On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 12:17:13 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

Keyser Soze

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"Crikey, a retired Army "engineer" can't figure out how to set a simple*
mailbox post in the ground...too, too funny."



The John was complaining there was water in the hole and in the video it says no standing water.
What could go wrong?

:)

Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 10/17/2018 1:42 PM, John H. wrote:
A friend told me about this stuff:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uaIVIUVOyM

Will try it.



I remember my dad using stuff like that back when I was just a kid.
Didn't come in a bag though. He had to glass vials with the
components in it. He used it to put flotation foam on each end
of a canoe and also between the rafters on the underside of a raft
we had in a small lake.

Only thing I noticed in the video is that there cannot be any standing
water in the hole. I seem to remember you commenting that there was
water or the water table was very high or something.




The foam stuff is handy. About 1967, friend got a contract with the navy
to raise a sunken barge at Midway or Wake Island, forget which. He had
never used the equipment, but talked to the vendor and got a class. Navy
shipped him and equipment island and the dispenser gun worked under water.
Filled the barge and refloated it.

On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 16:19:33 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 10/17/2018 1:42 PM, John H. wrote:
A friend told me about this stuff:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uaIVIUVOyM

Will try it.



I remember my dad using stuff like that back when I was just a kid.
Didn't come in a bag though. He had to glass vials with the
components in it. He used it to put flotation foam on each end
of a canoe and also between the rafters on the underside of a raft
we had in a small lake.

Only thing I noticed in the video is that there cannot be any standing
water in the hole. I seem to remember you commenting that there was
water or the water table was very high or something.


Yeah, like I told Greg - I'm going to let things dry up a bit. Project is now postponed until next
week. We're going on a camping trip tomorrow.

On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 20:54:21 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:

Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 10/17/2018 1:42 PM, John H. wrote:
A friend told me about this stuff:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uaIVIUVOyM

Will try it.



I remember my dad using stuff like that back when I was just a kid.
Didn't come in a bag though. He had to glass vials with the
components in it. He used it to put flotation foam on each end
of a canoe and also between the rafters on the underside of a raft
we had in a small lake.

Only thing I noticed in the video is that there cannot be any standing
water in the hole. I seem to remember you commenting that there was
water or the water table was very high or something.




The foam stuff is handy. About 1967, friend got a contract with the navy
to raise a sunken barge at Midway or Wake Island, forget which. He had
never used the equipment, but talked to the vendor and got a class. Navy
shipped him and equipment island and the dispenser gun worked under water.
Filled the barge and refloated it.

Cool.

1:39 PMKeyser Soze
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Crikey, a retired Army "engineer" can't figure out how to set a simple
mailbox post in the ground...too, too funny.
............


Combat engineers don’t plant mailboxes. That’s one of the last things on a sappers mind.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapper

True North
Keyser Soze

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"Crikey, a retired Army "engineer" can't figure out how to set a simple
mailbox post in the ground...too, too funny."



The John was complaining there was water in the hole and in the video it says no standing water.
What could go wrong?

..............

Don, aw cmon man. John’s been nice to you for a couple month I believe. Why carry this on?

On 10/17/18 5:18 PM, Tim wrote:

1:39 PMKeyser Soze
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Crikey, a retired Army "engineer" can't figure out how to set a simple
mailbox post in the ground...too, too funny.
...........


Combat engineers don’t plant mailboxes. That’s one of the last things on a sappers mind.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapper


Well, the Army got the "sap" part right for Herring.

Even a liberal arts grad like me knows how to set a post...

Keyser Soze wrote:
On 10/17/18 5:18 PM, Tim wrote:

1:39 PMKeyser Soze
- show quoted text -
Crikey, a retired Army "engineer" can't figure out how to set a simple
mailbox post in the ground...too, too funny.
...........


Combat engineers don’t plant mailboxes. That’s one of the last things on a sappers mind.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapper


Well, the Army got the "sap" part right for Herring.

Even a liberal arts grad like me knows how to set a post...


Yup, call up a handyman.

On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 16:54:57 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 16:19:33 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 10/17/2018 1:42 PM, John H. wrote:
A friend told me about this stuff:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uaIVIUVOyM

Will try it.



I remember my dad using stuff like that back when I was just a kid.
Didn't come in a bag though. He had to glass vials with the
components in it. He used it to put flotation foam on each end
of a canoe and also between the rafters on the underside of a raft
we had in a small lake.

Only thing I noticed in the video is that there cannot be any standing
water in the hole. I seem to remember you commenting that there was
water or the water table was very high or something.


Yeah, like I told Greg - I'm going to let things dry up a bit. Project is now postponed until next
week. We're going on a camping trip tomorrow.

===

John, I believe you're over thinking this thing. I'd do it pretty
much the way Greg has suggested: Mix up some concrete the usual way
with some sand and gravel; Insert post in ground; Pour concrete around
it. The concrete, being heavier than water, will sink to the bottom
and push the water up until it overflows. Check post for vertical,
open a beer, and come back in a couple of hours. After all it's just
a mailbox, not a structural support for a high rise building. :-)

Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 16:54:57 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 16:19:33 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 10/17/2018 1:42 PM, John H. wrote:
A friend told me about this stuff:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uaIVIUVOyM

Will try it.



I remember my dad using stuff like that back when I was just a kid.
Didn't come in a bag though. He had to glass vials with the
components in it. He used it to put flotation foam on each end
of a canoe and also between the rafters on the underside of a raft
we had in a small lake.

Only thing I noticed in the video is that there cannot be any standing
water in the hole. I seem to remember you commenting that there was
water or the water table was very high or something.


Yeah, like I told Greg - I'm going to let things dry up a bit. Project
is now postponed until next
week. We're going on a camping trip tomorrow.

===

John, I believe you're over thinking this thing. I'd do it pretty
much the way Greg has suggested: Mix up some concrete the usual way
with some sand and gravel; Insert post in ground; Pour concrete around
it. The concrete, being heavier than water, will sink to the bottom
and push the water up until it overflows. Check post for vertical,
open a beer, and come back in a couple of hours. After all it's just
a mailbox, not a structural support for a high rise building. :-)


I would just use gravel. Maybe quarter dust. The small stuff that makes
great pathways. A heck of a lot easier to replace the post when a snowplow
or idiot driver takes it out.