Santa Barbara Poleys

Wondering what the hell is going on anyway...

2008-03-23T09:32:12Z

So, I've kept quite here for long enough I suppose. Here I am sitting at work and fuming again at the state of the world and our country in particular.

Check out this short forwarded from a very dear friend...

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I just attended an excellent symposium on the environment, spirituality, and social justice. Snipits of it are available on the web that can be very informative and exciting to know. I request and challenge you to view these few things that I may be sending you. If you don't want them, please let me know as I'll respect your desire.

Here's the first link from "the Story of Stuff": informative, funny and sobering. Please let me know what you think of this short video.

http://web.1.c3.audiovideoweb.com/1c3web3536/StoryOfStuff.mov

Thanks so Much!!!

Wil

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KEEP 'EM COMING WIL!

Footnote: Check out the web site after you view the video @ http://www.storyofstuff.com/index.html

My Gaming computer is broken

2008-02-25T08:44:49Z

and this one doesn't have enough juice to run my newest games... Religated to the blog. I only came into the office to look up how to make a jig for cutting slots at a 45 degree angle on the table saw. I'm making boxes for the pond lights. I'm too cheap to purchase nice guardenn lights. The damn things cost more than a hundred dollars each. There is no way I'm paying $1000 for lighting. So, I researched on the web about how to wire 12V LED bulbs in sequence, picked up a 12V 2amp ... damn dinner is ready.

More photos?!

2007-07-16T20:39:00Z

I posted more photos on Flickr. Take a look.

Japan photos posted...

2007-06-03T13:25:05Z

Check out the Flickr link on the left to see a set of pictures from out recent trip to Japan for Naka & Toshi's wedding.

Link to family Photos

2007-05-25T08:22:00Z

I just added a link to my new Flickr account. I uploaded some recent photos of the family. Enjoy!
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Update

2007-05-19T22:39:00Z

I have lots of things to update since I haven't said anything here in months... Lets see...
Went on vacation to Japan last month. It was great!
Got koi in the pond. Pond opening party will be in mid July.
Decided to buy a scooter to get back and forth to work. Have motorcycle safty class next month.
Lost 8 pounds since the first of the year.
That pain in the ass guy at work finally quit.

Hmm... kinda lame entry. More next time I suppose.

Military Industrial Complex

2007-02-16T15:54:00Z

If you are interested, take a look at this site which lists companies who do business with the military and their contracts. Very interesting. Keep in mind that none of the operations supported by supplemental requests, like the war in Iraq. For example Halliburton has contracts for BILLIONS of dollars to rebuild Iraq, both public infrastructure which the US destroyed during the 'shock and awe' campaign and for building military bases in Iraq. Just plain scary how much money these folks get out of war. By the way, Dick Channey was the Halliburton CEO until he decided to run for vice president with George Bush. www.halliburtonwatch.org for more on that topic. They are just out of control.

2.3 million, million dollars?

2007-02-14T18:25:00Z

So that is 2.3 trillion dollars right? 2.3 million million dollars? $2,300,000,000,000. The National Geographic had a picture of a marble several issues ago in an article about nano technology. Anyway, the caption explained that a marble is one billiath of the size of the Earth as a nano meter is one billionth of a meter. So think of that like money: a billion marbles is the size of the Earth as a billion dollars is to one dollar. A lot of money huh? I mean really think about how much money that is. I mean I'd be glad if someone gave me a million dollars, that would get you a pretty nice house even in the rediculous real estate market of this town. A billion dollars is will buy you one thousand of those same houses! Now think of a trillion, that's a thousand billion or a MILLION of those houses.

Okay, so lots of people know that the national debt is in excess of 8 trillion dollars** but how many people remember hearing about the Pentagon loosing 2.3 trillion dollars?! **

* Check out this web site... http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/ Hit refresh and watch the dollars go up!
** It's true... http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/01/29/eveningnews/main325985.shtml

Pond stuff

2006-12-17T11:36:08Z

Here are more pond picks... the system is doing well, after I diverted the waterfall and put it the venturi, the water and fish are doing great. The system is doing too well in fact. I have not seen the bio-filter cycle yet. I think there is not enough fish to cycle it cause the filter is so large. I have three big goldfish in there now and the water tests show all zeros. I do need to raise the salinity but that is only a Koi thing... the goldfish could care less.

These pictures are a couple of weeks old. So, I better take some more today since the sun is out for the first time in days...

Where has the time gone?

2006-11-09T07:30:00Z

What is going on? October has come and gone without even ONE entry! Let me summarize...

SANS 2006 in Las Vegas - I spent 8 days of intense network security training at the SANS conference. Took a 6 day class in perimeter security and a 2 day class on Cisco router security. Played craps almost every night after class and dinner and won $1000. Its all about finding that hot table.

Work is busy as always. More projects are possible all the time. I get to pick and choose what is next for me most of the time. Im working currently on MPLS on our backbone, event correlation appliances, the future of our SONET equipment and our next core bandwidth expansion, re-writing all our DMZ ACLs (I hate this one), supporting the Sheriff's department new Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD or 911) system, and yesterday we talked again about moving our redundant Internet connection to Santa Maria for better geographic diversity. No wonder I have no time at work to write my blog!

Mom (Grandma Marcia) came to visit for a couple of days at the end of the month. We all had a great time. I think she and Jessie really like playing together. Heidi and I got a date night out of the visit and that is always welcome.

The pond is going well but slowly. I put in a diverter valve and some new plumbing in for a mid level discharge on the pond. This allows me to turn down (or off) the waterfall and send the water directly into the pond. The waterfall was too strong and too noisy. In addition, I was still loosing quite a bit of water that way even after sealing the pool at the top. It seems that I was not loosing water there but farther down the waterfall. I thought at first that it must just be splash, but after putting in the diverter and turning down the waterfall to a pleasant trickle, it still lost way too much water. So, I am working on landscaping and other things and just have the waterfall off for the moment. I will get back to it later. I think I will have to end up sealing the whole thing with that two part epoxy paint. I must have punctured the liner under the waterfall... I don't see where it could otherwise be spilling out.

One fun thing about the mid-level return is that I put in a venturi for pond aeration. So, lots of bubble and oxygen now for the pond. Cleared up the whole thing really quickly and I can now see the bottom of the pond for the first time in a month. Next is to test the water to see what it is really up to.

Anyway, I better get back to work.

Oh, just one more thing... I spent a whole bunch of money on a new computer because I purchased the new version of NWN (that game I play) and it would not even run on my old clunker (it IS over 2 years old now). So, last night I started putting it together and hopefully the memory sticks will show up today so I can complete the project.

Current pond status

2006-09-27T11:02:00Z

I must appologize to myslef and others who are waiting for any kind of entry to this blog. Of course, I suppose I am the only one who cares if I write anything here at all! Soo busy the last month and Im trying not to do entries while at work. Of course Im at work now but at least on lunch break...

Oh, the pond. Well, it is now full and has three gold fish but the pump system is currently off. I need to fix some kind of leak that I have issolated to the back of the waterfall area, or more likely where the discharge pipe is attached to the liner under the waterfall basin. I first discovered that the liner in the back of the waterfall basin was not as high as it should be. I was getting water soaked right into the ground behind the waterfall which was touching the water back there. After fixing that there seems to be more problems though.

I must admit that when I installed that portion of the pond I just wanted to get it in and did not do as good a job as I should have. Instead of purchasing a bulkhead fitting for the discharge, I ran the pipe up through the liner by just poking a hole there and putting some silicon around the pipe then covered it with some left over concrete I was using to hold up the rocks around the basin up there.... Well, that does not seem to work and I am pretty sure the leak is there. So, I get to do it over but will do it right this time.

I expect to fix some things I currently do not like about the way the water flows out from the falls also. It has too much force. So I will get a bigger pipe for the final runn and slow down the discharge some.

I will post pictures soon and hopefully a video clip of the waterfall.

Meathead

2006-09-05T19:14:00Z

Is meathead one word or two?

So there is this guy at work who I know is this manager for our department but I don't really know what he does besides manage the reprographics office an used to have some other position in the department. Anyway, I was in a meeting with him today where he is leading this project to put electronic meters on circuits around the county so that departments can pay their fair share of electricity costs. Now, all the folks that share large campuses share the costs according to some formula which I would hope is based on the square footage of their offices.

Part of my job is to inform folks about the risks associated with connecting devices to the network, whether we advise that they be in a DMZ or connected via an isolated network as in this case. So, we meet to discuss our network security concerns around connecting the meters to the County WAN.   He immediately begins to get defensive and cannot grasp the concept that someone could break into his computer system through the network. He draws a picture of a box with a line representing a data jack going into it and a PC inside it and says. "So, your concerned that with the device in this vault can be broken into through this wire?" "Yes," I respond... He still doesn't get it. I patiently attempt to explain to him that devices which talk on the TCP/IP network are vulnerable and we would like to isolate the devices to mitigate any possibility of them being compromised. In fact, we talk about the old technology offered by this company and that their literature references PC XT or AT compatible computers. So, we are naturally concerned about a device which was developed before the world wide web may be vulnerable to attack... Ya think?

Meat head? Maybe it's two words...

He finally nods like he gets it and we move on. "Okay, lets say we go with this. How much will it cost." My boss brings up out rates page and gives him an estimate. "Oh, only that much money?" He says.  And then agrees to isolate the network.

US foreign policy

2006-08-10T19:53:00Z

I'm still pissed at my government for their unconditional approval of Israel's actions in Lebanon. Here are the answers to my emails to my elected officials…

From:	senator@boxer.senate.gov
To:	jpoley@yahoo.com
Subject:	Responding to your message
Date:	Tue, 18 Jul 2006 18:54:26 -0400

Dear Mr. Poley:

Thank you for contacting me regarding recent events in the Middle East . I appreciate the opportunity to respond to your comments.

Since its election victory in January, Hamas has refused to renounce violence against Israeli civilians, recognize Israel 's right to exist, or uphold prior commitments made by the Palestinian Authority. Israel 's withdrawal from Gaza in the summer of 2005 gave Hamas the opportunity to provide for the needs of Palestinian citizens and bring stability to the region. Instead, the region finds itself in chaos.

The kidnapping of Israeli soldier Corporal Ghalid Shalit in June was an unprovoked act of war. In response, Israel has re-entered portions of Gaza , seeking first to rescue Corporal Shalit, and second, to prevent Hamas from using that land to launch rockets into Israel . In July, members of the Lebanon-based terrorist organization Hezbollah killed three Israeli soldiers and captured two others in an attack along the Israel-Lebanon border. Israel responded with targeted strikes on Hezbollah assets and infrastructure in Lebanon , while Hezbollah continues to fire missiles on Israeli cities.

The differences in the Middle East can be solved not by a daily exchange of rocket fire, but only by a political agreement adhered to by all sides involved. I believe that any resolution of this conflict must be fair to all sides and that the United States must assist in forging an enduring peace in the region.

Again, thank you for contacting me. I look forward to hearing from you again about this or any other issue.

Barbara Boxer
United States Senator

Please visit my website at http://boxer.senate.gov

From:	"Congresswoman Lois Capps"
To:	jpoley@yahoo.com
Subject:	Responding to your message
Date:	Wed, 26 Jul 2006 17:35:59 -0400

July 26, 2006

Mr. Jason D. Poley

5225 Calle Luarda

Santa Barbara, California 93111

Dear Friend:

Thank you for contacting me to express your concern about the conflict in the Middle East . As your Representative, I appreciate hearing from you.

I certainly believe that Israel has a right to defend itself against the unprovoked Hezbollah attacks. At the same time, its use of force should be proportional, and I am deeply concerned about the loss of innocent life in Israel , Lebanon , and Gaza . The Bush administration was much too slow to diplomatically intervene in the conflict, and I believe it should call for an immediate ceasefire.

I have enclosed my statement on the House floor about H. Res. 921, a resolution addressing the crises in Lebanon and Gaza . I supported this resolution with reservations, and this statement represents a comprehensive account of my views on this tragic and complicated situation.

Again, thank you for contacting me about this important issue. Please keep in touch.

Statement on H. Res. 921

Mrs. CAPPS. Madam Speaker, I am voting for this resolution because I absolutely condemn Hezbollah's senseless, unprovoked cross-border attacks on Israel, and the murderous rain of missiles it has unleashed on Haifa and other northern cities. Terrorist groups like Hezbollah, whose actions have caused the death and misery of hundreds of innocent Israelis and Lebanese, deserve no sympathy and no mercy. Hezbollah needs to be disarmed, for the sake of Israel's security and, indeed, for the stability of the entire region.

And I also join my colleagues in condemning the actions of Syria and Iran for their support and arming of Hezbollah. We see the true nature of these regimes when we see the tragic results of their support of terrorist groups like Hezbollah.

But I would have hoped for a different resolution to come before the House. I would have hoped for a more comprehensive resolution that respects the complexity of the issues unfolding in the area, and the necessity for direct U.S. involvement in the unfolding tragedy.

A more appropriate resolution would recognize the fundamental difference between Hamas and Hezbollah. Of course, Hamas should be condemned for its actions and the kidnapped Israeli soldier must be returned unharmed. But Gaza and Southern Lebanon are two separate situations and this resolution confuses that.

The Palestinian people have legitimate grievances and a solution to these grievances can and must be found through negotiations. Hamas exploits those grievances, but we must not allow Hamas's actions to delegitimize the aspirations of the Palestinian people. Hamas's actions do not negate the reality that we simply must resolve the humanitarian crisis now engulfing Gaza and the West Bank.

I believe Israel's security depends on forging a negotiated settlement with the Palestinians that will ensure the safety and security of both peoples. And while I respect Israel's right to defend itself, I am deeply concerned that Israel's response to Hamas' actions is only prolonging the suffering of the Palestinian people and putting off resolution of this decades long problem.

Conversely, Hezbollah has no legitimate grievances with Israel.

Hezbollah seeks nothing more than the destruction of Israel and there is no negotiating with it. Only through Hezbollah's complete disarmament will we be able to remove its threat to the region.

I am also troubled by the unqualified praise in this resolution for the President and his Administration. The President has done little to stop the meltdown of the Middle East that has occurred under his watch. Unlike previous Administrations, including that of his father and President Clinton, he simply hasn't been engaged. And his response here is tragically inadequate, again.

The U.S. must engage immediately to bring about a cease fire and help drive a long term solution for the area. Every major Arab-Israeli crisis over the years has ended with U.S. involvement--at the highest levels--because the players rely on intermediaries to broker agreements.

We may not like it, but that's the reality of the situation. And given that the stability of the region plays so large a role in our own national security interests, we must continue to engage forcefully if we are committed to bringing about peace in the region. Waiting another week before dispatching the Secretary of State is not a viable response.

Finally, I would note that every day this crisis continues brings a greater risk of direct involvement by Syria and Iran. As bad as this situation is now, direct involvement from either Syria or Iran would be much, much worse. Immediate, hands-on U.S. involvement is critical to keep the situation from spiraling even further out of control.

Madam Speaker, the situation in the Middle East grows graver every day. Dozens of Israelis and hundreds of innocent Palestinians and Lebanese civilians have already died. Beirut, which has only recently been restored to its historic splendor, is in ruins. A key ally in the area is threatened and our national security interests are as well.

I urge the Administration to help bring peace to the region.

Sincerely,

LOIS CAPPS

Member of Congress

From:	senator@feinstein.senate.gov
To:	jpoley@yahoo.com
Subject:	U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein responding to your message
Date:	Mon, 31 Jul 2006 13:37:48 -0400




July 31, 2006


Mr. Jason Poley
5225 Calle Luarda
Santa Barbara, California  93111

Dear Mr. Poley:

       Thank you for writing to me to express your concern about 
recent violence in the Middle East.  I appreciate the time you took to 
write me.

	As you may know, on July 12, 2006, the terrorist group 
Hezbollah launched an unprovoked attack across the Lebanese-Israeli 
border, killing eight Israeli troops and capturing two others. This 
attack 
took place on the heels of escalating violence between Israeli forces 
and 
Palestinians in Gaza. In recent days, hundreds of shells have been 
launched against Israeli population centers near Gaza and in northern 
Israel. The Israeli military has responded by targeting terrorist 
centers 
and infrastructure in Gaza and inside Lebanon. By initiating a campaign 
to kidnap Israeli soldiers and launch rocket attacks inside Israel, 
Hamas 
and Hezbollah, with assistance from Syria and Iran, threaten to 
destabilize the Middle East and trigger a wider conflict. Like any 
country, Israel has the right and the obligation to defend its 
citizens.  
       
       I believe that both the Lebanese and the Palestinian governments 
must do more to halt terrorist attacks against Israel. The Lebanese 
Government must abide by UN Security Council Resolution 1559, which 
calls for the extension of Lebanese military control to the entire 
territory 
of Lebanon, as well as the disarming of all militias operating within 
Lebanese territory. The Palestinian Authority must renounce and end all 
terrorist activity and incitement; disarm and dismantle its terrorist 
infrastructure; and acknowledge Israel's sovereign right to exist 
within 
safe and secure borders. Syria and Iran share responsibility for the 
recent 
violence and must cease their support for Hezbollah, Hamas, and other 
terrorist groups. I believe that the latest round of violence only 
underscores the need for high-level and sustained American diplomacy 
that has been sorely lacking.

	Again, thank you for writing.  I hope that you will continue to 
share your thoughts and concerns with me.  If you should have any 
further questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact my 
Washington, D.C. office at (202) 224-3841.  Best regards.

   


			
			Sincerely yours,

			Dianne Feinstein
			United States Senator

http://feinstein.senate.gov

Further information about my position on issues of concern to 
California and the Nation are available at my website 
http://feinstein.senate.gov.  You can also receive electronic e-mail 
updates by subscribing to my e-mail list at 
http://feinstein.senate.gov/issue.html.

PCS link for my laptop?!

2006-08-10T19:47:03Z

Today we had this picnic for work... Our once a quarter get together for the entire department. During the summer we have a picnic... Anyway, I am not on the van on the way home using a demo PCS card to connect to my comunty computer. We are using this new (for us) software called NetMotion. If this company was publically traded I would tell you to buy! But allas, it is not. You will have to make your millions in the stock market without this companies help.

Very cool technology and secure. Roaming seamlessly from cell connection, to wireless, to wired. No dropping of your backend connection to server because the proxy server inside our network keeps your connection going for you. So, you can roam betweeen cell sites and not drop your signal ...kinda.

Pond pictures

2006-08-04T19:30:00Z

Our camera finally gave up the ghost. Digital that I purchased in 1999. Had a 340MB IBM hardrive that still works... anyway, received the new camera and have more pictures of the pond (and Jessie of course) to show...

This is the view from the side of the house where the pump/filter system is. The waterfall is in the background and the skimmer is in that box in the foreground. I have laid out most of the underlayment (old carpet and carpet padding) after pulling out all the staples.

This is my pump house so far. I am awaiting the preasure test before I button it all up... lucky for me it rained this morning. Oh, and yes I purchased insolation to deden the sound of the pump... 5000gal/hour but low power consumption. It will be interesting to see what happens when I turn it all on!!

Close up of the pump and filter system. I had to install bypass valves for the two different filters for when I am medicating the pond...

View from inside the pump house back at the pond. The irrigation vault holds the three-way (ortega!) valve which will regulate how much water is being drawn from the bottom of the pond and how much from the skimmer.

Oh, check out my new Raiders mug from Steve!

Ready for the liner.

2006-08-03T07:02:00Z

I wanted to get in another pond update...

I have spent the past week + getting the filter system all put together. I need to have that up and ready before I start filling the thing with water and of course I need to fill it as I get the liner in... SO, the pump house had to be built. That was last week and into the weekend. The pump house is up at this time without sides yet. I will need to wait until the all important preasure test on the plumbing. I wonder if that Christy's will hold that flexable PVC? I suppose I will find out later this evening...

I'm taking guesses on how many leaks I will find when I test the pump system... Any takers? My guess is three.

Poley Mountain sighting!

2006-08-03T07:06:53Z

My long time friend, Wil Mundy, is traveling the country on his motorcycle this summer and has been sending e-mail updates as he goes. Anyway, I have his cell phone number and called him the other day. He was in Maine at that point and told me he was headed into Canada the next day and up into Nova Scotia. I remembered that I had seen on the web a place called Poley Mountain in that area and we mutually Googled it while on the phone. Oh, he was going right past there. So, I told him he had to get a picture of at least a road sign. Here is his report...

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Here you go Buddy, as requested: Poley Mountain!!

In the first pict, it is the one in the background with the obvious
runs cut through the trees (maybe they're not so obvious). As went the
distance, one wrong turn brought me to this old covered bridge, which
was a cool find.

Then, as I got closer it came into view and then, paydirt! Both a
mountain and a road upon it. I thought my family was special with just
a lane, some lawyers' offices and a funeral home. We don't have a
mountain! Well, actually we might have one in Normandy, but the
surname's gone through some slight changes since then.

Hope you like the picts Brother!

Wil

Jessica

2006-07-21T15:03:13Z

Hi Everyone,

I am finally here, “bloging”. I am so far behind in the computer world. I am very lucky to have my own computer nerd to help me stay in touch with technology. I’m sure he would love it if I learned how to play computer games, but I’m still stuck on board games.

Jenny & family, I just read most your blogs, how fun to read what you all have been up to. Makes me feel so close.

Now, I am here to talk about our little woman, Jessica. She is still pretty darn adorable. It’s rather amusing now that after becoming 2 years of age personality traits are shining through especially, “No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, etc”. What science it is…the terrible two’s. I can sometimes tease her into saying, “ya, ya, ya” but mostly not. I feel fortunate that most of her little episodes have been mild. Am I premature here in thinking she will be a mild tantrum girl? Hey, as long as she gets her way everything is fine, right? HA, HA, HA!

Overall, Jessica is still a happy child. She loves to have fun, chase birds, gets excited about so much especially when you tell her a story about where you are going. I think she can picture it in her mind exactly what we are telling her.

I try and fill our day with one adventure in the morning, such as, the Zoo, Botanical Gardens, beach for playground, sand fun & chasing birds, the Natural History Museum, Ty Warner Marine Museum, play group, visiting grandparents in LA, a walk downtown visiting Daddy for lunch, or, on occasion, playing around the house. After Jessica takes her nap we go in the back yard turn on the hose and bring out her tea set and have an afternoon party. Sometimes she gets an orange to suck on and, of late, we’ve been watching Daddy dig, dig, dig. She is a little sad that Daddy is across the fence but our neighbor with her dog, Curly, have been coming for evening visits and she runs around with Curly throwing him the ball. Curly & Jessica have a special relationship.

Jessica’s love of books is astounding. She has so many books, is tired of them all. I need to get back to the library and start a new rotation of books in the house. She loves to be read to most mornings, most afternoons, and most evenings before she goes to bed. Her latest cute moments is to be read too and want the last book to be read in bed (we recently changed her crib into a toddler bed, now we can get down and read to her while she lays down. Her bed book is currently, “A Child’s Book of Cozy Poems”.

Jessica has not been producing many words but she does know lots of animal noises, lots of sign language and two key words…mama & daddy. The other name she knows is Ti Ti, an 8 year old that she met in the Philippines during the first two weeks in June. When you ask her who her friend is she will say Ti Ti and sign, “I like”. Sometimes out of the blue she will mention her and give the sign for trains (Jessica shared her train set with her). She has not warmed up to any other person.

More pond thoughts and more work because of them

2006-07-21T09:44:00Z

So, I was reading yesterday more about filtration in my new koi book and on the Internet and thinking about what this flakey guy from Sacramento said about a mechanical filter before the biological filter. I never got this until yesterday for some reason... I need to have some kind of scrubbing of the gunk from the bottom drain before it enters the biological (bead) filter, or else it will clog the bead filter. Thus making backflushing of the filter more often necessary. Now I need to think about how to do this. There were lots of DIY articles using 55 gallon drums but they all talk about two or three drums. The alternative is to by the specaillty vortex settlement chambers which sell for $600-900 each! Ugh....

The other thing I though about was the waste water and how to dispose of it. Heidi says, "so, all this water from the backflushing... Can we water the plants with it? Attach a hose to the end?" Hmm... So, I calculated that since the pump goes about 5000 gallons an hour, thats about 83 gallons a minute and the backflushing takes 2 or 3 minutes... that's almost 250 gallons of water each backflush! Wow. And the fact that I can't attach a garden hose to the end of this thing for backflushing, it will be far too much preasure for that. So, I think about getting a tub between the hose and the backflush valve to hold the water while backflushing and I can move the hose about at my leasure watering the plants. Hmm... all by gravity so I will need to elevate the tank, and a 250 gallon tank... That's pretty big. Think of your water heater... 40 gallons maybe...

I found a tank on the Internet that should work just fine. Cost plus shipping on a truck... mucho $$ Hmm I will try to find one at a local feed store I think.

Something other than digging?

2006-07-19T06:17:00Z

When it's too dark to dig outside I spend time on the computer playing and helping develop a Never Winter Nights server called The Known World. It is not your typical NWN server and not D&D at all. The guru behind the module running there calls himself Timendainum Zhaunil'zaress and has developed quite a different feel to the game.

The differences include a unique skill system, a different combat system, a custom crafting systems, a custom merchant system, dynamic environmently influenced NPC populations, & much more. Tim has created a living world which is a joy to play in. PCs actions will influence the world and what happens there.

So, if you have NWN and want to join me on-line, please do! See you in The Known World!