Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 23, 2006 at 10:53:00AM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
>> Roberto writes:
>>> Depending on the dimensions of your property, it might be fairly easy to
>>> find another vein of ground water.
>> Aquifers are usually quit
I wrote:
> The drilling technology is also 19th century. Although a rotary drill is
> faster (though still 19th century technology) a cable drill is something
> that anyone able to keep any sort of machinery running could maintain:
> it's just a heavy weight on a cable, lifted up and dropped over
On Sat, Dec 23, 2006 at 06:13:32PM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
>
> The drilling technology is also 19th century. Although a rotary drill is
> faster (though still 19th century technology) a cable drill is something
> that anyone able to keep any sort of machinery running could maintain: it's
> just
I wrote:
> I'm not talking about fancy wells with submersible electric pumps. This is
> early 19th century technology. Any blacksmith can maintain it.
Roberto writes:
> I was talking about maintenance on the drilling gear.
The drilling technology is also 19th century. Although a rotary drill i
On Sat, Dec 23, 2006 at 05:10:24PM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
> I wrote:
> > Why? Well drilling is hardly high-tech: it's well over 100 years old.
> > You should be able to pick up an old cable-drilling rig in Texas for
> > scrap price. For that matter, you could drive a well to 12 meters.
> > The
I wrote:
> Why? Well drilling is hardly high-tech: it's well over 100 years old.
> You should be able to pick up an old cable-drilling rig in Texas for
> scrap price. For that matter, you could drive a well to 12 meters.
> There also some interesting "low tech" approaches. Google "drilled well"
Ron Johnson writes:
> Probably because at US$6/day it's *still* cheaper to dig by hand.
It only takes one guy with a sledgehammer to drive a well.
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On Sat, Dec 23, 2006 at 04:07:35PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
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> > Why? Well drilling is hardly high-tech: it's well over 100 years old. You
> > should be able to pick up an old cable-drilling rig in Texas for scrap
> > price. For that matter, you could drive a well to 12 meters. There also
>
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On 12/23/06 15:31, John Hasler wrote:
> Hugo write:
>> And here (Esquipulas, Oaxaca, Mexico) we dig wells by hand and lower the
>> concrete casings by hand. These are about 12 meters deep, so they are
>> very shallow but an extraordinary amount of wor
Hugo write:
> And here (Esquipulas, Oaxaca, Mexico) we dig wells by hand and lower the
> concrete casings by hand. These are about 12 meters deep, so they are
> very shallow but an extraordinary amount of work (minimum wage was just
> "raised" to about 6US$ per day).
Why? Well drilling is hardly
On Sat, Dec 23, 2006 at 01:55:03PM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
>
> And here (Esquipulas, Oaxaca, Mexico) we dig wells by hand and lower the
> concrete casings by hand. These are about 12 meters deep, so they are
> very shallow but an extraordinary amount of work (minimum wage was just
> "rais
Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
On Sat, Dec 23, 2006 at 10:53:00AM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
Roberto writes:
Depending on the dimensions of your property, it might be fairly easy to
find another vein of ground water.
Aquifers are usually quite large.
I know that my well is something like four t
On Sat, Dec 23, 2006 at 10:53:00AM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
> Roberto writes:
> > Depending on the dimensions of your property, it might be fairly easy to
> > find another vein of ground water.
>
> Aquifers are usually quite large.
>
> > I know that my well is something like four times the depth
Roberto writes:
> Depending on the dimensions of your property, it might be fairly easy to
> find another vein of ground water.
Aquifers are usually quite large.
> I know that my well is something like four times the depth of the wells
> of some of my neighbors, whose wells are less than a few hu
On Sat, Dec 23, 2006 at 06:28:46AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
>
> Or rain: our two wells just went dry... :-(
>
> Hugo
>
Ouch. Depending on the dimensions of your property, it might be fairly
easy to find another vein of ground water. I know that my well is
something like four times the dep
Ron Johnson wrote:
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On 12/22/06 17:02, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
On Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 06:04:45PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
On Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 08:49:53PM +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
..if you anywhere near doubt your roof can take
On Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 07:18:28PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
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> Unfortunately, it rains here. A lot. And the levees break. :(
>
No way. I heard some politician say they levees were blown up by W
since he hates blacks and is racist. You mean that they can actually
break for other reasons? :-
On Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 07:18:28PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 12/22/06 17:31, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 05:29:24PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> >> On 12/22/06 17:02, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> >>> On Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 06:04:45PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wro
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On 12/22/06 17:31, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 05:29:24PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
>> On 12/22/06 17:02, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
>>> On Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 06:04:45PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
On Fri, Dec 2
On Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 05:29:24PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 12/22/06 17:02, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 06:04:45PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> >> On Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 08:49:53PM +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> >>>
> >>> ..if you anywhere near doubt your r
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On 12/22/06 17:02, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 06:04:45PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
>> On Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 08:49:53PM +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
>>>
>>> ..if you anywhere near doubt your roof can take
>>> those
On Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 06:04:45PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 08:49:53PM +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> >
> > ..if you anywhere near doubt your roof can take
> > those "extra" 73 tons, evacuate all the people under it,
> > then remove those 73 tons of snow.
this i
On Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 08:49:53PM +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
>
> ..if you anywhere near doubt your roof can take
> those "extra" 73 tons, evacuate all the people under it,
> then remove those 73 tons of snow.
>
Wasn't snow load what lead to the collapse of the roof a skating rink or
disco in
Hi,
..I see reports on people stuck in snow in places like New
Mexico.
One thing is getting stuck in snow on the road, there
you "just" need watch out for tail pipe gases killing you,
you either wanna stop in some wind blown place, where the
snow and tail pipe gases are blown away, or combine
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