5 May 2010 - Half Pipes Part 2 - The Other Halves - Red Rhino Outreach Project

5 May 2010 – Half Pipes Part 2 – The Other Halves

May 5, 2010 Greg Traverso Uncategorized

Here’s part 2.

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Giruhi brought out samples of solar lights which can also charge mobile phones.

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Made in Germany. Very nice.

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George, the electrician, brought out the cable. It weighed so much no one else could ride in his vehicle. They had to take matatus.

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We laid two inches of sand in the trenches then the cable,

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then three more inches of sand

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and then the PVC pipes we cut in half.

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We did this all day in a lot of trenches.

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When all was said and done, we just put the dirt back, like we always do.

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Not that trench filling was the only item on the menu. Masons were pouring the concrete footings

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for the back wall of our future workshop

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Gilbert was overseeing the refillers.

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The houses were getting their insides painted.

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Gilbert and a couple of guys were moving black cotton soil around in the truck.

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And bringing sand where we needed it.

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Soon the wall started to grow out of the footings.

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The generator house was getting keyed.

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Brit and Monte were keeping the peace and talking about furniture.

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Ben and his guys were mixing concrete.

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And moving stones into place.

Good night,

David

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Chris L says
May 5, 2010 at 5:47 pm

What a whirl of different activities. Seems even busier than usualâ€”and that’s saying alot. The electrical lines will carry power from the generator house until electricity can be brought in from the outside?

Monte, in your flipflops, it looks like you were doing about as much manual labor as I used to do. But I imagine that furniture shopping with B. has you plum tuckered out 🙂
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david says
May 6, 2010 at 11:36 am

Hi Chris,

The electrical cables we are burying will, indeed all go to the Generator house and to the generator, so that we can produce our own electricity. When we get hooked up to the grid, we will bring that cable, buried once it’s on the property, to the generator also, that is, to the big panel box we will have there, and then the whole cable system will already be in place and we will be all set, for generator or grid juice.

Monte is too tired to respond.

Love you, brother,

David

PS How’d you sneak by Big Brother this time?
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Martin says
May 6, 2010 at 1:42 pm

Chris — A discerning eye will note that I’m actually waiting patiently for them to finish digging the ditch and erecting the wall, so I can drop the last stone into place and be the hero.

A cherry picker on and off the court.
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Chris L says
May 6, 2010 at 10:42 pm

David, after reading this post, I cut some old PVC pipe in half at Rocky Creek, ran the generator line through it to my computer…and presto, your blog let me right in this time.

Hey, Monte, in your city-wide surfing with B., have you managed to cherry-pick any world cup tickets yet?
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david says
May 7, 2010 at 7:33 am

CL,

There’s more than one way to skin a censor. Good to have you back in the pipeline.

D
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Chris L says
May 11, 2010 at 4:24 pm

Great work. Amazingly Debi and I (and friends) are doing nearly exactly the same thing hereâ€”except that our materials are base rock, DG, and fly-ash pavers to build the paths of a labyrinth. So for once I understand your tools and methodology. It’s great to see Joyce and the gang through the maize. And, of course, those long elegant fellows we love so much that no maize field could ever obscure…

Love,
Chris

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