samuttodd

https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles/165476.pdf

This is from the US Dept of Justice.    Page 8

33 minutes ago, bankruatsteve said:

Are all those splotches an attempt to paint?  Maybe paint a mountain scene with the crack being the slope of the mountain.  Until you might see some serious movement, I wouldn't worry about it.

no,  My S.I.L. tried to patch it with some cement.  tHE WALL HAS BEEN UP THERE FOR ABOUT 4 YEARS,  THAT IS THE ONLY SPOT THAT HAS GIVEN US TROuble, 

I'm going to wait until the top topples and then I'll rebuild that section.

  In a free society, where one arms themself and protects themself with a firearm,  it is difficult to commit Genocide.

Disarmed populations are easier to Genocide,  which is why genocides are always preceeded by disarming the people.

Clearly,  the solution is to make massacres illegal.

I thought I'd run this past our folks that do their own around the home repairs to get an idea of the best way to tackle this.

I have a concrete wall back around our patio.  The back patio is built over a swamp that is tidally influenced on the edge

of the river.

A portion of the wall has been compromised.

Here are the photos.

From the inside (you can see daylight through the crack)  The support posts on both sides seem sincere,

but I believe the post on the left has settled vertically and dropped sightly lower than the post

on the right.   Causing the crack to form where the wall was weakest.

Here is the foundation... It appears good,  no cracks that I can see..

In the lower section you can see that the whole thing is built over a swamp.   I

can not access the swamp side of the wall. 

The whole wall was built from the interior of the patio from the bottom up.

Here is the wall from the back.

The  blocks on the back side of the wall have cracked diagonally through

and through,  rather than along the contrete in between them (where I'd think they'd want to crack.)

So how would you deal with this?

I am thinking that until the top part of the wall completely fails and falls into the swamp,

any fix will have to be simply cosmetic.

If and when it does fail,  I can rebuild the fallen portion from the bottom up on the inside of the

wall bondaries.

What would be the best treatment to keep the crack that has formed from getting worse in the meantime?

Groucho Marx had a funny saying: "I'd never want to be part of any organization that would have me as a member."

Well Gents,  Smoke em if you've got em.

Some may argue that what is "life" now, ain't really "living."

If the owner was smart,  he'd open it for tourists and sightseers. 

The alcohol causes problems with rubber seals/ o-rings and fitting materials..     In the states we use a product called "HEET"    It gets the water out of your tank.   I think it is straight up isopropyl 100%   not the 70% stuff you get at the drug store.

Fractals: why Quarantine is not effective if applied to only ships and not planes, joggers and not walkers. You can not keep the ocean back with a broom, Bank on getting a good soaking and swim to shore and help as many others as you can.

You=your home

your home=your neighborhood

your neighborhood=your city

your city=your country

your country= your continent

you continent=your planet

Fractals

Think in terms of fractals when you consider the wayward Cruise ships and how they are being "handled."

 China is the Hospital,  the Hospital is the neighborhood,  the neighborhood is the planet.  The virus is already here.  

You can not keep the ocean back with a broom,   just plan on getting wet and remember to swim when the water gets over your head.  

US ER/EMS guy video

Makes some good points

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g10Aj9YIkdk

31 minutes ago, RocketDog said:

Really? That's the only point? 

 

How about the point of protecting yourself and others by doing what you can such as washing hands frequently, wearing a face mask, and avoiding crowds. 

 

These measures don't guarantee you won't be infected or infect others but at least make an effort please. 

 

Cynacism, false bravado, and defeatism is definitely not the point. 

Yes,  it is the only point,  there are no other points involved in any way.    You must think that the people on here are a bunch of <deleted> idots.  

The points you made i have made previously in this very thread.   

Tell me that EMT's didn't offload sick people from the Boat in Jersey without masks and then go back home at the end of the day! All 4000 passengers released into the population and gone! Or should I say, Off to the races?

I'd bank on getting the bug,  and then do everything you can to get over it as quickly as possible..    There is a pretty good chance you'll muscle through, but some will not. The already sick and the old are probably going to hae a worse time than the rest... No surprise there.
 

The point is,  you can not stop living to avoid death.   The show must go on. 

The bad guys are all going to their deep underground bases.    They will come out when it is over.    Be waiting for them when they emerge.

Dont watch this before bed.

I get what you are saying Wavehunter,  bt it is kind of like throwing a party.

You can invite all of the neighbors and put on a good time with festivites and all,  but you can't force attendees to have the time of their lives.  

28 minutes ago, WaveHunter said:

You don't think a province with confirmed cases exceeding or approaching 1,000 and growing exponentially are not

 

People that are still in denial thinking that this is not a real global crisis need to grow up and face reality!

Good luck with that.  Just be patient and take care of what you can,  you can not help those who choose not to see/hear your message.

Let the disease do the talking,   it'll be heard.   

Save your energy for getting better when you get sick.   I believe we'll need all of our strength and a full measure of good fortune.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWzrxc9MXQ4

A little good news about the virus as it comes to the US... At least better news than what happened in China.