Ditch digging, I can't take all the credit

Sylvrfalcn

Sylvrfalcn

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That's right, I've had help. He says his name is Lumpy, and he claims to be a twentieth generation ditch digger. Dayumed hard worker for such a little feller, just wish he'd quit moochin' my dadburn beer. ;)

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BTW, the culvert pipe gets delivered tomorrow, then me and Lumpy got lots of work to do, putting the &^%$*#! dirt back in the hole. :rolleyes: :D

Sarge
 

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Thomas Linton said:
From his crossed eyes, I'd say he's had enough of the brew.
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Naw, ol' Lumpy's probably Irish. Any Irish fella can tell ya that you're not even gettin' started till your eyes go cross;)

Jake
 
Great pic, Sarge. Hey, at least when you are putting the dirt back in the ditch, gravity is on your side.
 
BTW, the culvert pipe gets delivered tomorrow, then me and Lumpy got lots of work to do, putting the &^%$*#! dirt back in the hole. :rolleyes: :D

Sarge[/QUOTE]

A job a Sgt has had plenty of training for, especially if you went to long Tech Schools like I did.
I painted the same mower shed at Sheppard 4 times in 6 months.

DaddyDett
 
Nice rich stout in the hot sun Sarge. You'd love my beer cooler in the garage. Have you tried that Terrapin Oatmeal Stout. My wife likes that one. She's right too. Its good.
 
Y'all ever done any ditch moving the the military? Where the drill sarge has you dig a ditch and then fill it in and dig another one a few feet over? Lotsa fun!
 
aproy1101 said:
Nice rich stout in the hot sun Sarge. You'd love my beer cooler in the garage. Have you tried that Terrapin Oatmeal Stout. My wife likes that one. She's right too. Its good.
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Yup, Guinness (at least as it's sold in this country) is lightweight tonsil wash. Get yourself a few pints of Samuel Smith's Imperial Stout, and wash it all down with Old Taddy Porter. You'll be too relaxed to fall down. :D

Sarge
 
Sylvrfalcn said:
Yup, Guinness (at least as it's sold in this country) is lightweight tonsil wash. Get yourself a few pints of Samuel Smith's Imperial Stout, and wash it all down with Old Taddy Porter. You'll be too relaxed to fall down. :D

Sarge
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I can attest that Samuel Smith's is good chit. Once worked as a bartender. The manager of the place was this tiny irish woman with an attitude like a mad elephant. This regular customer, a constant complainer, was sitting at the bar drinking a Guiness and complaining that all our beers were warm (he was right). She let him have it. "Its supposed to be warm ya stupid sonuva bitch!" I couldn't keep myself from laughing. No tip for me.:foot: :D ;)

You got good taste in beer Sarge. I don't give that praise often. Lots of my closest friends, who think they know about beer don't get it.:)
 
Andy, I acquired a taste for "real" beer during my time spent in Belgium. I visited the monasteries where Duvel, Orval, and Chimay are brewed, and consider Trappiste ales to truly be the champagne of beers. For my medieval persona when tinkering around with the SCA, I chose the name Robert of Yorkshire from the name of an ancestor who lived in the Yorkshire area in the fourteenth century. Only natural that I would cultivate an affinity for beer/ale brewed in Yorkshire, like Newcastle, Samuel Smith's (mmmmm, porter, stout, and nut brown ale), and others. Unless they're Czech, I stay away from pilsners and lagers, "yellow water" quenches the thirst, but little else. And when I get the courage up to brave a case of the bloats, I've been known to pound down a few boots of good German weisen beer. Especially Weihenstephan, gotta love beer from a brewer that was established in 1040 A.D., that's 26 years before the Norman invasion of England. :eek: :D

Sarge
 
Nae too many real beer drinkers out there. What American brewers do you like? I like Anchor Steam, Sierra Nevada, some of the Sam Adams line, Bridgeport Pale Ale (my current favorite). That Bridgeport is bottle conditioned, so there are some tasty bits settled at the bottom. Ymmm. In the Atlanta area Dogwood makes a good brew. In Louisianna Dixie Beers is a good maker. They used to sponsor the Baton Rouge frisbee tournament. What fun. Drinking great beer with Louisianna people. Careful, or you'll be crawling home.
 
Ya'll are makin me thirsty! Good helper Sarge. Now I gotta stop on the way home and pick up some Newcastle.

Steve
 
the story of my life, dig a hole, fill it up, dig a hole, fill it up, dig a hole, fill it up. worst part is getting rid of all that extra dirt thats left over after you fill most of the hole with the bodies....
 
Start your hole where a depression in the ground already exists. The final result will be level ground.
 
Kismet said:
Start your hole where a depression in the ground already exists. The final result will be level ground.
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good thinking, level ground with the turf replaced is needed to keep the villagers from storming the castle with all them smokey torches. (i hate it when they do that, cleaning up afterwards is expensive). after the natural recycling processes of nature take their toll, the hole gets a bit sunken in, but is then also ready for more bodies.
 
ESB good. Bridgeport makes a fine one of those too.

Kismet. Every so often you kinda scare me.;)
 
kronckew said:
the story of my life, dig a hole, fill it up, dig a hole, fill it up, dig a hole, fill it up. worst part is getting rid of all that extra dirt thats left over after you fill most of the hole with the bodies....
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No, no, no, no!! Save the dirt to add as the fill settles. Otherwise, you leave depressions -- makes for wet spots all over the property. :)

You need to join the IAKM to get technical bulletins -- full of handy tips.
 
Thomas Linton said:
No, no, no, no!! Save the dirt to add as the fill settles. Otherwise, you leave depressions -- makes for wet spots all over the property. :)

You need to join the IAKM to get technical bulletins -- full of handy tips.
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i bow to your superior wisdom, i'm new at this serial killer business, so i sit at the feet of those who are the experts.

turns out that since last post, i decided to fill in the pot holes in the courtyard with some spare gravel as it was raining & the depressions were depressing me, they still stood out tho. luckily one of the surviving courtyard residents had a friend with a dumptruck full of redundant gravel which he proceeded to regravel the whole courtyard with. my share only cost me £20 for peace of mind. they can rest in peace now, held down by 10 tons of gravel & no depressions.:D

i'm also investing in a good heavy duty meat & bone grinder. BARF (acronym for bones and raw food) feeding of dogs is considered more healthy, grinding it all up prevents all them nasty splinters. a good cleanup with bleach should get rid of them dna spirals afterwards. will save a bit on dogfood bills....
 
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