well I would seek some sighted help and I will tell you why. I have said before we have very similar soil . this rotten clay. if it was later in the summer and the clay is hard and dry you can dig around the thing you have in the ground now and dig it up but then what do you do with it. wish I had all the answers but I do not. I like your idea of putting up a heavier maybe thicker pole and putting the horizantal bare across. but then again you are talking about some heavy drills . to get thru that metal and to have with you at home the correct bolts washers and nuts to fasten that to the main upright. then you could either wrap your line around that cross member or simply put up a bolt and a hook and a pully. Now where you want to do this is this again going to be in the path of the drunk? I understand you might not want to get the cops involved or turn it into your homeowners but is that neighbor that much of a dummy that he could ot offer to at least help you out to get this job done? I agree with someone else, about a scrap yard that has some heavy metal . even if you had to pay to get it delivered. scarey part of this all is it might be cheaper to buy and use a drier/ . is there a telephone or electric company pole in your yard someplace whereas you could climb up a latter and put a screw hook in to hook a clothesline pulley? Lee
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 11:26:16PM -0400, Spiro wrote: > when we thought our basement flood, last Dec. end 2008, was due to a > broken pipe; it was made clear that no water from above or from below > could be causal to the damage. > I knew, just knew that an incoming pipe had broken *just an inch inside > the wall. > But alas that particular pipe enters at the front and runs many feet in > the heated house before popping up at the meters. > But *insurance fraud is against the law; whereas what they do to people > isn't? > I'm not going insurance on this pole. I just want to know the simplest way > to fix this now. > > > > > > On Fri, 26 Jun 2009, Jewel wrote: > > > Victor spoke of insurance claims being due to "acts of god" and therefore > > not under the claimant's control. Knowing the slipperiness of insurance > > companies and there penchant for wriggling out of settling perfectly legit > > claims, I would not put it past them to trot out the excuse that the > > claimant must have angered "god", therefore the occurrence * was under his > > control! > > > > Jewel----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Victor" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 12:51 AM > > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] clothes line pole > > > > > >> Hi Scott, > >> > >> While I agree with you that filing a claim with your insurance company if > >> there happens something that cannot be controlled by yourself, or the > >> environment, however, this was an accident, and one perpetrated by one who > >> was lax in his responsibility in that they drove drunk. > >> > >> This is not held against you when filing a claim because circumstances > >> were > >> not under your control. > >> > >> The same goes for flooding, acts of God and the like. > >> > >> While acts of God, like lightening strikes, earthquakes or damage > >> resulting > >> from the weather will require the payment of a deductible, in the case of > >> a > >> drunk ramming into your fence, it's a no brainer, and the company will > >> recoup their losses from the driver's insurance company. > >> > >> If the company cannot recoup it's losses from a third party, then yes, it > >> will be placed on your record, and a deductible will need to be paid. > >> > >> At least, that's how it works up here in Canada with insurance companies. > >> > >> Victor > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------ > >> > >> Send any questions regarding list management to: > >> [email protected] > >> To listen to the show archives go to link > >> http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > >> Or > >> ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > >> > >> The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > >> http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > >> > >> Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > >> List Members At The Following address: > >> http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > >> > >> Visit the archives page at the following address > >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > >> > >> If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following > >> address for more information: > >> http://www.jaws-users.com/ > >> For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > >> list just send a blank message to: > >> [email protected]! Groups Links > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > >> signature database 4189 (20090625) __________ > >> > >> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > >> > >> http://www.eset.com > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > -- malpractice, n.: The reason surgeons wear masks. .
