Ask a Real Pilot/Trucker/Mechanic/Gardener/Cook/Captain/Spy

LAST being the operative word… :no_entry_sign: :plate_with_cutlery:

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No…you are thinking of the Last Sunday Brunch. :slightly_smiling_face:

"Did I lock the “special” safe? I must have locked it…I’m pretty sure I locked it…but what if I didn’t lock it??? "

(turn around on the I-395 and make my way back through DC evening rush hour traffic to the Pentagon…an hour and a half later, yep I had locked it. )

Yeah, I know it doesn’t sound that bad but…it kind of is. Just say’n.

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I hate it when that happens…but the only course of action is to go back and check.

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So, who’s the spy? Hmmm…

Someone who needs to lock his secrets in a safe and be very, very secure about them… :wink:

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I could think of a couple shapes that have been drawn by some enterprising(bored) young officers.

Biggest ones that come to mind for me involve VFR aircraft (legally) flying in military airspace.

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Here ya go.
Last Supper depiction on Etch-A-Sketch

Like you Beach making squares was practically too much of a challenge for me let alone the amazing artwork others have achieved using one.

Wheels

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Execution for leaving state secrets exposed or doing a double run through I-395 traffic…

undecided1

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I have a question. When I want to put in a 6 foot fence. How deep do I need to dig down and how wide should I make the hole for the fence post. Should I use “post-crete” or just knock up some boggo standard concrete.

So much different information online and I fricking hate doing a job twice.


My middle fence post is leaning over alarmingly and although its fairly solid still…its irritating to look at

And yes. I need to paint the fence. Or replace

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For a job like that, I always use concrete spurs. You’ll never need to repair rotten posts again.

You take the panels down, use your old posts after sawing off the rotten end. Dig or chisel out the concrete from the old post. Set the spur in about 12-18 inches, then use coach screws to screw the old wooden post to it.

You can use post fix if you are doing a couple. If you are doing a few it may be cheaper to buy a 25kg bags of cement, sharp sand and pea gravel and mix your own. 5 parts sand to 1 cement and 1 gravel.

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Wow, I’ve never heard of them. But they look familiar! Maybe I’ve delivered some at some point and not realised what they were.

Nice one @keets thanks I will definitely be doing this method as I want to keep the fence as the rest is solid! Cheers :beers:

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No probs. :+1:

Here’s what they look like in situ.

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As for the holes, the narrower the better. You don’t want or need huge chunks of concrete. Not for a fence. A lot depends on the sort of soil you’re working with.

One thing I would do with a fence like yours is talk with the neighbors. What do they want, and are they willing to chip in.

With 150% the budget, you can go for a partially concrete fence, like have the lower panel and posts be concrete with wooden panels in between.

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I say go full DMZ on them. If you are friendly…you can still have a little pagoda meeting room where you can exchange butter or eggs…slide a weed whacker across the table. Sentry lights, Dobermans in the alley between rows of fencing… Auto-cannons?

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That escalated quickly…

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OK, I’m with you but concessions are going to be needed.

Change doberman for golden retriever and a really crap cocker (emphasis on the cock) spaniel
Change sentry lights for a mag light (intermittently put of batteries)
And change auto cannon for some remote control tanks that have IR cannons (with an odd propensity to set their OWN IR sensor off upon firing but that it easily explained by the fact that light so readily bends 180 degrees)

I have wandered off again…what were we talking about?18035df28cae878eecfd0766828a39a0

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Did I mention the crocodile moat?

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Do that also apply when you are upside down? :upside_down_face: Sorry! couldn’t resist. :grin:

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