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I have a crawlspace under half my house, and made the mistake of watching a YouTube video about how to do "underpinning". Now I want to dig it out down to 10ft to use for some desperately needed storage space, maybe some gym space. Our local building office is amazingly supportive of DIYers, and I appreciate them double checking my work.
There are three completely different theories as to why he built them - prepping for the end times, philanthropy towards the unemployed, and secretly quarrying where he didn't have the mineral rights.
I somehow understand why builsing infite space under your house is weirdly calming.
I wish I could do this but living in central North Carolina it would probably fill up with water in days.
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I’m nearing 40 and when I’m at any beach with sand you better believe I’m gonna see how deep I can dig a hole. Brings back a lot of that childhood joy of being absolutely certain I was almost about to dig through the earth’s crust once it started to get hard. Only about 19.999 miles short if we’re talking about averages.
Building a dam on a stream can be like this too.
Digging & hauling: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=He00d6Gpxs8
More recent rock crusher: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TSaqSzziaE8&t=3m31s
(There's 16 years / 379 videos so far, if you are into RC earthmoving ASMR)
> Ritchie isn’t digging with any destination in mind; he digs for the pure joy and meditation that comes with it. > “I just feel like a kid again,” Ritchie said. “It really puts me in the moment and relieves stress.” In a world saturated with "productivity porn" and side hustles, I just absolutely love that.