? Because I gotta!
Posted by: Archimedes at February 26, 2023 02:30 PM (eOEVl)

Silver solder is more a form of brazing. I have never seen it used for splicing wires. You need a torch for it. Wire splices best done with a soldering gun. In .45 caliber.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 26, 2023 02:32 PM (tkR6S)

64 This is so sad. From gateway pundit:

MI: 17-Yr-Old Honor Student, Soccer Player, Shot and Killed by 13 and 14-Yr-Old Boys He Offered to Drive Home In Subzero

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at February 26, 2023 02:33 PM (fUnHJ)

65 Unless you're going to cut up a lot of trees those electric one's will do. And they start every time.

Posted by: Braenyard at February 26, 2023 02:25 PM (8E/wP)

Just alerted the Man Card Revocation unit

they will be at your place stat
Posted by: REDACTED

I've got one o' them. it does what I need it to do.

Posted by: JT at February 26, 2023 02:33 PM (T4tVD)

66 Inland Taipan.

Sounds like a James Clavell novel.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 26, 2023 02:34 PM (Vwz3I)

67 Unless you're going to cut up a lot of trees those electric one's will do. And they start every time.

Posted by: Braenyard at February 26, 2023 02:25 PM (8E/wP)

I was given a brand new electric chain saw. I will try it out soon. Also have my old warhorse Homelite Super 2 here. There is a palo verde tree out back that needs to be gone. They are weeds that shed an amazing amount of straw.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 26, 2023 02:30 PM (tkR6S)

Or just hire a Mexican to that has a working chainsaw.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 26, 2023 02:34 PM (BdMk6)

68 We got half an inch to an inch of white global warming rain mixed with snow in our area.

Mountains around us were completely white this morning.

My type of snow: get to look at it, admire how pretty it is, and, 24 to 48 hours later, it's gone.

No snow blower required.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(2YtOq) at February 26, 2023 02:35 PM (2YtOq)

69 Penny face down, leave it on the ground.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

From the numbers of face down pennies I see (ZERO)

nobody listens !

Posted by: JT at February 26, 2023 02:36 PM (T4tVD)

70 Silver solder is more a form of brazing. I have never seen it used for splicing wires. You need a torch for it. Wire splices best done with a soldering gun. In .45 caliber.

Hence the manliness.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 26, 2023 02:36 PM (eOEVl)

71 "Find a penny, pick it up, and all the day you'll have good luck !"
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Shut up, Howard.

Posted by: Penny at February 26, 2023 02:36 PM (Vwz3I)

72 This is so sad. From gateway pundit:

MI: 17-Yr-Old Honor Student, Soccer Player, Shot and Killed by 13 and 14-Yr-Old Boys He Offered to Drive Home In Subzero
Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at February 26, 2023 02:33 PM (fUnHJ)

Well, I will wait and see. Gateway Pundit is often unreliable, as is the MSM.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 26, 2023 02:36 PM (tkR6S)

73 There is a reason the b is both written and pronounced p: they are called bi-labial plosives: you put your lips together and pop out a small breath of air (the plosion). The only difference is a b is "voiced" (your epiglottis rattles) and the "p" is not--it's just air. It is very difficult to combine a voiced with an unvoiced consonant so very often one is sacrificed. If that still has you puzzled, the "sh" sound of the -tion is also unvoiced. A voiced b would be too hard--try it: bshion--so it was visibly changed to a p to follow the actual pronunciation: -pshion is a lot easier. Well, you did ask.
Posted by: Here in Italy at February 26, 2023 02:31 PM (QWpbx)

Your epiglottis rattles.
Absolutely the last thing I figured I'd ever read today.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 26, 2023 02:37 PM (anj39)

74 Why yes, I did read the snowblower first world problem thread a week or so ago. Why do you ask?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(2YtOq) at February 26, 2023 02:37 PM (2YtOq)

75 I've got a 25 yo Weller gun.

Posted by: Braenyard at February 26, 2023 02:38 PM (8E/wP)

76 bi-labial plosives??

Sounds painful.

Posted by: Reforger at February 26, 2023 02:39 PM (CUJ4z)

77 61 I have 5 dead pine trees from 25 foot trunks to 40 foot with branches, electric won't cut it.
Posted by: Skip
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You've got you're work cut out for you.

Posted by: Braenyard at February 26, 2023 02:39 PM (8E/wP)

78 Hence the manliness.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 26, 2023 02:36 PM (eOEVl)

I have torches. In order to melt the silver solder, the work must be heated to red heat. Guess what happens to the insulation?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 26, 2023 02:40 PM (tkR6S)

79 OT, the local low elevation "mountains" in view from panorama city are COVERED in globul warmening.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at February 26, 2023 02:40 PM (AZzxy)

80 Why don’t you just paint the wire brown?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 26, 2023 02:40 PM (u73oe)

81 CBD just needs to move the light further up the driveway to get the slack he needs to bury the cable. If the lighting remains insufficient at the end of the driveway, add another light by running the cable from the light just moved further up the driveway.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing(2YtOq) at February 26, 2023 02:41 PM (2YtOq)

82 77 61 I have 5 dead pine trees from 25 foot trunks to 40 foot with branches, electric won't cut it.
Posted by: Skip

mind if I borrow that for a tune I'm working on ???

Posted by: Neil Young at February 26, 2023 02:41 PM (us2H3)

83 Uh, so cut and splice the wires, to extend them, so you can bury them.

Just use shrink wrap around the splice to make it water tight.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 26, 2023 02:42 PM (oHd/0)

84 "Well, I will wait and see. Gateway Pundit is often unreliable, as is the MSM."

I hear this meme constantly here, about GP, but can't recall anyone ever showing where they are wrong. (I'm sure they have been, but Trump loves them)

https://tinyurl.com/2p8bmknn

Posted by: illiniwek at February 26, 2023 02:42 PM (Cus5s)

85 77 61 I have 5 dead pine trees from 25 foot trunks to 40 foot with branches, electric won't cut it.
Posted by: Skip
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You've got you're work cut out for you.

Posted by: Braenyard at February 26, 2023 02:39 PM (8E/wP)

let the chips fall where they may

Posted by: REDACTED at February 26, 2023 02:43 PM (us2H3)

86 Not sure why but last 10 years pine trees are dying off, and I have lots, not as many as Weasel, but lots.

Posted by: Skip at February 26, 2023 02:43 PM (xhxe8)

87 I have 5 dead pine trees from 25 foot trunks to 40 foot with branches, electric won't cut it.
Posted by: Skip
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Stay safe Skip !

Posted by: JT at February 26, 2023 02:43 PM (T4tVD)

88 BTW, AOP, Gordon Pinsent has died, aged 93. [Canadian actor.]

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 26, 2023 02:44 PM (Vwz3I)

89 Pine trees water source may have diminished.

Posted by: Braenyard at February 26, 2023 02:45 PM (8E/wP)

90 Circle K had no Dr Pepper today. Had to get Mountain Dew instead. But with the snow overnight something that looks like antifreeze kinda makes sense.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at February 26, 2023 02:45 PM (Bd6X8)

91 I have 5 dead pine trees from 25 foot trunks to 40 foot with branches, electric won't cut it.
Posted by: Skip
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You've got you're work cut out for you.

Posted by: Braenyard at February 26, 2023 02:39 PM (8E/wP)

let the chips fall where they may
Posted by: REDACTED at February 26, 2023 02:43 PM (us2H3)
***

I'm sure you can root out the problem.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 26, 2023 02:45 PM (anj39)

92 BTW, AOP, Gordon Pinsent has died, aged 93. [Canadian actor.]
Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 26, 2023 02:44 PM (Vwz3I)

Well, that's sad. He had a long career.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 26, 2023 02:46 PM (tkR6S)

93 My first world problem is my daughters cat.... I'm ready to kill it. We have 3 others that are fine but she has ruined the house...🤯🤬

Posted by: lin-duh (y'all/all y'all) at February 26, 2023 02:47 PM (UUBmN)

94 34 My problem is I have to get my chainsaw running or get a new one
Posted by: Skip

Do ya want my penny ?

Posted by: JT at February 26, 2023 02:19 PM (T4tVD)
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JT put it towards the webcam fund!

Posted by: Ciampino - do you make ostensible statements? at February 26, 2023 02:47 PM (qfLjt)

95 Pine trees water source may have diminished.

Posted by: Braenyard at February 26, 2023 02:45 PM (8E/wP)

Pine bark beetles in some places, too. Kills them dead.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 26, 2023 02:48 PM (tkR6S)

96 One option is to use the red rock shelves to your advantage.

Scrape down to bedrock in a few spots. Drill holes for concrete anchors. Use some galvanized pipe tube straps for 1/2" pipe and anchor your cable to the bedrock.

Do it in enough locations, and your cable should remain buried.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at February 26, 2023 02:48 PM (HlyYF)

97 Well, you did ask.

Posted by: Here in Italy at February 26, 2023 02:31 PM (QWpbx)

I did indeed!

Thanks for the explanation.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 26, 2023 02:50 PM (XIJ/X)

98 91 I have 5 dead pine trees from 25 foot trunks to 40 foot with branches, electric won't cut it.
Posted by: Skip
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You've got you're work cut out for you.

Posted by: Braenyard at February 26, 2023 02:39 PM (8E/wP)

let the chips fall where they may
Posted by: REDACTED at February 26, 2023 02:43 PM (us2H3)
***

I'm sure you can root out the problem.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 26, 2023 02:45 PM (anj39)
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Don't let them all bark at you.

Posted by: Ciampino -- do you make ostensible statements? at February 26, 2023 02:50 PM (qfLjt)

99 You splice it, then wrap it in rubber tape, then black tape. If you really, really want to go all out ... you bury it inside an LB or other such cast fitting, with bulkheads on either end. That joint will then last longer than you.

Posted by: Tell It Like It Is at February 26, 2023 02:51 PM (mIZHJ)

100 Scrape down to bedrock in a few spots. Drill holes for concrete anchors. Use some galvanized pipe tube straps for 1/2" pipe and anchor your cable to the bedrock.

Do it in enough locations, and your cable should remain buried.

Yeah, sure, that sounds great.
*laughs into sleeve*

Posted by: Tectonic plates at February 26, 2023 02:53 PM (eOEVl)

101 FWP. Bought a replacement single-handle cartridge for my Delta faucet and can't get the set screw out of the handle.

Posted by: olddog in mo at February 26, 2023 02:54 PM (ju2Fy)

102 Consonant shift in the Latin verb "absorbeo, absorbui, absorptum." Why the shift is grad school linguistics, as my professor termed it, so I, as a bachelor's degree holder, know nothing more about it.

Posted by: wcgreen at February 26, 2023 02:54 PM (Hxayc)

103 Posted by: olddog in mo at February 26, 2023 02:54 PM (ju2Fy)

Why did you buy a replacement Delta...anything? They have a fantastic warranty, and will send you the replacement for free.

I no longer buy anything other than Delta (or Brizo, their other brand).

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 26, 2023 02:55 PM (XIJ/X)

104 Someone tell Chinese- and Korean-American associations about this bitch.

||A member of the same Virginia school board that came under fire for withholding information about students’ scholarships has raised eyebrows by saying the Battle of Iwo Jima, a major US victory against the Japan in World War II, was ‘evil’ and should not have happened.

The comments were made Thursday by Fairfax County board member Abrar Omeish, 28, in reference to the Day of Remembrance, a day of observance for the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. The holiday occurs on the same calendar day as the first US landings on the island of Iwo Jima on February 19, 1945.||

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 26, 2023 02:56 PM (Vwz3I)

105 Do it in enough locations, and your cable should remain buried.

Yeah, sure, that sounds great.
*laughs into sleeve*

Posted by: Tectonic plates at February 26, 2023 02:53 PM

Oh, I am positive that the electric cable is strong enough to restrict any movement of the tectonic plates.***

***I have developed a global warming computer model that proves it!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at February 26, 2023 02:57 PM (HlyYF)

106 *electric won't cut it*

You're going against the grain.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 26, 2023 02:58 PM (DhOHl)

107 88 BTW, AOP, Gordon Pinsent has died, aged 93. [Canadian actor.]

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 26, 2023 02:44 PM (Vwz3I)
----
Saw him in the 80s in a Canadian series as the lead where he played a Mounty. Entertaining.

Posted by: Ciampino - using nonsense words willi-nilly at February 26, 2023 02:58 PM (qfLjt)

108 and will send you the replacement for free.

Because reading comments about them major complaint was waiting #2weeks to get the replacement. Wanted to get the project done today.

Posted by: olddog in mo at February 26, 2023 02:58 PM (ju2Fy)

109 A cover for electrical cords on floor may be a stop gap until you splice, or may work well enough by itself. Maybe. It may impede the runoff in that spot more than you want.

https://tinyurl.com/4p79m4p6

Posted by: Gref at February 26, 2023 02:59 PM (AMIL/)

110 We used to have low-voltage lighting around the house until I realized it was interfering with my night vision glass.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 26, 2023 02:59 PM (E+05M)

111 Could be worse.
Could put the TV cable in range of the mower.

Posted by: DaveA at February 26, 2023 02:59 PM (FhXTo)

112 Posted by: Pillage Idiot at February 26, 2023 02:57 PM (HlyYF)

I was sort of hoping for a low-tech and lazy fix...scuffing the cable with my toe until it is hidden is more my speed!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 26, 2023 03:00 PM (XIJ/X)

113 Tried a repair that might be the problem. Fuel line from bulb runs in tank and seems to be leaking so silicone dab around that connection. May work, may not but can't try today

Posted by: Skip at February 26, 2023 03:00 PM (xhxe8)

114 Huge clouds moving in from the South.

Posted by: JT at February 26, 2023 03:00 PM (T4tVD)

115 "Anchor Your Cable To The Bedrock" didn't make the cut in the most recent revision of The Baptist Hymnal, but it did make honorable mention.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 26, 2023 03:01 PM (DhOHl)

116 Wanted to get the project done today.

Posted by: olddog in mo at February 26, 2023 02:58 PM (ju2Fy)

First World Problem!

I have never had a problem with the speed at which they provide the replacement parts.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 26, 2023 03:01 PM (XIJ/X)

117 >>I was sort of hoping for a low-tech and lazy fix...scuffing the cable with my toe until it is hidden is more my speed!

Place a rock over it or a garden gnome holding an AK.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at February 26, 2023 03:01 PM (E+05M)

118 It's gonna cost you.

Posted by: Garden Gnome Brotherhood local #403 at February 26, 2023 03:03 PM (DhOHl)

119 Saw him in the 80s in a Canadian series as the lead where he played a Mounty. Entertaining.
----------------
Yes; Due South as the mental ghost of the main Mountie character's dad. Also featured Leslie Nielsen as the dead father's buddy from early cop days.

I know it was popular in the UK and Australia too from friends there.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 26, 2023 03:03 PM (Vwz3I)

120 Okay, which one of you geniuses was this?

https://tinyurl.com/4mxestbe

Posted by: Archimedes at February 26, 2023 03:03 PM (eOEVl)

121 I like the screw it to the bedrock with pipestrap idea.

No splicing.

Posted by: Braenyard at February 26, 2023 03:05 PM (8E/wP)

122 Smelter? I just met her.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 26, 2023 03:06 PM (DhOHl)

123 Cover the exposed cable up with several of those money bags you have saved up from being so cheap.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 26, 2023 03:08 PM (Jg7EG)

124 Okay, which one of you geniuses was this?
-------------
It was Al!

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 26, 2023 03:09 PM (Vwz3I)

125 120 Okay, which one of you geniuses was this?

leaves me out

Posted by: REDACTED at February 26, 2023 03:10 PM (us2H3)

126 Other solution; cover the cable up with red rock shelving you pried up from down the street.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 26, 2023 03:11 PM (Jg7EG)

127 I was sort of hoping for a low-tech and lazy fix...scuffing the cable with my toe until it is hidden is more my speed!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 26, 2023 03:00 PM

Well that is easy enough. Cook up a couple of extra pieces of bacon. Eat your share, then bury a few pieces uphill of your cable. Let out your dogs - they will quickly rebury your cable while excavating the bacon.

Bacon, what problems can it NOT solve!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at February 26, 2023 03:11 PM (HlyYF)

128 Cover up that cable with a rubber snake and set up a reaction cam.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 26, 2023 03:11 PM (8zHah)

129 My problem is I have to get my chainsaw running or get a new one
Posted by: Skip

If you've already cleaned the air filter, and changed the plug, price a new carb on line. My small engine mechanic told me 90% of what he sees is fuel related.
Occasional use anything, dump the fuel out when done, run it dry.
Also, don't buy ethanol gas to mix.

Posted by: MkY at February 26, 2023 03:11 PM (cPGH3)

130 119 Saw him in the 80s in a Canadian series as the lead where he played a Mounty. Entertaining.
----------------
Yes; Due South as the mental ghost of the main Mountie character's dad. Also featured Leslie Nielsen as the dead father's buddy from early cop days.

I know it was popular in the UK and Australia too from friends there.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 26, 2023 03:03 PM (Vwz3I)
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No, it was the TV series 'A Gift To Last'.

Posted by: Ciampino - using some nonsense words willi-nilly at February 26, 2023 03:12 PM (qfLjt)

131 FWP. Bought a replacement single-handle cartridge for my Delta faucet and can't get the set screw out of the handle.
Posted by: olddog in mo at February 26, 2023 02:54 PM (ju2Fy)
______________

I had the same problem recently. Ended up drilling it out, amidst a lot of heartfelt foul language.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 26, 2023 03:12 PM (YqDXo)

132 I loved "Due South." Especially Diefenbaker, the dog.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at February 26, 2023 03:13 PM (fTtFy)

133 Okay, which one of you geniuses was this?

Two words: dumb mother fucker!

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at February 26, 2023 03:14 PM (8zHah)

134 What other kind of foul language is there?

Posted by: Just Wondering at February 26, 2023 03:15 PM (DhOHl)

135 If seal doesn't work it's back to try something else. Chainsaw might be 20 years old but can't be 30 hours on it

Posted by: Skip at February 26, 2023 03:15 PM (xhxe8)

136 Smelter? I just met her.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 26, 2023 03:06 PM (DhOHl)
______________

Is that you, F. Joe?

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 26, 2023 03:15 PM (YqDXo)

137 I was sort of hoping for a low-tech and lazy fix...scuffing the cable with my toe until it is hidden is more my speed!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 26, 2023 03:00 PM (XIJ/X)

Find goat.
Slay goat.
Dump entrails over wire.
Read entrails. Predict future.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 26, 2023 03:15 PM (anj39)

138 Okay, which one of you geniuses was this?

https://tinyurl.com/4mxestbe
Posted by: Archimedes

You know the rules - once you set the hook, pull hard!!

Posted by: Tonypete at February 26, 2023 03:16 PM (qoGsy)

139 Damn, we need a Sunday Flaming skull.

Wall Street Journal has docs showing that the US Energy Department thinks that Covid was man made, and leaked from the Lab.

So much for censorship.... once more proving WHY the Founders believed in free speech.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 26, 2023 03:17 PM (oHd/0)

140 In a way, I do feel for the overhead crane operator. Sometimes, the placement of the cabs keep you from seeing everything you need to and without a spotter, well, there you go. . .

Posted by: Tonypete at February 26, 2023 03:17 PM (qoGsy)

141 I was gassing up the truck yesterday after my meet up with Doof in Bardstown when I noticed a truck at another pump with a huge puddle of gas under it. You could actually see gas streaming onto the ground. I walked over to the driver and mentioned this. He got on the ground, fiddled about and then shrugged... said he didn't see anything. Yet, he's covered in gas. Gets in and drives away... leaving a trail of gas. At the rate it was leaking he'd be lucky to get 10 miles on a full tank. Or 5 before it explodes.

Darwin at work I guess.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 26, 2023 03:17 PM (Q4IgG)

142 127

Bacon, what problems can it NOT solve!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at February 26, 2023 03:11 PM (HlyYF)
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Saw this meme:
'They say that each slice of bacon you eat takes 9 minutes of your life away. Based on that statistic I have been dead since 1732.'

Posted by: Ciampino - pancetta is much better at February 26, 2023 03:18 PM (qfLjt)

143 Meanwhile the sump pump is occasionally failing to run.

float rod is straight
float doesn't bind.
nothing stuck in switch

Just seems to catch on the internal toggle? every few months.

Not easy to see what's wrong when it's a foot under cold water.

Posted by: DaveA at February 26, 2023 03:20 PM (FhXTo)

144 141
Darwin at work I guess.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 26, 2023 03:17 PM (Q4IgG)
----
Darwin AND a FWP.

Posted by: Ciampino - pancetta is much better than bacon at February 26, 2023 03:20 PM (qfLjt)

145 I had the same problem recently. Ended up drilling it out, amidst a lot of heartfelt foul language.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 26, 2023 03:12
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That's above my paygrade. Drilling it out, not the foul language that is.

Posted by: olddog in mo at February 26, 2023 03:20 PM (ju2Fy)

146 I recall the name [and the IMDB picture] but I can't recall having seen A Gift to Last.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077015/

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 26, 2023 03:20 PM (Vwz3I)

147 Wall Street Journal has docs showing that the US Energy Department thinks that Covid was man made, and leaked from the Lab.
...
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 26, 2023 03:17 PM (oHd/0)
===

So now my idiot lib friends will apologize for being wrong? Naaah.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 26, 2023 03:21 PM (EZebt)

148 Wall Street Journal has docs showing that the US Energy Department thinks that Covid was man made, and leaked from the Lab.
...
Posted by: Romeo13

I believe them, but what possible involvement would the Department of Energy have with an illness (manmade or otherwise)?

Posted by: Tonypete at February 26, 2023 03:22 PM (qoGsy)

149 Okay, which one of you geniuses was this?

https://tinyurl.com/4mxestbe
Posted by: Archimedes

Dang!
I worked at the Reynolds plant in Troutdale OR for a couple of summers while in college. The crane operators were among the most senior guys there. When those buckets went by, everyone stayed on their toes. That could of been deadly.

Posted by: Diogenes at February 26, 2023 03:23 PM (anj39)

150 I had the same problem recently. Ended up drilling it out, amidst a lot of heartfelt foul language.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 26, 2023 03:12
----------------

That's above my paygrade. Drilling it out, not the foul language that is.
Posted by: olddog in mo at February 26, 2023 03:20 PM (ju2Fy)
____________

Pro tip: if/when you do get it out, be sure to coat the new set screw with that silicone plumber's lubricant to try to avoid the recurrence of the problem later.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at February 26, 2023 03:23 PM (YqDXo)

151 Cover the exposed cable up with several of those money bags you have saved up from being so cheap.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 26, 2023 03:08 PM (Jg7EG)

Hah!

:-)

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 26, 2023 03:23 PM (XIJ/X)

152 When my gravedigger dad hit ledge, we pulled out the Dynomite!

Posted by: BlindButch at February 26, 2023 03:23 PM (q+hVn)

153 Oops. Here's the TV series version of A Gift to Last.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0252763/

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 26, 2023 03:23 PM (Vwz3I)

154 Had me nervous every time someone was near.
I only do small batch lead

Posted by: Skip at February 26, 2023 03:23 PM (xhxe8)

155 129 My problem is I have to get my chainsaw running or get a new one
Posted by: Skip

If you've already cleaned the air filter, and changed the plug, price a new carb on line. My small engine mechanic told me 90% of what he sees is fuel related.
Occasional use anything, dump the fuel out when done, run it dry.
Also, don't buy ethanol gas to mix.

Posted by: MkY at February 26, 2023 03:11 PM

I agree with MkY on the ethanol-free gas. My little Echo 400 chainsaw has done 5 years of moderate usage at the farm without a carb rebuild.

My father recently gave me his nice heavy-duty weed whacker. Pumped the primer bulb, no gas entry. Took it apart and found the plastic fuel hose had dissolved. My father is old-school and thought regular gas was just fine.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at February 26, 2023 03:25 PM (HlyYF)

156 That could of been deadly.
-----------
Several of the commenters were grateful it didn't happen while some of the men were walking around prior to the spill.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 26, 2023 03:25 PM (Vwz3I)

157 BARREL!

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 26, 2023 03:26 PM (Vwz3I)

158

Posted by: olddog in mo at February 26, 2023 03:26 PM (ju2Fy)

159 "'They say that each slice of bacon you eat takes 9 minutes of your life away. Based on that statistic I have been dead since 1732."

I'm sure it is not a straight line graph. It might be true once a person is eating more than a half pound per day. But bacon in moderation (especially if replacing carbs, sugar, fentanyl) probably prolongs life.

Posted by: illiniwek at February 26, 2023 03:28 PM (Cus5s)

160 Dang it on the barrel worthy comment!

Wife walked in while typing to tell me 5-minute mini-drama from her students.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at February 26, 2023 03:28 PM (HlyYF)

161 Wife walked in while typing to tell me 5-minute mini-drama from her students.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot

Did you nod and grunt "Uh-huh" at the appropriate moments?

Posted by: Tonypete at February 26, 2023 03:29 PM (qoGsy)

162 P.S. The barrel is obviously what I deserve for listening to my wife!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at February 26, 2023 03:29 PM (HlyYF)

163 I believe them, but what possible involvement would the Department of Energy have with an illness (manmade or otherwise)?
Posted by: Tonypete at February 26, 2023 03:22 PM (qoGsy)

DOE is tasked with monitoring Weapons of Mass Destruction... ie Nucs... but they work with DHS, FBI, State, and CDC, on WMDs....

Thus, if someone say... at CDC decided that a virus had been weaponized... the joint folks would be talking about it... as Bio Weapons are categorized as a WMD.

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 26, 2023 03:30 PM (oHd/0)

164 "My small engine mechanic told me 90% of what he sees is fuel related."

since going with non-ethanol, I can leave fuel in for months, starts on a few pulls (Stihl). Used to destroy a carburetor every year if I didn't run the gas out after each use.

Posted by: illiniwek at February 26, 2023 03:30 PM (Cus5s)

165 Did you nod and grunt "Uh-huh" at the appropriate moments?

Posted by: Tonypete at February 26, 2023 03:29 PM

Nope, I actually listened. Rookie mistake!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at February 26, 2023 03:30 PM (HlyYF)

166 CBD, do a web search for bilge cable splice or splicing. Techniques for wire splices that are are often or always submerged.

Posted by: Gref at February 26, 2023 03:30 PM (AMIL/)

167 DOE is tasked with monitoring Weapons of Mass Destruction... ie Nucs... but they work with DHS, FBI, State, and CDC, on WMDs....

What could possibly go wrong?

Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 26, 2023 03:32 PM (Xrfse)

168 Nope, I actually listened. Rookie mistake!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot

Holy sheeeet, you may, in fact, be the perfect husband.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 26, 2023 03:33 PM (qoGsy)

169 CBD, do a web search for bilge cable splice or splicing. Techniques for wire splices that are are often or always submerged.

Posted by: Gref at February 26, 2023 03:30 PM (AMIL/)

It's not hard. Same way you make joints for submersible pumps. Rubber tape, black tape. Put the joint in a cast body if you really, really want to show out.

Posted by: Tell It Like It Is at February 26, 2023 03:34 PM (mIZHJ)

170 Nope, I actually listened. Rookie mistake!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at February 26, 2023 03:30 PM (HlyYF)
===
Making the rest of us look bad

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 26, 2023 03:34 PM (EZebt)

171 From upthread - "bi-labial plosives".

This didn't hijack the entire thread?

Really guys? Be better.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 26, 2023 03:36 PM (qoGsy)

172 148 Wall Street Journal has docs showing that the US Energy Department thinks that Covid was man made, and leaked from the Lab.
...
Posted by: Romeo13

I believe them, but what possible involvement would the Department of Energy have with an illness (manmade or otherwise)?

Posted by: Tonypete at February 26, 2023 03:22 PM (qoGsy)
----
Well what's the CDC involvement in firearm control?

Posted by: Ciampino - Department of Energy (what's energy?) at February 26, 2023 03:37 PM (qfLjt)

173 This didn't hijack the entire thread?

Really guys? Be better.
=====
Our lips are sealed.

Posted by: andycanuck (Vwz3I) at February 26, 2023 03:37 PM (Vwz3I)

174 168 Nope, I actually listened. Rookie mistake!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot

Holy sheeeet, you may, in fact, be the perfect husband.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 26, 2023 03:33 PM

Oh yes. TYPING answers to items on peoples' "honey do" lists is sooooo much better than getting off of my butt and DOING things on my list!

In my defense, I needed a break - and Morons are much more entertaining than house chores.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at February 26, 2023 03:39 PM (HlyYF)

175 Our lips are sealed.
Posted by: andycanuck

Outrageously, ironically sung by 'The Go-Go's'.

Posted by: Tonypete at February 26, 2023 03:39 PM (qoGsy)

176 I have a left-wing sister that works at the CDC. She does not know of a single MAGA employee.

Any chance all of the alphabet agencies got the memo that the lab leak scenario is likely, and the Dept. of Energy leaked because it is the only one that is not 100% Leftist?

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at February 26, 2023 03:42 PM (HlyYF)

177 I was just talking to some young folks at the pub with have seen the movie The Jesus Revolution, which is apparently about the Jesus people movement. I was able to share a little about my knowledge of early Christian rock.
I might be the only one but I have fond memories.

Posted by: That Northern skulker at February 26, 2023 03:42 PM (VdGjU)

178 This is low voltage. No need to use conduit!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 26, 2023 02:21 PM (XIJ/X)

++++

Presumably, the reason you don't replace the whole cable with one that does have enough slack to bury it deeper, is it would be more hassle than it's worth. Conduit can protect the cable for you so it doesn't get damaged and you can continue to not replace it.

Or, you could install an underground hand vault, that would allow you to splice the cable, giving you the slack you want. One of these little cheapies:
https://amzn.com/dp/B000HE9YZG

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at February 26, 2023 03:42 PM (gv7Yb)

179 Dude.

Duuuuuuude.

This wouldn't be an issue if you had abandoned the house as I suggested over the radiant heat pipes.

Posted by: Weasel at February 26, 2023 03:44 PM (WoIMU)

180 52 degrees ans sunny, not bad for end of February

Posted by: Skip at February 26, 2023 03:47 PM (xhxe8)

181 No conduit and the wire keeps getting wet.

Posted by: Skip at February 26, 2023 03:48 PM (xhxe8)

182 >>>They also slow rainwater absorption*
*Why is that spelled with a "p?" the root is "absorb"!

And then there's also ADsorption! From adsorb.

adsorb |adˈzôrbadˈsôrb|
verb [with object]
(of a solid) hold (molecules of a gas or liquid or solute) as a thin film on the outside surface or on internal surfaces within the material: charcoal will not adsorb nitrates | the dye is adsorbed onto the fiber.

Posted by: m at February 26, 2023 03:48 PM (v0TzN)

183 178

Or, you could install an underground hand vault, that would allow you to splice the cable, giving you the slack you want. One of these little cheapies:
https://amzn.com/dp/B000HE9YZG

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at February 26, 2023 03:42 PM (gv7Yb)
----
Funny, the MATERIAL is listed as polyethylene but under ABOUT THIS ITEM it says PP which is polypropylene (better BTW, higher melting and tougher then PE).

Posted by: Ciampino - Lab plasticware is usually PP at February 26, 2023 03:49 PM (qfLjt)

184 Throw some mulch over it and move on.

Posted by: Ben Had at February 26, 2023 03:49 PM (VYBRA)

185 My electric feed to outbuilding is not to prescribed depth but it is in conduit to protect it.

Posted by: Skip at February 26, 2023 03:49 PM (xhxe8)

186 52 degrees ans sunny, not bad for end of February
Posted by: Skip

Supposed to get heavy rains, starting tonight and lasting a coupla days.

Posted by: JT at February 26, 2023 03:49 PM (T4tVD)

187 This wouldn't be an issue if you had abandoned the house as I suggested over the radiant heat pipes.
Posted by: Weasel at February 26, 2023 03:44 PM (WoIMU)
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Some people just won't be told.

Posted by: bluebell at February 26, 2023 03:51 PM (pTb/Z)

188 47 Unless you're going to cut up a lot of trees those electric one's will do. And they start every time.

Posted by: Braenyard at February 26, 2023 02:25 PM (8E/wP)

Just alerted the Man Card Revocation unit

they will be at your place stat
Posted by: REDACTED at February 26, 2023 02:27 PM (us2H3)

LOL

Posted by: m at February 26, 2023 03:52 PM (v0TzN)

189 Next we’ll see a pic of CBD with a spray bottle and a cloth, cleaning his garbage cans.

Don’t look at the hedges, they’re a mess!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 26, 2023 03:52 PM (u73oe)

190 39 Try conduit

Posted by: Skip at February 26, 2023 02:04 PM (xhxe

This is low voltage. No need to use conduit!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 26, 2023 02:21 PM (XIJ/X)

But it wouldn't HURT to use a conduit. And then you wouldn't have that scary snake-looking thing terrifying the neighborhood pets.

Posted by: m at February 26, 2023 03:54 PM (v0TzN)

191 Absorption is the issue here ?? I heard that manure has excellent absorption qualities. Why not cover the whole thing with manure ?

Posted by: runner at February 26, 2023 03:55 PM (V13WU)

192 Next we’ll see a pic of CBD with a spray bottle and a cloth, cleaning his garbage cans.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 26, 2023 03:52 PM (u73oe)

I clean them every five years, regardless if they need it!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 26, 2023 03:55 PM (XIJ/X)

193 then you can plant stuff and plants with absorb whatever water you have

Posted by: runner at February 26, 2023 03:55 PM (V13WU)

194 trees; trees need lots of water

Posted by: runner at February 26, 2023 03:56 PM (V13WU)

195 This wouldn't be an issue if you had abandoned the house as I suggested over the radiant heat pipes.

Posted by: Weasel at February 26, 2023 03:44 PM (WoIMU)

Hard to argue with the logic.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 26, 2023 03:56 PM (XIJ/X)

196 191 Absorption is the issue here ?? I heard that manure has excellent absorption qualities. Why not cover the whole thing with manure ?
Posted by: runner at February 26, 2023 03:55 PM (V13WU)

Or wood chips?

Posted by: m at February 26, 2023 03:58 PM (v0TzN)

197 I like to add more oil to the mix in my small engines than suggested. My cheap chainsaw and mower smoke a bit more until I run out the tank of cheap/old gasoline, but they always start on the first pull. I'm too lazy to drain the tank, I just burn it out. You can tell when your fuel is shit because of the loss of power. Keeping the air filter clean is essential. Also, I prime them like crazy and they have never flooded out.

High test fuel, no ethanol, plenty of oil.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 26, 2023 03:58 PM (Jg7EG)

198 It's like having a Hellmouth in your yard. If you can't get rid of it, you need to feature it.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at February 26, 2023 03:59 PM (yQpMk)

199 Throw some mulch over it and move on.

==

that too

Posted by: runner at February 26, 2023 03:59 PM (V13WU)

200 200

Posted by: m at February 26, 2023 03:59 PM (v0TzN)

201 NOOD!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at February 26, 2023 04:01 PM (HlyYF)

202 Get cleaned up and upstairs
FOOD NOOD

Posted by: Skip at February 26, 2023 04:01 PM (xhxe8)

203 LA snow pic

https://tinyurl.com/ehr52uc2

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 26, 2023 04:02 PM (XF9Gj)

204 With low voltage you can pretty much do what you want. I'd get a 4' chunk of electrically rated PVC (gray) conduit, or whatever length to span the exposure, (1/2" dia.) just for the mechanical protection. White conduit is for water and it's brittle and it sucks.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at February 26, 2023 04:03 PM (Jg7EG)

205 115 "Anchor Your Cable To The Bedrock" didn't make the cut in the most recent revision of The Baptist Hymnal, but it did make honorable mention.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at February 26, 2023 03:01 PM (DhOHl)

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Posted by: m at February 26, 2023 04:04 PM (v0TzN)

206 Good FWP, CBD!

Posted by: m at February 26, 2023 04:05 PM (v0TzN)

207 80 Why don’t you just paint the wire brown?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 26, 2023 02:40 PM (u73oe)

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Posted by: JM in Fla/Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at February 26, 2023 04:12 PM (bz/qU)

208 176 I have a left-wing sister that works at the CDC. She does not know of a single MAGA empoyee.

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Posted by: JM in Fla/Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at February 26, 2023 04:18 PM (bz/qU)

209 This is low voltage. No need to use conduit!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 26, 2023 02:21 PM (XIJ/X)

You don't put wire in conduit because of the voltage. You put wire in conduit to protect the insulation. Your particular cable is not rated for direct burial. Hence ... you at least put the new joint you need in conduit. At least until you decide to rent a trencher and replace it all with direct burial rated cable.

Posted by: Tell It Like It Is at February 26, 2023 06:15 PM (mIZHJ)

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Posted by: www.Payathome7.com at February 27, 2023 12:15 AM (cZPc9)

211 low-voltage outdoor lighting cable? Easy, just splice a length of wire to it and bury it deeper. I've spliced my dog fence multiple times over the last 20 years with no problems.

Posted by: Mike at February 27, 2023 07:46 AM (+XqLV)

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