Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My M9 budget went out of the window too. Our family chariot, a 1999 Volvo V70XC has a broken frame, and it is likely totalled, as the cost of repair is greater than what an equivalent car is worth. http://kiisaka.smugmug.com/gallery/9247055_nzvVd A few years ago, a landslide wiped out my budget for a Hamburg Steinway D concert grand piano. :( Life is like that. On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Richard Man<richard.lists at gmail.com> wrote: > I can attest to the jackhammer part :-) Man, this soil is tough (but > fertile). > > I guess at least Joseph Eichler didn't save money that way. > > On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 8:27 AM, Brian Reid<reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > wrote: >> >>> So what you really had was a leach field with no septic tank... >> >> No. The soil around here is red clay that is so hard you need a jackhammer >> to dig into it. ?A 7-inch void in the red clay was a perfectly fine >> wastewater pipe. It would have held pressure to 15 or 20PSI. The problem >> was >> that when I installed a sprinkler system in 1982, the water attracted the >> attention of the neighbor's redwood tree, and its roots eventually >> penetrated the hard clay and blocked the "sewer line". > > -- > // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com > // w: http://www.imagecraft.com/pub/Portfolio09/ blog: > http://rfman.wordpress.com > // book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/745963 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Ken Iisaka first name at last name dot org or com