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   Piffin | Jun 29, 2003 11:27pm | #1

   Welcome aboard Buffalo Bee, especially bringing beneficial baubles.

   Be Bountifully blessed!

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   Excellence is its own reward!

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   GoldenWreckedAngle | Jun 29, 2003 11:39pm | #2

   Hey bee! Welcome to Breaktime!

   Nice of you to drop by with a gift of wisdom or two. Hope you'll stick around and keep the tidbits coming.

   Kevin Halliburton

   "I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity."  - I.M. Pei -

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   hasbeen | Jun 29, 2003 11:48pm | #3

   Welcome to BT, Bee!

   Thanks for the valve tip RE: water levels.

   What size tube do you use for the level and do you use clear or opaque?

   Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a carpenter to build one.

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   briankeith | Jun 29, 2003 11:59pm | #4

   Hi Hasbeen,

   I just picked up 50 feet of clear vinyl at the lumber yard. Like one of the other fellows said, you can check for big bad bubbles. But siphoning it full seems to help that problem. I tried pouring it full..."once".

   That's like fingering nails with boxing gloves on, not very productive.

   Bee

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   Wet_Head | Jun 30, 2003 12:27am | #5

   welcome... I know where Buffalo is.  Been there many times. 

   The big steel truss shop there is owned by my relatives.
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   briankeith | Jun 30, 2003 06:15am | #11

   I know some of the boys......... course they are men,

   Elmer, Marvin, Roy, and Donnie the best. They use to be Triple H

   Construction.

   I was out at the plant a couple of months ago and they had a set of trusses ready to send out, to oregon, I think. 120 Span and 30 foot sidewalls. Pretty massive.

   I also worked for Ora for a while, he is no longer part of the church.

   Where are you from?

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   Wet_Head | Jun 30, 2003 08:18am | #12

   I grew up in SE Missouri (not the bootheel though!) but live in CO now.  I always liked Ora.  I was kinda of a rebel and to me he was a hero!  LOL

   Their mom is my grandpa's sister.  Ton of kids she had!

   Ever meet Sam?  He deals in exotic animals.  My folks were just there a week or so ago for a reunion.  Stayed at Sam's place.

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   IMERC | Jun 30, 2003 02:23am | #6

   Welcome Bee.

   Thanks for the infomation packet.

   All this time I was using brass valves and a touch of real antifreeze. Nice tip, thanks again.

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   pm22 | Jun 30, 2003 03:10am | #7

   1) First fill your tube with mercury. This will be really visible.

   2) I built mine with hose shut off valves. You know the plastic ones in the garden department that maybe go between the end of your hose and the squirter nozzle.

   3) Refering to the water level/ laser thread -- which I couldn't find -- the water level will follow the circumference of the earth whereas the laser level will create a flat plane which is tangent to your spot on earth. Not that it matters much, but there is this difference. [Note: atmospheric diffraction will actually deflect the laser beam somewhat. Consult a surveying or navigation textbook for details.]

   ~PeterView Image

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   rez | Jun 30, 2003 03:47am | #8

   So, since light has mass and our brain functions with electrons, are we safe in assuming that thoughts have mass too?

   Don't mean to steal your thread Bee. Glad to meet ya.

    

    

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   IMERC | Jun 30, 2003 03:57am | #9

    

   1) First fill your tube with mercury. This will be really visible.

   Who has the cahonies to carry around 50' of half inch mercury filled tube?

   The amazing thing here that the water level hasn't change one bit since I started using them in '57. Glad the gooberment hasn't got wind of them. You know how they can take something simple and muck it up.

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   briankeith | Jun 30, 2003 06:04am | #10

   Yeah!

   Can't you just picture it?

   The Water Level.....after OSHA

   Scary thought.