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To: conservative98
Anyone who has played with blocks or Legos knows you have stagger the blocks by level.

Bury the bottom row at least half way, fill the containers with gravel, weld everything, add concrete anchors cabled to the wall, grease all surfaces, and add cameras. Then you're just about to start having a wall.

41 posted on 08/18/2022 2:16:37 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: T.B. Yoits

Yep. I was about 13 and my dad told me to build a retaining wall with the big railway timbers (10”x10”x10ft). I spent a half day on it stacking them up even and driving big spikes into them to hold it together.

When he came back at lunch to see how I was doing, he told me it was all wrong - you need to stagger the timbers. I was pissed because he never told me how to do it and now I had to tear it all down and start over again.

“Well, then let this be a good reminder for you in the future. If you’re not sure how to do something - ask for instructions. Don’t just assume you know how to do everything.”

Looking back he probably did it that way (knowing that I would screw up) to teach me a good life lesson. I’m guessing at the age of 13 “I knew everything” - at least more than my “dumb old dad” anyway.


48 posted on 08/18/2022 2:28:48 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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