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Re: How to drill your own water well

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Post by moooo99 » Sun, Aug 27, 2023, 11:26 AM UTC

lost_tourist wrote: post #228

moooo99 wrote: post #139

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Lawns in the US consume as many resources as they do because the typical lawn you see isn't a species native to the US, instead it was imported from Europe. With the soil being different etc., it is not surprising lawns, especially when they're as big as in the US, require so many resources.

I went with a native grass and my watering is down to 1/4 what it was before that. the grass does go dormant and turn brown in the summer/colder winters though, so it's not as pretty but it is what it is, and HOA allows "xeroscaping"

imho that is the only sane way. The water consumption for keeping a lawn green in during the now all so common heatwaves is absurd and really not worth it considering the lawn will be fine once it starts raining again

Re: How to drill your own water well

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Post by EliRivers » Sun, Aug 27, 2023, 12:58 PM UTC

NoMoreNicksLeft wrote: post #157

technothrasher wrote: post #122

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> you can step outside the rules and best of luck to you. This is why I cannot understand how the 'sovereign citizen' nonsense is at all appealing to anybody. If I'm my own boss and not morally subject to society's rules, how is it not fair game then for society to completely ignore my desires and needs? Like, ok, lets say our courts have no jurisdiction over you, but then it also follows that we can just shoot you d…

> how is it not fair game then for society to completely ignore my desires and needs? Best I can tell, it already does this. Not saying I believe the lunatic sovereign citizen horseshit, about how if they spell my name in all uppercase letters on the paperwork, I'm not subject to courts of law... But yeh, they're definitely completely ignoring my desires and needs. Yours too. Some people are just slow to catch on.

I'm unconvinced. I like electricity and water I can drink and all that sort of thing, and society seems to be doing a pretty good job of providing that. Certainly enough of it for my own needs right here in my house.

Re: How to drill your own water well

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Aug 31, 2023, 5:39 PM UTC

MisterBastahrd wrote: post #197

zigzaggy wrote: post #116

My grandfather was a "well witcher" (Appalachian roots here). Many believe that's woo woo or some kind of super power. The man was incredibly intelligent and resourceful and he had a reputation for finding water every single time he dropped the drill into the ground. When I was a kid I used to go to sleep listening to stories of my dad and his dad driving around on a 2 ton truck with a 3 ton drill and how the brakes…

.... Your grandfather knew that he needed to find soil that wasn't covered in a stone slab and how deep he needed to dig to hit the water table. That's not woo woo or some kind of super power. That's simply having the experience of having dug a deep hole in the ground a few times.

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